I want to visit conwy castle north wales

Conwy Castle

I want to visit Conwy Castle, which is by any standards one of the great fortresses of medieval Europe. Conwy is probably the most impressive of all the Welsh castles. Conwy's eight massive towers and high curtain wall are very impressive.

I want to see a well-preserved wall, surrounded to Conwy Castle and town, lending an additional sense of strength to the site. I want to climb the highly defensible wall Edward built around the town. Moreover the beauty of this section of the country rivals anything in Britain. Approaching Conwy, the castle seems to suddenly rise out of the hills where I want to scream aloud. Furthermore, I want to hang on the majestic old suspension bridge connecting the castle with the main peninsula.

I want to jump like the spiderman  on all the eight great towers and run like the longlegs on  connecting walls of Conwy castle. I want to Journeying to the top of any of the towers and see the spectacular views of the town, surrounding coastline and countryside like the King Edward I. not only that I want to ride on flocks of sheep and roam the nearby hills.

"Anyone looking at Conwy Castle for the first time will be impressed first and foremost by the unity and compactness of so great a mass of building, with its eight almost identical towers, four on the north and four on the south, pinning it to the rock on which it stands. Especially striking is the long northern front, where the tower's equidistant spacing divides the wall surface into three exactly similar sections, each pierced by a similar pair of arrowloops, and each rising to a common battlement line."

Conwy is by any standards one of the great fortresses of medieval Europe. First impressions are of tremendous military strength, a dominating position and a unity and compactness of design. The eight mighty towers seem to spring from the very rock which dictated the castle's eventual layout. As with Edward I's other great castles in north Wales, the design and building operations were in the hands of James of St. George, who eventually held the title of Master of the Kings Works in Wales. At Conwy, however, he somehow created a building which, more than any other, demonstrates his brilliant understanding of military architecture.

No visit to Conwy is complete without a circuit of the town walls. They are one of the finest and most complete sets in Europe, over 3/4 mile in length with 21 towers and three original gateways.

TRANSFAGARASAN- The most beautiful road in the world

TRANSFAGARASAN- The most beautiful road

Last year(2012)US publication CarsRoute has declared Romania's Transfagarasan the most beautiful road in the world in a top 15 ranking that anyone has to drive on.


 In 2009, BBC's Top Gear also named the Transfagarasn Road first among the world's most beautiful.

 The Transfagarasan was built between 1970 and 1974 by military forces. After the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviets, Nicolae Ceausescu had it built as a strategic military route to cross the mountains in the event the Soviets attempted a similar move into Romania. The builders used 6000 tons of dynamite to clear a path for the road on the northern side of the mountains (this is the most spectacular) and on the tunnel. 40 soldiers lost their lives during construction.

The Transfagarasanul is the highest road in Romania and it reaches almost 2000 m above the sea level. It connects Muntenia and Transilvania, two historic parts of Romania.At its top you can find Lake Balea, a glaciar lake formes thousands of years ago.
There are also ruins of Poienari Castle, Vlad the Impaler’s real castle, lurking on this route, to get your blood flowing.

 Reference link

1)      http://www.antena3.ro

2)      http://www.conked.co.uk 
3)      http://welcome2romania.wordpress.com

4)      http://www.losapos.com/transfagarasan

I want to see akshardham tample(Delhi)

Akshardham is a Hindu temple complex in Delhi, India. Also referred to as Delhi Akshardham or Swaminarayan Akshardham, the complex displays millennia of traditional Hindu and Indian culture, spirituality, and architecture. The building was inspired and developed by Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the spiritual head of the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, whose 3,000 volunteers helped 7,000 artisans construct Akshardham.
The Temple, which attracts approximately 70 percent of all tourists who visit Delhi, was officially opened on 6 November 2005. It sits near the banks of the Yamuna adjacent to the 2010 Commonwealth Games village in eastern New Delhi. The temple, at the center of the complex, was built according to the Vastu Shastra and Pancharatra Shastra. In addition to the large central temple crafted entirely of stone, the complex features exhibitions on incidents from the life of Swaminarayan and the history of India, an IMAX feature on the early life of Swaminarayan as the teenage yogi, Nilkanth, a musical fountain on the message of the Upanishads, and large landscaped gardens. The temple is named after a belief in Swaminarayan Hinduism.
                              
                                                                                                                                                                            

Entrance of Akshardham which has 10 gates; it is represents 10 directions.

Night view of musical fountain which is also known as the Yagnapurush Kund. A musical fountain show representing the circle of life is played to an audience

The fountain measures 300 feet (91 m) by 300 feet (91 m) with 2,870 steps and 108 small shrines. In its center lies an eight-petaled lotus shaped yagna kund. It is India's largest step well with a very large series of steps down. These steps provide rest for the visitors to the complex and at night

A sunken garden, shaped like a lotus when viewed from above, features large stones engraved with quotes from world luminaries ranging from Shakespeare and Martin Luther King to Swami Vivekananda and Swaminarayan.

Akshardham Mandir

A traditional mandir (temple) dedicated to Bhagwan Swaminarayan that reflects the beauty and spirituality of India's ancient art, culture, and architecture

Within the monument, under the central dome, lies a murti or statue of Swaminarayan which is 11-foot (3.4 m) high. The murti is surrounded by similar statues of the gurus of the sect Each murti is made of panch dhaatu or five metals in accordance to Hindu tradition. Also within the central monument lie the murtis of other Hindu deities, including Sita Ram, Radha Krishna, Shiv Parvati, and Lakshmi Narayan.

     Gajendra Pith of temple. which is showing relationship between human and Elephant from ancient time, and also shows the nature of elephant towards other creatures.And these all creation are created on stones! which is spectacular and amazing.

     These all are just out of our ideas that is it possible in modern world? Not only that the central monument  the temple has no iron elements in its structure, and no cement. The concrete was used only in the foundation. The rest was made of stone. Marble and granite for the construction was delivered from all over the world. It was processed using special technology, and then joint together. All pillars of the temple are stacked, and all stone elements are turned 90 degrees after being connected. It was done to provide seismic resistance in case of earthquakes, which sometimes happen in India. Imagine the level of precision required for stone processing to assemble this big "puzzle".

    Some other Exhibitions   

1. Hall of Values, 2. Giant Screen Film (IMAX), 3. Cultural Boat Ride,

4. Garden of India

Reference

1. Delhi Tourism 
2. Sky scraper-city
3. airpano.com