Order of the countries entering New Year 2015

Ever wondered how time zones work on earth? Not all the countries on earth enter the New Year together. When the country on the farthest time zone enters new year, the country at the beginning of the time zone is still waiting for the sun to come up on the 31st Dec.

I was just reading stuff online and so I thought of making a list of places which will enter the New Year 2015 in order. The list is below.

01. FIRST to enter New Year 2015 Samoa (Apia), Kiribati- Christmas Isl, Kiritimati Samoa (Apia) or Kiritimati, are the first places on earth to enter the new year.	UTC+14
02. SECOND to enter New Year 2015 Chatham Islands- New Zealand	UTC+13:45
03. THIRD to enter New Year 2015 New Zealand- Wellington, Tokelau, Fiji, Tonga, Antarctica-South Pole, McMurdo, Skott stations; Kiribati- Phoenix Islands; Russian ship Akademik Shokalskiy (UTC+13)	UTC+13
04. Russia- Chukotka, Kamchatka, Russia- Magadan ; Nauru, Tuvalu, Marshall Isl., Wallis and Futuna, Kiribati- Tarawa	UTC+12
05. Norfolk Island (Kingston)- Australia	UTC+11:30
06. Australia- Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart; Solomon Isl., New Caledonia, Micronesia- Pohnpei, Vanuatu;Russia- Vladivostok , Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Birobidzhan, Komsomolsk-na-Amure;	UTC+11
07. Australia- Adelaide	UTC+10:30
08. Guam; Russia- Chita , Yakutsk, Blagoveschensk, Mirnyi, Tiksi ; Australia- Brisbane; Papua New Guinea, Northern Mariana Isl.	UTC+10
09. Australia- Darwin, Alice Springs	UTC+09:30
10. Japan- Tokyo, South Korea, North Korea; Russia-Irkutsk , Bratsk, Ulan-Ude ; Palau, Indonesia- Jayapura, Ambon; East Timor	UTC+09
11. Eucla- Western Australia	UTC+08:45
12. China- Beijing, Shanghai, Macau, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia-Bali, Mongolia, Brunei Darussalam, Russia-Krasnoyarsk , Abakan, Kyzyl ; Australia- Perth, more ...	UTC+08
13. Thailand- Bangkok, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia- Java, Sumatra; Australia- Christmas Isl., Russia- Novosibirsk , Omsk, Tomsk, Barnaul, Kemerovo;	UTC+07
14. Myanmar (Burma)- Yangon, Cocos Island (Keeling Islands - Australia)	UTC+06:30
15. Russia- Yekaterinburg , Chelyabinsk, Perm, Ufa, Kurgan, Orengurg, Tyumen; Bangladesh- Dhaka; Bhutan; British Indian Ocean Territory- Chagos- Diego Garcia, Kazakhstan- Almaty, Astana, Kyrgystan	UTC+06
16. Nepal- Kathmandu	UTC+05:45
17. India- New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata; Sri Lanka	UTC+05:30
18. Pakistan- Islamabad, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan-Aqtau, Aqtobe, Maldives, Kerguelen Isl.(Fr.)	UTC+05
19. Afghanistan- Kabul, Kandahar	UTC+04:30
20. Russia- Moscow , St.Petersburg, Novgorod, Smolensk, Pskov, Vladimir, Penza, Volgograd, Samara, Izhevsk;United Arab Emirates- Dubai, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Seychelles, Reunion- France, Oman, Mauritius	UTC+04
21. Iran- Tehran, Isfahan	UTC+03:30
22. Iraq- Baghdad; Russia- Kaliningrad ; Belarus- Minsk ; Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Yemen, Qatar, Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Comoros, Uganda, more ...	UTC+03
23. Ukraine- Kiev, Jordan , Greece, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Israel, Gaza Strip, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Turkey, Libya , South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, Namibia, Mozambique more ...	UTC+02
24. France-Paris, Germany, Serbia, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Malta, Monaco, Sweden, Switzerland, Gibraltar, Czech Republic, Denmark, Algeria, Angola, Austria, Belgium, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Croatia, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tunisia, Vatican City, more ...	UTC+01
25. United Kingdom-London, Portugal, Ireland, Iceland, Canary Isl., Morocco, Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Saint Helena, Western Sahara, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, more ...	UTC
26. Cape Verde- Praia, Azores (Port.), Greenland- Ittoqqortoormiit	UTC-01
27. Brazil- Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilia; Fernando de Noronha; Uruguay, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	UTC-02
28. Chile-Santiago, Argentina- Buenos Aires, Ushuaia; Brazil- Recife; Salvador-Brazil; Paraguay, Suriname, French Guiana, Greenland- Nuuk, U.K.- Falkland Isl.	UTC-03
29. Canada- Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John's)	UTC-03:30
30. Canada - Nova Scotia (Halifax), New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island; Barbados, Bermuda (U.K.), Netherlands Antilles, Saint Lucia, Grenada, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Manaus- Brazil, Bolivia, more ...	UTC-04
31. Venezuela - Caracas	UTC-04:30
32. USA- New York, Washington D.C., Miami, Boston, Atlanta, Detroit, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Virginia Beach; Canada- Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec; Cuba-Havana, Peru; Acre-Brazil ; Colombia, Bahamas, Jamaica, Ecuador, Panama, more ...	UTC-05
33. USA- Chicago, New Orleans, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Oklahoma City, Houston, Dallas, Milwaukee; Canada- Winnipeg, Regina; Mexico- Mexico City, Acapulco, Veracruz; Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Belize, Costa Rica, more ...	UTC-06
34. USA- Denver, Albuquerque, El Paso, Salt Lake City, Santa Fe, Phoenix, Tucson; Canada- Calgary, Edmonton, Aklavik, Yellowknife; Mexico- Chihuahua, Mazatlan, more ...	UTC-07
35. USA- Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, San Jose, Las Vegas, Portland-OR; Canada- Vancouver, Whitehorse; Mexico- Tijuana, Mexicali; U.K. - Pitcairn	UTC-08
36. USA- Anchorage, Fairbanks, Nome, Unalaska, Juneau; French Polynesia- Gambier Islands	UTC-09
37. French Polynesia- Marquesas Islands (Nuku Hiva, Hiva Oa)	UTC-09:30
38. USA- Hawaii (Honolulu), Adak-Aleutian Isl.; Cook Islands (Rarotonga), French Polynesia-Tahiti (Papeete)	UTC-10
39. LAST to enter New Year 2015 And the last places to enter the new year are - American Samoa- Pago Pago, Niue (Alofi), Midway Islands, Jarvis Isl., Kingman Reef, Palmyra Atoll	UTC-11

 

Hope you enjoyed and learned. Please share, if you liked it. And comments/suggestions are welcome.

Cheers !

Visa Free Countries for Indian Passport Holders

There are times, when I envy people who have British, American, Canadian, EU passports. They don’t have to think before traveling. Because most of the countries are visa free for them. They can just point a finger on the world map, book tickets and go. No visa applications with signed forms, financial documents and interviews to get that elusive visa stamp on the passport.

 

According to Visa Restrictions Index, India ranks 76th in terms of travel freedom. How bad is that? But, at this rank, Indian passport holders have visa free or visa on arrival access to 52 countries and territories. Doesn’t seem that bad now huh?

  

 

Lets see some of the well known destinations:

1. Thailand (Of course !)
2. Hong Kong
3. Indonesia
4. Bhutan
5. Nepal (No passport required !)

 

 

Apart from above, Indian passport holders can visit the following countries without a visa or with visa on arrival facility:

1. Bolivia (90 Days)
2. British Virgin Islands
3. Burundi (30 Days, obtainable at Bujumbura International Airport)
4. Cambodia (30 Days)
5. Cape Verde
6. Cook Islands
7. Comoros
8. Djibouti
9. Dominica
10. Ecuador
11. El Salvador
12. Ethiopia
13. Fiji
14. Grenada
15. Guinea-Bissau (90 Days)
16. Guyana (30 Days)
17. Haiti
18. Indonesia (30 Days)
19. Iran (15 Days prior e-visa pre-approval required from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
20. Jamaica 
21. Jordan (2 Weeks, must hold US$1000)
22. Kenya (3 months)
23. Laos (30 Days)
24. Macau 
25. Madagascar (90 Days)
26. Maldives (90 Days)
27. Mauritius
28. Montserrat
29. Mozambique (30 Days)
30. Nauru
31. Palau (30 Days)
32. Reunion Islands
33. Saint Lucia (6 Weeks)
34. Samoa (60 Days, Entry permit on arrival)
35. Seychelles (1 Month, Visitor’s permit on arrival)
36. Somalia (30 Days)
37. South Korea 
38. Tajikistan (45 Days)
39. Tanzania
40. Timor-Leste (30 Days)
41. Togo (7 Days)
42. Trinidad & Tobago
43. Tuvalu (1 Month)
44. Uganda
45. Somaliland (30 Days by paying 30US$ on arrival)

  

 

NOTE: 

Not all the countries are mentioned in the above list.

Also, Indians having a valid USA, UK or Schengen visa have more options for visa free / visa on arrival.

Visa requirements may change, so if any of the above becomes invalid, please understand that I am not misleading anybody.

 

  

10 Most beautiful secluded places on earth

 

Hello people,

I was just going through a couple of travel magazines and I came across a section ‘Most beautiful beaches of the world’, so I thought let’s make a list of the most secluded places on earth. Here the top 10 of them (according to me !)


1. St. Kilda (United Kingdom)
Situated in the Atlantic Ocean 160 kilometres from the Scottish mainland, this uninhabited island stretches on for 8.5 square kilometres. The entire archipelago is owned by the National Trust for Scotland. It became one of Scotland's five World Heritage Sites in 1986 and is one of the few in the world to hold joint status for its natural and cultural qualities. Parties of volunteers work on the islands in the summer to restore the many ruined buildings that the native St Kildans left behind. 

2. Mcquarie Island (Australia)
Macquarie Island lies in the southwest Pacific Ocean, about half-way between New Zealand and Antarctica, at 54° 30' S, 158° 57' E. Politically, it is part of Tasmania, Australia since 1900 and became a Tasmanian State Reserve in 1978, and a World Heritage Site in 1997. With between 20 and 40 residents, this island is home to the world’s entire royal penguin population during the species’ annual nesting season. 

3. Ascension Island (United Kingdom)
With only 1,100 residents and a volcano to keep you company, Ascension Island welcomes you. The main island has an area of approximately 91 km2. A volcanic peak rising from just west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, much of the island is a wasteland of lava flows and cinder cones; no fewer than forty-four distinct dormant craters have been identified.

 4. Bouvet Island (Norway)
The island has an area of 49 square kilometres (19 sq mi), of which 93 percent is covered by a glacier. The centre of the island is an ice-filled crater of an inactive volcano. Some skerries and one smaller island, Larsøya, lie along the coast. Nyrøysa, created by a rock slide in the late 1950s, is the only easy place to land and is the location of a weather station. 

5. South Keeling Islands (Australia)
The Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, also called Cocos Islands and Keeling Islands, is a territory of Australia, located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Christmas Island and approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka. The territory consists of two atolls and 27 coral islands, of which two, West Island and Home Island, are inhabited with a total population of approximately 600.

6. Southern Thule (United Kingdom)
Southern Thule is a collection of the three southernmost islands in the South Sandwich Islands: Bellingshausen, Cook, and Thule (Morrell). The Southern Thule territory is claimed by Argentina and the United Kingdom. The island group is barren, windswept, bitterly cold, and uninhabited. It has an extensive exclusive economic zone rich in marine living resources managed as part of the SGSSI fisheries. The Admiralty's Antarctic Pilot says that Southern Thule is part of an old sunken volcano, and is covered with ash and penguinguano. There are seals, petrels, and a bank of kelp just offshore, especially around a small inlet on Morrell called Ferguson Bay.
 

7. Rapa Iti (French Polynesia)
Surrounded by a ring of relatively high mountains, Rapa Iti (also known as Rapa) is in the Pacific Ocean, and has 482 inhabitant, including the members of the Tahitian Choir.
 

8. Pingelap (Micronesia)
Made of three islands surrounding a central lagoon, this island is only 4 kilometers at its widest point.

9. Tikopia (Solomon Islands)
Tikopia has around 1,200 inhabitants and was created from the remnant of an extinct volcano. How cool is that? 

10. Peter I Island (Aantarctica)
Nearly all of Peter I island is covered by a glacier, and it’s surrounded by pack ice or most of the year, meaning it’s almost inaccessible. There are infrequent tourist landings though, so you might get lucky.

I hope you enjoyed the list !

Top things to do in New York City

New York - the city of skyscrapers ! It is a dream for many to live in NYC or at least visit it once. This city is larger than life: in population, in culture and food, in arts and in entertainment. Until we get ready to put on the boots and head to the Big Apple city, let's see some of the top things to do in NYC.


1. Empire State Building
It is once of the most famous buildings in the world. There’s an observatory on the 86^th floor to give to glance of the spectacular views of the city skyline and landmarks. On a clear day, you can view 5 states from here. Truly a top place!

2. Statue of Liberty
Located on the Liberty Island, it is the symbol of freedom, an iconic monument. A gift from the people of France to the USA, it opened in October 1886.

3. Ellis Island Immigration Museum
This is a great place to see the personal stories of millions of people who came to America n search for a better living. For those whose ancestors made the journey, the American Family History Center offers computerized genealogical records.

4. American Museum of Natural History
This museum has so much to offer – fossils, evolution theories, space shows, IMAX theater. There are about 32 million specimens here. For the fans – there’s a giant 94-foot  blue whale, the fossilized skeleton of Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Easter Island head !

5. Museum of Modern Art
This museum houses the best of modern and contemporary art. On display – Artworks by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh and Andy Warhol, to name a few.

6. Guggenheim Museum
Designed by architect Frank Llyod Wright – this is one of the world’s most recognized buildings. It showcases works by Camille Pissarro, Vasily Kandinsky, Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.

7. Top of the Rock & Rockefeller Center
This is undoubtedly one of the most famous buildings of the city. It offers amazing views of the city, plenty of shops and restaurants. The observation deck is perched at 800 feet above ground level for amazing 360 degree views of the city.

8. Central Park
Located in the heart of Manhattan, it is the most visited urban park in the United States. Central Park offers hundreds of special attractions for solo explorers and families across its 843 acres: green meadows, sprawling waters, gardens, unique bridges, performance centers, educational facilities and classical architecture. It is also one of the most filmed location in the world.

9. Times Square
Which visit to New York City would be complete without going to the Times Square? With city streets surrounding it from all sides, this place is a zoo all year round. Millions of people come here on New Year’s Eve to watch the ball drop and kiss someone special when the clock strikes twelve.

10. 9/11 Memorial
It honors the people who lost lives in the tragic attacks of September 11, 2011 and those who died in the World Trade Center bombing in 1993. Visit the twin reflecting pools sitting in the footprints of the Twin Towers, surrounding the pools are the names of every person who died in the attacks inscribed in bronze. Seeing this memorial for yourself can have a profound effect on your visit to New York.

 

I hope you enjoyed the list. Please comment your views and suggestions – I’d love to read them. Share – if you liked it !

 

 

World Capitals

The countries of the world and capitals of every country:

Afghanistan - Kabul

Albania - Tirana

Algeria - Algiers

Andorra - Andorra la Vella

Angola - Luanda

Antigua and Barbuda - Saint John's

Argentina - Buenos Aires

Armenia - Yerevan

Australia - Canberra

Austria - Vienna

Azerbaijan - Baku

The Bahamas - Nassau

Bahrain - Manama

Bangladesh - Dhaka

Barbados - Bridgetown

Belarus - Minsk

Belgium - Brussels

Belize - Belmopan

Benin - Porto-Novo

Bhutan - Thimphu

Bolivia - La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo

Botswana - Gaborone

Brazil - Brasilia

Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan

Bulgaria - Sofia

Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou

Burundi - Bujumbura

Cambodia - Phnom Penh

Cameroon - Yaounde

Canada - Ottawa

Cape Verde - Praia

Central African Republic - Bangui

Chad - N'Djamena

Chile - Santiago

China - Beijing

Colombia - Bogota

Comoros - Moroni

Congo, Republic of the - Brazzaville

Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Kinshasa

Costa Rica - San Jose

Cote d'Ivoire - Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)

Croatia - Zagreb

Cuba - Havana

Cyprus - Nicosia

Czech Republic - Prague

Denmark - Copenhagen

Djibouti - Djibouti

Dominica - Roseau

Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo

East Timor (Timor-Leste) - Dili

Ecuador - Quito

Egypt - Cairo

El Salvador - San Salvador

Equatorial Guinea - Malabo

Eritrea - Asmara

Estonia - Tallinn

Ethiopia - Addis Ababa

Fiji - Suva

Finland - Helsinki

France - Paris

Gabon - Libreville

The Gambia - Banjul

Georgia - Tbilisi

Germany - Berlin

Ghana - Accra

Greece - Athens

Grenada - Saint George's

Guatemala - Guatemala City

Guinea - Conakry

Guinea-Bissau - Bissau

Guyana - Georgetown

Haiti - Port-au-Prince

Honduras - Tegucigalpa

Hungary - Budapest

Iceland - Reykjavik

India - New Delhi

Indonesia - Jakarta

Iran - Tehran

Iraq - Baghdad

Ireland - Dublin

Israel - Jerusalem*

Italy - Rome

Jamaica - Kingston

Japan - Tokyo

Jordan - Amman

Kazakhstan - Astana

Kenya - Nairobi

Kiribati - Tarawa Atoll

Korea, North - Pyongyang

Korea, South - Seoul

Kosovo - Pristina

Kuwait - Kuwait City

Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek

Laos - Vientiane

Latvia - Riga

Lebanon - Beirut

Lesotho - Maseru

Liberia - Monrovia

Libya - Tripoli

Liechtenstein - Vaduz

Lithuania - Vilnius

Luxembourg - Luxembourg

Macedonia - Skopje

Madagascar - Antananarivo

Malawi - Lilongwe

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

Maldives - Male

Mali - Bamako

Malta - Valletta

Marshall Islands - Majuro

Mauritania - Nouakchott

Mauritius - Port Louis

Mexico - Mexico City

Micronesia, Federated States of - Palikir

Moldova - Chisinau

Monaco - Monaco

Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar

Montenegro - Podgorica

Morocco - Rabat

Mozambique - Maputo

Myanmar (Burma) - Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)

Namibia - Windhoek

Nauru - no official capital; government offices in Yaren District

Nepal - Kathmandu

Netherlands - Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)

New Zealand - Wellington

Nicaragua - Managua

Niger - Niamey

Nigeria - Abuja

Norway - Oslo

Oman - Muscat

Pakistan - Islamabad

Palau - Melekeok

Panama - Panama City

Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby

Paraguay - Asuncion

Peru - Lima

Philippines - Manila

Poland - Warsaw

Portugal - Lisbon

Qatar - Doha

Romania - Bucharest

Russia - Moscow

Rwanda - Kigali

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre

Saint Lucia - Castries

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown

Samoa - Apia

San Marino - San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tome

Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

Senegal - Dakar

Serbia - Belgrade

Seychelles - Victoria

Sierra Leone - Freetown

Singapore - Singapore

Slovakia - Bratislava

Slovenia - Ljubljana

Solomon Islands - Honiara

Somalia - Mogadishu

South Africa - Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)

South Sudan - Juba (Relocating to Ramciel)

Spain - Madrid

Sri Lanka - Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)

Sudan - Khartoum

Suriname - Paramaribo

Swaziland - Mbabane

Sweden - Stockholm

Switzerland - Bern

Syria - Damascus

Taiwan - Taipei

Tajikistan - Dushanbe

Tanzania - Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative)

Thailand - Bangkok

Togo - Lome

Tonga - Nuku'alofa

Trinidad and Tobago - Port-of-Spain

Tunisia - Tunis

Turkey - Ankara

Turkmenistan - Ashgabat

Tuvalu - Vaiaku village, Funafuti province

Uganda - Kampala

Ukraine - Kyiv

United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom - London

United States of America - Washington D.C.

Uruguay - Montevideo

Uzbekistan - Tashkent

Vanuatu - Port-Vila

Vatican City (Holy See) - Vatican City

Venezuela - Caracas

Vietnam - Hanoi

Yemen - Sanaa

Zambia - Lusaka

Zimbabwe - Harare

*The executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the State of Israel are all located Jerusalem so Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Nonetheless, all countries maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv.

Fun Facts of World Cities – Alphabetically

Hi everybody.

I just completed my work in office and had some spare time. So I thought about creating a list of places alphabetically and their facts. Hope you enjoy it (and learn too !).

Alaska - More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska .

Brazil - Brazil shares a border with all South American countries except for Chile and Ecuador.

Canada - Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an Indian word meaning ‘Big Village‘.

Detroit - Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, carries the designation M-1, so named because it was the first paved road anywhere.

Edmonton - You can see the Aurora Borealis in Edmonton, Canada. Said to be one of the best cities in the north to view the Northern lights weather permitting, they can be seen almost every other night during the winter.

Fiji - There are 322 islands in Fiji and over 500 small islets. Around 110 of these islands are inhabited, although 87% of the population lives on the two biggest islands Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. The islands are spread over 194,000 km² (75,000 mi²) of which just 10% is land.

Germany - Germany has over 400 zoos, the most in the world.

Hawaii - Hawaii is the only US state with a tropical rain forest

Istanbul - Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two continents.

Jerusalem  - Jerusalem is sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims (the 3 major religions).

Karachi - Karachi is the 3rd-largest city in the world by population within city limits.

Los Angeles  - Los Angeles’ full name is: El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula – and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.

Mumbai - The Mumbai suburban trains or locals, the lifeline of the city carry more than 7.2 million commuters’ everyday, which is more than the total population of Israel.

New York City - There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin , Ireland ; more Italians in New York City than in Rome , Italy ; and more Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv , Israel.

Ohio - There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio , each one is manmade.

Pitcairn Island - The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia , at just 1.75 sq. miles/4,53 sq. km.

Queenstown - People over 75 years old can bungy jump for free in Queenstown (the oldest person to bungy jump is a 94 year old man from Southland, New Zealand).

Rome - There is a city called Rome on every continent.

Siberia - Siberia contains more than 25% of the world’s forests.

Toronto – There are over 100 different languages spoken within the city of Toronto. Another fact about Toronto is that Toronto is one of the most multicultural destinations in North America.

Udaipur - Surrounded by lakes, it is famous as the Indian 'Venice of the East'.

Virgin Islands – British Virgin Islands are a British Overseas Territory, located in the Caribbean and uses US Dollar as currency.

Western Australia – Perth, the capital of WA, is the most isolated capital city in the world. The closest city, Adelaide, is 2,200 km away.

Xi’an – It is said that: "Go to Shanghai and you will find a 100-year-old China; go to Beijing and you will find a 1000-year-old China; go to Xian and then you will find a 3000-year-old China."

Yukon – Watson lake in Yukon province of Canada, has over 30,000 signposts from cities and towns around the world.

Zanzibar - Zanzibar is not a single island, but an archipelago. The two main islands are Unguja (the largest) and Pemba, while there are numerous smaller ones too.