Wonders of Asia

                                   

Asia is usually defined as part of the landmass of Eurasia becoming the largest and most populous continent of the world with around 4 000 millions people. It is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean in the east, the Arctic Ocean in the north and the Indian Ocean in the south. Asia has been cradle of several of the greatest civilizations in the world’s history, like Mesopotamia, Persia, India and China, as well as main religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Buddhism. Besides, the humanity owes to Asian civilizations many of the most important technological advances of the History.

Asia houses many language families and many language isolates. A high percent of the Asian countries speak more than one native language; and, according to ethnology statistics are spoken more than 600 languages in Indonesia, more than 415 languages in India, more than 100 languages in the Philippines; in addition to the many languages and dialects spoken in the provinces of China. Currently, Asia has the third nominal GDP of the continents, and its economy has grown since the World War II to the XXI century; this growth has been concentrated mostly in four regions: South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, which are known as the Asian Tigers or Pacific Rim. Besides, China and Japan are two of the most important economies in the World

This giant continent is very rich in natural resources such as petroleum, fish, water and metals. This wonder itself owns also some of the most impressive natural landscapes of the planet like Himalaya Mountains, the Gobi Desert and many impressive structures created by men in both antiquity and modern times.

Asia is full of wonders, let's get together to discover them all!

Burma

• Temples of Bagan (Mandalay)

Cambodia

• Angkor Wat (Siem Reap)

China

• Elephant Trunk Hill (Guilin)

• Flaming Mountain (Turpan)

• Forbidden City (Beijing)

• Great Wall of China (Beijing)

• Hanging Temple (Datong)

• Porcelain Tower of Nanjing (Nanjing)

• Potala Palace (Lhasa)

• Red Hill (Urumqi)

• Seven Star Park (Guilin)

• Stone Forest (Kunming)

• Temple of Heaven (Beijing)

• Terra Cotta Warriors (Xi’an)

• The Lingering Garden (Suzhou)

• Tiger Hill Pagoda (Suzhou)

• West Lake (Hangzhou)

• Yellow Crane Tower (Wuhan)

• Yungang Grottoes (Datong)

• Yuyuan Garden (Shanghai)

India

• Ajanta Caves (Aurangabad)

• Ellora Caves (Aurangabad)

• Fatehpur Sikri (Agra)

• Golden Temple (Amritsar)

• Hampi (Karnataka)

• Jagannath Temple (Puri)

• Jaisalmer Fort (Jaisalmer)

• Kanha National Park (Madhya Pradesh)

• Kaziranga National Park (Assam)

• Khajuraho Temples (Madhya Pradesh)

• Mahabodhi Temple (Bodhgaya)

• Meenakshi Temple (Madurai)

• Nalanda University (Nalanda)

• Sun Temple (Puri)

• Taj Mahal (Agra)

• Valley of Flowers (Uttarakhand)

Indonesia

• Temples of Bali (Bali)

Iraq

• Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Babylon)

Jordan

• Petra (Aqaba Governorate)

• The Northern Red Sea (Aqaba Governorate )

Nepal

• Mount Everest (Sagarmatha)

Turkey

• Hagia Sophia (Istanbul)

• The Mausoleum of Maussollos (Bodrum)

• The Temple of Artemis (Izmir)