THIRTY EIGHT - Cranberry Bog
Who knew there are two different ways of harvesting the cranberry depending on what the cranberry is used for? Who knew that the cranberry is actually hollow which is why they float during harvest? Who knew that the cranberry actually grows in sandy soil not in water? Who knew that 60 % of the world's cranberries come from the state of Wisconsin?
THIRTY SEVEN - Swimming in The Dead Sea
The Dead Sea is the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. It is also one of the world's saltiest bodies of water, with 33.7% salinity. It is 8.6 times more salty than the ocean. The Dead Sea is bordered between Israel to the West and Jordan to the East. It is -391 meters below sea level.
People come from all over the world to float like and cork and rub mud all over their bodies.
THIRTY SIX - Cruising Down The Nile
THIRTY FOUR- Riding a Camel
THIRTY THREE- The World's Tallest Building
Located in Dubai, UAE the Burj Khalifa is the World's Tallest Building at over 2, 700 feet.
At over 160 stories, the Burj Khalifa holds the following records: World's Tallest Building, tallest free-standing structure in the world, highest number or stories in the world, highest occupied floor in the world, highest outdoor observation deck in the world, elevator with the longest distance in the world, and the tallest service elevator in the world.
THIRTY TWO- Skiing in the Desert
TWENTY SEVEN- The Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Islands were made famous when Charles Darwin studied the vast number of endemic species . The observations of these endemic species contributed to Darwin's Theory of evolution by natural selection.
The Galapagos Islands are composed up of many islands which are distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean. The Islands consists of 15 main islands, 3 smaller islands, and 107 rocks and islets.
From tortoises, to sea lions, to blue-footed boobys, to iquanas, to penquins, and th elist goes on and on. That does not include the marine life, either.
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