Guirec Soudée Adventure - Travels The World With His Chicken

Guirec Soudée Adventure - Travels The World With His Chicken 

Guirec Soudée is a French sailor, born in 1992. He is particularly known for his media coverage during his 5-year journey around the world accompanied by his hen Monique. There's an Instagram for everything from hot guys with coffee to hot guys on the Paris Metro, but we had yet to see one dedicated to hot guys with farm animals in exotic locations.

Filling that particular niche is Guirec Soudée, whose Instagram is dedicated to him and his pet chicken Monique traveling the world.Soudée told Cosmopolitan he's been sailing around the world with his unconventional pet for two years. You can find them walking through the snow, basking in the sun, and sailing in the ocean. Their adventures are all clearly catalogued with hashtags like #chicken and #Monique.

US Navy Ship Sunk To Create New Diving Attraction

USS Kittiwake, a decommissioned US navy submarine rescue ship, has been intentionally sunk to create a scuba diving attraction.

Now lying on the ocean floor off the Cayman Islands, the 251-foot long, five-deck military ship, will become an artificial reef for divers to enjoy.

Officials say after acquiring the ship they cleaned it before flooding the rusty hull so it would sink upright and then punching holes into the hull and pumped in sea water.

This caused the Kittiwake to sink dramatically in a cascade of bubbles, but don't take our word for it, check out the amazing pictures below.

The ship is now sitting under 60ft of water just off the coast of Grand Cayman Island and is quickly becoming home to curious creatures including stingrays, barracuda and various schools of smaller fish.

It is hoped Kittiwake Cayman will soon become a destination for divers who will be able to snorkel overhead and see the main decks and topography of the ship or explore rooms of the wreck.

A spokesperson for Cayman Islands Tourism Association said: "The Kittiwake is quite at home at her new home with the fishes.

"Day by day she will transform in to a living coral reef and habitat for hundreds if not thousands of reef fish."

Speaking of the project, Premier McKeeva Bush, of the Cayman Islands, added: "The sinking of the ex-U.S.S. Kittiwake represents the single most significant occurrence in a decade for Cayman's dive industry.

"Since the last year, the Ministry and Department of Tourism have been working hand in hand through many processes to ensure the cleaning and safe movement of the vessel to the Cayman Islands."

Cambodians Ride A Bamboo Train

Cambodians ride a bamboo train, known locally as a lorry, at new village train station in Pusat province 200 km (124 miles) northwest of Phnom Penh October 19, 2010. Cambodia has reopened a stretch of railway destroyed during the country's war and officials described it as a step towards boosting regional trade through rail links with neighbours. The Asian Development Bank is contributing $84 million to a $141 million project to repair 650 km (400 miles) of railway linking Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh, to its borders with Thailand and Vietnam by 2013. The first section officially opened on Friday runs 120 km (75 miles) southwest from Phnom Penh to Touk Meas in Kampot province, near the border with Vietnam. Picture taken October 19, 2010.

Corn Palace

The Mitchell Corn Palace is a multi-purpose arena/facility located in Mitchell, South Dakota. It is a popular tourist destination, visited by more than 500,000 people each year. The Moorish Revival building is decorated with Crop art; the murals and designs covering the building are made from corn and other grains. It also hosts the home basketball games of Dakota Wesleyan University and the Mitchell High School Kernels.

The original Mitchell Corn Palace (known as "The Corn Belt Exposition") was built in 1892 to showcase the rich soil of South Dakota and encourage people to settle in the area. It was a wooden castle structure on Mitchell's Main Street. In 1904–1905, the city of Mitchell mounted a challenge to the city of Pierre in an unsuccessful attempt to replace it as the state capital of South Dakota. As part of this effort, the Corn Palace was rebuilt in 1905. In 1921 the Corn Palace was rebuilt once again, with a design by the architectural firm Rapp and Rapp of Chicago. Moorish domes and minarets were added in 1937, giving the Palace the distinctive appearance that it has today. It costs $130,000 to decorate the Palace annually.

The exterior corn murals are replaced and redesigned each year with a new theme. The designs are created by local artists. From 1948 to 1971 the artist Oscar Howe designed the panels. Calvin Schultz designed the murals from 1977 to 2002. Since 2003, the murals have been designed by Cherie Ramsdell. No new mural was created in 2006 due to an extreme drought.

Besides being a tourist attraction, the Corn Palace also serves the local community as a venue for concerts, sports events, exhibits and other community events. Each year, the Corn Palace is celebrated with a citywide festival, the Corn Palace Festival. Historically it was held at harvest time in September, but recently it has been held at the end of August. Other popular annual events include the Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo (in July) and the Corn Palace Polka Festival (in September). It is also home to the Dakota Wesleyan University Tigers and the Mitchell High School Kernels basketball teams.

The Corn Palace in Mitchell was preceded by several other grain palaces including: a Corn Palace in Sioux City, Iowa that was active from 1887–1891; a Corn Palace in Gregory, South Dakota; a Grain Palace in Plankinton, South Dakota; and a Bluegrass Palace in Creston, Iowa.

In 2004, national media attention was drawn to the Corn Palace, when it received Homeland Security funding. This drew criticism of the Department of Homeland Security and its grant program. In 2007, the Corn Palace subsequently received $25,000 in DHS funding for a camera system useful for purposes including Barack Obama's visit in 2008, and as reported by the Mitchell Republic, to protect a "new Fiberglas statue of the Corn Palace mascot Cornelius" in 2009.


















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Sign Post Forest

Sign post forest is a collection of signs at Watson Lake, Yukon and is one of the most famous of the landmarks along the Alaska Highway. It was started by a homesick GI in 1942. Visitors may add their own signs to the 65,000 already present.

In 1942, a simple signpost pointing out the distances to various points along the tote road being built was damaged by a bulldozer. Private Carl K. Lindley, serving with the 341st Engineers, was ordered to repair the sign, and decided to personalize the job by adding a sign pointing to his home town, Danville, Illinois. Several other people added directions to their home towns, and the idea has been snowballing ever since.

The Signpost Forest takes up a couple of acres, with huge new panels being constantly added, snaking through the trees. There are street signs, there are "Welcome To..." signs, there are signatures on dinner plates, and there are license plates from around the world.



















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World's Most Stunning Presidential Palaces

Presidential palaces are usually one of a city's most impressive aesthetic highlights for both citizens and tourists alike. In cases like Buenos Aires' Casa Rosada, they served as the backdrop for some of their country's most memorable historic events, whereas others, such as the Golden Jubilee House in Accra, Ghana, were inaugurated a mere two years ago.

Contrary to popular belief, many countries do not refer to their president's residences as a presidential palace, often bestowing that regal title to the location of the head of state's executive offices instead.

Whether acting as the seat of the government, the head of state's home or, in some cases, as both, presidential palaces represent a stunning melange of architectural styles, from Baroque to neoclassical to merely modern.

Argentina

Juan and Evita Peron gave their iconic speeches from the balconies of the Casa Rosada, or "Pink House," in Buenos Aires.

Brazil

Brazil's Palácio do Planalto was designed to project "an image of simplicity."

Finland

Helsinki's Presidential Palace is built on the site of a former salt storehouse.

France

The Élysée Palace remains a fine example of French classical style.

Ghana

The Golden Jubilee Palace in Accra was just inaugurated in 2008.

India

Delhi's Rashtrapati Bhavan is the largest head of state residence in the world.

Italy

Rome's Quirinal Palace has housed popes, kings and now Giorgio Napolitano, the President of Italy.

Korea

Korea's Cheongwadae literally translates to "Pavilions of the Blue Roof Tiles."

Lithuania

Vilnius' Presidential Palace dates back to the 14th century.

Pakistan

The Aiwan-e-Sadr is both the home and workplace of Pakistan's president.

Taiwan

Taipei's Presidential Office Building was designed during the Japanese rule of Taiwan in 1912.

Vietnam

Hanoi's Presidential Palace was originally built to house the French Governor-General of Indochina.

Source:- Huffington Post

Courchevel Airport

Landing at World's Most Dangerous Courchevel Airport is a French airport that serves Courchevel, one of the best ski resorts in Europe. This airport is one of the most dangerous and unusual airports in the world .The airport has a very short runway of only 525 metres(1722ft) with gradient of 18.5 %. There is no go-around procedure in this airport. De Havilland Twin Otter and Dash 7 have served the airport, but now more Cessnas and helicopters serve the airport.

The airport is considered dangerous, having a difficult approach, an upslope runway and a hill. The airport's elevation is at 6588ft.

























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