The Golra Sharif Railway Museum, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

The Golra Sharif Railway Museum, also known as the Pakistan Railways Heritage Museum, is a railway museum located near Sector F-13 of Islamabad, Pakistan. It is located at the Golra Sharif railway station, a junction station in the Rawalpindi Division of Pakistan Railways, located at 1,994 feet above sea level, in the southeast of the Margalla Hills and east of the cradle of Gandhara civilization, the ancient city of Taxila.

Opens in a new window

مسجد فيصل، باكستان

مسجد فيصل هو المسجد الوطني في باكستان، ويقع في العاصمة إسلام آباد. تم تسميته على اسم الملك الراحل فيصل ملك المملكة العربية السعودية، الذي قدم منحة قدرها 28 مليون دولار لبنائه. تم تصميم المسجد من قبل المهندس المعماري التركي فيدات دالوكاي وتم الانتهاء منه في عام 1986. وهو خامس أكبر مسجد في العالم والأكبر في جنوب آسيا.

تصميم المسجد مستوحى من خيمة بدوية ويتميز بثمانية جوانب من القشرة الخرسانية. يمكن لقاعة العبادة المثلثة أن تستوعب ما يصل إلى 10000 من المصلين ¹. يحتوي المسجد على أربع مآذن يبلغ ارتفاع كل منها 260 قدمًا. يغطي المسجد مساحة 33 فدانًا، ويقع في الطرف الشمالي من شارع فيصل، عند سفح تلال المرجلة. إنه معلم سياحي رئيسي في باكستان وقطعة مؤثرة من العمارة الإسلامية.

Mabali Island, Bhimbala, Khanpur, KPK, Pakistan

Mabali Island is a picnic resort  and a restaurant near Khanpur dam to have fun with family and enjoy water-based activities like boating, jet-skiing, para-surfing and many more. It is not  in fact an island; Mabali Island is actually the name of the resort which is located at the bank of Khanpur dam lake. 

It has a well maintained restaurant with both indoor and outdoor dining facilities. Food quality that is served here is good. However, service quality is not very good; it is rather average as compared with high cost and stupendous charges. It's rather an unreasonably expensive facility. So value in return for money is rather poor.

Fig.1 : Location on Google Maps

Fort Manru, DG Khan, Pakistan

Fort Manru, DG Khan, Pakistan

Japan Reconstructed after Tsunami

Japan is a highly developed and technologically advanced country.Almost a year ago,Japan was hit by the Tsunami waves on 11 March 2011,which unleashed a devastating earth quake in Japan.This natural disaster took lives of about 16000 people and demolished about 310000 buildings.It was a great natural calamity that badly affected Japan. Reconstruction of calamity hit areas is progressively under way.Here is a collection of pictures of calamity hit areas of Japan before and after reconstruction:

Beauty of Dubai - Photographs by Christopher wilson

Christopher Wilson is a talented photographer.He has taken beautiful images of Dubai.To see a complete collection of photos by this photographer you can visit his website.He has taken the photos of Dubai Al Burj, deserts, camels, and veiled women etc.Here is a collection of some photographs of Dubai by this talented photographer:

Coloured Photographs of Old England

Here is a collection of coloured photographs of England,that were made in 1890s:

Georgia Aquarium - The World's Largest Aquarium

The Georgia Aquarium is the World's largest aquarium.It is located in downtown Atlanta,Georgia,USA at Pemberton Place.It is situated opposite Centennial Olympic Park.It contains more than 8.5 million gallons  (32,000 m³) of fresh and marine water combined.It features five unique galleries and houses 120,000 animals of 500 different species.Its Oceans Ballroom features 23,000 sq ft flexible and private special event space.According to wikipedia, it's unique species include four young whale sharks,four beluga whales and four manta rays.It was funded mainly by a $250 donation from Home Depot Co-founder,Mr. Bernie Marcus.It was opened to the general public on 23rd November 2005.The area of the site where the aquarium was built is 20 acre or 81,000 m².Some images of the exterior and interior views and site map of the aquarium are shown below:

Nemo33 - The World's Deepest Indoor Swimming Pool

Nemo33 is the world's deepest indoor swimming pool located in Brussels,Belgium.It's maximum depth is 33 meters (108 foot).It is capable of containing 2.5million litres of water.The complex ,which houses this masterpiece of architecture,was designed by a Belgian diving expert,Jhon Beernaert in 2004.It was constructed as a multi-purpose facility for diving,recreation and as a potential underwater spot for film production.The pool consists of a submerged structure with flat platforms at various depth levels.The pool has two large flat-bottomed areas at depth levels of 5m (16foot) and 10m (32foot).The pool also contains a deep circular pit,which is 33m (108 foot) deep.The pool is filled with 2500,000 litres of non-chlorinated and highly filtered spring water maintained at a temperature of 30°C (86°F ).The pool contains loads of cool passageways, rooms and simulated underwater caves at 10m depth level.There are numerous underwater windows that allow visitors to look into pool at various depths.