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Trevi fountain is a must visit while on your tour to Rome, Italy
BY FAITH NYAMAI
If you are looking for your next tourist destination to spend your holiday, the city of Rome in Italy is the place to visit.
In the town lies the Trevi fountain, and as they say, if you will have to visit, it’s important to consider waiting until it starts turning dark to experience the beauty and splendour that comes with the artistic structure.
The beautiful features are the artistic work of three men standing on top of rock-like structures. And the water flowing like spring from the rocks and settling on the floor to make an ocean look.
The reason behind its romantic feeling is probably its origin and the name, which is associated with love.
The water, given the names Trevi and Virgin Waters, is associated with a young Roman girl who assisted thirsty soldiers to get water from the spring.
It is also famous after being featured in various movies, the most famous being the romantic “La Dolce Vita,” an Italian film.
With Sh1 million, you will be able to pay for a return ticket for your flight and afford to travel to various destinations in the city.
If you want to travel as a couple or with your family, you may consider setting aside above Sh2 million that will enable you to have a luxurious tour away from Kenya.
You may also consider setting aside a further Sh500, 000 million for other local expenditures and for shopping while on your tour.
As we approached the fountain, we were attracted by the number of tourists from various countries across the world, among the Asians, the white people speaking different languages, and the black people from the African continent.
Many had left their countries with their families for a holiday in Rome, Italy, to visit the magical place, which has now become a must-visit while in Rome.
And as many people believe it is a place of romance, we were attracted by a young man who suddenly proposes to her girlfriend after taking some pictures.
For a rich couple that would want to spoil themselves in a lovely scene, the fountain offers that glamorous feeling that remains a memorable landmark in their memory.
From a distance, you can hear the sound of water falling from the spring and back, creating that coastal feeling.
The fountain is a jewel at the centre of the city that has been attracting people from across the world. Although in most of the cities in Italy there is always a fountain nearby, the Trevi Fountain is the most visited by tourists from all corners of the world.
Once you visit, you will always want to visit because of the beautiful structures that make you want to stay.
Most of those who have ever visited the fountain always find themselves travelling back to tour it over and over again to refresh their memories.
Besides the fountain being a beautiful tourist destination, it is believed to have that magical power that keeps drawing people back to the city.
According to locals, once you are at the fountain and you toss a coin in the air using your right hand over your shoulder and it falls in the water, you will have high chances of finding your way back to Rome for a tour.
A third myth suggests that throwing a coin may lead to a new romance, while a third belief suggests that throwing a coin will lead to marriage.
Because of these beliefs, many tourists from other countries who visit the fountain have found themselves tossing one to three coins when they visit the fountain.
According to Francesco Paulo, a vendor who sells souvenirs to visiting tourists, the tradition and the custom of tossing the coins have caused the Rome municipality to collect the tossed coins occasionally to help the poor.
“In a day when between 2500 and 4000 coins are tossed into the fountain, people come with their families and children just to see the fountain,” he said.
Mr. Antonio Reberto, a photographer, estimated the number of those visiting daily at close to a thousand.
During the day, the numbers are large and continue decreasing as darkness enters. However, the government has ensured there is tight security by deploying security men around the fountain throughout the day and night.
The fountain is the largest in Rome and has remained a source of tourist attraction for decades.
It was completed in 1762 as part of the tradition of building fountains to mark the end of an acqueduct.
Its construction started in the 15th century; however, in the 17th century, Pope Clement XII ordered the design to be changed to make it more beautiful. The construction, however, stopped after he died and then competed in 1762.
It was the station point of the Aqua Virgo aqueduct and was used to provide water for bathing soldiers.
Near Fountain are expensive restaurants with heavy, expressive meals that accommodate the rich, offering them a quiet environment for dinner and lunch.
A tour from Kenya to Rome to visit the fountain using the longest flight offered by Qatar Airways will cost a minimum of Sh 80,117 if you choose Qatar Airways.
From Kenya, it takes five hours to Doha airport and another five hours and 30 minutes to Rome.
While touring the fountain, you can choose to spend your night at the Ibis Styles hotels, which offer world-class accommodations for international visitors.
The hotel room has a wide, comfortable bed, a sofa, and a table that allows you to enjoy your private reading.
A television set that has English channels is also available. In most hotels in the city, most TV stations can only allow one to watch Italian channels. A strong WiFi connection is also provided to the visitors for constant communication, which also allows WhatsApp video calls for one to connect with their family back at home.
A buffet breakfast is offered. The hotel also has a modern restaurant and a bar.
Approximately five minutes’ walk from the hotel is a natural manmade lake that allows one to enjoy the cold breeze throughout the day while on their tour of Rome.
To tour the Trevi fountain from the hotel, one spends up to 60 euros (which is Sh6,528) on a return ticket to use a luxury taxi.
While in Rome, one can also visit the Vatican City, the country of Pope Francis, which has also become a tourist destination for thousands of pilgrims from across the world.
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
VISITING LAKE ASSAL, A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Lake Assal is an abnormal lake among the most pungent on the planet. Situated in the least despondency of the African landmass with its 153 meters underneath ocean level and kept in the core of one of the most ungracious desert areas, the lake is encircled by latent volcanoes and magma residue of an extreme dim dark tone. An element of this lake, as displayed the pictures handled through the converging of these pictures gained by Sentinel-2 and Landsat 5 satellite, with a period window of 20 years and handled utilizing regular variety groups with a looking like information for Landsat from 30 to 10 meters band goal, shows the specific of this lake to change its tone with the variety of light during the day. Its variety changes from the blinding white because of the store of salt and sodium chloride precious stones, to turquoise and emerald green of the shore, the blue and the light blue of the most profound waters with their progressive subtleties.
A deceptive heaven
From the outset, Djibouti's Lake Assal shows up as a magnificent territory of greenish blue water ringed by blinding white sand. It could without much of a stretch be confused with a Caribbean ocean side. In any case, it is every one of the a façade, a simple simulacrum of heaven. The tremendous plain isn't sand in any way, yet salt.
Strolling shoeless towards the water across the solidified salt field is awkward, best case scenario. As you close to the lake's edge, the furious breeze whips across the plain and slings salt particles against your skin. Entering the water offers no rest. The warm, shallow lake has a bizarre, thick quality; a slick surface that leaves a film on the skin. It stings the eyes and nibbles on each contact. A minuscule paper cut becomes utter torture.
The film of salt, mediocre in the water, becomes irritated when seared dry in the sun. The garbage bristles on the skin and leaves you tingling like a bug ridden canine. This is no Caribbean ocean side.
Multiple times saltier than the ocean
At 155m beneath ocean level, Lake Assal is the absolute bottom in Africa and the third absolute bottom on the planet after the Dead Ocean (- 423m) and the Ocean of Galilee (- 214m). It is taken care of via seawater by means of 5km-long subsurface geothermal springs connected to the Inlet of Tadjoura, an augmentation of the Bay of Aden toward the south-east of Lake Assal. There are no regular outpouring focuses in the lake, meaning the lake water is caught in the pit under Djibouti's burning sun.
Because of high paces of vanishing, Lac Assal has a typical salt grouping of 34.8% (which moves to as much as 40% at a profundity of 20m), multiple times saltier than seawater. It is the second saltiest waterway on Earth after Cassanova Lake in Antarctica, which has a saltiness level of over 47%. The Dead Ocean has a typical salt centralization of 33.7%.
An outsider scene
Lake Assal is arranged on a topographical misery known as the A remote place Triple Intersection, where three of Earth's structural plates are pulling separated, causing a few surprising, frequently dreamlike, regular peculiarities. The African, Somalian and Bedouin plates meet in the downturn, which extends across the boundaries of Eritrea, Djibouti and the whole A far distance District of Ethiopia. The downturn is home to a variety of biological irregularities, including the Dallol sulfur pools and Erta Lager spring of gushing lava in Ethiopia's Danakil Desert.
Circled by torpid volcanoes, Lake Assal - like such a great deal the encompassing scene - feels like it very well may be on an alternate planet. As the water vanishes, salt and other mineral stores grip to each other, making rough support points and different arrangements that make up this powerful scene.
An old custom proceeds
In spite of the unfriendly scene, the A remote place and Issa individuals have extensive and worked nearby, with salt fueling plentiful exchange for quite a long time. Individuals from the networks scratch and dig the salt from the lake's shore to be shipped along old troop courses to Ethiopia in return for coal, espresso and different products. By and large, ivory and even slaves were exchanged for Lake Assal salt.
Trains of camels and jackasses can in any case be seen conveying up to 120kg of salt each to Berhale in Ethiopia, an excursion that can require as long as five weeks. There, the salt is dumped and taken by truck to Ethiopia's bigger urban communities for more extensive circulation.
White gold
At the point when the Eritrean-Ethiopian Conflict broke out in 1998, Djibouti supplanted Eritrea as Ethiopia's essential salt provider. The requests of Ethiopia's populace (around 62 million at that point) kept costs high. Hence, the salt from Lac Assal became known as 'white gold'.
Generally, most of Lake Assal's salt extraction occurred on shore manually. Notwithstanding, with more popularity came the requirement for quicker and more current extraction processes. Heavier hardware was utilized to separate a lot bigger dish of salt from the water all things being equal, where it is gentler and simpler to mine. Salt creation in Lac Assal soared from thousands to countless tons each year, driving Djibouti's administration to grow the extraction cycle, further using current strategies to send out the salt from one side of the planet to the other
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