One of the most fun you can have when you’re on vacation at the beach is to go snorkeling because you can see marine life up close and semi-personally! Here are 5 of the best beaches to go snorkeling at in the US that you won’t want to miss!
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Are you ready to have the European vacation you’ve always dreamed of? Click here for our list of the top travel destinations in Europe for summer 2018.
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Do you want to go on a South America vacation but are on a tight budget? You can live in up while saving money. Here are the cheapest countries in South America to visit.
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There is always something extremely enticing about a lost city, submerged beneath the waves. That is why the legend of Atlantis still resonates to this day. However, few people realise that there are actually a number of ancient settlements that lie on the sea floor. In many cases they can be explored with some diving […]
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Here’s a little known and rather macabre fact for you – The Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi in Rome, has the embalmed hearts of 22 popes housed with its marble urns. The former Catholic Church (in 2002, Pope John Paul II gifted use of Santi Vincenzo to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church) was the chosen […]
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The spring-fed lakes in the Badain Jaran Desert are a strange sight to behold. Located near Alashan Youqi in Western Inner Mongolia, the site is a geographical anomaly that has been fascinating experts for many years. Over 100 lakes nestle in-between “Megadunes” – mammoth sand dunes. Researchers believe that the lake water originates from groundwater stored beneath […]
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Gorki Leninskiye is the palatial estate and final home of the Soviet leader Lenin. The location is now preserved as a museum to his memory and is well worth a visit. Not only are numerous of Lenin’s possessions on display (including his Rolls Royce Silver Ghost that was customised for Russia’s snow laden terrain), there is also a […]
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On Shengshan Island, east of Shanghai, China, rests an eerie location. In a village that was once the home of over 2,000 fisherman, only a handful of people remain. To tourists in the know, Houtouwan is a must see sight. The narrow footpaths take these intrepid explorers past crumbling houses overtaken by vegetation. The remote […]
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Trift Bridge is best avoided by those that do not have a head for heights. But then if steep mountain terrain is not your thing, you probably wouldn’t choose to hang out in the Swiss Alps anyway. Because that’s where this vertigo-inducing pedestrian suspension bridge hangs. Stretching over an arm of Lake Triftsee (itself a product […]
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Roadside bus stops do not immediately spring to mind as a worthwhile subject for a photographer. However, after seeing the surreal architecture employed in the former soviet satellite states, you will understand why Christopher Herwig followed bus routes from Estonia to Armenia to capture these oddities for his latest book. SOVIET BUS STOPS’ chronicles dozens of these entirely […]
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Close to the Aegean town of Fethiye, there’s an abandoned village called Kayakoy or Levissi, as Greeks used to call it. The remains of the city were originally built in the 18th century on the site of the ancient city of Carmylessus. By 1900 the population of Kayakoy had reached over 10,000, the majority of […]
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The Seven Coloured Earths in Mauritius (known in French as “Terres des Sept Couleurs”) is a bizarre geological oddity that tampers with the notion that brown is the only colour of dirt. The psychedelic dunes were formed due to a rare instance of volcanic activity. In the resultant formations a number of different elements were brought together, each […]
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Imagine living in a city where all the citizens live in one building. Well that is the case for those that find themselves living in the small city of Whittier, Alaska. The place has only two large buildings. One is abandoned and is the home of bears, the other is a high-rise housing the city’s […]
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Following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force moved into the area in order to establish a buffer zone between the Greek Republic of Cyprus and the newly created Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. During that time, armed forces from all over the western world were positioned there, in an effort to […]
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Kaindy Lake is a scenic mountain lake in Kazakhstan’s portion of the Tian Shan Mountains. Situated close to Almaty, this is a must see sight for adventurous travellers that find themselves in Central Asia’s largest country. The lake was formed after an earthquake in 1911. The ensuing landslides created a natural dam, where over time […]
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