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I’m Carolyn Presutti with the VOA Special English Technology Report, from voaspecialenglish.com | http A powerful earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan at two forty-six pm local time on March eleventh. Japan’s Meteorological Agency released its first tsunami warnings just three minutes later. The country has one of the best earthquake early warning systems in the world. There are more than four thousand Seismic Intensity Meters in place throughout Japan to measure earthquake activity. These meters provide information within two minutes of an earthquake happening. Information about the strength and the center of the earthquake can be learned within three minutes. Costas Synolakis is a tsunami expert with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He said Japan is one of the most well-prepared countries on Earth in terms of tsunami warning. He said: “They had a warning. I think what went wrong is that they had not anticipated the size of this event.”He said there are two reasons for this. Japan has not had any event anywhere near as big as this one in the last one hundred fifty years. And scientists had not expected such a large earthquake happening off the coast of Japan.The nine point zero magnitude earthquake was the fourth most powerful earthquake ever recorded worldwide. It was also the worst earthquake ever to hit Japan. The tsunami waves that followed were reported to have reached as high …

Cheap Travel Europe: the Best Way to Rejoice a Vacation

Why do people travel? Relaxation and rejuvenation are two of the most important reasons that people take to travelling and exploring new places. For this purpose, one destination seems to be the best. Europe has the best of everything and the tourists can have the best time of their life. With cheap travel Europe, the travellers can now have a great vacation which will leave them spellbound for a very long time.

People take to cheap travel Europe to have the best of vacations for their holidays. With such packages and travel tours available for the travellers, they have the liberty to choose the best itinerary that they wish to enjoy. Cheap travel Europe is one of the best ways one can take up a journey to the continent. There are numerous destinations that one can think of visiting. It is through the travel packages that travellers can decide the best ones of them which lie in the way or make a very good itinerary.

All bookings and reservations for the travellers are made beforehand and this eases out the problem of trouble and inconvenience for the travellers. This is the best way to travel since a low cost booking way is also obtained easily. Prior or advance booking of flights, taxis, sight seeing, etc is also a way to save money since it costs less when done with a notice. Cheap travel Europe helps the travellers in finding out the best means to travel according to their budget as well as the time frame which suits them.

Travellers can take advantage of cheap travel Europe and make the best of their trip to this beautiful land. All the destinations can be visited at a very low cost and without any trouble caused to the travellers.

What are the Best Sightseeing Spots in Greece?

If you’ve only seen the Acropolis in Greece or as my Danish friends call it Grækenland, from history books, rest assured that nothing compares the experience of seeing the real thing before your very eyes. This is just one of the many reasons why millions of tourists flock to Greece on an annual basis.

One of the most common mistakes that tourists have upon arriving to Greece is thinking that the country is one-dimensional, in the sense that you will only see ruins and a skyline filled with whitewashed cubic houses. What they don’t know is that Greece is actually a multi-culturally diverse country which offers something for every tourist.

To give you an idea about just how pleasant a touring experience it is that you will get when visiting Greece, here’s a list of some of the best sightseeing spots in the country

1. The Acropolis

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When you mention the name Greece, one of the first pictures that come to mind is the outcropping of rock which majestically stands against a hill – the Acropolis. No visit to Greece will ever be complete without it, seeing as how it has become a symbolization of what the country is all about.

2. The National Archaeological Museum

Just like the Acropolis, the National Archaeological Museum is also located in Greece’s capital city of Athens. Even if you are no history buff, this museum is a must-visit especially if it is your first time in the country. There are endless artefacts; archaic statues of gods and goddesses; temples and other things that will remind you of just how old Greece is as a civilization.

3. The Temple of Poseidon

Even if your travel itinerary is limited to having a tour of the city of Greece, it’s worth taking a day trip to the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion.  Nothing beats the experience of seeing the columns of the temple against the blue Greek sky, melding with the sight of the Aegean Sea below. A view of the sunset from this vantage point is also priceless.

4. The Island of Santorini

Charming white-and-blue structures set against the hill is the

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China Beach, Vietnam is listed in Top Ten of Asia’s best beaches

AUSTRALIANS are royally spoiled when it comes to world-class coastlines. Yet still we travel, chasing sandier or sunnier shores. Here are 10 of the best beaches in Asia.

1. SAUD BEACH, PHILIPPINES
On the northwest coast of Luzon, little-known Saud Beach at Pagudpud is a 2km arc of blindingly pure sand bordered by the blue of the South China Sea. It’s like an uncluttered version of that famous Philippines shore, White Beach, on Boracay Island. Beat the developers, the hair-braiders and sarong-floggers – head to Pagudpud now.

2. KO ADANG, THAILAND

Thailand’s far south Andaman Sea coast has clusters of islands that are still off the radar for tour group invaders and full-moon ravers. The towering rock formations and crystal waters of Ko Tarutao National Marine Park, a 51-island group about 30km off the mainland, are a reminder of how islands such as Phuket, Samui and Phi Phi once were. Here you’ll find Ko Adang, a jungle island with pristine shores, empty beaches and not a beer bar in sight.

3. BENTOTA, SRI LANKA

At Bentota Beach, 60km south of Colombo, grand arcs of beach sweep north and south from a rocky promontory. The Indian Ocean massages this coast of granite headlands and uncrowded beaches that surfers and European sun-seekers discovered long ago. There is a choice of three, four and five-star resorts from which you can simultaneously contemplate Bentota’s fiery sunset and your of sundowner.

4. YALONG BAY, CHINA

At the same latitude as Hawaii, Hainan is where mainland Chinese come to get that Waikiki feeling without leaving home. While Yalong Bay, near Sanya on Hainan’s southern tip, may lack Polynesia’s heaving surf and swaying skirts, its broad white beaches are better than many in Hawaii. Fishing villages and rice farms once rimmed Yalong Bay’s 7km strand. In their place, quality resorts harvest the disposable incomes of China’s leisure class.

5. CHINA BEACH, VIETNAM

China Beach, on Vietnam’s central coast near Da Nang, is 30km long and has numerous resorts and restaurants, especially around Bai Non Nuoc. The specific section of the China Beach of Vietnam War and television series fame is known locally as Bai Tam My Khe. Here, you can see fishermen paddle out through its breaking waves in flimsy wicker coracles and then, after fishing, surf right back in again.

6. CALANGUTE, INDIA

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