For 10 years, Tippi wandered the bush bare footed, making friends with all sorts of animals: leopards, caracals, mongooses, baboons and snakes.
Her playground was the hills and the harsh desert tribe lands of southern Africa; as the family wandered the bush land.
Tippi picked up all kinds of friends – like Abu, a five ton (28-year-old) elephant she calls “her brother”.
She would ride to a water hole on top of Abu and splash with the elephants of the herd, cuddle giant bullfrogs, lion cubs or meerkats; and became a grasshopper hunting specialist with the chameleons she was so fond of.
Tippi also befriended the Himba tribes people and the Bushmen of the Kalahari, who taught her how to survive on roots and berries and hence gave her practical experience of real life in the bush.
Life as a bush baby came to an end after her last year of "freedom" in Madagascar when Tippi moved to the French capital with her mother six years ago.
But both in fact and in her heart she remained an African. Posted by: Earth Spectacular
This bridge is the world's largest natural bridge. Its length is 138 meters, and the height 71metr, dwarfing the previous known biggest arch "The Landscape Arch" of Arches National Park, Utah, USA.
Fairy Bridge (Xian Ren Qiao) is a meander natural bridge carved through limestone karst by the Buliu River. It is located about 40 km (as the crow flies) northwest of Fengshan in northwestern Guangxi Province, China. Very few westerners have seen this bridge. A group from the Natural Arch and Bridge Society, led by Ray Millar, visited Fairy Bridge in October 2010. During this visit measurements by Gunter Welz established that the span of the opening is 400 ± 15 feet and confirmed that the arch has the greatest known span in the world by a wide margin (see Measurement of Fairy Bridge). From the upstream side, Fairy Bridge can be reached via a rubber-raft boat trip down the Buliu River from the village of Buliu. This trip takes about three hours and goes through several minor rapids and a couple of larger rapids sufficient to get the passengers wet. From the downstream side, Fairy Bridge can be reached via bamboo rafts with wooden chairs attached to them, which are propelled upstream using poles. A landing area only a short distance downstream from the bridge provides the exit point for the rubber raft trips and the starting point for the bamboo raft excursions. This landing area is accessible only by unpaved roads (as of the end of 2010). Until recently, Fairy Bridge has been virtually unknown outside of China and remain hidden till 2010. NABS first became aware of it in 2009 when Jay Wilbur was searching the area via computer using Google Earth and spotted what looked like a large natural bridge spanning a river. This was quickly confirmed by a Panoramio photo linked to Google Earth, taken by the Chinese photographer "ivanytng." Estimates using Google Earth and other photos suggested that the span might be the largest in the world. This inspired Ray Millar to arrange a trip there, which proved difficult, and his first attempt to reach the arch in 2009 failed. A second effort in 2010, attended by six other NABS members, was successful, due in large part to pioneering efforts on the part of China Odyssey Tours, based in Guilin, China.
Fairy Bridge, or the Fairy Bridge (Xian Ren Qiao) is a natural cave. River water Buliu eroded limestone mountain "cutting through" in her arch.
Bridge Fay is about 40 km (straight line) northwest of Fengshan in the northwestern province of Guangxi, China. Until recently, this place was not known outside of China. In 2009, explorer and adventurer Jay Wilbur looking google map saw a huge natural formation on the river in China. According to his estimates Bridge Fay (Fairy Bridge) could be the largest natural bridge in the world. Since then, he hit on the idea to visit this place, but it was not an easy task. The first attempt to get to this place failed. In 2010, he managed to get to the bridge and measure it.
This bridge is the world's largest natural bridge. Its length is 138 meters, and the height 71metr.
Because of the difficult terrain admire this beauty can only having done the hard way, overcoming a few rapids. You can get there only on bamboo rafts or rubber boats.
Google Earth Coordinates 20°42'15.20"N 105°33'53.67"W
"The islands are about an hour long boat ride west-northwest from the coast of Puerto Vallarta and are visited daily by hundreds of tourists, yet no one can legally set foot on the islands. In the early 1900s the Mexican government began conducting military testing on the islands because no one lived there. Many bombings and large explosions took place on the islands causing amazing caves and rock formations to be created. After a massive international outcry, started by scientist Jacques Cousteau in the late 1960s, the government eventually decided to label the islands a national park and therefore protected against any fishing, hunting or human activity."
Korean artist Yong Ho Ji recycles old tires and turns them into incredible works of art. From animals to humans and even animal/human hybrids these tire sculptures are truly amazing. Yong Ho Ji obtains his Masters in Fine Arts in 2008 from New York University, New York. He also received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture at Hongik University, Seoul in 2005.
With a host of solo and group exhibitions under his belt, you can find permanent collections of Yong Ho Ji’s works at: the International Contemporary Art Foundation / 21C Museum; West Collection; Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul.
You can also find a gallery of all Yong Ho Ji’s work on his official website at: http://yonghoji.com/db/
