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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

The Kakadu National Park, an archaeological and ethnological site.

The Kakadu National Park

Is a protected area, located within the Alligator Rivers Region of  the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km southeast of Darwin.  It covers an area of 19,804 km² (7,646 mi²), extending nearly 200 km from north to south and over 100 km from east to west. It is a unique example of a complex of ecosystems, including tidal flats, floodplains, lowlands and plateaux, and provides a habitat for a wide range of rare or endemic species of plants and animals.

Australia-Kakadu-Aboriginal
This unique archaeological and ethnological reserve, has been inhabited continuously for more than 40,000 years. The cave, paintings, rock carvings and archaeological sites record the skills and way of life of the region´s inhabitants, from hunter-gatherers of prehistoric times to the Aboriginal people still living there.

Saturday, July 5, 2014

Christ the Redeemer in National Park da Tijuca

Christ the Redeemer

Keeping a watchful eye over the people of Rio de Janeiro, the Statue of Christ the Redeemer or Cristo Redentor (in Portuguese) sits atop Corcovado 2,300 feet (700 meters) above the city. Is a larger than life statue of Jesus Christ with his arms outstretched, a symbol of peace that stands almost 131.23 ft (40 meters) high.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro in the night.

Monday, March 3, 2014

The Paradise of the caves of Lanquín

The Lanquin Caves National Park

You can see also: Semuc Champey

The Lanquin Caves National Park is a protected area consisting of a large limestones cave system located 1 km (0.62 mi) west of Lanquín in the department of  Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. The cave system Lanquin was declared a national park in 1955 covering an area of about 11 hectares (0.1 km²). Near the entrance passes a river also called Lanquín walking about 12 miles to the river Cahabon.

Grutas de Lanquín National Park
 Located 1 km from the municipal seat of Lanquín, on the road that leads to Coban, passes over the input Lanquin Caves, one of the first declared protected areas in Guatemala.