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Top 10 Busiest Airports In The World

Top ten world's busiest airports by passenger traffic are measured by number of total passengers (data provided by Airports Council International and BAA). One passenger is described as someone who arrives in, departs from, or transfers through the airport on a given day. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta has been the world's busiest airport every year since 2000 whilst London has the world's busiest city airspace with 2 of its airports regularly found in the top ten.

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport - Georgia, United States

Total Passenger: 20,181,931

O'Hare International Airport - Chicago, Illinois, United States

Total Passenger: 15,346,475

London Heathrow Airport - United Kingdom

Total Passenger: 15,268,609

Tokyo International Airport - Japan

Total Passenger: 15,180,894

Beijing Capital International Airport - China

Total Passenger: 15,153,600

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport - Texas, United States

Total Passenger: 12,833,031

Los Angeles International Airport - California, United States

Total Passenger: 12,630,858

Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport - France

Total Passenger: 12,447,664

Denver International Airport - Colorado, United States

Total Passenger: 11,495,033

Hong Kong International Airport - Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong

Total Passenger: 11,098,500

Sears Tower Unveils 103rd Floor Glass Balconies

Not content with having the tallest building in America, the owners of Sears Tower in Chicago have installed four glass box viewing platforms which stick out of the building 103 floors up.

The balconies are suspended 1,353 feet in the air and jut out four feet from the building's Skydeck. Designers say the platforms - collectively dubbed The Ledge - have been purposely designed to make visitors feel as they are floating above the city.












































Source: dailymail

World's Most Dangerous Rope Hanging Bridges

Here are some of the world’s most dangerous bridges that are meant only for walking. These are the so-called rope hanging bridges. You can find a wide variety of these bridges in countries like India, Malaysia, Philippines, New Zealand, Pakistan, Nepal, as well as in the interiors of some other countries.

A bridge can prove to be dangerous for a variety of reasons; either because it’s very old, narrow, too high up above the land, over a quick river or if the wooden “floor” goes missing. What makes them dangerous is the fact that in spite of the condition of the bridge, they have to be used; as many a time, these pathways are the main or even the only way for the local inhabitants of a small village to reach a bigger city. Among all the bridges, the most popular among tourists are the hanging bridges. Let’s take a look at some of them.

Hussaini - Borit Lake, Pakistan











Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, Northern Ireland











Aiguille du Midi at the Mont Blanc Mountain, France



Loboc Hanging Bridge, Philippines







Taman Negara National Park Bridge, Malaysia - That’s the world’s longest Canopy Walkway.







Hanging Bridge of Ghasa in Nepal









Siju Hanging Bridge, India



Some Hanging Bridge in India



Hanging Bridge at Thenmala, India



Just some bridge in Philippines



Repovesi nature park Valkeala, Finland



Arenal Hanging Bridges, Costa Rica
A three kilometer hike through the Costa Rican rain forest. There are six suspension bridges, with the largest one at just under 100 meters long and 45 meters off the ground.





Hanging Bridge in Drake Bay, Costa Rica



Hanging bridge in Bohol, Philippines





Kambadaga, a village near Pita



Hanging Bridge at Trift Glacier, Switzerland



Kakum National Park Canopy Walkway