Bangladesh: National Martyrs' Memorial

 

National Martyrs’ Memorial is a national monument dedicated to the lives lost during the Bangladesh War Of Independence in 1971.  You can find this memorial in Savar which is roughly 35 km north-west of Bangladesh’s capital city Dhaka. It was designed by Syed Mainul Hossain. Syed is one of Bangladesh’s best designers and has worked on countless other amazing landmarks in Bangladesh. The memorial is 150ft high or 45.72 meters tall. With 7 pairs of triangular prisms going in shortest to tallest order. This is to represent the 7 major events in Bangladesh's history that eventually led to their independence.

Bahrain: Durrat Al Bahrain

 

Durrat Al Bahrain is one of the largest artificial islands in Bahrain; it lies 40.5 km south of the capital or about 25 miles. There are 18 different golf courses on the island and an amazing 5 star hotel. The Durrat Al Bahrain project was a joint venture between the Durrat Khaleej Al Bahrain a real estate company in Bahrain and also Tameer one of the leading developers within the region. Construction started on Durrat Al Bahrain in 2004 costing almost 1.3 billion dollars US to complete. Durrat Al Bahrain truly is an example of the future in real estate because now you can create islands instead of just having to find them on your own.

Bahamas: Harbour Island

 

Harbour Island is one of the most beautiful parts of the Bahamas because of there unique pink sand beaches. It is located on the eastern Atlantic side of the Bahamas. It gets the pink color due to the microscopic insects called Foraminifera. The insects have a pink shell causing the pink sand. Unlike most beaches with the hot unpleasant sand underneath your feet at Harbour Island has very comfortable and cool sand because of the pink color nor drawing as much heat to the sand. The beach is pretty much endless with up to 100 feet wide (30.48 Meters) and over 3 miles long (4.8 Kilometers).

Azerbaijan: Mini Venice

Mini Venice is a very small park located in Baku that was created in the 1960s and was expanded in 2012. Mini Venice has 2 large islands and several small ones spanning all around the park, This park is kind of like another city within a city because of the different landscaping and architecture. This is why it is referred to Mini Venice because it looks almost identical to Venice, Italy. There are also venetian boats that you can ride along throughout the park. It is one of the most relaxing and peaceful places to take your friends or family to within Baku.