Discovering the WORLD

Flevopolder  Size : 970km, Location : Netherland Yas Island Size : 25km2, Location : Abu Dhabi, UAE Hong Kong International Airport Size 9.4km2, Location : Hong Kong Kansai International Airport size: 8.1 km2, Location: Japan Palm Jebel Ali Size: 8km2, Location: Dubai, UAE Chūbu Centrair International Airport Size: 6.8km2, Location: Japan Palm Jumeirah Size: 6.5km2, Location: Dubai, UAE Rokko Island Size: 5.8km2, Location: Japan Port Island Size: 5.2km2, Location: Japan Kansai International Airport Size: 4km2 (8.1km2 older one ), Location: Japan

1.Chaotianmen Bridge Carries :Trains, Motor vehicles, Pedestrians Crosses :Yangtze River Location :Chongqing, China Design :Arch bridge Total length :1,741 m (5,712 ft) Width :36.5 m (120 ft) Height :142 m (466 ft) (middle supports to arch top) Longest span :552 m (1,811 ft) Construction begin :December 2004 Construction cost :3.2 billion Yuan Opened :30 April 2009 2.Lupu Bridge Carries :6 lanes of North–South Elevated Road, 2 pedestrian walkways Location :Shanghai, People's Republic of China Design :Through arch Material :Steel Total length :3,900 m (12,795 ft) Width :28.7 m (94 ft) Height :100 m (328 ft) Longest span :550 m (1,804 ft) Clearance below :46 m (151 ft) Construction begin :October 2000 Construction cost :2.5 billion yuan (US$302 million) Opened :June 28, 2003 Inaugurated :June 27, 2003 3.Bosideng Bridge Carries :G93 Chengdu–Chongqing Ring Expressway Location :Hejiang County, Sichuan, China Design :Arch Bridge Material :Steel Total length :841 me...

 Regatta Hotel  – Indonesia The Impressive Regatta Hotel Jakarta was designed by Atelier Enam, based on the nautical theme, where the centrepiece is an aerodynamically shaped hotel bound to be one of the most striking landscape features overlooking the Java Sea. The Regatta Hotel Jakarta is a five-star hotel that offers an Aqua Park in a complex spawning over 11 hectares of reclaimed land. Mecca Royal Clock Tower – Saudi Arabia Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower, is a building complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. These towers are a part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project that strives to modernize the holy city in catering to the pilgrims. The complex holds several world records, such as the tallest hotel in the world, the tallest clock tower in the world, the world’s largest clock face and the building with the world’s largest floor area. The complex’s hotel tower became the second tallest building in the world in 2012, surpassed only by Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. The build...

1. It is said that the weight of concrete used to build the skyscraper is equivalent to 100,000 elephants and the steel used to construct the frame is equal to that of 5 Airbus 380 aircrafts. 2. The building design takes after the Greek flower, Hymenocallis. The name is translated as Beautiful Membrane in Greek. 3. Burj Khalifa was built at a cost of $1.5 billion, It is supplied with about 250,000 gallons of water daily, and its electricity needs can go up to 360,000 100-watt bulbs burning at once. 4. During the peak of construction, atleast 12,000 workers worked on the construction site per day. 5. The tip of the sphere of Burj Khalifa can be seen from 95 kilometers away. 6. Burj Khalifa has 54 elevators which have a speed of up to 40 miles per hour. 7. The tower was to be called Burj Dubai but this was changed at the last minute to honor Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi for bailing out Dubai's bankrupt sovereign wealth fund with...

The Tianmen Mountain is located in the Hunan province of China. Through its peaks and valleys hides what may be considered as the most beautiful road in the world, the “Heaven-Linking Avenue”, also known as the Big Gate Road. This picturesque route, in addition to the natural beauty all around it, is also considered one of the most dangerous roads in China and will serpentine from 200 meters below sea level up to an altitude of 1300 meters in its 10 km in length. The Heaven-Linking Avenue gets its name for a reason, consisting of 99 curves, it is believed to symbolize heaven since the Chinese culture believes heaven has 9 places. If you are not up for the risk, however, you can still enjoy the view by taking the cable car which is claimed to be the longest passenger cableway of high mountains in the world with a total length of 7,455 meters. Source :Wikepedia

Hardanger Bridge is a suspension bridge across the Hardangerfjorden in Hordaland county, Norway. The bridge connects the municipalities of Ullensvang and Ulvik. It replaced a ferry connection between Bruravik and Brimnes, and thereby shortens the driving time between Oslo and Bergen. It is the longest suspension bridge in Norway. The bridge was approved for building by the  Norwegian Parliament  on February 28, 2006, and construction began on February 26, 2009. While the bridge was engineered by the  Norwegian Public Roads Administration , the construction is done by  MT Højgaard . The project had a budget of  NOK 2.3 billion  (€290 million) and more than half of this will be paid by toll and saved ferry subsidies. The Administration is considering a different route over a future bridge as the main connection between East and West. The ferry, serviced by Fjord1, ran across the fjord every 20–60 minutes depending on the season, and th...

Longest rail bridge: Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, China Length: 102.4 miles Connecting Shanghai to Nanjing along the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, this elevated viaduct was named the world's longest bridge -- period -- by Guinness World Records when it opened in 2011. (Also on the railway, the 70.6-mile Tianjin Grand Bridge, which connects Langfang to Qingxian, is the world's second longest.) Running parallel to the Yangtze River past lowland rice paddies, most of the span acts as an elevated railway, similar to the El in Chicago, though a 5.6-mile section does act like a traditional bridge, crossing the Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou. Longest bridge over water (continuous): Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, Louisiana Length: 23.87 miles Due to recent feats of Chinese engineering, the four-lane, 5,189-pile concrete trestle bridge north of New Orleans got demoted by Guinness World Records for world's longest bridge over water. But the change did not come without contr...