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‘Don’t look down’: Vietnam glass-bottomed bridge targets thrill-seekers

May 30, 2022620 Views

A mountain resort in Vietnam has opened a bridge with a bottom made of glass over a gorge 150 metres (492.13 ft) below to attract thrill-seeking tourists, the third such bridge in the Southeast Asian country. The Bach Long suspension bridge, which translates as "White Dragon", is in Son La province, northwest of the capital, Hanoi, and bordering Laos. "I dared not look down as I am afraid of heights," said one visitor, Vi Thi Thu, 22, who ventured onto the bridge after attending Saturday's opening ceremony, which included dragon dancing and ribbon cutting. An aerial view of the Bach Long glass bridge at Moc Chau district in Son La province, Vietnam, May 28, 2022. REUTERS/Minh Nguyen The reinforced glass used for the bridge has three layers, each 40mm thick, and can hold up to...

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Fear and adrenaline as world’s longest suspension footbridge opened

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May 13, 2022958 Views

Fear and adrenaline were some of the feelings as the first tourists stepped out on the world's longest suspension footbridge, spanning a valley in mountain resort of Dolni Morava in the Czech Republic. "We came here because we love adrenaline," day-hiker Michaela Klestilova said while approaching the 721-metre (2,365-foot) footbridge that hangs 95 metres above the ground at its highest point and opened to the public on Friday. A staff member walks across the newly-built world's longest suspension bridge a day before its official opening in the mountain resort of Dolni Morava, Czech Republic, May 12, 2022. REUTERS/David W Cerny "We came by foot up here and now we are looking for our reward." Named Sky Bridge 721, it took two years to build at a cost of 200 million crowns ($8.4 ...