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Unsinkable waters of the Dead Sea

On the eastern coast of Jordan, the Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth at 394.6 m (1269 ft) below sea level. The water in the Dead Sea is extremely salty. Its name is derived from the fact that the water is far too salinated for marine inhabitation. It is nearly impossible to sink in the waters […]

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Dubrovnik – Croatia

Dubrovnik is an old city on the Adriatic Sea coast in the south of Croatia, nicknamed “Pearl of the Adriatic” and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Dubrovnik is among the 10 best medieval walled cities in the world. The city is completely pedestrianised and easily small enough to get around […]

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Toronto Harbour Ride

A ride on a Toronto ferry on the harbour to the Toronto Island. This is my favourite place in the city, a short ferry ride takes you to this set of 3 islands, each connected, making it a large parkland and open spaces for picnics, small amusement park, water rides, beaches (nude ones too), bike […]

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Portsmouth – United Kingdom

A large city in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England. Portsmouth plays a major role in British history, especially naval history. Its rich heritage offers a variety of attractions, including the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, located in the naval base, which houses some of the most historical warships in the world – HMS Victory, Lord Nelson’s flagship used […]

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Ponta Delgada • Azores

Ponta Delgada is the largest city on the island of São Miguel in the archipelago of the Azores, the autonomous region of Portugal. Populated since 1444, the island of São Miguel was a vast territory, with small settlements scattered about, except for Vila Franca do Campo in the central-southern coast, and the community of Ponta Delgada. […]

Azores (Açores)

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São Miguel Island • Azores

Nicknamed “The Green Island”, São Miguel Island is the largest and most populous of the Azores Islands archipelago belonging to Portugal. Settled in 1439, São Miguel is 64 km from east to west, and between 8 and 14 km wide. Nicknamed the “Green Island” (Ilha Verde), it is largely covered with fields and meadows in the lowlands. The […]

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Achada – Sao Miguel Island – Azores

Achada, from the Portuguese for “flat-land”, is a civil parish in the municipality Nordeste on the island of São Miguel in the Azores. The area is known as Achada, once referred to as Achada Grande, was originally populated in the first half of the 16th century. Its name was derived from the Portuguese phrase terra […]

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Funchal • Portugal

Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal‘s Autonomous Region of Madeira, and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries. Funchal‘s name comes from the abundance of fennel (funcho) found on the island. It was an important shipping centre during the 15th-17th centuries. Often referred to as […]

Niagara-on-the-Lake

A Canadian town located in Southern Ontario where the Niagara River meets Lake Ontario, and where many first got their first taste of freedom. The original site was a Neutral Nation village known as Onghiara, many of the first inhabitants were Loyalist refugees who fled the United States during and immediately after the American Revolution wanting […]

Iceland

A European island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, located between Europe and North America. Iceland is volcanically and geologically active on a large scale. Icelandic culture is based on the nation’s Norse heritage and its status as a developed and technologically advanced society. Most Icelanders are descendants of Norse […]

Bondi Beach

The closest ocean beach to the centre of Sydney a mere 7 km away, Bondi Beach has become synonymous with Sydney‘s beach lifestyle and is very popular with tourists, day trippers, backpackers, residents and all Sydneysiders. Bondi Beach is famous for the ocean views, pristine sands, reliable surf and seaside spirit, laid back coastal lifestyle, […]

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Venice • Italy

Considered by many to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world, it stretches across 118 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. This is one of those places everyone must have seen in pictures or movies, Venice is world known and famous for its canals, […]

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Gran Canaria • Canary Islands • Spain

One of a group of islands belonging to Spain, an island of the Canary Islands located in the Atlantic Ocean about 150 kilometres off the northwestern coast of Africa. Conquered on April 29, 1483, for the Kingdom of Castile, an important step towards the expansion of unified Spain. In 1492, Christopher Columbus anchored in the Port […]

Ha Long Bay • Vietnam

Ha Long Bay, translated as ‘Bay of Descending Dragons‘, 1969 islands which rise from the ocean, mystical and a must on a visit to Vietnam. Local legend has it that when the Vietnamese were fighting Chinese invaders, the gods sent a family of dragons to help defend the land. This family of dragons began spitting […]

Niagara Falls • Canada

The most powerful waterfall in North America, on the Niagara River between the international borders of Canada and the U.S., composed of two sections: Horseshoe Falls, which lies on the Canadian side of the border, and American Falls on the American side. Formed when glaciers receded at the end of the last ice age, and […]