Brazilian Beaches

Beautiful whites sands and cool turquoise bluish green waters are not the only factors that makes Brazilian beaches the most loved all over the world. Brazilian beaches have a lot more in store for you than well…just a beach! At any time of the year, you can find yourself getting a gorgeous suntan or partying the night away. Brazil has a plethora of beaches that can turn anyone into a beach bum! Long coastlines dotted with pretty café’s and long hours spent trying out water sports makes the Brazilian beaches a most sought after destination amongst all beach lovers. Read on to know more about Brazilian beaches and the different kinds of things each coastline has to offer.

Brazilian Beaches: Beach Lover’s Paradise

Copacabana Beach:
This Brazilian beach is a hot spot especially for the New Years evening. Copacabana is located in the southern area of Rio de Janeiro. The beauty of the Copacabana beach is enhanced with the historic forts that are seen at this Brazilian beach. Copacabana also draws a reputation for being known as one of the best beaches in the world. A fun time at Copacabana beach would mean loads of fun in the sun with fun games such as volleyball. This beach volleyball has made its mark since the year 1930. Besides, it is not only the beaches; Brazilian bikinis are a permanent feature at the Copacabana beach.

New year celebrations at this beach bring together people of various nationalities at one point. This is the time when fireworks, music and dance go on till the wee hours in the morning. This beach is also the official place for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Copacabana beach also has plenty of restaurants and diners for all the foodies out here.

Ipanema Beach:
Located in the Southern area of Rio de Janeiro, Ipanema beach has a curious mixture of different cultures. This beach like all Brazilian beaches offers white sands and loads of games and fun! A walk down the sandy shores would reveal people playing games such as beach volleyball, football etc. Swimming is also one of the popular activities at this Brazilian beach. Although the Ipanema beach is also known as the family beach, one interesting factor you can note here is one particular stretch that is known as the Gay Beach and also has a flag to denote the same. At this beach, you can find the traditional drinks such as cachaca and the Caipirinha along with beer that is sold almost everywhere.

Pipa Beach:
The Pipa beach is located in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil. Pipa attracts people because of its fine white sand and cliffs that offer a gorgeous view of the place. Pipa has a vast number of fine restaurants nightclubs that are run mostly by foreigners. This beach offers a more cosmopolitan crowd.

Ponta Verde Beach:
This beach is located in Maceió in the city of Alagoas. Ponta Verde also remains to be the most frequented beach of Brazil. This beach remains to be a popular spot because of the reefs, which contain tiny ponds that form during low tides. This is also most frequented because of a certain part of land that projects out of the sea. This land is covered entirely with a green cover.

Toque Toque Grande:
The Toque Toque Grande beach is located in the city of Sao Sebastiao in Brazil. Although Grande means big in Portuguese, this beach is barely 300m long. The Toque Toque Grande island is quite uninhabited by people. This can prove to be an ideal location for those wanting some isolation and have a love for scuba diving.

Jericoacoara Beach:
This beach is known for offering some of the most spectacular views in Brazil. It is located around 300 kms from Fortaleza. This Brazilian beach is ideal for those who are looking for something different out here. It also proves to be an ideal spot for surfing.

These are just a few Brazil beaches mentioned out here! One thing is for sure, Brazilian beaches are one the most beautiful and hippest spots across the globe!

Palm Islands (Dubai)

The Palm Islands in Dubai are the three largest artificial islands in the world. They are being constructed by Nakheel Properties, a property developer in the United Arab Emirates, who hired the Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord, one of the world’s specialists in land reclamation. The islands are The Palm Jumeirah, The Palm Jebel Ali and The Palm Deira. The Islands are located off the coast of The United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf and will add 520 km of beaches to the city of Dubai.The first two islands will comprise approximately 100 million cubic meters of rock and sand. Palm Deira will be composed of approximately 1 billion cubic meters of rock and sand. All materials will be quarried in the UAE. Between the three islands there will be over 100 luxury hotels, exclusive residential beach side villas and apartments, marinas, water theme parks, restaurants, shopping malls, sports facilities and health spas. The creation of The Palm Jumeirah began in June 2001. Shortly after, The Palm Jebel Ali was announced and reclamation work began. In 2004, The Palm Deira, which will be almost as large in size as Paris, was announced. Palm Jumeirah is currently open for development. Construction will be completed over the next 10-15 years.

World’s Worthless Money

10 million Zimbabwean Dollars = US$4
If you think the American economy is bad, take heart that it’s nowhere near the ultra-super-hyperinflation in Zimbabwe, once one of the richest countries in Africa. The country’s central bank has recently issued a Z$100 billion note (yes, Z$100,000,000,000). So, what would a Z$100 billion note buy you? About two loaves of bread (it won’t even get you lunch - you’d need at least Z$250 billion for lunch).So far this year, the country ravaged by hyperinflation has been forced to print 100-million, 250-million and 500-million notes in rapid succession. All of them are now almost worthless. has become common now for Zimbabweans to talk of their daily expenses in trillions (one trillion is 12 zeros).

500,000 vietnamese Dongs = US$30
An early-1980s U.S. embargo hobbled exports, leading to price controls and the printing of excess currency.

100,000 Indonesian rupiah = US$11
During the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the rupiah lost 80 percent of its value within months, sparking riots in Jakarta (and soon ending President Suharto’s 32-year rule).

50,000 Iranian Rial = US$5
Since the 1979 revolution, Iran’s inflation rate has hovered around 15 percent, thanks in part to ever-rising oil prices.

50,000 São Tomé Dobra = US$3.47
This African island nation’s economy is tied to the volatile price of its chief export, cocoa, and is measured against its trading partners’ robust euro.

10,000 Guinean Francs = US$2.33
In 2002, the mineral-rich African country refused to implement reforms mandated by the International Monetary Fund; foreign cash dried up, and the central bank printed too much money.

6 Breathtaking Oases of the world

Ubari Oasis (Libya)

Ubari is an oasis city in South-Western Libya, in the Targa valley. It lies between the Messak Sattafat plateau and Idhan Ubari sand dunes and lakes. The oasis is the second centre after Ghat for Kel Ajjer Tuareg. Neighbouring villages include Germa, and In Garran. The water is salted like the dead sea, but swimming into it is rather not a good idea as it is very dirty.

Huacachina (Peru)

Shimmering beneath the scorching sun of the Peruvian desert is an extraordinary sight - a tiny settlement, complete with lagoon, lush palm groves, carob trees, cafes, neatly clipped lawns, 100-strong population and even the odd swimming pool.For thousands of years, Huacachina, otherwise known as the ‘oasis of Americas’ - there is only one - has been a beacon of green, hidden deep amid hundreds of miles of barren desert.Huacachina serves as a resort for local families from the nearby city of Ica, and increasingly as an attraction for tourists drawn by the sport of sandboarding on sand dunes that stretch several hundred feet high.

Ein Gedi (Israel)
En Gedi is the largest oasis along the western shore of the Dead Sea. The springs here have allowed nearly continuous inhabitation of the site since the Chalcolithic period. The area was allotted to the tribe of Judah, and was famous in the time of Solomon (Josh 15:62). Today the Israeli kibbutz of En Gedi sits along the southern bank of the Nahal Arugot.

Chebika Oasis (Tunisia)
Chebika belongs to the collection of unlikely desert oases of the mountains north of the great Tunisian chotts. Least famous, Chebika offers perhaps the most effective and dramatic experience among them. Where the mountains rise, Chebika lies. Most of the year it is so exposed to the sun that it once was known as Qasr el-Shams, Castle of the Sun.

Timia Oasis (Niger)
Timia Oasis, located on the Air Mountains (northern Niger), is billed as the most beautiful oasis in the country for a reason. It is not quite the image of a pool of water amidst the sand-dunes with a couple of palm-trees on either side. Instead it is a rich network of lush gardens in the middle of some of the most hostile terrain on earth- as true an oasis as you’ll ever find. Oranges and pomegranates hang from branches and can be plucked (for a fee) and eaten on the spot. Date palms and citrus trees, and beneath the cool of the spreading leaves, any number of herbs, cereals and garden vegetables are grown. The Tuareg who tend the gardens export their produce all over the Air region- indeed in some cases all over Niger. After the searing heat of the Sahara, the Timia Oasis is the perfect rest-stop for a group of travellers, and time is well spent exploring the refreshing shade of the carefully-groomed orchards.

Gaberoun (Libya)
Gaberoun is an oasis with a large lake located in the municipality Sabha in the Libyan Sahara. The old Bedouin settlement by the western shore of the lake has been abandoned, and now lays in ruins. A rudimentary tourist camp is located on the northeastern shore, including an open patio, sleeping huts, and a souvenir shop (attended by a touareg in full costume) in the winter.The lake is very salty, swimming can be pleasant despite the salt water crustaceans. Mosquitoes are abundant, especially in the summer. October to May is considered the best time to visit as the climate is milder.

7 Incredible Natural Phenomena you’ve never seen

1.Honduras’ Rain of Fishes
The Rain of Fish is common in Honduran Folklore. It occurs in the Departamento de Yoro, between the months of May and July. Witnesses of this phenomenon state that it begins with a dark cloud in the sky followed by lightning, thunder, strong winds and heavy rain for 2 to 3 hours. Once the rain has stopped, hundreds of living fish are found on the ground. People take the fish home to cook and eat them. Since 1998 a festival known as “Festival de la Lluvia de Peces” (Rain of Fish Festival) is celebrated every year in the city of Yoro, Departamento de Yoro, Honduras.

2.Venezuela’s Everlasting Storm
The mysterious “Relámpago del Catatumbo” (Catatumbo lightning) is a unique natural phenomenon in the world. Located on the mouth of the Catatumbo river at Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela), the phenomenon is a cloud-to-cloud lightning that forms a voltage arc more than five kilometre high during 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours a night, and as many as 280 times an hour. This almost permanent storm occurs over the marshlands where the Catatumbo River feeds into Lake Maracaibo and it is considered the greatest single generator of ozone in the planet, judging from the intensity of the cloud-to-cloud discharge and great frequency. The area sees an estimated 1,176,000 electrical discharges per year, with an intensity of up to 400,000 amperes, and visible up to 400 km away. This is the reason why the storm is also known as the Maracaibo Beacon as light has been used for navigation by ships for ages.The collision with the winds coming from the Andes Mountains causes the storms and associated lightning, a result of electrical discharges through ionised gases, specifically the methane created by the decomposition of organic matter in the marshes. Being lighter than air, the gas rises up to the clouds, feeding the storms. Some local environmentalists hope to put the area under the protection of UNESCO, as it is an exceptional phenomenon, the greatest source of its type for regenerating the planet’s ozone layer.

3.Morocco’s Climbing Goats
Goats on trees are found mostly only in Morocco. The goats climb them because they like to eat the fruit of the argan tree, which is similar to an olive. Farmers actually follow the herds of goats as they move from tree to tree. Not because it is so strange to see goats in trees and the farmers like to point and stare, but because the fruit of the tree has a nut inside, which the goats can’t digest, so they spit it up or excrete it which the farmers collect. The nut contains 1-3 kernels, which can be ground to make argan oil used in cooking and cosmetics. This oil has been collected by the people of the region for hundreds of years, but like many wild and useful things these days, the argan tree is slowly disappearing due to over-harvesting for the tree’s wood and overgrazing by goats.As a result a group of people and organizations have banded together to try to save the tree. To do so one of the primary locations where the trees grow has been declared a biosphere preserve. It was also decided that by making the world aware of the oil, it’s great taste and supposed anti-aging properties, would create a demand for it. However, the people who planned to market the oil could not envision people wanting to put an oil on their food or their face that was collected from goat excrement. As a result, a campaign is being led to ban grazing on the trees by goats during certain parts of the year to allow the fruit to ripen and fall off on its own. The fruit is then collected and turned into oil by oil cooperatives. So far, this arrangement seems to be working.

4. Kerala’s Red Rain
From 25 July to 23 September 2001, red rain sporadically fell on the southern Indian state of Kerala. Heavy downpours occurred in which the rain was coloured red, staining clothes with an appearance similar to that of blood. Yellow, green, and black rain was also reported.It was initially suspected that the rains were coloured by fallout from a hypothetical meteor burst, but a study commissioned by the Government of India found that the rains had been coloured by airborne spores from a locally prolific terrestrial alga. Then in early 2006, the coloured rains of Kerala suddenly rose to worldwide attention after media reports of a conjecture that the coloured particles were extraterrestrial cells, proposed by Godfrey Louis and Santhosh Kumar of the Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam. The terrestrial origins of the solid material in the red rain were supported by an investigation into the isotopic ratios of nitrogen and carbon.

5.Brazilian’s longest wave on the Earth
Twice a year, between the months of February and March, the Atlantic Ocean waters roll up the Amazon river, in Brazil, generating the longest wave on the Earth. The phenomenon, known as the Pororoca, is caused by the tides of the Atlantic Ocean wich meet the mouth of the river. This tidal bore generates waves up to 12 feet high which can last for over half an hour.The name “Pororoca” comes from the indigenous Tupi language, where it translates into “great destructive noise”. The wave can be heard about 30 minutes before its arrival, and it’s so powerful that it can destroy anything, including trees, local houses and all kind of animals.The wave has become popular with surfers. Since 1999, an annual championship has been held in São Domingos do Capim. However, surfing the Pororoca is especially dangerous, as the water contains a significant amount of debris from the margins of the river (often, entire trees). The record that we could find for surfing the longest distance on the Pororoca was set by Picuruta Salazar, a brazilian surfer who, in 2003, managed to ride the wave for 37 minutes and travel 12.5 kilometers. A surfer’s dream: riding an almost never-ending wave.

6.Denmark’s Black Sun
During spring in Denmark, at approximately one half an hour before sunset, flocks of more than a million European starlings (sturnus vulgaris) gather from all corners to join in the incredible formations shown above. This phenomenon is called Black Sun (in Denmark), and can be witnessed in early spring throughout the marshlands of western Denmark, from March through to the middle of April. The starlings migrate from the south and spend the day in the meadows gathering food, sleeping in the reeds during the night.

7.Idaho’s Fire Rainbow
The atmospheric phenomenon known as a circumhorizon(tal) arc, or “Fire rainbow”, appears when the sun is high in the sky (i.e., higher than 58° above the horizon), and its light passes through diaphanous, high-altitude cirrus clouds made up of hexagonal plate crystals. Sunlight entering the crystals’ vertical side faces and leaving through their bottom faces is refracted (as through a prism) and separated into an array of visible colors. When the plate crystals in cirrus clouds are aligned optimally (i.e., with their faces parallel to the ground), the resulting display is a brilliant spectrum of colors reminiscent of a rainbow. The example shown above was captured on camera as it hung for about an hour across a several-hundred square mile area of sky above northern Idaho (near the Washington border) on 3 June 2006.

Best airport limousines

YOU look at your watch and realise you should have checked-in 20 minutes ago.The taxi hasn’t moved in almost twenty minutes, but for some reason the driver thinks that sounding his horn in long, ear-piercing blasts will part the sea of cars in front.Welcome to the start of your relaxing holiday. For some, the journey to and from the airport can be one of the most stressful times of their life. But to others, a smooth journey in the back of a chauffeur-driven luxury car can be the trip of a lifetime.What better way to catch your first glimpse of London than in a regal Rolls Royce Phantom, or how about cruising Las Vegas‘ famous strip in a road-hugging stretch Hummer?Airlines such as Emirates and Etihad reward their first- and business-class passengers with chauffeur-driven airport services included in the price of their ticket, offering customers the chance to experience five-star service before take-off.So if you want to really arrive at your destination in style, leave the taxi in the traffic and take the road to luxury with these luxurious airport limo experiences.

Whale-watch trip ends in wails

ELEVEN people were taken to hospital after a rogue wave hit a whale-watching boat on the Gold Coast.Water police are examining video footage, with questions being asked about whether the skipper should have allowed passengers to ride the bow as the boat crossed the treacherous Southport Seaway, reports the Herald Sun.Melbourne tourist Madeleine Harvey told of “a big wave that came out of nowhere and just grew” as the Whales in Paradise catamaran negotiated the seaway entrance at the start of a Father’s Day whale-watching tour.”We were OK but some people hit the deck hard and got hurt,” Ms Harvey said.”The skipper had no real choice but to go through it.”One man was thrown overboard as the vessel went up and over the 2m wave and slammed down, with the metal bow railing bent as passengers were flung into it.A crew member dived into the water to save the person overboard.Water police, volunteer marine rescue and coastguard boats rushed to the scene and escorted the 15m whale-watching boat, Mahi Mahi, to the Marina Mirage wharf at Main Beach, where six ambulances and 15 paramedics were waiting.Injured passengers, some crying and moaning in pain, were treated before being taken to hospital.The victims included a 12-year-old boy with a suspected broken leg and a woman believed to have a fractured jaw.

World’s Lost Cities

Machu Picchu, Peru
Although the archaeological discovery of Machu Picchu came nearly a hundred years ago, historians are still unsure of the function of this ancient Inca citadel.The Inca had no system of writing and left no written records, and archaeologists have been left to piece together bits of evidence as to why Machu Picchu was built, what purpose it served, and why it was so quickly vacated.

Petra, Jordan
The breathtaking city of Petra was a vibrant trading hub that vanished from most maps in the seventh century A.D. It lay beneath a thousand years of dust and debris when, in 1812, a Swiss scholar disguised as a Bedouin trader identified the ruins as the ancient Nabataean capital.Spread throughout a series of remote desert canyons in southern Jordan, Petra arose more than 2,000 years ago at the crossroads of key caravan trade routes between Arabia, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt. The Nabataeans carved most of the sprawling city’s buildings, including temples, tombs, and theaters, directly into the region’s towering red sandstone cliffs. Here, a Bedouin walks his camel past Petra’s most famous building, Al Khazneh, or the Treasury.

Mohenjo Daro, Pakistan
The Indus Valley civilization was entirely unknown until 1921, when excavations in what would become Pakistan revealed the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro (shown here).This mysterious culture emerged nearly 4,500 years ago and thrived for a thousand years, profiting from the highly fertile lands of the Indus River floodplain and trade with the civilizations of nearby Mesopotamia.

Palmyra, Syria
There is evidence that the ancient city of Palmyra, also known as Tadmor, was in existence as far back as the 19th century B.C. Its importance grew around 300 B.C. as trading caravans began using it as a way station between Mesopotamia and Persia. Palmyra’s strategic location and prosperity attracted the interest of the Romans, who took control of the city in the first century A.D.

Palenque, Mexico
The earliest Maya began to settle the dense rain forests of southwestern Mexico and Guatemala some 3,000 years ago. For nearly 1,400 years, settlements arose throughout the region, with some, like Tikal and Palenque (shown here), expanding into large, vibrant city-states.

Ancient Troy
Myth, folklore, mystery, and intrigue surround the ancient city of Troy like no other ruin on Earth. Once thought to be purely imaginary, a prop in Homer’s epic poem The Iliad, excavations in northwestern Turkey in 1871 eventually proved that the city indeed existed.In 1871, German adventurer Heinrich Schliemann began digging at Hisarlik, Turkey, (shown here) in search of the fabled city. His roughshod excavation wrought havoc on the site, but revealed nine ancient cities, each built on top of the next and dating back some 5,000 years. At the time, most archaeologists were skeptical that Troy was among the ruins, but evidence since the discovery suggests the Trojan capital indeed.

Most Dangerous Roads Of The World

Here’s our guide to the top 40 blood-bathing roads that even the best driver would want to avoid and the deadly routes where tonnes of accidents have happened. Do check them out and, more importantly, avoid them at all costs!

1. Road of Death - Bolivia
North Yungas Road or Bolivia’s Road of Death, which is 70 km and almost 3,600 meters down to narrow curves, is widely accepted as the most dangerous road in the world. The narrow road with the fog and vapours have taken many drivers’ lives. Instead of shrieking while passing this mortal road, you’d better concentrate on how to survive in such a nail-biting driving scenario.

2. Siberian Road to Yakutsk – Russia
The Siberian Road is the only road available to Yakutsk City, Russia. People have no choice but take risk if it would take them five hours rather than a few days to pass the road after the rain. The road gets paralysed and it’s an absolute disaster when people are in a chaos seeking warm clothes and food while being stuck in a 100-km long car line-ups. One woman has even given birth to a baby on a bus wallowing in the mud.

3. Georgian Military Road - Russia
The 220-kilometres long Georgian Military Road runs between Tbilisi (Georgia) and Vladikavkaz (Russia). The road was started by Russian military in 1799 and completed in 1863. The Georgian Military Road was a major cause of the fight between Russian troops and Caucasian mountaineers in 19th century.

4. Nepal, Tibet & Bangladesh Roads
Believe it or not but there’s no road going straight to Everest Base Camp, so you have to walk for miles to get there. However, you will never have the second chance to drive along this road if you ever underestimate it. Try best to control your car as the snowy road is not as easy to drive on as it looks.

5.Guoliang Tunnel Road - China
Guoliang Tunnel Road is pretty freaky with its 30 windows of various sizes and shapes. The road is not as deadly as Bolivian Yungas Road but is spooky enough when you look down the bottomless cavity and also those weird rocks hanging from above the cliff.

6.Taroko Gorge Road - Taiwan
You might not be petrified by turns and switchbacks, but your life is still hung by a thread. Despite its beautiful panoramic view, Taroko Gorge Road can take your breath away and you might even need to observe a view of grave instead. You should be thanking God if you are still alive after the drive on this scary road.

7.Pasubio (Vicenza)- Italy
Pasubio is Italian ancient road which was converted to a hiking trail for mountain bike lovers due to its scary tunnels, hair-raising cliff and splendid scenic views. If you are too much into speed craze and even take your eye out of the road, bear in mind your life is at maximum risk.

8. Grimsel Pass - Switzerland
Grimsel Pass doesn’t offer much of danger but it’s dubbed one of the world’s most insane roads. Unless you are as good as Lewis Hamilton at handling sharp corners, do not ever try speeding or you will end up paying the heavy price.

9.Old road over Saint Gothard Pass - Switzerland
If you are nuts enough to race at the old road over Saint Gothard Pass, make sure you are covered by some sort of life assurance policy. Though it’s not much of a deadly road, you might like to stay away from it whenever possible.

10. Splugen Pass - Italy
Splugen Pass, a high mountain pass and a boundary between the Lepontine and Rhaaetian Alps, is not very thrilling but great fun, you can even enjoy the breathtaking experience of it. However, be warned, you should have real guts to go on this road.

11.Trollstigen road - Norway
Trollstigen road, a very narrow road in Romsdal County, Rauma region, Norway, has frequent rockfalls on it. Some scary thought!.

12. Lysebotn Road - Norway
If you aren’t intimidated by the many accidents on Lysebotn Road, Lysefjord, Norway, the road should be real fun to drive on. The road is 1.1 km long tunnel and consists 27 switchbacks including three inside the tunnel.

13. Los Caracoles Pass- between Chile and Argentina
Los Caracoles Pass, a very steep road and a mountain pass between Chile and Argentina, features a countless tough twists among the drought most of the year. If you even feel sick just watching the road, you know it’s not where you car belongs!

14. The Skippers Canyon Road - New Zealand
The skippers Canyon Road is unbelievably scary as it’s totally narrow and different to manouvre your car. A possibility of two cars to pass each other is zero. The road requests a lot of concentration or else …

15. Sichuan-Tibet Highway - China
Make sure you get your vehicle and yourself well-prepared before driving on Sichuan-Tibet Highway, a high-elevation road between Chengdu and Tibet. Rocks avalanches and landslides are not uncommon on this rough road.

16. Pan American Highway - Costa Rica
Pan American Highway is nicknamed Hill of Death and has drastic insane portions. It’s the stretch from San Isidro de El General to Cartago and is filled with steep curves and potholes.

17. Cotopaxi Volcan road - Ecuador
A 25-mile Cotopaxi Volcan road leads to the Cotopaxi National Park entrance by crossing a swift quickly-moving steam. Watch every single second you take at the road, or you would never reach the National Park.

18.Highway 1 - Mexico
With the lack of shoulders, guard rails and deficient road signs, Highway 1, the road from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas is extremely dangerous indeed.

19. Highway 21 - South of St. Louis, USA
The winding 2-lane stretch, Highway 21, is truly deadly with 31 casualties since 1991. The sign “Caution: Driving Blood Alley” has been put by a father of a 19-year-old kid who died in the accident here. Highway 21 always gets flooded which makes it doubly dangerous.

20.U.S. Route 431, between Seale and Eufaula, Alabama- United States
The road, regarded as ‘Highway to Hell’, has claimed a worrying number of accident victims since 1985. Thirty seven white crosses have been placed along the road, representing a memory of lost lives. Sixty kids were killed in a bus-track crash last year but the road is still frequented by local school buses.

21. State Route 138, east of Palmdale - California, United States
Fifty six people have been killed on a 38-mile stretch of State Route 138 over the past five years. Commuters and other vehicles are at high risk with this non-guardrail road, especially on one particular spot that is as high as 50-foot drop.

22.U.S. Route 6 - California, United States
The mother of an accident victim killed in a 1998 collision on “Suicide Six” on the 60-year-old U.S. Route 6 has been battling for the road to be widened in order to prevent further fatalities. One former state trooper even says, “I’ve seen every mile of highway in Rhode Island. Without any doubt, the three miles of Route 6 just before it enters Connecticut are the most dangerous.”

23. U.S. Route 6, between Price and Spanish Fork - Utah, United States
A woman who lost her mother in an accident on Route 6 is trying to have the road developed after her friend died in a wreck 28 years after the woman’s mother passed away at almost the same spot - a narrow stretch down to a canyon.

24.The Halsema Highway - The Philippines
The 150-mile Halsema Highway, which runs through the Central Cordillera Valley on the island of Luzon, is known for mud slides, over-limited driving buses on a narrow path ands and rock slides and is almost impassable in the rainy season. There happens a lot of accidents every year thanks to over 1000-foot drop offs with no guardrail.

25.The Barton Highway - Australia
The Barton Highway is considered the most deadly highway in Australia and has been a hot spot for countless accidents. It is supported by the frightening statistics of over 110 crashes, 11 fatalities and some 100 injured since 2001.

26. Brisbane Valley Highway - Australia
Bruce Highway between Innisfail and Cairns is rated as one of the riskiest sections of highway in the country and $2 billion is requested to improve the road. RACQ spokesman Gary Fites says “You are more likely to have a crash on this stretch of the highway than any other section of the national network anywhere in Australia”.

28.D’Aguilar Highway- Australia
D’Aguilar Highway, which links the Bruce Highway near Caboolture with Kingaroy in Queensland, used to be temporarily closed when a woman was hurt in a vehicle traffic incident. This two-lane highway from Caboolture to Woodford and sections further along towards Yarraman is considered one of the most dangerous roads in the country.

29. The Gillies Highway - Australia
The Gillies Highway, which is well-known for its 200 corners in the 20 km road, has caused several tragedies. One of the worst accident killed 6 children. The kids were not carried by a school bus but a normal bus carrying them on a ’school trip’.

30. Captain Cook Highway - Australia
Despite the fact that the Captain Cook Highway is a short Queensland highway and also one of the most popular routes in Australia used by lots of tourists, the highway is regarded as one of the most dangerous roads in the country.

31. A682 - England
The A682 between junction 13 of the M65 and Long Preston is the worst road in England as it has claimed almost 100 fatalities over the last ten years. Dr Joanne Hill, who headed the research, said “The A682 falls on every collision type - junction and access road crashes, collisions with rigid roadside objects, overtaking crashes. Pedestrian and cyclist collisions and motorcycle crashes.”“The death-toll on this stretch of the road is the equivalent of five major rail crashes within 10 years”, said the doctor.

32. A54 - England
The A54 road links Chester in Cheshire with Buxton in Derbyshire. According to a report done by the Road Safety Foundation for the European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) Congleton to Buxton, Derbyshire is considered the second dangerous road in England.

33. A683 - England
The A683 is ranked at number three in the top 10 worst roads in England. The section, from junction 34 on the M6 to Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria, is unfortunately the most dangerous spot.

34. A62 - England
The A62 is a main road in England, linking between Manchester and Leeds. Especially, the A62 from Diggle to Huddersfield, Yorkshire, is the most dangerous and rated as the fourth worst road in England.

35. A1079 - England
The A1079 is a major road in England and links the cities of York and Kingston upon Hill and is really infamous for its danger, particularly the A1079 from Market Weighton to Kingston upon Hull which is named the seventh dangerous road in England. Two thirds of the serious collisions claimed by EuroRAP happened in Hull.

36. The Southern State Parkway - New York, United States
The Southern State Parkway has been labelled by the State Department of Transportation as the most dangerous state road on Long Island. To compare with other state roads in New York, half of the 10 worst-rated spots was found on The Southern State Parkway the Southern State Parkway.

37.Route 110- New York, United States
The Route 110 just north of the Southern State and south of Main Street in Farmingdale has been described as one of the most dangerous spots in Long Island’s state routes. The road saw 68 accidents with two fatalities and many injuries over the last two years.

38. Route 12 - New York, United States
Route 112 just north of the Long Island Expressway in Medford has also been in the list of the most dangerous roads. The list is supported by 41 accidents with one accident victim.

39. A77 - Scotland
The A77, a road in South-West Scotland, is rated in the most 30 dangerous roads in the world. The road runs from Prestwick to Glasglow and has speed camera on a 28-mile stretch.

40. A726 - Scotland
The A726, which is only four miles long, has been labeled by the Road Safety Foundation’s European Road Assessment Programme as Scotland’s most dangerous road. The statistics have showed over 40 fatal collisions over the past 8 years.Some seriously scary roads to drive on, aren’t they? If you think you know of a scarier, more dangerous road we’ve got on the list, why don’t you share it with the rest of us, thanks!

Strange & Unusual World Museums

The list of seven most strange and unusual world museums, where funny, horrible or unusual expositions are exposed.

The medieval torture instruments, Prague, Czech Republic. The visitors are offered a 45-minutes tour around the exposition that consists of 60 torture instruments. Each item is supplied with the information about the usage of the mechanism.

The Museum of Bad Art, Boston, USA. There are 400 “masterpieces” in the collection of the museum, though because of the lack of space, only 40 of them can be exposed simultaneously. The entrance is free of charge. The items for the collection are gathered and moderated by the curator of the museum - Scott Wilson.

Three museums of Sex: in Amsterdam - Netherlands, Paris - France and Husavik - Iceland. In the “Musee de l’Erotisme” in Paris there are items of the modern erotic art exposed and the history of the Parisian prostitution is being told. In the Venustempel in the Netherlands there are paintings, sculptures, manuscripts and contraceptives. In the Icelandic phallus Museum there is a collection of 195 of items.

The mysterious Winchester house in San-Hose, California. The mansion of the daughter of the creator of the famous rifle with the same name - Sarah Winchester - is in worth mentioning because the heiress of the multimillion heritage has continued the construction of the house of 160 rooms and 40 bedrooms during 38 years, till the death that came to her in the age of 82. According to the legend, she has been doing this for the souls of the people killed from the rifles of her father that would find shelter in the mansion.

The Mutter medicine history museum in Philadelphia, USA. The museum of the medicine pathology., ancient medicine equipment and biological items is located in the medicine college of Philadelphia. It is famous for the huge collection of skulls and unique items, for example the human guts with the length of 12, meters and the corpse of a woman that has turned into soap in the soil where she has been buried.

The Glora Psychiatric museum, Saint-Josef, Missouri. It tells us the 400-years of history of the treatment of the psychic diseases and also the story of the state psychiatric hospital, founded in 1874 and closed in the middle of 1990s. Among the items exhibited there - phlebotomy blades and 1446 items taken out of the stomachs of the patients.

The International Toilet Museum in New-Delhi, India. This museum tracks the history of toilets since 3000 B.C. till nowadays.