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Sydney - AU-2007
Sydney (
/ˈsɪdni/)
[3] is the
most populous city in
Australia and the
state capital of
New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the
Tasman Sea.
Inhabitants of Sydney are called Sydneysiders, comprising a
cosmopolitan and international population of people from numerous places
around the world.
[4]
The site of the first
British colony in Australia, Sydney was established in 1788 at
Sydney Cove by
Arthur Phillip, commodore of the
First Fleet as a
penal colony.
[5] The city is built on hills surrounding
Port Jackson which is commonly known as Sydney Harbour, where the iconic
Sydney Opera House and the
Harbour Bridge feature prominently. The hinterland of the metropolitan area is surrounded by
national parks, and the coastal regions feature many bays, rivers, inlets and
beaches including the famous
Bondi Beach. Within the city are many notable parks, including
Hyde Park and the
Royal Botanic Gardens.
In 2010, Sydney was ranked 7th in Asia and 28th globally for economic
innovation in the Innovation Cities Top 100 Index by innovation agency
2thinknow.
[6] Sydney also ranks among the top 10
most liveable cities in the world according to
Mercer Human Resource Consulting and
The Economist.
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Sydney has a reputation as an international centre for commerce,
arts, fashion,
culture, entertainment, music, education and tourism, making it one of
GaWC's Alpha + world cities. Sydney has hosted major international sporting events, including the
1938 British Empire Games, the
2000 Summer Olympics, and the final match of the
2003 Rugby World Cup. The main airport serving Sydney is
Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport.
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| Under water aquarium -Sidney |
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| Green Australia |
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| Botanical Garden in the middle of Sydney City |
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| Museum at Tomkin |
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| Opera house -Sydney |
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| International airport |
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| Australasian history - Old Tomkin town |
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| Extremely beautiful Australian hill stations like our Wyanad but ultra clean...virgin and plastic free ...We should learn lessons from them .No mosquitoes. Well planed roads and drainage system |
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| Clean city - Sidney |
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| With Australian friends... |
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| Night was like that.... |
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| Sydney Tower |
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| Shoot at sight - Science center |
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Tomakin is heaven and the Tomago river side ...clean water ..fresh air !
"We stayed in Moorings Timeshare Resort is on the Tomago River at Tomakin between
Batemans Bay and Moruya South Coast of New South Wales Australia. Now I stopped to say Kerala is green." |
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| You can touch the sky... |
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| Three sister rocks |
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| A heaven in the world |  |
Istanbul - Turkey 2008
Istanbul (
Turkish:
İstanbul), historically known as
Byzantium and
Constantinople[3] (see
names of Istanbul for further information), is
the largest city of
Turkey.
Istanbul metropolitan province (municipality) had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010,
[1] which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest
metropolitan area in Europe (if its Asian half is counted) after
London and
Moscow. The city in its administrative limits had 8.8 million residents counted in the latest Turkish census from 2000.
[2] Istanbul is a
megacity, as well as the cultural, economic, and financial centre of
Turkey. It is located on the
Bosphorus Strait and encompasses the natural harbour known as the
Golden Horn, in the northwest of the country. It extends both on the European (
Thrace) and on the Asian (
Anatolia) sides of the
Bosphorus, and is thereby the only metropolis in the world that is situated on two
continents. Istanbul is a designated
alpha world city.
During its long history, Istanbul has served as the capital of the
Roman Empire (330–395), the
Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire (395–1204 and 1261–1453), the
Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the
Ottoman Empire (1453–1922). When the
Republic of Turkey was proclaimed on 29 October 1923,
Ankara, which had previously served as the headquarters of the
Turkish national movement during the
Turkish War of Independence, was chosen as the new Turkish State's capital. Istanbul was chosen as a joint
European Capital of Culture for 2010 and the European Capital of Sports for 2012.
[4] Istanbul is currently bidding to host the
2020 Summer Olympics.
[5] The historic areas of the city were added to the
UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.
[6] The city covers 39 districts of the
Istanbul province.
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| A city with blend culture from Europe and Persia |
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| Like Hindustan they call Turkestan |
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| Turkish caps are famous |
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| Country worth to visit |
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| Istanbul |
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| An historical monument |
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| Love to spend time here |
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| Poetical view |
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| Not rushy ...Istanbul city |
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| Glass works ..home made ...costly as well |
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| Cleaning the city ...The cart will do the work within minutes |
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| Can spend time with out tension |
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| Friendly Cats ..Bigger when compare with Indian Cats |
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| Well planned city |
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| Keep green and clean |
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| Bushy road sides in the city |
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| Way to Istanbul international Airport |
Green city
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| People are love to smoke |
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| Yellow Taxis like our Kolkatha |
Antaliya -Turkey 2008
Antalya (from
Greek:
Aττάλεια, "Attalia") is a city on the
Mediterranean coast of southwestern
Turkey. With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010.
[1] It is the
eighth most populous city in Turkey and country's biggest international
sea resort.
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Clean and beautiful Antaliya Just in the Mediterranean sea shore
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Washington, D.C., formally the
District of Columbia and commonly referred to as
Washington,
"the District", or simply
D.C., is the capital of the
United States. On July 16, 1790, the
United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the
U.S. Constitution. The
federal district is therefore not a part of any
U.S. state. It was formed from land along the
Potomac River donated by the states of
Maryland and
Virginia; however, the Virginia portion was
returned by Congress in 1846.
A new capital city named after
George Washington was founded in 1791 to the east of the preexisting port of
Georgetown. The City of Washington, Georgetown, and the remaining
unincorporated area
within the District were consolidated under a single government in
1871, which formed Washington, D.C., as it exists today. The city shares
its name with the U.S. state of
Washington, located on the country's Pacific coast.
Washington, D.C., had a resident population of 601,723 in 2010, the
26th most populous city
in the country. Commuters from the surrounding Maryland and Virginia
suburbs raise the city's population to over one million during the
workweek. The
Washington Metropolitan Area, of which the District is a part, has a population of nearly 5.6 million, the
seventh-largest metropolitan area in the country.
The centers of all three branches of the
federal government of the United States are located in the District, as are many of the nation's monuments and museums. Washington, D.C., hosts 176
foreign embassies as well as the headquarters of the
World Bank, the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), the
Organization of American States (OAS), the
Inter-American Development Bank, and the
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The headquarters of many other institutions such as trade unions,
non-profit organizations,
lobbying groups, and professional associations are also located in the city.
The District is governed by a
mayor and a 13-member
city council. However, the United States Congress has supreme authority over the city and may overturn local laws. Residents therefore have
less self-governance than residents of the U.S. states. The District has a
non-voting, at-large
Congressional delegate, but no senators. D.C. residents could not vote in
presidential elections until the ratification of the
Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1961.
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| Most beautiful monument at Washington -DC |
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| Just in front of White house |
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| The great GWU- USA :Biggest university |
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Boston - A street singer at
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| Californian Airport |
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| Washington DC |
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| Calm white house |
Singapore 2006
Singapore 
i/ˈsɪŋəpɔər/ (also called the
Lion City), officially the
Republic of Singapore, is a
Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the
Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the
equator. An
island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from
Malaysia by the
Straits of Johor to its north and from
Indonesia's
Riau Islands by the
Singapore Strait
to its south. Singapore is highly urbanised but almost half of the
country is covered by greenery. More land is being created for
development through
land reclamation.
Singapore had been a part of various local empires since it was first
inhabited in the second century AD. It hosted a trading post of the
East India Company in 1819 with permission from the
Sultanate of Johor. The British obtained sovereignty over the island in 1824 and Singapore became one of the British
Straits Settlements in 1826. Singapore was
occupied by the Japanese in
World War II
and reverted to British rule after the war. It became internally
self-governing in 1959. Singapore united with other former British
territories to form Malaysia in 1963 and became a fully independent
state two years later after separation from Malaysia. Since then it has
had a massive increase in wealth, and is one of the
Four Asian Tigers.
The economy heavily depends on the industry and service sectors.
Singapore is a world leader in several areas, it is the world's fourth
leading
financial centre, the world's second biggest casino gambling market, the world's top three oil refining centre. The
port of Singapore is one of the five
busiest ports in the world.
The country is home to more US dollar millionaire households per capita
than any other country. The World Bank notes Singapore as the easiest
place in the world to do business.
Singapore is a
parliamentary republic with a
Westminster system of
unicameral parliamentary government. The
People's Action Party (PAP) has won every election since the British grant of internal self-government in 1959. The
legal system of Singapore has its foundations in the
English common law system, but modifications have been made to it over the years, such as the removal of
trial by jury. The PAP's popular image is that of a strong, experienced and highly qualified government, backed by a skilled
Civil Service and an
education system with an emphasis on achievement and
meritocracy;
but it is perceived by some voters, opposition critics and
international observers as being authoritarian and too restrictive on
individual freedom.
Some 5 million people live in Singapore, of whom 2.91 million were born locally. Most are of
Chinese,
Malay or
Indian descent. There are
four official languages:
English,
Chinese,
Malay and
Tamil. One of the five founding members of the
Association of South East Asian Nations, Singapore also hosts the
APEC Secretariat, and is a member of the
East Asia Summit, the
Non-Aligned Movement, and the
Commonwealth.
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| Marvelous Singapore .. A trip with Dr.Svasakaran and family |
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| Shopping paradise |
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| A world ...we should learn a lot from them |
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| Paradise for children too |
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| a lot to see ... to hear .. A different world. |
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| Singapore : historical jaunt |
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| Friendly birds ... beautiful too |
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| China is not very far .. |
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| He is great ...and ... |
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| City of discipline |
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| Marvelous light and sound show....no where else |
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| Myths and reality |
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| worth to see |
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| In the Chinese ramp |
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| Life is beautiful |
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Sound of music
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Kolkatha - 2006
Kolkata (
/ˈkoʊlkʌtɑː/;
Kolkatā,
IPA: [Kolkatā] (
listen)),
formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the
Indian state of
West Bengal. Kolkata was the commercial capital of
East India, located on the east bank of the
Hooghly River.
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The city of Kolkata has 4.5 million residents, and the metropolitan
area, including suburbs, has a population of approximately 15.7 million,
making it the
third most populous metropolitan area in India and the 13th
most populous urban area in the world. The city is also classified as the
eighth largest urban agglomeration in the world.
[8]
Kolkata served as the capital of India during the
British Raj until 1911 when due to geographical disadvantages and growing nationalism in Bengal the capital was shifted to
New Delhi. The city is noted for its vibrant political culture, ranging from the
Indian struggle for independence to
contemporary politics. Once the center of modern education, science, culture, and politics in India, Kolkata witnessed
economic stagnation
in the years following India's independence in 1947. However, since the
year 2000, an economic rejuvenation has led to an acceleration in the
city's growth. Like other metropolitan cities in developing countries,
Kolkata continues to struggle with
urbanisation problems like
pollution and
traffic congestion. Despite its problems, Kolkata remains the dominant urban area of eastern India and a major
educational and
cultural hub.
Few Friends at Kalkotha
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| Mr.Vargheese - a trusted police officer at Kolkatha |
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| Dr.Sujoy Ranjan and Dr.Tamy |
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| Teaching Bengal people was easy ... they were good listeners as well |
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| One of my fans from Kolkatha |
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| A kolkathian relaxation |
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| Dr.Bobby and Dr.Tamy |
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| Bengali people were still at BPL ...less literacy rate ..30 years of communist party rule did not bring up their living conditions better |
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| Kolkatha Taxi |
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| Patriotic life only in dreams |
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| Kolkatha - in Harthal day ...Just like Keralite they were also enjoying but with less alochol |
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| Pashupathi --always pleasant ...unfortunately he is away ...not in this word.. .Died in an accident at Delhi 2008 |
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| Common man's vehicle at Kolkatha |
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| Bandh day ..a high way cricket match |
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| 30 years communist ruling .. The common men of Kolkatha |
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| Harthal at Kolkatha |
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| The other face of the city |
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| Trams ..the unique seen at Kolkatha |
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| BPL - APL equation - The poorest man of the Kerala is considered to be equivalent to the richest man of the Kolkatha |
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| Holly Ganga at Kolkatha |
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| Contaminated Holly Ganga |
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| Kolkatha was competitive with Kerala in contaminating rivers and other water collections |
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| Poor Ganga ..Poor people |
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| 30 years communist ruling and party presence did not change the people and their beliefs |
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| A poor sales women with great expectations ...for her food and future |
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| Prevalent myths ..after a Kali pooja |
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