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🚕 The World's 3rd Largest Cave

🚕 The World's 3rd Largest Cave

Leo Ariel
January 09, 2024

Beep beep! This is the Magic Taxi Cab. Giving you a daily tour of city memes, crazy stories, and unique travel picks.

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Today’s Drive

LA Real Estate
Vernacular Architecture
3rd Largest Cave in the World

🛑 Tweet of the Day

To me, this is the best real estate in the world. Half acre lots, a block to the beach, walkable city life, no crime, still connected to LA and complete privacy.
Current entry level price: $14 million
— Nikita Bier (@nikitabier)
5:30 PM • Dec 30, 2023

🛑 Have you ever wondered why older places look so much more interesting?

Old place

New Place

Older places were built without professional architects / engineers, instead relying on local needs and constraints, using readily available materials. Marble, limestone, bamboo, mudbricks, and reeds. Construction adhered to community standards, rather than academic / regulatory guidelines. It is unique to a particular place and time. This is called Vernacular architecture, and it explains why different places look different.

Learn more here.

🛑 The World’s 3rd Largest Cave

Located 5 miles from Da Nang, the Hang En Cave is the 3rd largest cave in the world. The only ways to access are by helicopter or a 12km hike through the jungle. You can book a 2-day hiking tour and a stay in a campsite in the cave here.