![]() “Neither officials nor ordinary people expected the rain to be so heavy,” said another Mentougou resident, Wu Changpo. “A couple of cars parked behind my apartment building disappeared in just one minute.”Įmergency workers used bulldozers on Tuesday to clear streets while residents waded through mud. “The cars parked on the street floated and got washed away,” said a resident, Liu Shuanbao. Muddy water surging down streets washed away cars in the Mentougou district on Beijing’s western edge. Other parts of the country are struggling with drought. Other areas, especially China’s south, have suffered unusually severe summer flooding that caused scores of deaths. Beijing usually has dry summers but had a stretch of record-breaking heat this year. The severity of the flooding took the Chinese capital by surprise. Thousands of people were evacuated to shelters in schools and other public buildings in suburban Beijing and in the nearby cities of Tianjin and Zhuozhou. In reality, there are about 500 residents making a life for themselves in the peaceful town.BEIJING - Torrential rain in areas around China’s capital, Beijing, killed at least 20 people and left 27 missing, the government reported Tuesday, as flooding destroyed roads, uprooted trees and knocked out power. At the start of the millenium, the US census missed the town entirely and recorded the population at zero. ![]() The problem is, there are no roads going to Supai and it’s the last place in America where mail is still delivered by donkeys. Supai is a beautiful and terribly difficult to reach town hiding in the middle of the continental U.S of A, at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Supai, Arizona: Where the Mail arrives via Donkeys As for what the heck there is to do in the middle of Mongolia? You can try your hand at camel trekking, horseback riding and picking up a few tips on the nomad lifestyle from … well, the local nomads.ĥ. Guests stay in one of 45 hand-made traditional nomadic tents, each equipped with its own wood-burning stove, felt carpets, indigenous furnishings, hand-painted wooden beds, and ceilings that open to the stars. There is perhaps no travel destination more off-beat than Mongolia and waiting for you is one of world’s most remote hotels, The Three Camel Lodge.Ī two-hour flight to Ulaanbaatar from Beijing, followed by an hours propellor plane flight to Dalanzadgad, the provincial capital of the South Gobi, and a 90-minute drive along a dirt road will ensure you feel far away enough from the rest of the world. Surrounded by 240 hectares of cork forest, you can also explore the ancient villages, markets and secret beaches at leisure. This traditional Portuguese windmill, restored to the highest degree of luxury will set you back just €150 a night.Ĭan’t you just see yourself writing a novel here?! Nespereira is a privately owned estate set high in the Alentejo region of Portugal, a National Ecological Reserve and a rural escape 15km inland. Now, guests can use a steep tarmac drive that winds its way for half a mile, climbing 500 ft through ancient woodlands, although old habits die slowly and train access is preferred. It is one of the oldest inhabited houses in Wales, dating back to the 15th century, and access until the 1960s was either on foot or by train. Set high up in Snowdonia National Park, this Grade II listed building borders the Ffestiniog Mountain Railway and the Maentwrog Nature Reserve. Plas y Dduallt, literally the “house on the black hillside”, is steeped in history and folklore– it would also probably be the ideal place for a Hollywood film writer to hide away for a few months and write a new Sleepy Hollow-esque movie for Johnny Depp. Snowdonia Manor: Accessible by a private Mountain Railway Read the full article here, more information on Palmerston here.Ģ. Fish in their hundreds swim below the boat and, as the clear water ripples, a shark glides past with stingrays in tow… The islanders pride themselves on their kindness and revel in the extra company.Īpproaching the beach, the revs of Bob Marsters’ small craft drop and we drift quietly towards the white sand. ![]() One of only three families on the island … compete for the handful of yachts which pass every year, and the winners of this race cater for the needs of the visitors. He was appointed caretaker of Palmerston and moved there in 1863 accompanied by his wife, a Polynesian woman, and two of her cousins. William Marsters was Palmerston's first permanent inhabitant 150 years ago. ![]()
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