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Depending on whom you talk to, Australia's Highway 1 is the world's longest road, its longest continuous highway, or the longest without crossing a national border. Whatever the qualification, there's no doubt it's long. Some 15,000 km of multi-lane freeway, dual carriageway, two-lane bitumen and corrugated dirt, it circles the Australian mainland, never far from the coast, and bisects Tasmania...
...Located 180 km west of London, Bath became a fashionable spa town in the 18th century, remaining so until its springs were eclipsed by the fad for sea bathing in the 1800s. Today, the city's fame principally rests on its exquisite Georgian architecture, which has been stylishly incorporated into the new spa alongside modern additions by architect Sir Nicholas Grimshaw. Highlights include an open-air rooftop pool overlooking the town center and glass steam rooms. Taking in these elegant surroundings, it's hard to believe that the project was plagued by problems since construction began in 2000 (a long...
...Located 180 km west of London, Bath became a fashionable spa town in the 18th century, remaining so until its springs were eclipsed by the fad for sea bathing in the 1800s. Today, the city's fame principally rests on its exquisite Georgian architecture, which has been stylishly incorporated into the new spa alongside modern additions by architect Sir Nicholas Grimshaw. Highlights include an open-air rooftop pool overlooking the town center and glass steam rooms. Taking in these elegant surroundings, it's hard to believe that the project was plagued by problems since construction began in 2000 (a long...
...level of readiness also varies among other nations around the Indian Ocean. Thailand, which lost 8,000 people in the 2004 tsunami, has worked hard to improve local warnings, erecting 62 sirens on towers along beaches in six provinces, each capable of alerting people as far as 2 km inland. Those alerts are issued by the government's National Disaster Warning Center, the first such command post opened in the region after the 2004 tsunami. Sri Lanka, too, has earned plaudits for coordinating with UNESCO's regional efforts, and developing a strong system for disseminating warnings from the capital, utilizing...
...drought. As a result, local governments have had no choice but to announce water-saving measures; prohibiting golf superintendents from giving grasses a good soaking with drinking water is one of them. However, rationing doesn't cause the slightest bit of trouble for the Quijorna Golf Club, located 40 km outside Madrid. Here only rainwater is used to keep the 18-hole course green. And if nature doesn't cooperate in irrigating Spain's first ecological golf course, then let it be brown, explains Paco López, founder of the Quijorna Golf Club...