When I was a child, I used to watch Scooby-Doo. That should have been the reason why I love the "phantom villages" (and I hate developer companies)...
Scooby-Doo used to face the developing process as a destruction of natural landscape, with no return way... But this return way may exist...
Last week I visited a beautiful deserted village (with its arabic walls, its defence towers, church, main square)... It is called Ruesta and it was deserted because of the building of a dam in the '60s.
This could be a return way example, from a inhabitated village to a natural landscape. In only 50 years, nature has sprung up the old village. Never had I believed how powerful nature could be (with no man presence)...
Thanks for your comments Ivan. In stead of "dam" I would say: "reservoir" Matt What is it correct (dam or reservoir)?
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, nature vs humanity has been always present. Nature grows, Men destroy the nature. Sometimes nature is stronger than humanity and the nature fights to survive. When a man left "old villages" the nature is free to grow up. So isn't it cool?
Who is stronger? Who has more resources? In my opinon: Nature.
The built part could be called "dam"... The water part should be "reservoir"....but I prefer Hoover Dam to Hoover Reservoir... The Dam is more artificial, more hand made!...
ReplyDeleteWhat does "hoover" mean?
DeleteJavier, la presa de Hoover is very, very famous.
DeleteI didn't know it. thx Eduardo.
DeleteI don't think that have much importance. Perhaps I see a lot of documentaries on TV.
DeleteIván is right. The dam is the structure; the reservoir is the water behind it. And "lake" is used more often than reservoir. The reservoir behind Hoover Dam is called Lake Mead. The dam is named for Herbert Hoover, US President from 1929 to 1933. As Eduardo said, the building of the dam is a fascinating story. Among other things, the city of Las Vegas would not exist without it.
DeleteVisité la presa de Hoover hace 3 años. En ese tiempo, se podía manejar a través de la presa. Pero no más, a causa de las preocupaciones de la seguridad. Han construido una nueva puente que mira hacia abajo en la presa y el lago. Busca "new bridge by hoover dam" para ver algunas fotos maravillosas.
Visité la presa de Hoover hace 3 años. En ese tiempo, se podía manejar(manejar no, sería CRUZAR?, por dentro de la estructura o por la carretera por la zona superior?) a través de la presa. Pero no más, a causa de las preocupaciones de la seguridad. Han construido una nueva puente que mira hacia abajo en la presa y el lago. Busca "new bridge by hoover dam" para ver algunas fotos maravillosas.
DeleteIván, quise decir "drive across". "Cruzar por la carretera por la zona superior" me parece correcto. Pero, ¿por qué es "manejar" incorrecto? The road used to go right across the top of the dam.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I was a child, I used to watch Scooby-Doo. That MUST BE the reason why I love GHOST TOWNS (and I hate developerS)...
Scooby-Doo used to SEE developMENT as a destruction of THE natural landscape, with no way BACK... But this way back may exist...
Last week I visited a beautiful deserted village (with its Arabic walls, its defence towers, church, main square)... It is called Ruesta and it was deserted because of the building of a dam in the '60s.
This could be an example OF THE WAY BACK, from aN inhabitated village to a natural landscape. In only 50 years, nature has sprung up IN the old village. Never WOULD I HAVE believed how powerful nature could be (with no HUman presence)...
Good, Iván. Thanks for writing.
Good your final recommendation: Never would I have believed...
ReplyDeleteThe presence of would depends on the could in the other part of the sentece?.
No, I don't think the "would" depends on the "could" earlier in the paragraph. I think that there is an implied "If I had not seen this..." which adds the conditional sense. "If I had not seen this, I never would have believed how...". To say it without the conditional sense, I would say, "I never knew how powerful nature could be."
DeleteYeah!. I caught it!.
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