This blog is about the lesser known but beautiful, wonderful, huge, unique and sometimes bizarre places around the World. Started on January 1, 2009, it is an outcome of my association with Google Earth Community, which I joined in July 2006. Since then I have been regularly flying to almost all the corners of WWW (Whole Wide World) and have virtually adopted the age old motto - Perfect time to see the World is after retirement.
Google Earth Community Forum is full of information which ranges from, but not limited to; history, geography, nature, environment, architecture, military, transportation, beliefs, festivals, huge, unique, bizarre items, current happenings etc etc.
My favourite section in the Community is "Fun and Games" - in which members post riddles and puzzles on almost all subjects and generally give hints for searching and locating the relevant places and or events on Google Earth. I have made several hundred posts in this forum and must have solved about the same number, though several were beyond my grasp. Believe me it is not easy to solve these riddles - Finding the answer is 90% perspiration (research) and 10% inspiration but it is pure 100% joy and sense of exhilaration.
This forum provides a stimulus to my brain and keeps it active. I strongly recommend this for those who have time and penchant for solving puzzles, but a word of warning – it is highly addictive.
My travels around the World are not limited to Fun and Games only, however many of the places being covered in this travelogue were found as a result of my researches for making posts in Fun and Games or trying to solve the riddles given therein.
The Original Google Earth Community was frozen by Google in April 2015 and finally killed in April 2019. However the dedicated moderators of the defunct Original GEC created a new Board for the GEC enthusiasts and the new Community is known as "Google Earth Community Forums". This new community continues to function as the old GEC but is independent of google.com
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Vulcan, a small town in Southern Alberta, Canada, has become famous amongst the Science Fiction fans all over the World, because coincidently it has the same name as the home planet of the Star Trek's famous character Mr. Spock.
Taking full advantage of its name the town has established a Star Trek-themed tourist station which exhibits Star Trek collectibles and sells souvenirs.
A replica of the Star Ship Enterprise of Star Trek has also been mounted on a pedestal which includes writing from alien languages like Klingon. The space ship built in June 1995 has an overall length of 9.4 metres (31 feet), depth 2.7 metres (9 feet) and total height of 5.8 metres (19 feet). Its saucer has a diameter of 4.6 metres (15 feet) and the base is 2.7 metres (9 feet) high.
Whole town is dotted with space-themed murals and signs, and hosts an annual community-wide Star Trek convention known as 'VulCON: Spock Days/Galaxyfest' which is held every year in June when Star Trek fans from all over the World come dressed up like the characters from the Star Trek.
In April 2010 Mr. Spock (The actor Leonard Nimoy) also visited his, so called home town, where he was greeted by horde of fans.
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