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Pictures: Great wall of China - where it ends

This is where the great wall of China ends. 

Amazing road in China

Ship from China to Walmart - The Emma Maersk

This is how Wal-Mart gets all it's stuff from China. Get a load of this ship!   15,000 containers and a 207' beam! And look at the crew-size:  13 people for a ship longer than a US aircraft carrier which has a crew of  5,000 men and officers. Think it's big enough? Notice that 207' beam means it cannot  fit through the Panama or Suez Canals . It is strictly transpacific.  Check  out the cruise speed: 31 knots means the goods arrive 4 days before the  typical container ship (18-20 knots) on a China-to-California run. So this  behemoth is hugely competitive when carrying perishable goods.   This ship was built in five sections. The sections floated together and then welded. The command bridge is higher than a 10-story building and has 11 cargo crane rigs that can operate simultaneously.   What  a ship....no wonder 'Made in China' is displacing North American goods big  time with this floating continent transporting good...

Most Unusual Buildings On Earth

Most Unusual Buildings On Earth Fuji Sankei Building in Tokyo   The  Longaberger  Company's Home Office really is a  basket !   "Crooked House"   You know that your looking at a real building right? The Crooked House was built in 2004 as an addition at a popular shopping center, and is a major tourist attraction in Sopot , Poland . We just wonder what happens when someone who's under a controlled substance sees this building for the first time in their life.  Dancing House   Here's a building that should really get your attention when walking pass it. The Dancing House is considered as one of the more real controversial buildings in Prague . The DH was actually designed by a great architect from California , which only proves that he had done some type of hallucinogen while designing it. Robot Building The Bank of Asia is a very famous building in Bangkok . It was made way back in 1985, and it's robotic appear...

Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China

Gorgeous Use of Snow The annual Snow Sculpture contest in Harbin, attracts contestants from all over the world.