No. 12 of my 2018 world series challenge is Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong island became a colony of the British Empire when their forces defeated the Chinese in the First Opium War (1839-1842). The island was populated by only a few thousand people when British empire colonized it, and was thus described as being almost […]
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No. 11 of my 2018 world series challenge is Vestrahorn Mountain, Iceland. Iceland has a population of only 348,580 and a land area of 103,000 km2 making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe. It is volcanically and geologically active… characterised by sand dunes, lava fields, mountains, and glaciers. Many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands. Iceland […]
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No. 10 of my 2018 world series challenge is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio de Janeiro (River of January), is a metropolis of over 12 million people in Brazil and the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was also […]
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No. 9 of my 2018 world series challenge is the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbour. The copper statue, designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel was a gift from the people of […]
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No. 8 of my 2018 world series challenge is Mount Fuji, Japan. Mount Fuji (富士山 ), located on Honshu Island, is the highest mountain in Japan (12,389 ft). It lies about 60 miles south-west of Tokyo (and can be seen from there on a clear day) and is an active volcano that last erupted in 1708. Mount Fuji’s symmetrical cone, which is snow-capped […]
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No. 7 of my 2018 world series challenge is the V&A Waterfront Cape Town. The coastal city of Cape Town (Kaapstad in Afrikaans) is the second-most populous urban area in South Africa after Johannesburg. It is also the capital and primate city of the Western Cape province. The city is famous for its harbour and for such well-known landmarks as Table […]
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