Crazy Routes

Necessity may dictate that you choose the "road less traveled", but for goodness sake, leave weaker-nerved passengers behind. They might experience life-changing (and even underwear-changing) circumstances that they will never forget, or forgive. Found below is one of the Chinese military roads to "boost the morale of their troops"

And here is how they navigate it:

Tirana to Elbasan Road in Albania:
This is a hairy route, very high, badly maintained with high volume of heavy truck traffic - count on these Albanian drivers to be dare-devils, too. Whatever pictures we could get, look pretty serious: The cool thing about this road is that it leads to various interesting "rabbit trails" with ancient ruins at the end:

The Skippers Canyon Road near Queenstown:
This road is made from a very narrow cut in the middle of a sheer cliff face. The large tourist buses go along it, and it's so narrow that if two vehicles have to pass each other, one vehicle might have to reverse for anything up to 3 kilometres of winding narrow road to get to a place wide enough to pass. It is the SCARIEST road you could imagine...

And this is how it looks close up, with sheer drops just outside the single lane (with almost not enough space for tires)

Stelvio Pass Road - redefining switchbacks - A Scenic yet Dangerous Road! - Height - 2757 meters
Location - in the Italian Alps, near Bormio and Sulden, 75 km from Bolzano, close to Swiss border. (The road connects the Valtellina with the upper Adige valley and Merano)
Claim to fame - "the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps, and the second highest in the Alps, after the Col de l'Iseran (2770 m)"

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Thought for the Day-1

Starting from today, I'll be posting inspiring quotes, proverbs, famous sayings inspired me daily.

Lemme start with a great Chinese quote.

Give a fish to a man; he has food for a day.
Teach a man to fish; he learns a skill for life.

Start teaching others, be it your friend, brother, sister, or your children. Teach them the right thing to do and assist them in learning new things about the world.

Regarding educating the children, just assist; do not do the whole thing by yourself! They should know how the fire will hurt them or how a wound will pain them. If you prevent them from everything, then when will they learn and lead a life on their own.

You need not only educate the children, there are many other people who doesn't know what a gravitational force is..? or how does a scooter/motor vehicle runs..? or how is electricity is produced..? You can educate these people at the right situation and kindle their curiosity in science.

So,start teaching others and lets make our country a zero-illiteracy zone.

for reading.

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World AIDS Day

Today is the WAD-2008.
Yeah, World AIDS Day is observed on the 1st December of every year. This is to educate people about the deadliest pandemic disease the world is confronting now.
All must be made aware of the spreading habits of the disease. This is also the right time to clear the myths about the disease and its spreading habits.

AIDS stands for Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome. But why it is called AIDS? Cuz, once someone acquires the disease, it first attacks the Immune System and destroys all the T-cells, which are responsible for the proper functioning of the Immune system, and makes us deficient in the WBCs. It is called Syndrome, because once AIDS nullifies the immune system, the body is prone to other diseases like Tubeculosis, Pneumonia and other deadly disease.The AIDS itself not a disease, but it paves the way for other disease to enter and attack the human body.

More info about AIDS can be gathered here.

The theme for this year's WAD is Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise - Lead - Empower - Deliver.

We as a responsible citizen must be aware thoroughly of the disease and its spreading methods. We must learn to handle the persons affected by this.

So, spread the word not the disease...! Keep The Promise.

P.S: The Virtual red ribbon in my blog can be got here.

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"Cutout Dissection.com, female, 19 yrs." - strange?

A 19 year old girl from Virginia, USA has changed her name to Cutout Dissection.com!! Strange to hear?? Read on..

The former Jennifer Thornburg — whose driver’s license now reads Dissection.com, Cutout wanted to do something to protest animal dissections in schools. A snapshot of her license is shown below:

Her new name is also the Web address for an anti-dissection page of the site for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals(PETA), where she is interning.
The Asheville High School graduate who's working in Virginia said she began opposing dissections in middle school after a class assignment to cut up a chicken wing made her uncomfortable. She helped create a policy at her high school that allows students who object to dissections to complete an alternative assignment.

Despite her legally changing the name, she said most of her family members still call her Jennifer(and it will take time and that's obvious!!).

She said that she normally do have to repeat her name several times when she is introducing herself to someone new. Once they find out what her name is, they want to know more about what the Web site is about.
Exclusive interview with her can be found here.

Interesting isn't it? Now, what have you done for animals?

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"A special Day"

ya .... Today s Blood Donation Day
"A hands which donate blood is better & blessed than the lips which prays to God"
u don't have to be Doctor to save the life even a uneducated person can save the life by donating a blood.


first of all i like to thank all blood donor,
Let us commit ourselves to donate blood to save lives.

Mother gives birth to child once a year but
we (donor) can give re-birth to many.
................Donate Blood..........................

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