Use your imagination!

This is the Al-Wakrah Sports Stadium and is found in the traditional middle eastern country of Qatar.  :).  Note it's beautiful pink hued roof top with it's large opening in the center. It's lovely, no?  It's design is based on the tradition Qatari 'dhow' boat.  Note the resemblance below....

For those with weaker imaginations :) 

Cambodian Commuter?

Commuter trains are common place in many places in the world, but in some areas of Cambodia, people are lucky to see just four trains in a month. And hopefully, none will derail or breakdown.. fairly common events. With these lemons, the Cambodian people have made lemonaid.  In the 1970s, villages began building that own vehicles to transport themselves with a few sticks of bamboo. These carts have proven to be more popular and more reliable than the official rail service. Inthe Battambang province of northwest Cambodia, it is the only train service in operation. So.. all aboard!

Blue Lava?

Located on the eastern edge of Java, Indonesia, Kawah Ijen erupts a blue-colored lava instead of a red one, a pretty rare feature for a volcano. This Indonesian volcano is now a famous nighttime stop for tourists.  We’re all used to seeing lava as this scorching hot orange/reddis molten rock. We’ve all had our fair share of apocalyptic volcanic movies as well as documentaries. However, there is a one-of-a-kind volcano that spews out a brilliantly colored molten sulfur.

Land me HERE!

Yes, this is really an airport.  It is the Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (深圳宝安国际机场) located near Huangtian and Fuyong vilages in Bao'an District of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. No words needed.

 Hmmm.. this might deserve it's own page.  Chinese police???

For Cat Lovers Only

Yes, a true cat house. This is the.Kishi Station. A (貴志駅 Kishi-eki^?) train station on the Kishigawa Line in Kinokawa, Wakayama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Wakayama Electric Railway.  Kishi station was made famous by 'Tama' the station cat. She because a mascot for the station until her sad death in 2015.  She held an official position at the station as "Super Station Master". Tama has now been suceeded by "Nitama".  Cleary the station is cat shaped and has a Tama-themed cafe, with themed chairs and cakes. The souvenir shop is filled with various cat items.  The railway also operates 3 cat themed trains Tama Train, Strawberry Train, and Toy Train.

Another Beautiful Hole!

Near Cancun, another great swimming hole can be found. This particular cenote can be found at the Eco-Arqueological Park in Chichen Itza, Mexico and is dubbed the Ik Kil Cenote. A cenote is a sinkhole with exposed rocky edges containing ground water. This are very common in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.  I thought this was a particularly beautiful cenote.

Arrows

On August 20, 1920, the United States opened its first coast-to-coast airmail delivery route, just 60 years after the Pony Express ended operations. There were no good aviation charts in those days, so pilots had to eyeball their way across the country using landmarks. Of course flying in bad weather was a challenge and often quite dangerous, and night flying was just about impossible. The Postal Service solved the problem with the world's first ground-based civilian navigation system; a series of lighted beacons that would extend from New York, City, New York to San Francisco, California. Every 16 km, pilots would pass a 21 m concrete arrow on the ground that was painted bright yellow. At the center of each arrow there would be a 15.5 m steel tower, topped by a million-candlepower rotating beacon. Below the rotating light were two course lights pointing forward and backward along the arrow. The course lights flashed a code to identify the beacon's number. If needed, a generator shed at the tail (or feather end) of each arrow powered the beacon and lights.   

Hotel CasAnus?

On a small island nestled between Antwerp and Ghent in Flanders, Belgium lies what could be the most remarkable hotel ever.  Shaped like a giant anus, Hotel CasAnus just screams, stay inside me!

Keys Overseas

Florida Keys Oversea Highway is 113 mile (highway 1) bridge carrying passengers from Miami to the very southern islands of Florida.  The last island of the chain, Key West, is the southern most tip of the United States.  It was bridge completed in the year of 1912, but suffered damage from a hurricane and was refurbished in the 1950s.  Haven't been there, but soon!

 Most southern point in the USA.

Old and new section of the bridge.

Fire Flies!

"Synchronous fireflies (Photinus carolinus) are one of at least 19 species of fireflies that live in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee, USA) and one of only a few species in the world known to synchronize their flash patterns. This insects’ reproductive display occurs for a couple of weeks every year throughout its range (southern Appalachians), and is typically in late May or early June in the Elkmont area of the park."

During the peak firefly display period, the park organizes a shuttle service from Sugarlands Visitor Center to the Elkmont viewing area where a large population of synchronous fireflies occurs. I have yet to visit this site, but I am planning to soon. Apparently, each year there is a lottery for tickets to attend the event (it is that popular and that spectacular).