World's most remarkable beaches

A lovely day at the beach can be a godsend after a hectic day. If you head on vacation in a sunny location, the beach is often a destination that is not being beaten. The beaches in this list are just not so much also of the water to enjoy, but more to see how remarkable they are.

Harbour Island, Bahamas

When you are on Harbour Island you must look twice before you realize. Is the sand really pink? Yes! The color is caused by small pieces of coral that mix with the white sand. The pink sand beaches occur along the entire east coast of Harbour Island for. The clear blue sky and the beautifully colored and clear waters make this island a picture to look at and a dream to be here.

Glass Beach, California

This beach shows how mother nature can make waste an attraction. Glass Beach was once a place where waste was dumped. Until 1960, they threw everything at this beach and the ocean, even cars and kitchen appliances. After it was banned the sea seemed to be recycled and made all smooth glass shards and a few months after they were washed again, making the beach a beautiful shimmer in the sunlight. The first weeks were these glass shards collected by passersby, but this is now prohibited.

Papakolea, Hawaii

Hawaii has some special islands to offer. You get not bored with all the beauty that is found. But the sandy white beaches are not everywhere. There is a beach called Papakolea beach where the sand is colored green. From afar, resemble the great grass plains but in reality they are small, green colored olivine crystals that are formed by a volcanic explosion 10,000 years ago. These crystals are heavier than the rest of the volcanic materials, which ultimately only the crystals are left behind. Over the years the number of crystals which reduce the green color changed to gray, but that will not happen within the next 100 years. There is plenty of time to this beautiful beach with your own eyes to admire.

Chandipur, India

This sea has a remarkable habit. It may just be that one day you have wonderful swimming and the next day come back for a second dive. Look just do not be surprised if the sea suddenly disappeared. What do we mean? Exactly that. The water is literally gone. Or does it only seem so?

It is quite normal at Chandipur, the water suddenly withdraws 5 km and then slowly return. On the beach then you will also be able to see a stray cat. But do not worry, the water always goes back.

Rainbow Beach, Australia

Want some more color in your life? Go to Rainbow Beach. On Frasies Island (the world's largest sand island) you will find the rainbow colors on the stunning cliffs. It looks almost edible out so bright and colorful, the rainbows are.

How do you keep it fun when you're traveling with friends?

You want desperately for years a long journey. Now you finally have the step to put this plan to continue now comes question two: are you going to travel alone or you leaving with a friend (s) abroad? If you decide together with one or more people to travel, then these tips for you.

Natural selection

If you do not like traveling alone, begin in your head to make a selection of friends with whom you would like to go on vacation. Do not start with the first boy or girl the best way that you barely know. We prefer to travel with someone you know well enough so that you know what you have in your travel companion. This will irritate not high.

Setting expectations

Discuss what is the purpose of your journey. If one would like the whole day at the beach and the other prefers to lie all day, climbing, you know immediately that you should not leave together.

Budget

Look what both of you to spend. To make it clear it is wise to this by category to calculate. How much money is there to eat? Do you buy the ingredients at the local supermarket and then home to cook or be eaten much outside the door? How much money is for transportation? Will you fly a lot or you grab the bus? How much money is reserved for the night? There are many things you need to consider the budget and to create the fastest the biggest fights. Avoid this by making clear agreements. Put it down on paper so if need this later to be watched for, should you have forgotten it.

Go your own way

If you are already on vacation and you discover that you're talking about some activities can not agree, do your own thing. When you spend all day sitting closely together it is obvious that you are after a few weeks together get irritated. It is therefore good to every now and then to plan a day for yourself and your own thing. Would you like snorkeling and the other bikes? No problem. These are also two activities that you can book through an organization so that you can do this with a group. So you meet new people and have each other at the end of the day a lot to say.

Rhythm

Please note each other's rhythm. Perhaps the one used for around 7 o'clock in the morning already showered and meet a new day to start while the other prefers to 1 hour in bed beneath. If you desperately want to holiday together, make a clear agreement and take along an alarm clock. Be aware of each other and be flexible. No requirement that the other will have to get up at 7 am but go for 9 hours. Thus there is both persons account and can be enjoyed most of the day.

Places you must see before it's too late

There are millions of places on our planet that is so fascinating that you actually should not miss. Unfortunately, there are plenty of places within the next 100 years will perish due to future weather conditions. We show you what places they are.

Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

The snowy peaks of Kilimanjaro are very popular. What many people do not know is that the snow on the peaks of this mountain with African rapidly disappearing. Since 1912, the amount of snow by 85% and expectations are that in 2025 there was no snow flake to be found. Enjoy it while you can!

Great Barrier Reef, Australia

One of the most beautiful places in the world is the Great Barrier Reef. The beautiful underwater world where you can find 7150 different species is an experience not to be missed. The reef is built by billions of tiny coral polyps, making it the world's largest structure built by living organisms. By pollution and commercial shipping is expected that the coral reefs around 2030 completely decayed. A terrible idea, especially for all the wonderful creatures that live in this area.

Venice, Italy

Venice is a beautiful, romantic area where water plays an important role. Since Venice has almost no roads, there is instead of cars used boats (gondolas). Despite the beautiful image the city is severely threatened by the water. In the past century, the city has sunk 30.5 cm and the city has now a hundred year flood. The most dangerous flooding is expected in 2050. We can expect that most of the Venetians in 2040 are fully migrated.

Ski resorts, Worldwide

Global temperatures are expected to rise 1.1 degrees Celsius in the next 40 years, which places the snow will be higher. The lower altitude resorts such as Kitzbuhel in Austria, will no longer exist. The expectations are that by 2050 50% of all ski hills offer no access for a memorable ski holiday.

Maldives

The 1192 islands of the Maldives might disappear. The highest point is only 2.3 meters high and the islands are surrounded by ocean. It is expected that in 2070 75% of all islands will disappear in the Indian Ocean.

New York, United States of America

We might not notice, but New York is currently threatened by water. In New York and around the sea level will rise to 50% faster than the global average. With a total of more than 966 km long coastline will build dikes a huge undertaking. In 2075, the water around the major areas increased 1.52 meter.

Events that you should not miss in 2012

Do you want the year 2012 traveling through? No problem, this year there is anywhere in the world plenty to see and do make a few special trips in the diary. The new year is full of events that you should not miss. Travel Calendar for you put them in a row.

Titanic, 100 years later

April 15, 1812 the Titanic sank with all its consequences. History was written when this so-called unsinkable ship was built. Unfortunately, the Titanic's maiden voyage never finish. 100 years after the tragic accident, two cruise ships the same route to New York. The ships will operate from Cobh in southern Ireland leave and sail along the spot where the Titanic went down 100 years ago to commemorate the victims. A wonderful experience to experience.

Olympics

London was a huge attraction, with typical sights, rich history and beautiful shopping streets. This year there is a reason why you should travel to London in 2012 and another year later, namely the Olympics. The games take place from July 27 to August 12 and provide the perfect opportunity for both the sports and the city view. This combined with the summer temperatures will be a memorable month.

Eclipse

Are you planning to end of 2012 to travel to Australia? Make sure that you are 14 November to Cairns for a total solar eclipse observation. There are several organized cruises to the solar eclipse without obstacles to admire. Afterwards there will be great celebrations and performances by famous artists place so it's definitely worth a mid-November which direction to travel.

Shakespeare shows

Another reason to go to London when you're a lover of Shakespeare. There will be a major exhibition held in the British Museum. From July 19 t / m 25 November you will include prints, drawings and paintings, coins, tools, medals and other objects may perceive that Shakespeare in his time used to create the pieces in the 21st century we still admire.

The end of the world nigh?

It is expected that the number of tourists in Mexico the end of 2012 will be considerably higher than previous years. Why? The end of time is near, at least, the Mayan calendar on December 21, 2012 keep it up. It is expected that 50 million people travel to Mexico where you can learn more about the Mayans and where they end 2012 in the city of Tapachula can countdown to the last day on earth. Whether the predictions are correct is another question. There will be at least enough partying for you here to the fullest.

World's 10 Best Places to Live

Where would you be the safest if World War 3 broke out tomorrow? Perhaps it’s a grim subject, but safety and distance from world conflict can be a motivating factor in your choice to expatriate. At the very least, conflict around the world can weigh heavy on the soul, and it’s nice to know there are some places still left in the world where you might be left in peace. Thus, we’ve assembled a list of the 10 best places to live if you want to escape world conflict.

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Switzerland

Switzerland’s long history of neutrality and its tucked away location among the valleys of the Alps still make it a safe bet, even despite having a high number of bordering nations. It helps that neighboring Austria is also considered a neutral nation.

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Costa Rica

Costa Rica has a stable democracy, a disbanded military and a national policy of neutrality. It also ranks highly on the Global Peace Index, Happy Planet Index, and Life Satisfaction Index. Although it sits in the middle of a tumultuous region, there are far worse places to sit in peace as the world goes down in flames all around.

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Papua New Guinea

There are regions of Papua New Guinea that are still being discovered for the first time. The canopy covered, mountainous nation contains some of the most isolated places in the world. Tuck yourself away in a nook here and it may be one of the few places left where you can completely insulate yourself from the outside world.

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Canada

Canada is the second largest nation in the world, yet it only shares a land border with one other country– the U.S.A.– and it is a peaceful border. That means there is a great expanse to escape to, if need be. Furthermore, Canada has few world enemies, ranks consistently high on the Global Peace Index, and is relatively homogeneous.

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Seychelles

Aside from being safely isolated from the rest of the world in the middle of the Indian Ocean, this beautiful island nation is a great place to forget about your worries. Isolation is the key here. And conflict is as transparent as the water.

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Finland

Finland has a long history of desiring to stay out of international conflicts, is recognized as neutral and always ranks in the top 10 of the Global Peace Index. It’s northerly location also typically means the remote areas of this country are a perfect place to disappear.

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Tuvalu

Isolated in the middle of Micronesia, Tuvalu is among the safest and most remote places in the world. It is the third least populated country on Earth, and the forth smallest. There are only a few places more distant from the world’s strife than Tuvalu.

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Iceland

Iceland, of course, has no borders, has remote locations, is stable as a country and has virtually no world enemies. Its people are happy and the nation always ranks highly on the Global Peace Index. If world conflict erupts, Iceland is one of the few stable nations in the world unlikely to get caught up in the middle.

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Bhutan

Landlocked among the Himalaya mountains, Bhutan is one of the most isolated nations in the world. It also showcases one of the most stable balances in the world between moderization and retention of ancient culture. Its religious population believes in peaceful resolution to all conflict, and although it sits in a troubled region, it remains protected by its geography.

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New Zealand

New Zealand might be the most isolated and expansive fully developed nation in the world. It shares no borders, sits relatively distant from any other nation, has no real national enemies, has a safe democracy and a diverse landscape with many remote places to hide away within

Finding Fun: 3 Case Studies in Web 3.0

The Web 3.0 Lab has carried out research in three locations in Europe trying to find ways to use Twitter geo-tagging to find fun places: Istanbul, Amsterdam and London. The challenge was to find the following:

• Places that were fun,
• Places that the tour guides often did cover,
• Places that tourist were looking for and could not find.

In Amsterdam and Istanbul we have identified regions where locals go to eat and have fun. We have found that looking at our heat map of tweets on the cities that these locations become obvious.

In the case of Istanbul it was rather striking, the fun areas outside of the major tourist areas are light up very clearly.

Our research confirms that tourists can use the density of twitter locations to find interesting places to have fun. So go out there and explore.

Beat roaming charges

Shocked by your roaming charges-theres an App for that.

Your away for holiday, you still want to check into Foursquare, Gowalla and get your twitter density reading from the Clima meter so you can see what is hot and what is not, but do you dare come home to a 2,000 pound mobile phone bill?

The online tech site ZD Net has just started a campaign to bring roaming prices down. It surveyed 1,300 of its readers worldwide, and they weren't happy either.
"We have to stand up for our readership on this one, it seems to us it's a very clear cut case of people being charged over the odds for something that is becoming crucial to all of us," said David Meyer from ZDNet.

Making use of voicemail while you're away may seem sensible - but those doing so may have to pay double or even triple the international rate.

Turning off roaming doesn't mean you need to be cut off. You can still hook up to local wi-fi networks that will let you use all the usual VOIP services, like Skype, Viber and Jajah.

The other useful tool when you're on wi-fi is instant messaging services, like Whatsapp , Pingchat and Meebo.

Google maps lets you search for free wi-fi access points by location. NavFree is a turn-by-turn satnav app for Apple mobile devices, soon to be released on Androids too. OffMaps is another mapping app for iPhones that stores the data on your handset before you depart. For Android users there is AndNav2. and Nokia users are looked after too with Ovi maps.

Read more on the BBC

A test, using our Clima meter to find a spot on the town

Using Clima Tweeter Meter as a guide to holiday. Problem, looking for where to have fun in a large city like Istanbul, the area around our wonderful hotel seem a bit silent tonight

Exploring with Clima tweeter meter we were able to find that Gelata, a hip area on the hill was buzzing. All week we will be testing the tool as a guide to travel and recreation.