This is an amazing site on international cities...

Quoted: A blog by Rahul Srivasteva and Matias Echanove on adventitious roots, urban forests and villages, natural cities, lost tribes, lost nomads, and everything in between.

Looks very delightful! I haven't skied for so long.

I'm so interested in these floating islands in Loktak Lake.

Quoted: THE sangai, or Manipur brow-antlered deer (Cervus eldi eldi), a delicately beautiful animal found only in the hilly north-east Indian state of Manipur, has already had one let-off. In 1951 it was ruled extinct. Happily, a half-dozen were found two years later living on a vast island of floating biomass on Loktak lake, the second-biggest lake in India, to the south-east of Manipur's state capital, Imphal.

Includes a list of UNESCO WH forests, with introductory information on each.

Quoted: Ranging in size from 18 hectares (Vallée de Mai, Seychelles), to 8.8 million hectares (Lake Baikal, Russia), World Heritage forest sites now have a total surface area of over 76 million hectares...Given these figures, it is clear that the World Heritage Convention is uniquely positioned amongst international conventions, programmes and agencies to play a leading role for in-situ conservation of forest biodiversity.

I don't think I've ever had Grappa, but I would love to visit Ponte Vecchio.

Quoted: Bassano del Grappa's Ponte Vecchio, designed by Palladio in 1569.

Innovative projects by Chinese architects. I like this one especially: Pingod Sales Center / Art Museum by Atelier Feichang Jianzhu.

Quoted: while firms from around the world are delightedly helping China push its design boundaries, the country's own young architects may be the most interesting to watch.

This forest reserve looks incredibly beautiful. It is located on the border shared by Belarus and Poland.

Quoted: The Reserve was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1992 and internationally recognised as a Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme in 1993.

This site contains detailed information on art/design exhibitions sponsored by ifa.

Quoted: As the leading German institution for international cultural exchange, ifa devises and organizes German contemporary art exhibitions worldwide.