Fletcher Bay Coastal Walk For the past five days, we’ve been blessed with a scenery that is one of the New Zealand’s finests. It’s Coromandel. Coromandel Peninsula is the small tip in the North island, east of Auckland. It’s visible from Auckland on a clear day. My good friend Jenny(she writes at Jenny Far Away)
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More photos of Kota Kinabalu sunset are here! Kota Kinabalu is famous for their exquisite sunsets. I already show-offed how gorgeous those sunsets are from my previous photo essay. The world stops for 20 minutes in the evening. People sit near the waterfront. Cars pull off for photos. Watching the show of lights with a
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The Day I Held a Koala in Queensland, Australia What everyone said was true. They really do smell like cough drops. Their fur is like a high-quality floor mat, their claws are like round sickles, but their face makes you squeal an unrecognizable noise from the back of your throat and speak in a voice
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The Kelpies: More Than Giant Horses Scotland recently acquired a pair of metal equine sculptures. It’s 30-meter high, became the largest public art in Scotland, and one of the largest of its kind in the world. It’s The Kelpies, stands in the Helix Environmental Regeneration Scheme on the Forth and Clyde Canal near Falkirk on
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Glen Coe: Where the Elves Might Be(?) Sometimes the world can surprise you when least expected. Our road trip from Edinburgh to Glen Coe, which normally takes less than 3-hour ‘in a normal driving’, took us five hours. A car full of photography-enthusiasts in a country like Scotland; it was quite predictable. If you like
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In Glen Coe, find the famous “Three Sisters”. It’s a part of Bidean nam Bian, the highest point in the former county of Argyll. Glen Coe’s scenery is so dramatic, it’s been featured in numerous films over the years, most noticeably Harry Potter series, and Skyfall. It’s just unbelievably scenic!
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The legend goes… Irish giant Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn McCool) built a causeway over the North Channel to meet and fight Scottish giant Benandonner. They’ve been rivals for some time. Finn was often taunted by Benandonner from afar. Finn finally challenged Benandonner and built the causeway to walk over to Scotland without getting wet. But he
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Mabul Island gave me an ecstasy and sadness One of the richest single destinations for exotic marine life anywhere in the world, Mabul Island was the perfect destination to complete my time in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. I was still high from AWE ’14, so we head to the east coast of Borneo to unwind (and
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Conquering Seoraksan National Park South Korea is a small country, about the size of Portugal, but we are blessed with high peaks and wildlife. The country is 70% mountainous area. Because of our four distinctive seasons, this land of the morning calm shows different sides different times of the year. But no doubt, the best
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Gold Coast, the Glamorous Queensland’s City Gold Coast, a costal city of southeastern Queensland is one of the hottest tourist destinations for both locals and international visitors. It attracts several million people all year round. But why is the Gold Coast such a special place? I had a chance to stay for a week in
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