Cave Kapsia is located in the Peloponnese peninsula region of Arcadia, near the villages of Kapsia and Levidi. Experts have ranked it among the ten most remarkable caves of Greece. Remains of human bones have been found in the cave, and also lamps thought to date back to the 4th and 5th century AD.
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The distinction was given to a cave in Tan Phu District after scientists from the Vietnam Institute of Tropical Biology and the Berlin Caving Club spent two months surveying 11 lava caves in the province.
One of the entrances to Doi Cave in Dong Nai Province – Photo: Doan Xa
The arc-shaped cave, named Doi (Bat) by locals, is 534 meters long including a damaged segment, while its intact portion is 426 meters long, beating Indonesia’s Gua Lawah Cave, which is 400 meters long.
Doi Cave is four meters
Buddhist cave art was first developed in China during the Northern Wei Dynasty around 400 A.D. The thousands of caves held temples and intricately detailed statues of Buddha and his disciples that ranged in size from the length of a finger to the size of four story building. The carving frenzy continued until the Song Dynasties hundreds of years later. Once a place for worship, these caves are now a major destination for art fans and history buffs from around the world. Of the surviving caves, t
Vietnam’s world heritage Phong Nha cave in the central province of Quang Binh has been certificated as one of world’s best destinations by the US famous tourism website TripAdvisor.
According to Le Thanh Loi, Director of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, the grotto is rated 4.5 of 5 points for successful tourism sites in terms of professionalism, service style, and spectacular natural sights.
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He stressed that the TripAdvisor’s certificate is testimony to the co-ordinated efforts of the national pa
When we were in Thailand a couple of years ago, we did the Chiang Mai trek thing that one is supposed to do. I appreciate it can be fantastic - part of ours was. But part was just strange. Here's my daughter's blog about that trek
Japan’s NHK World TV will broadcast on June 25 a 3D scientific reportage on Vietnam ’s Son Doong cave, which is classified as the largest cave in the world.
NHK TV’s broadcast will reach 60 countries around the world, according to the Foreign Affairs Department of the central province of Quang Binh , where Son Doong cave was found.
Department Deputy Director Nguyen Ngoc Quy said this scientific reportage is the first in the world using 3D technology.
The reportage, called “Let’s fell the grandness
Department Deputy Director Nguyen Ngoc Quy said this scientific reportage is the first in the world using 3D technology.
The reportage, called “Let’s fell the grandness
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Hiking The Hocking Hills Of Ohio
Why Ohio?
Because the southeast part of the state, an hour or so from Columbus, Hocking Hills, Ohio, is nothing like any impression I had of the Buckeye State.
It's rolling hillocks and swaths of wheat covered fields dotted with sad eyed cows and very happy horses, running more or less free in the many open paddocks and ranges.
It's a simple part of America, with little pretense but
