Right. In a year, the archipelago receives no more than around 1000 tourists (There's only one hotel in Vaiaku, the capital town), making Tuvalu one of the most unknown independent country in the world.
Oh no, I have never been in that part of the world. But I'm interested in Tuvalu specially because there's high risk that this country will disappear soon. The highest point of the islands is 4,5 meters above the sea, and due the greenhouse effect, soon could be totally under water (it already happens when the tide is too high). The government already asked the possibility to transfert all population (around 11,000 inhabitants) to New Zealand with a special immigration permit, if this catastropher would happen. The tide is already a problem for them, cause when the seawater evaporates, it leaves salt on the ground, killing the vegetation and the cultivations
^^ It could be, better, almost surely...but not only. Another source of profit for Tuvalu are foreign relationship with not recognized countries. Tuvalu has very good diplomatic relation with Taiwan, which has the only foreign embassy in Vaiaku, and it's one of the 5 countries which recognizes South Ossetia and Abhkazia as independent state. For this Tuvalu get/got money from these states (The same was done by Nauru, in searching of founds after depletion of the phosphate mines)
^^ Yes that's weird... maybe they got from Samoa, cause in 2009 Samoa changed from right-hand traffic to left-hand traffic and there was the problem of the doors of buses. So they had to change it all. Maybe Tuvalu got one used from them
Highways and motorways in Finland - Suomalaiset moottoritiet
http://www.tiehallinto.fi/pls/wwwedit/docs/26602.PDF traffic volumes
Road 1 in Lohja (pic by Matti Grönroos)
Road 1 in Vihti (pic by Matti Grönroos)
Road 3 in Nurmijärvi (pic by Matti Grönroos)
Road 3 in Vaasa (pic by Matti...
Taiwan is a mountainous island with only 20% of the land habitable, which is highly concentrated on the plain corridor along the western coast.
The high speed rail started operation early this year has made the major cities on western coast to a huge urban as a whole.
And There are 3 major...
About 8 years ago when this thread was started, I had been taking a look at the Austrian photos showing the old border crossing structures between Austria and Italy, and that piqued my interests further. What do the borders look like on your freeways/motorways?
Post ones you've crossed, ones...
Wi-Fi access at R&R spots on highway
TAPAH: If you are travelling along the North-South Expressway and need access to the Internet, look no further than the rest and recreation (R&Rs) areas at the Sungai Buloh overhead bridge restaurant, Tapah, Sungai Perak and Gunung Semanggol. These are the...
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