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Starting Summer 2026, The Cleetwood Cove Trail—The Only Legal Access To Crater Lake, The Deepest Lake In The U.S.—Will Close For Major Renovations, Possibly Reopening In 2029. Improvements Include Trail Rebuilding, Dock Replacement, & Rockfall Mitigation. Until Then, No Swimming Or Boat Tours; Visitors Can Only Admire The Lake From Above.

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Norse Atlantic Airways, For The First Time On An Antarctica’s Ice Runway In Queen Maud Land, Landed The Largest Aircraft, A Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Carrying Scientists And Gear For The Norwegian Polar Institute, The Flight Departed Oslo, Stopped In Cape Town, And Showcased The Aircraft’s Efficiency, Marking A Milestone For Antarctic Research Efforts.

The World’s Largest Hindu Temple, Outside India, Was Inaugurated In Central New Jersey. The Hindu Temple, Akshardham, Is The Second Biggest Globally, Spanning Over 183 Acres And Taking Over 10 Years To Construct. The Temple Involved Extensive Stone Extraction, Skilled Artisan Work, And Over 12,000 Volunteers Dedicating Millions Of Hours To Its Creation.

A Company, Adventures Overland, Is Organizing The World’s Longest Bus Journey, In August 2023, Which Would Cover 12,000 Km For $24,300 Per Traveler. Up To 30 Passengers Can Join The 56-Day Trip From Istanbul To London, Crossing 22 Countries. The Guinness World Record‘s Longest Bus Route Is 6,200 Km Between Lima And Rio De Janeiro.

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The ~2073 Ft Long Pedestrian Glass Bottom Bridge, Which Was Built In Vietnam, Has Been Deemed The Longest Glass Bottom Bridge In The World By The Guinness World Records. The Bach Long Bridge, Which Has 3 Layers Of 40 mm Of Tempered Glass That Can Support 450 People At A Time, Is Suspended ~500 Ft Above A Valley.

The World’s New Longest Suspension Bridge Has Been Built In The Dolní Morava Vacation Resort, NE Of The Czech Republic. The Bridge, Named Sky Bridge 721, Spans ~721 m Long (2,365 Feet), And Hangs 95 m Above The Valley Floor. The Bridge, Which Officially Opened On May 13th, 2022, Can Be Accessed By Cable Car. Adult Tour Ticket Starts At $14.60.

The Recently Opened Deepspot Pool, At 45m Deep, Is Deeper Than The Current Guinness World Record Holder For Deepest Pool, The Y-40 Diving Pool (42m Deep) In Italy. The Deepspot Pool In Poland, Which Caters To Scuba Divers And Freedivers, Could Fill More Than 24 Olympic Sized Swimming Pools. The Pool Also Has A Transparent Viewing Tunnel For Non-Divers.

Germany, In A Global Poll, Has Been Ranked As The Most Admired Country In The World For The Third Year In A Roll. The Rank Was Derived From A US-Based Gallup Poll Survey Of 1,000 Adults In 134 Countries In 2019. The US, China, And Russia Were Ranked The 2nd, 3rd, And 4th Positions Respectively.

Germany by far most admired…

The Belgian Government Will Hand Out Free Railway Tickets To All Its Residents To Encourage Domestic Tourism, To Stimulate Their Economy After The Coronavirus LockDown. The Tickets Will Entitle Each Resident To Ten Free Journeys Of Any Length On The Country’s Railways. This’s Cool, But There Are Concerns Of Overcrowding Of The Trains.

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The Largest Waterfall In Ecuador Has Seemingly Disappeared After Part Of Its River Source Was Diverted By A Large Sinkhole. The Waterfall, Known To Be A Major Tourist Attraction, Will Be Closed And Has Since Been Removed As A Tourist Destination. The Ecuador Tourism Ministry Does Not Plan To Reconstruct The Waterfall.

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