On our last day we took a scenic route through the old city. The lights, buildings, and river were truly spectacular. What great way to wrap up our trip.
The Russian famine of 1921 began in early spring and lasted through 1922. It killed an estimated 6 million, primarily affecting the Volga and Ural River regions.
Many stunts were extremely dangerous. In the Bond film ‘Live and Let Die’ (1973), stuntman Ross Kananga walks on crocodiles to get across a river. The last crocodile bit his foot!
A dozen witches threw the poisonous mandrake plant into the river Danube to put a curse on officials that will force them to pay taxes for the first time.
A dozen witches threw the poisonous mandrake plant into the river Danube to put a curse on officials that will force them to pay taxes for the first time.
Surfers come from as far away as Southern California to ride the Qiantang Tidal Bore — a big river wave that forms during China's Mid-Autumn Festival, when the moon is full, and barrels upstream for miles.
Surfers come from as far away as Southern California to ride the Qiantang Tidal Bore — a big river wave that forms during China's Mid-Autumn Festival, when the moon is full, and barrels upstream for miles.
Surfers come from as far away as Southern California to ride the Qiantang Tidal Bore — a big river wave that forms during China's Mid-Autumn Festival, when the moon is full, and barrels upstream for miles.
The slow but sure force with which tree roots crush and overcome concrete (and sometimes even steel) inspires visions of a natural reclamation of the civilized world, their serpentine forms resembling rivers and lightning.
The slow but sure force with which tree roots crush and overcome concrete (and sometimes even steel) inspires visions of a natural reclamation of the civilized world, their serpentine forms resembling rivers and lightning.
The slow but sure force with which tree roots crush and overcome concrete (and sometimes even steel) inspires visions of a natural reclamation of the civilized world, their serpentine forms resembling rivers and lightning.
The Punan people believe that a large helmeted hornbill guards the river between life and death. Their call is described as hoots followed by maniacal laughter.