SOBRIQUETS OF WORLD

Laos is known as "Land of Million Elephants" for years.Unfortunately Laos doesn't have that many elephants anymore.Through the long history Laos used to be called "Lane Xang"which can be translate to be "Land of Million Elephants".It was named as Lane Xang by the king Fa Ngum in 1354.The reason is that he capital of the kingdom was Luang Prabang and it was surrounded by large grazing pasture With wild heads of elephants lived there.Apart from that another reason is that the elephants that used as the principal engines of war and the main means of transportation for laos royal family back in ancient time.Asian elephants loved to live in laos because there used to have extensive forest and crops to live on and there was a sparse human population. However in modern days the wars and bombs are scared the elephants away the loss of natural habitat like the expansion of settlements,agriculture and industrial infrastructure the trade of the ivory and the...

Lhasa is the capital of Tibet autonomous region of china.Home of former Dalai Lama.Lhasa is known as the Forbidden City and Land of the Gods.Mainly because of the existence of Dalai Lama the living god of the Tibetans.Located at the evaluation of 3,490 M (11,450 ft) It is one of the highest cities in the world.The Forbidden City during primeval time.Lhasa was completely in accessible by the foreigners.The news journalist and photographer will never make it inside the city despite crossing the border and entering the Tibet.  The fifth Dalai LamaLabsang Gyatso (1670-1682) unified Tibet and in 1642 moved the center of his administration to lhasa.Which thereafter became both the religious capital and political capital.In 1645 the reconstruction of the Potala Palace began on Red hill. The Jokhang Temple was founded during the reign of king SongtsenGampo . The Jokhang also known as the Qoikang Monastery .Jokhang Temple,Jokhang Monastery is the buddhist temple in Barkhor square in ...

Bahrain is one of the smallest nation of  Arabian gulf specially Persian gulf rich with the  animals that produces pearls.The pearl fishery of the Persian gulf is famous and very old (have been prosecuted for more than two thousand years).Bahrain is being one of the main source of pearl fishing and it also known for Island of Pearls.The Bahrain pearling trail is a 3.5 km trail located in the island of Muharraq in Bahrain that was used by pearl divers during much of Bahrain's history until the early 1930's when the pearl market in Bahrain crashed as a result of the introduction of cultured pearls from japan.  Pearling in Bahrain has Occured in 2000 B.C.The pathway consists of seventeen building in Muharraq. 3 oyster beds located in the nearby sea a segment of the coast and the sea front Bu Mahir fortress in the southern tip of Muharraq.The trail was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on june 30th 2012 and is Bahrain's Second  World Heritage Site after the...

The real name for Japan in Japanese is Nihon  ( 日本 )   these characters mean "Sun Origin".This can be loosely translated into English as "Land of Rising Sun"Nihon was the Chinese imperial name for Japan from the Sui Dynasty (589-689 AD)It simply indicates the direction of the japan with respect to china.If your china-japan is in the east.If your in china it also appears that the sun rises from the direction of the japan.The name Nihon was first used in correspondence with china.With time it gained popularity and became the name for the japan in japanese.The name is the inspiration for the japanese flag. The japanese people call their country  Nippon which literally translated means "Source of the Sun". Summer season will start during the month of June to August.Hot upto 40 degree C in many places  with opperssive humidity.The only places which escape this are the mountains and the northern island of hokkaido.

Khajjiar is the hill station in Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh located approximtely 24 km from dalhousie.Khajjiar is surrounded by green meadows,dense forest.Residing amid the beauty of majestic peaks and lustrous grasslands this arcane holiday destination would be everyone's much loved place.Khajjiar charms the dhauladhar range of western range Himalayas at the height of 6500 feet from sea level.It dwells on the small plateau along with the stream fed lake.It is indeed one of its  kind place with the rare concoction of ecosystem :forest,pasture,lake.With its topographical resemblance Khajjiar received recognition as "India's Mini Switzerland" in the year of 1992.M.rwilly.t.blazar head of chancery of switzerland of india. This place is heaven for strolling and taking long walks.You can wander and hike through the pine  trees.Since his place is at the foot hills of dhauladar range.Khajjiar lake is all the more reason to be there at your earlist.It's dre...

Beijing is known as the "City of Cycling".Riding a bicycle is a good way to get around in beijing as it can avoid experiencing crowded public buses and traffic jams,save more time and money.At peak times on the busy roads in beijing bicycle is the fastest and the most convenient vehicle for the short journey. If possible do not hesitate to ride a bicycle for a short trip in the inner city.Construction in the urban city as led to the road space for the bicycle being reduced and some of the bicycle tracks are often occupied by the motor vehicles.This as caused not only enormous pressure on energy and environment but also serious and frequent traffic jams.A special lane for bicycles has been built in BEIJING,so that travel by cycle is much safer nowadays.Beijing people they use bicycle to reduce pollution and to save the environment.

Rome is known as the City Of Seven Hills.The seven hills of rome east of the river tiber from the geographical heart of the rome within the walls of the city.The vatican hill lying in the northwest of the tiber,The pincian hill lying to the north and the janiculum hill lying to the west are not counted among the traditional seven hills.And the seven hills are Aventine hill,Caelian hill,Capitoline hill,Esquiline hill,Palatine hill,Quirinal hill,Viminal hill,of the seven hills of current rome ,five(the Aventine,Caelian,Esqiline,Quirinal,Viminal hills)are populated with monuments,buildings,and parks.The Capitoline hill now hosts rome's city halls,and palatine hill belongs to the main archaeological area.The vatican sits on one side of the tiber river,facing the Seven Hills. First was the palatine hill,where according to the legend,the first king of rome romolo founded the city on april 21st 753 B.C.The number seven is significant in roman culture not only for seven kings  of rom...

Kolkata the "CITY OF PALACES" was the capital of the british empire up to 1911.It was at one time, the industrial,cultural,and the intellectual of the country.As the retaliation for being the nucleus of the first mass movement of the raj,which reversed curzon's move to partition bengal,the city lost its status.This teaming inland port the city of more than 10 million is now the capital of west bengal.Kolkata has the reputation of india's more vibrant metropolis.I t is regarded has india's cultured capital.Among many other proud destination the city has produced to the nobel laureates Ronald ross,rabindranath tagore,c.v.raman,mother teresa,gunter grass,amartya sen.Located at the tip of the frawling ganges delta which flows into the bay of bengal.The city hugs the eastern bank of the massive hoogly tributary.The howrah bridge which connects the mega city to an industrial township on the opposite bank is the signature landmark.The name of the kolkata is said to be...

Hwang Ho are the yellow river is popularly known as China's Sorrow because of its devastating floods .This remarkable stream is one of the largest rivers in the world and second largest river in China being second only to the yangtze.It has it sources in tibet and meanders 2700 miles  through northern china.Yellow river is merely a literal translation of chinese twang ("Yellow") and ho ("River").The stream was so named from the fact that the water has the yellowish colorowing to the presence of muddy earth in solution.Enormous quantities of infinitesimal particles of silt known to geologist as loess are blown by the wind into the upper reaches of the stream from the boby desert country.In flood times this material may constitute as high as 18% of the volume of water.The yellow sea into which the Yellow river flows also as the same Yellowish hue.The chinese call the sea hwang hai literally "Yellow sea" hai being chinese for "sea". The China...

The Golden Gate is strait on the west coast of north america that connects sanfrancisco  way to the pacific ocean.It is defined by the headlands of the sanfrancisco peninsula and the marine peninsula and since 1937 has been spanned by the golden gate bridge.sanfrancisco is also knownas the city of golden gate.I t is one of the most famous and most photographed  suspension bridges in the world but the golden gate bridge really isn't gold technically a golden gate paint color is orange vermilion also known as international orange or in the pantone matching system,PMS 173 all of which are fancy ways of saying orange-red soon after it was completed on 1937,consulting architect irving morrow rejected grey,balck and silver and successfully persuaded the bridge builders to keep the bridge the color of the primer orange-red as the final color.Not only was orange to red highly visible from the water and from the fog but the color also blended in with the bridge's natural setting.In ...

Canada is called Land of Lilies because lily is a type of flower which are found in Canada in large numbers.Because of these flowers of lilies Canada is known as "Land of Lilies".Lilium(members of which are true lilies) is genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs,All with large prominent flowers plants which are important for culture and literature in much of the world.Most species are native to the temperate in northern hemisphere,though their range extends into the northern subtropics.Many other plants lily in their common name but are not related to true lilies,lilies are tall parental ranging in height from 2-6 feet (60-180 cm).They form naked or tunicless scaly underground bulbs which are their overwintering organs.In some north american species the base of the bulbs develops into rhyzomes on which numerous  small bulbs are found.Some species develop stolons.Most bulbs are deeply buried but few species from bulbs near the soil surface.Many species f...

Canada is known as the Land of Maple.The maple tree is significant to the canadian environment and economy,besides being an eye -catching and iconic element of the canadian geography.Almost 13 different species of maple trees are in the north america and out of them ten belong to canada,making this tree the symbol of canadian identity.All the way through the past,the maple leaf has gained value as the canadian emblem,to the tip where it is at preseent,the most identifiable symbol of the state.The maple leaf has indicated and reownened distinctively the canadian characteristic. And for this very season,in 1834 the first mayor of montreal,quebec,jacques viger illustrated the maple as the "King of the Forest,The symbol of the canadian people". On feb-15 19665 when the state flag was inagurated,the red and white flag demonstrated that the only symbol of being an canadian is the maple leaf.In thepast,the maple leaf was on every canadian coin but in present day,it remains sim...

The strait Gibraltar is a narrow opening between the continent of Africa and Europe.It is located between Spain and Morocco and connects the Atlantic to the Mediterranean sea.The mountains are either side of the strait are called the Pillars of Hercules because according to legend of hercules,it was created by hercules in order to complete his tenth labor,The first nine labors of were based inside the mediterranean rim,however,the tenth labor took him beyond the outer limits of the known world to a territory no greek had ever seen.For his tenth labor,hercules went all the way to the Spanish peninsula were he had to bring back the cattle of king geryon,the three headed monster.Destroying the geryon to capture his cattle was half the challenge.The half was getting there.To reach king's geryon cattle,Hercules had to venture beyond the mediterranean sea  into the atlantic ocean,but one massive obstacle stood in his way the mountain range that joined the continent of europe and afric...

Kent is a county in south east england and one of the home countries.Kent is known as the 'Garden of England' for its abundance of orchards and hop gardens. It's borders greater london to the north west,surrey to the west and east sussex to the south west.The county town is maidstone.Kent's garden celebrates the year of the english garden 2016 in the garden of england.As the garden of england,kent boasts an impressive variety of 180 plus gardens and was recently voted as a 'Garden tourism destination of the year' byinternational garden tourism network.Kent's blockbuster historic estates excel outside as well as in.Hever castle boasts 125 acres of stunning gardens that were voted the south east's most romantic garden by Gardeners World they even have their own rose launched by dame judi dench.The 500 acres of parkland at leeds castle include a swirling yew maze, the famous water cascade and the wood garden,vivid with daffodils and narcissi in the sprin...

finland is a land of thousand lakes,from the  metropoliton area around  helsinkiall the way up to  inari in  lapland , finland is filled with oases of the clean blue .finns feel certain closeness to the element of  water .lakeland in eastern  finland is where  saimaa,the country's greatest lake is situated.It is homed to  saimaa ringed seal,one of the most endangered species in the world.It is the cutest little island.Boating,canoeing,fishing,barbecuing and swimming are standard things to do while unwinding at the lake.In the winter frozen lakes works as ice skating or snowmobile track.Ice fishing is also a popular activity.This is because the lakes and rivers account for around the 10 percent of the country's land.Some lakes namely  pie linen ,lake paijaane ,  nasijarvi  , finnish  lakeland ollujarvi , mallasvesi , hoytiainen , vanajavesi , koitere , puruvesi , kulovesi , keurusselka , pihlajavesi , langelmavesi , kuusamoj...