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Pancake Rocks, Punakaiki, New Zealand 2008-03-07 11:24:21 The PancakeRocks
, Punakaiki, are a unique natural attraction on New Zealand
’s South Island West Coast. They are formed from layers of water sculpted limestone. The fasantating rocks are well worth a stop of if you’ve got your own transport, if your there at the right time you can see the tide shoot up into [...] Read more:New Zealand
Hotels, Guesthouses and Hostels With a View 2008-02-20 08:39:05 Having just added a post about Lake Tekapo Youth Hostel in New Zealand it got me thinking about places to stay that have awe inspiring views.
In no particular order here’s some I can remember staying in (will ad more as I remember)
Lake Tekapo Youth Hostel - one of the best hostels with a view I [...] Read more:Hotels
Lake Tekapo Youth Hostel, New Zealand 2008-02-20 08:08:14 Lake Tekapo Youth Hostel
is surprisingly, located right in front of Lake Tekapo in the centre of New Zealand
’s South Island. Its main attraction is the huge window with an incredible view of Lake Tekapo and the mountains and has got to be one of the best views I’ve ever had in a Youth Hostel. Read more:New Zealand
Condors at the Colca Canyon, Peru 2008-02-04 07:39:05 Twice as deep as the Grand Canyon
(though the walls aren’t as sheer) The Colca Canyon is the second deepest Canyon in the world (2nd only to the The Cotahuasi Canyon situated further to the northwest)
The most popular reason for a visit to the Colca Canyon is to see the Andean Condors close up as [...]
Hand Pies in Australia and New Zealand 2008-01-31 08:22:23 A trip to Australia
or New Zealand
would not be complete without sampling the national dish, the pie.
In new Zealand a detour to the little town of (need to remember the name!) is the best place to enjoy the incredibly tasty pastries.
In Australia, (I can’t remember what the bakery was called but I remember many [...] Read more:New Zealand
Grasspoint Cottage, Isle of Mull, Scotland 2008-01-27 03:48:46 Situated on a peninsular in the north west of the Isle of Mull, Grasspoint cottage is where we spent a week of our Honeymoon in September 2007, with a view of the sea out of every window and hardly a soul in sight it makes for a perfect romantic getaway. Read more:Scotland
Lapa, Rio de Janeiro 2008-01-18 10:02:27 Dont waste your money going to the swanky areas like Ipanema, head strait for a samba club in Lapa, find a partner and samba the night away.
Casa Luisa Guesthouse, Caracas 2008-01-07 15:55:14 Casa Luisa is located near to El Hatillo, an area of nice restaurants and pretty colonial architecture. Located some 10-12km from downtown Caracas
in a safe part of the city it seemed like the most sensible choice for our first visit to South America. In the guesthouse you stay in the apartment with Luisa and [...]
Indonesian Bemo’s 2008-01-04 06:52:50 Exploring the delights of Bajawa on the Indonesian
island of Flores required us to hire a Bemo for us and our guide.
This photo is of the particularly nice set of mirrors the proud Bemo owner had used to decorate the inside of his clapped out van.
It seemed to be the norm for Bemo’s to be [...]
Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand 2008-03-14 11:43:02 The Moeraki Boulders are huge spherical boulders lying scattered along a stretch of Koekohe Beach between Palmeston and Hampden. They are created from the erosion of mudstone by the waves. There extremely old and look amazing in the swell of incoming tide. Read more:Zealand
, New Zealand
Our World Now, Global Warming in Photos 2008-03-28 04:18:08 Not the nicest way to start your day, but a great article on MSN News puts into pictures the devastating effect we are having on our planet.
The images in this gallery are part of a collection by Reuters and have just been published in a book called Our World
Now, which you can get from [...] Read more:Global
, Global Warming
Things to do in Merida, Venezuela Part 1 2008-04-17 06:52:36 Take a ride on the world’s longest cable car.
Reaching an altitude of 4765 m. Merida’s cable car is the highest in the world.
The cable car consists of four sections for a total length of 12.5 km. The altitude at the top is higher than any point in Europe and USA excluding Alaska.
The first section starts [...] Read more:Venezuela
Things to do in Jericoacara, Brazil 2008-04-20 03:37:35 We did enjoyed our visit to Jericoacara in Brasil, however it was maybe a bit to trendy for our liking and the conditions weren’t very good for beach action (the wind was too strong) but we still found plenty to do with our selves.
1. Climb up and then jump down the sand dunes
As the sunsets [...] Read more:Brazil
Spaghetti and Cheese Ice Cream, Merida, Venezuela 2008-04-25 09:49:49 Things to do in Merida - Eat strange flavoured ice cream
Merida has an ice cream parlour that boasts the greatest number of different flavours of ice cream in the world. I tried spaghetti n cheese and the salmon ice cream before some strawberry to take the strange taste away.
On the wall there’s a list of [...] Read more:Spaghetti
, Cheese
, Cream
, Venezuela
Go to Singapore Zoo 2008-05-02 18:49:57 Singapore is a popular stop off between Indonesian and Thailand and the UK and Australia, but if your looking for things to do, make sure you visit Singapore Zoo
.
The best thing about Singapore Zoo is the lack of cages or fences, the majority of animals are only separated from visitors by deep ditches. As [...] Read more:Singapore
Friday Photo - Amazon Tree Frog, Brazil 2008-05-02 09:16:53 While camping out in the Brazil
ian Amazon
rainforest, our guide woke us all up in the middle of the night, just in time to get a great close up photo of this tree frog, before he grabbed it and carefully chucked it back into the darkness. Read more:Friday
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