Born from a legend – Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia

Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, is a city in full development, prosperity and ferment, which however, still retains the treasures of its past. A local legend says that this land was forested until the fifth century AD, when King Vakhtang I Gorgasali was hunting pheasants in the woods. The birds fell into a hot spring and emerged cooked to perfection. The incident hit the warrior in a way so he decided to build a city here. Strolling along the narrow cobblestone streets of Old Town, Kala in Georgian, you can stop to admire the carved wooden balconies of old houses with embroidered wooden balconies. Afterwards you should stop to visit the Church of Metekhi, built in 1200 on the probes of the Rocky River Mtkvari, the Sioni Cathedral (seventh century) and the Anchiskhati Church, the oldest of Tbilisi.

 To get an overview of the city, climb the walls of Fortress Narikala (from the Persian Nari-Kala “fortified city”), built in the fifth century, but was further enlarged during the Arab occupation of Tbilisi. In front of it is a statue of Kartlis Deda, Mother Georgia, bearing in her left hand a cup of wine to welcome friends and the right hand holding a sword to battle enemies. For a break in between the story in order to relax, stop by one of the sulfur that have made Tbilisi famous (the oldest is found in district Abanotubani) or simply rest on a bench in the Botanic Gardens, built at the behest of Tsar in 1845.

 

 Other highlights include the two museums, the State Museum of Georgia, which in fact holds the skull of the first inhabitant of Europe, dating to 1.7 million years ago along with a fine collection of artifacts and jewels of the gold pre-Christian era. Finally, The State Museum of Georgia collects and preserves icons, crosses and other works of art and fine jewelry of the Middle Ages.

Laguna del Diamante in Mendoza, Argentina

Found in the southwest of Mendoza, Laguna del Diamante is set on a province with great pasture and valets. This place is not well known but can give you an unforgettable travel experience. The main source is a lake that flows from San Rafael. It got the name from the crystal water that resembles that spark of diamond. This place can only be reached from December to March because the area is prone to severe weather conditions making it impossible to reach the area and heavy blizzards are blocking the area for most of the year.

Laguna del Diamante

You can get to Laguna Del Diamante by driving through the cordilleras. This said to be a real experience as well. The place is remote to the point that there is no public transport that travels in the area. You will need to hire a tour agency that will offer you the trip. There are day trips where you can enjoy horse trekking and climbing to the mountains. You might also want to take a tour from San Rafael which is said to be a close distance to the sight. As an advice it is best to always bring your passport with you. The lagoon is found in the bottom of Maipo’s volcano. The area is declared to be protected since 1995. Be sure to always have a digital camera with you and you can be able to capture the wildlife. It is best to know more about Laguna Del Diamante. The whole lagoon is resting on top of sulfur vents. There are poisonous gases that you should watch out for. It is said that the lagoon is hyper alkaline so it is several times saltier than the sea water. Aside from the fact that gas is harmful and toxic, the place is very high and it is dangerous for any life form in the lagoon.

The oxygen levels are low and the ultra violet light from the sun is intense compared to other regions. There scientists that have been exploring the area for years and they have found out that the rocks are filled with microbes. There are also species that are adapting to the condition of the lagoon, making the whole of the area as extreme as never. It is said that this place is quite similar to the early earth. It will give scientists an idea on how life began in this world. It is better to be prepared when planning to visit this extraordinary place.

Pivothead Durango

There are several options when it comes to capturing hands-free point-of-view video (POV), but most of them require mounting a camera to your head. In the case of the Pivothead video-recording glasses, though, it's as simple as, you guessed it, putting on a pair of glasses.
Smack dab between the eyes of the glasses is a lens with an 8-megapixel Sony CMOS sensor behind it capable of capturing full HD MP4 format video at 30 frames per second as well as 8-megapixel stills. And since the storage, battery, and controls are all built into the glasses, there's no extra bits to worry about. Just put them on and start shooting.
While that is very freeing, when it comes time to record whatever activity you're doing, the self-contained nature of the glasses means you're definitely working with some limitations.
Design
The Pivothead Durango glasses I tested look a whole hell of a lot like a pair of Oakley Gascan sunglasses. If it's not your style, there are three other models and 16 styles in all, but one's more sporty than the next. A couple of the models come with interchangeable lenses and the Durango can be fit with prescription lenses.
Basically, if you don't like sporty-looking sunglasses, these aren't for you. Frankly, you're probably not going to be wearing these for aesthetics, what with the camera lens front and center, and, while I'm sure you can come up with other use cases for them, they're pretty much designed for sports.

The frames are coated with a matte black rubber that gave them some grip when wearing them. The Durango lenses are impact resistant (ANSI Z80.3), but Pivothead doesn't make any durability claims beyond that. The hinges seem fairly tough, though, and the frames are flexible so they don't feel like they'll easily snap. However, simply twisting them a little was enough to pop up the frame piece covering the back of the camera module on our early production glasses. Basically, they can probably take a bit of rough treatment, but they're by no means sealed up tight.
As for controls, there's just the rocker switch on top of the left arm, a power button on its underside (next to a covered Micro-USB port), and that's it. Press forward on the rocker to record video and press back to take a snapshot. Pressing and holding each of these separately for four seconds lets you cycle through focus modes and recording resolutions.
There are three LEDs on the inside of the left arm to give you a visual cue when you're recording, changing settings, or charging. Of course, once the glasses are on, these are impossible to see, and a few times when testing I was recording when I didn't know it, and not recording when I thought I was. Unfortunately, I'm not sure there's a better location for them, except for maybe above a lens.
Features
Out of the box, the glasses are set to record video at a resolution of 1080p at 30 frames per second and capture photos at 8 megapixels. The glasses default to fixed focus, which sets the focus to an intermediate point so everything in your scene is for the most part in focus. This, again, can be changed by pressing and holding the back rocker switch; the other options are continuous AF that will continue to adjust focus as your subject or head move around and a regular AF that focuses on whatever you're looking at when you press record.