Victoria Falls
The Victoria Falls constitutes one of the most spectacular natural wonders of the world. The Local people call it "Mosi-oa-Tunya" -- the smoke that thunders and the Falls are remarkable.The Victoria falls is 1 708 meters wide, making it the largest curtain of water in the world. It drops between 90m and 107m into the Zambezi Gorge and an average of 550,000 cubic metres of water plummet over the edge every minute. The falls and the surrounding area have been declared National Parks and a World Heritage Site, thus preserving the area from excessive commercialisation.
Victoria Falls National ParksOpen to visitors throughout the year, the Victoria Falls National Park in north-western Zimbabwe protects the south and east bank of the Zambezi River. It covers 23.4 km2 extending from the larger Zambezi National Park about 6 km above the falls to about 12 km below the falls. A notable feature of the park is the rainforest which grows in the spray of the falls, including ferns, palms, liana vines, and a number of trees such as mahogany not seen elsewhere in the region.Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park in Zambia is an UNESCO World Heritage site and is twinned to the Victoria Falls National Park on the Zimbabwean side. The Park covers 66 km2 (25.5 square miles) from below the falls in a north-west arc along about 20 km of the Zambian river bank.It froms the south-western boundary of Livingstone and has two main sections, a wildlife park at its north-western end and the land adjacent to the Victoria Falls.The national parks contain abundant wildlife including sizable populations of elephant, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, and a variety of antelope.
The Devil's PoolVictoria Falls have a drop of 128m. There is a place where one can swim called the Devil’s Pool but only during the months of September to December.Devil's Pool is actually a smaller pool just on the very tip of Victoria Falls. It is possible to go to the pool until just after Christmas, or dependant upon the levels of the river. During their summer (Christmas time) the water levels are very high, and during their winter, the waters are low.Visitor need to go on the Livingston Island Tour, leaves from The Royal Livingston Hotel and go to Livingston Island. Visitors can walk out to the pool, and get in, but during the winter months, the water is flowing freely and then need to swim out. In there, that's no rope for visitors to hold so if you are not a strong swimmer or are quite nervous, do no attempt it, as you could literally go over the Falls, it's very dangerous.
Here some nice picture of Victotria Falls in Zimbabwe:
Louis' Lunch, New HavenLouis' Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut, advertises itself as the first restaurant to serve hamburgers and as being the oldest hamburger restaurant still operating in the U.S. Opened as a small lunch wagon in 1895, Louis' Lunch was also one of the first places in the U.S. to serve steak sandwiches.
Louis Lassen, a butter dealer, operated a lunch wagon on Meadow Street as early as 1895 and served steak and ground steak hamburger sandwiches, made from scrap trimmings, to local factory workers.
The population of New Haven doubled between 1870 and 1900. Tens of thousands of European immigrants flocked to the city to find work in the many factories located there at the time.According to family legend, one day in 1900 a local businessman dashed into the small New Haven lunch wagon and pleaded for a lunch to go. Louis Lassen, the establishment's owner, hurriedly sandwiched a broiled hamburger between two slices of bread and sent the customer on his way, so the story goes, with America's first hamburger being served.In 1907, Lassen moved the business to Temple and George Streets. After a decade there, he left his lunch wagon for a square-shaped little brick building that had once been a tannery. Forced to move to make way for development, Louis' Lunch moved to its fourth and present location, 263 Crown Street in New Haven, CT. The fourth generation of Lassens own and operate Louis' Lunch today.Special of Louis LunchLouis' Lunch hand forms their hamburger sandwiches from ground steak made from a secret blend of five different cuts of beef. The hamburgers and steak sandwiches are then flame broiled vertically in the original antique stoves. The hamburgers are prepared with cheese, tomato or onion as the only condiments or garnish; never any mustard, ketchup or mayonnaise. If one were to ask for a condiment, he would politely be informed none were available as the proprietors strongly feel the quality of the sandwich would be masked. The hamburger sandwiches are served the original way: on two square pieces of toasted white bread.Beside, that's one rule when customer enjoy their meal in Louis Lunch - Never ask for ketchup. Because they confident that their hamburger is enough delicious without ketchup, it's truth.
No Ketchup Signal in Louis Lunch
Menu of Louis Lunch:The Original Burger $5.00Tuna Sandwich (Fridays) $5.00Potato Salad $4.00Potato Chips $2.00Homemade Pie (per slice) $4 and upFiji Artesian Water $3.00Pepsi/Diet Pepsi $2.00Snapple $2.00Foxon Park Soda $2.00Remember, No ketchup in this shop or you get out.
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Flatiron Building
Also call as Fuller Building where located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan,23rd street, and is considered to be one of the first skyscrapers ever built.
This 22 floor tall building is going to be normal with other building in Manhattan but when it's 1902, Flatiron Building was the taller building in New York City.
The Flatiron Building was designed by Chicago's Daniel Burnham in the Beaux-Arts style. Like a classical Greek column, its limestone and glazed terra-cotta façade is divided into a base, shaft and capital.
Due to the complex geography of the intersection winds swirl around the building. In the Roaring Twenties, groups of men would gather to watch women walking by have their skirts blown up, revealing ankles which were seldom seen in public at that time. Local constables, breaking up these groups of men, were said to be "giving them the 23 Skidoo".
During a 2005 restoration of the Flatiron Building an illegal 15 story vertical advertising banner covered the facade of the building. The advertisement elicited protests from many New York City residents, prompting the New York City Department of Buildings to step in and force the building's owners to remove the advertisement.
In January 2009, an Italian real estate investment firm bought a majority stake in the Flatiron Building, with plans to turn it into a world-class luxury hotel, although the conversion may have to wait 10 years until the leases of the current tenants run out. The Sorgente Group S.p.A., which is based in Rome, controls just over 50% of the building and plans to increase its stake. The firm's Historic and Trophy Buildings Fund owns a number of prestigious buildings in France and Italy, and was involved in buying, and then selling, a stake in New York's Chrysler Building. The value of the 22-story Flatiron Building, which is already zoned by the city to allow it to become a hotel, is estimated to be $190 million.
And it become one kind of symbol of Manhattan:
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