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Monaco By Bart, September 05, 2010 at 14:02:29 :: Monaco Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco (French: Principauté de Monaco; Monégasque: Principatu de Múnegu; Italian: Principato di Monaco; Occitan: Principat de Mónegue), is a small sovereign city-state located in South Western Europe on the northern central coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is surrounded on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about 16 km (9.9 mi) from Italy. Its area is 2.02 km2 (0.78 sq mi) with an estimated population of almost 33,000.  Monaco is the name of the country and its capital (and only) city. It is famous as a tax haven, and wealthy foreigners make up the majority of the population at approximately 84%. Monaco is a constitutional monarchy and principality, with Prince Albert II as head of state. The House of Grimaldi has ruled Monaco since 1297, and the state's sovereignty was officially recognized by the Franco-Monegasque Treaty of 1861. Despite Monaco being independent, its national defense is the responsibility of France. FAQ about Monaco (source: visitmonaco.com) - How large is Monaco? Monaco is the second smallest country in the world, after Vatican City. Three miles long by one-half miles wide (about the size of New York's Central Park). - What is the difference between Monaco and Monte-Carlo? Monaco is the name of the country, while Monte-Carlo is a district within Monaco. - What type of government does the Principality have? Monaco is a constitutional monarchy ruled by Prince Albert II. One commune - Monaco - is divided into four areas: Monaco-Ville, the old fortified city on the Rock which includes the Prince's Palace, Cathedral and Oceanographic Museum; the Condamine, or port quarter; Monte-Carlo, the business and recreation district; and Fontvieille, a man-made waterfront area for recreation and light industry. - What type of visa do I need to enter Monaco? Any person of foreign nationality who wishes to enter Monégasque territory and stay there for a period not exceeding three months must have the document (passport, travel or identity document) required for entry into French territory. - What is the weather like? Monaco's climate is ideal throughout the year. It enjoys mild winters, with 48 degrees minimum, and pleasantly warm summers with July and August temperatures hovering around 78 degrees. On average, the Principality enjoys over 300 days of sunshine a year.  - What language is spoken there? French is the Principality`s first language, but some natives speak the ancient Monegasque. English and Italian are also widely spoken. - What is the population? Monaco has 32,020 (6,089 Monégasque citizens) 19% Monégasque, 32% French, 20% Italian. - What is the local currency? The legal tender in Monaco is the Euro €. - Where is the nearest airport? Cote d'Azur International Airport in Nice, France is 15 miles away from Monaco. - Where can I get tickets for the Grand Prix? The Automobile Club of Monaco organizes the race each year. There are more than 3,000 seats available for sale on the circuit. To order tickets or to receive information regarding ticket ordering, please contact the Automobile Club of Monaco directly. - Where is Princess Grace buried? Princess Grace is buried in the Monaco Cathedral, which is situated in Monaco-Ville, the old town. Visit Monaco and Monte-Carlo now, on TWIP! 0 comment :: Add a comment World's busiest airports and passenger traffic By Bart, August 22, 2010 at 11:37:22 :: General The definition of the world's busiest airports has been specified by the Airports Council International in Geneva, Switzerland. The ACI defines and measures the following 3 types of airport traffic: - Passenger traffic: total passengers enplaned and deplaned, passengers in transit counted once, - Cargo traffic: loaded and unloaded freight and mail in metric tonnes, - Traffic movements: landings and take-offs of aircraft.  Busiest Airports The following airports make claims based on objective volume measures that are defined above: - Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia, United States: Largest number of passengers annually. (1998–present) Most arrivals and departures (operations) annually. (1999–2000, 2005–present). In 2007, Hartsfield again set the world's record for most aircraft movements in one year with 994,346. Most flights (2006). - Memphis International Airport, Memphis, Tennessee, United States: Most cargo traffic by weight annually. (1993–present) Other current claims The following airports also make claims based on objective measures, but some of the claims are based on traffic classification: - London Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom: Largest number of internationally-bound passengers annually (2004–present) - Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France - Frankfurt International Airport, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Most international destinations served.  30 World's busiest airports The thirty world's busiest airports by passenger traffic are measured by number of total passengers: 1 Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia, United States: 35,321,214 passengers, 2 Beijing Capital International Airport, Chaoyang, Beijing, China: 28,951,795 passengers, 3 O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, United States: 25,937,954 passengers, 4 Tokyo International Airport, O-ta, Tokyo, Japan: 25,341,083 passengers, 5 London Heathrow Airport, Hillingdon, Greater London, England, United Kingdom: 24,411,325 passengers, 6 Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, United States: 22,880,634 passengers, 7 Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, United States: 22,453,548 passengers, 8 Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Roissy-en-France, Val d'Oise, Île-de-France, France: 21,892,826 passengers, 9 Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado, United States: 20,375,916 passengers, 10 Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, China: 20,077,000 passengers, 11 Frankfurt Airport, Flughafen (Frankfurt am Main), Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany: 19,641,359 passengers, 12 Madrid-Barajas Airport, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain: 19,181,068 passengers, 13 Dubai International Airport Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: 18,870,253 passengers, 14 Suvarnabhumi Airport, Racha Thewa, Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Greater Bangkok, Thailand: 18,106,039 passengers, 15 John F. Kennedy International Airport, Queens, New York City, New York, United States: 17,519,992 passengers, 16 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Cengkareng, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia: 16,978,071 passengers, 17 Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Huadu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China: 16,938,302 passengers, 18 Singapore Changi Airport, Changi, East Region, Singapore: 16,614,377 passengers, 19 Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands: 16,390,751 passengers, 20 McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States: 16,213,278 passengers, 21 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona, United States: 16,127,674 passengers, 22 George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas, United States: 16,069,436 passengers, 23 Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Pudong, Shanghai, China: 15,453,252 passengers, 24 San Francisco International Airport, San Mateo County, California, United States: 14,927,070 passengers, 25 Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States: 14,770,384 passengers, 26 Miami International Airport, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States: 14,686,892 passengers, 27 Orlando International Airport, Orlando, Florida, United States: 14,585,174 passengers, 28 Kingsford Smith Airport, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: 14,519,728 passengers, 29 Narita International Airport, Narita, Chiba, Kanto-, Honshu-, Japan: 13,867,310 passengers, 30 Seoul Incheon International Airport, Incheon, Republic of Korea: 13,461,736 passengers. Visit the world now, on TWIP! 0 comment :: Add a comment Dubai and the United Arab Emirates By Bart, August 15, 2010 at 14:16:07 :: United Arab Emirates Dubai, Dubai, Dubai! Everyone knows Dubai, but it's not all about this Emirate! Dubai is only one of the seven Emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).  The United Arab Emirates (UAE) (Arabic: دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة, Dawlat al-Imārāt al-‘Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah, short-name: The Emirates, local short-name:Al Emarat الامارات) is a federation of seven emirates situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia while Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Iran lies north within the Persian Gulf. The UAE consists of seven states, termed emirates, which are: - Abu Dhabi (the largest one): 1,678,000 inhabitants, 67,340 km2, - Dubai (the second largest one and the largest city): 1,306,000 inhabitants, 3,885 km2, - Sharjah: 678,000 inhabitants, 2,590 km2, - Ajman: 258,000 inhabitants, 259 km2, - Umm al-Quwain: 68,000 inhabitants, 777 km2, - Ras al-Khaimah: 205,000 inhabitants, 1,684 km2, - Fujairah: 127,000 inhabitants, 1,165 km2. The capital and second largest city of the United Arab Emirates is Abu Dhabi. It is also the country's center of political, industrial, and cultural activities.  Dubai and Abu Dhabi are the only two emirates to have veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country's legislature. The United Arab Emirates has the world's seventh largest oil reserves after Saudi Arabia, Canada, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Venezuela. And of course, Dubai is the most famous and the most visited of the United Arab Emirates! Visit Dubai and the United Arab Emirates now on TWIP! 0 comment :: Add a comment Santorini By Bart, August 08, 2010 at 07:53:33 :: Greece The world famous island of Santorini, also known as Thera (or Thira), is the southern most island of the Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea, and is located 63 nautical miles (200 km) north of Crete. Its surface area is of approximately 73 km2 (28 sq mi) and its population, distributed among thirteen villages, just exceeds thirteen thousand six hundred people, according to the census of 2001.  It is composed of the Municipality of Thira (pop. 12,440) and the Community of Oía (Οία, pop. 1,230, which includes 268 inhabitants resident on the offshore island of Therasia, lying to the west). These have a total land area of 90.623 km2 (34.990 sq mi), which also includes the uninhabited islands of Nea Kameni, Palaia Kameni, Aspronisi, and Christiana (all part of the Municipality of Thira). Many reasons made this island famous worldwide and more or less we all have seen a picture of it (it was that picture the travel agency used for Greece). There is a talk about the connection between Thira and mythical Atlantis. Also Jules Verne made Santorini famous with its books "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "The mysterious island" where captain Nemo and his crew watch the volcano eruption. He was one of the visitors and scientists that came to Thira during the eruptions of 1866 - 1870 and wrote the well known book just after it. It is realy the mysterious island, the volcano rules, the caldera view is the most breathtaking one on the planet!  Weather Conditions: The climate in Santorini is typical of the Mediterranean climate: generally extended periods of sunshine throughout most of the year, relatively warm and dry summers and mild and rainy winters. The year can be broadly subdivided into two main seasons: the warm and dry season lasting from April until October and the cold and rainy season lasting from November until the end of March. Long periods of consecutive rainy days are not common in Santorini, even during the winter, and the sky does not remain cloudy for more than a few days in a row, as it does in other regions of the world. During the warm and dry season the weather is usually stable, the sky is clear, the sun is bright and there is generally no rainfall. A sweater/jacket is advised, especially in April and October, as evenings often bring cooler temperatures. TWIP tip: The Santorini Guidebook 2010 is the printed edition of www.santorini.net and is available free of charge. It has 216 pages and is written in Greek and English. To e-browse the Santorini Guidebook 2010, to download it in pdf files or order it in the e-shop and get is anywhere (with only charge of postal and packing fees) you can visit santoriniguidebook.gr Visit Santorini and Greece now on The World In Photos 0 comment :: Add a comment The World's Best Places to Live 2010 By Bart, July 24, 2010 at 18:14:02 :: General If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Although the answer likely varies from person to person, there are several universal factors that make any spot a great place to live. To get a sense of the best places to call home, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) assembles annual rankings of 140 major cities worldwide based on which have the most ideal living conditions. Here is the list of the top 10 cities (Source: CNBC.com): 1- Vancouver, Canada  2- Vienna, Austria 3- Melbourne, Australia 4- Toronto, Canada  5- Calgary, Canada 6- Helsinki, Finland 7- Sydney, Australia  8-(tied) Perth, Australia 8-(tied) Adelaide, Australia 10- Auckland, New Zealand  Visit all these cities and countries and more on The World In Photos. 0 comment :: Add a comment White People poverty in South Africa By Bart, July 11, 2010 at 10:37:41 :: South Africa The Big Picture blog has an interesting topic about White People Poverty in South Africa:  "Poverty within white South Africa When stories are told about African poverty, race often seems to play a large part. Based in Senegal, Reuters photographer Finbarr O'Reilly (previously featured here for his work in DR Congo) traveled to South Africa earlier this year and visited one of a growing number of squatter camps populated mostly by Afrikaners - white South Africans - to document their stories and help show that, despite the fact that impoverished blacks in the region far outnumber whites, poverty is a human issue, not necessarily racial. O'Reilly: "While most white South Africans still enjoy lives of privilege and relative wealth, the number of poor whites has risen steadily over the past 15 years. Researchers now estimate some 450,000 whites, of a total white population of 4.5 million, live below the poverty line and 100,000 are struggling just to survive in places such Coronation Park, a former caravan camp currently home to more than 400 white squatters. Formerly comfortable Afrikaners recently forced to live on the fringes of society see themselves as victims of 'reverse-apartheid' that they say puts them at an even greater disadvantage than the millions of poor black South Africans."" From the Big Picture blog.  For more pictures about this topic, visit the Big Picture blog. For more pictures of South Africa, visit The World In Photos. 0 comment :: Add a comment African National Football Teams Nicknames By Bart, July 04, 2010 at 07:20:56 :: General While the European Football teams go for colors ("Les Bleus" in France, "Squadra Azzurra" in Italy, "La Roja" in Spain), the African teams are nicknamed after animals. Some fiercer than others...  Here are the nicknames of the 16 countries who played the last Africa Cup Of Nations (CAF) in Angola in early 2010: - Algeria: Les Fennecs (The Desert Foxes) - Angola: Palancas Negras (Black Antelopes) - Benin: Les Ecureuils (Squirrels) - Burkina Faso: Les Etalons (Stallions) - Cameroon: Les Lions indomptables (The Indomitable Lions) - Ivory Coast: Les Elephants (The Elephants) - Egypt: The Pharaohs - Gabon: Les Panthères (The Panthers) - Ghana: The Black Stars - Malawi: The Flames - Mali: Les Aigles (Eagles) - Mozambique: Mambas (kind of snake) - Nigeria: The Super Eagles - Togo: Les Eperviers (The Sparrowhawks) - Tunisia: Les Aigles de Carthage (Eagles of Carthage) - Zambia: Chipolopolos (The Copper Bullets)  And the winner was... Egypt! Visit all these countries and more on The World In Photos! 0 comment :: Add a comment The World's 10 Most Expensive Cities 2010 By Bart, June 27, 2010 at 14:09:19 :: General According to "ECA International", a global human resources company, the World’s 10 Most Expensive Cities 2010 are: 1. Tokyo, Japan Rank in 2009: 2 The strength of the yen has brought Tokyo back to the No. 1 spot on ECA International's ranking for the first time since 2005. Rent for a two-bedroom apartment for expats is typically more than $5,000 per month in Tokyo, according to data from EuroCost International. While visitors need more pocket money here than in any other city, the monthly consumer price index in Tokyo's wards has actually dropped year-on-year for 14 straight months as of May 2010, based on figures from Japan's statistics bureau.  2. Oslo, Norway Rank in 2009: 8 Oslo rose above Copenhagen as the most expensive city in Europe when the kroner strengthened against other currencies. ECA International says an upward trend in oil prices, a short recession, and Norway's reputation as a safe haven for investors contributed to the kroner's rise. 3. Luanda, Angola Rank in 2009: 1 Angola's capital slipped to third place this year as the kwanza depreciated. Prices in Luanda have actually increased in the past year, but currency changes offset any inflation, according to ECA International. In addition to everyday goods, EuroCost International estimates that the average expat pays more than $3,500 per month for a two-bedroom flat in Luanda. 4. Nagoya, Japan Rank in 2009: 3 Japan's fourth most populous city, Nagoya is also among the country's most expensive. The city ranks No. 1 for the cost of rice: $9.14 per kilogram, according to ECA International data. As Japan's auto hub, the Nagoya area is an important center of business: about 44 percent of automobiles produced in Japan are made here, according to the Greater Nagoya Initiative Center. Such companies as Toyota, Honda, Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Volkswagen, and General Motors have headquarters, manufacturing operations, or distribution points in the Nagoya region. 5. Yokohama, Japan Rank in 2009: 4 About half an hour by commuter train from Tokyo, this port city has active shipping, biotechnology, and semiconductor industries. Yokohama is one of the world's most expensive cities, but companies here enjoy lower operating costs compared with the nearby capital. Nissan opened a new headquarters in Yokohama this year and reportedly will sell its office in Tokyo to cut costs. 6. Stavanger, Norway Rank in 2009: 14 This small seaside city earned its riches from oil in the North Sea and has become known as Norway's petroleum capital. Stavangerexpats.com says food expenses in Norway are about 50 percent higher than the EU average: A can of soda is about $2.80, and a beer at a bar can be $12. 7. Kobe, Japan Rank in 2009: 6 The city has one of Japan's largest ports and has become home to many heavy machinery, iron and steel, and food product companies. According to the Japan External Trade Organization, 117 foreign and foreign-affiliated companies have offices in Kobe. As the price of Kobe beef, the style of high-grade meat named after the city, suggests, food is costly here, as are other living expenses. 8. Copenhagen, Denmark Rank in 2009: 7 A 2009 "survey" of 73 international cities by UBS found that employees in Copenhagen have the highest income. Places with higher salaries often have higher prices, but residents here enjoy good living standards overall. Some examples of the cost of living: Renting a DVD costs about $8 per night, a pair of women's jeans is more than $150, and a one-way ticket on public transport costs about $3.70.  9. Geneva, Switzerland Rank in 2009: 9 Geneva, home to many companies and U.N. organizations, is one of the most expensive cities for food and household appliances. Food prices in Switzerland are 45 percent more expensive than in the rest of Western Europe, and the cost of electronics and appliances in Geneva is among the highest worldwide, according to a 2009 UBS report. 10. Zurich, Switzerland Rank in 2009: 10 Zurich, Switzerland's largest city, is the country's main business center and the headquarters city for many financial companies, including UBS and Credit Suisse. Although Zurich had the greatest number of company bankruptcies in Switzerland last year, according to Dun & Bradstreet, the inflation rate started to increase again this year after falling in 2009. Other expensive cities include Moscow (15), Paris (16), Seoul (20), Stockholm (21), Berlin (26) and Sydney (30). Central London ranks only 39. 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