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Australia🇦🇺, Melbourne, steam locomotive Puffing Billy
Puffing Billy tourist steam locomotive - trains depart from a distant Melbourne suburb and slowly roll through the forest through the Dandenong Mountains.
The railway was built in the early 20th century for the needs of local farmers and loggers. In the 50s it was closed, but enthusiasts quickly took it into their own hands and revived it as a local historical heritage.
The carriages here are arranged in such a way that you can sit on the "window sills".
China 🇨🇳
An impressive interior of a bookstore in Chengdu, which is created by bookshelves of unusual shape and a mirrored ceiling.
Canada 🇨🇦
Niagara Falls in winter is no less impressive than in summer.
Greece, Mykonos Island
A cozy place for a Greek dinner
Australia 🇦🇺, Stone Wave
In the southwestern part of the country in the state of Western Australia there is a natural phenomenon called Wave Rock. This natural formation looks as if someone has enchanted and turned an ordinary wave into a stone.
The total length of the cliff is about 110 meters. Its height reaches 15 meters.
Scientists suggest that the Stone Wave began to form more than 2.5 billion years ago by weathering and leaching of rocks. But that's why it happened so filigreed and exactly not quite clear.
Thailand 🇹🇭, Krabi
Incredible-colored water and picturesque rocks around - Pila Lagoon
Thailand 🇹🇭, James Bond Island
James Bond Island (or Koh Tapu) is the most photographed attraction in Thailand. Translated into Russian, its name means "island-wedge" or "island-nail". And indeed Ko Tapu resembles a wedge or a sliver in shape. Its diameter is about four meters at the bottom and about eight meters at the top, but the height is not much more than twenty meters.
It's amazing how much one of the films about Agent 007 was able to change the fate of the island. After all, before the release of this film in 1974, not every Thai knew about Ko Tapu.
Seychelles 🇸🇨
Luxury hotel Six Senses Zil Pasyon, located on the private island of Felicite in the Seychelles
Kenya 🇰🇪
An unusual company for breakfast at the Giraffe Manor
Spain 🇪🇸, Setenil de las Bodegas
The main attraction of the Spanish city of Setenil de las Bodegas (Setenil de las Bodegas) are its houses and streets, as if crushed by rocks. Translated from Spanish , the name means: "The rock city".
People have lived here in such cave houses since time immemorial. Nowadays, the facades have acquired a completely modern look, but some houses have preserved interiors blackened by soot.
The first information about the city in the rocks of Setenil dates back to the 15th century. It was probably named after the once thriving Bodegas winery. The number of indigenous residents of the city according to the 2010 census is only 2,967 people.
Vietnam 🇻🇳, Mui Ne sand dunes
Geological features in this area have created an almost perfect miniature desert. Sand flying during the monsoon creates dunes of bizarre shapes. Therefore, this place is often called Flying Sand Dunes.
The most popular activities here are quad bikes and sandboard riding.
The special admiration of tourists here is caused by sunrises and sunsets.
Mexico 🇲🇽, Cabo San Lucas, El Arco
Cabo San Lucas is a small town in Mexico, located in the southernmost part of the California peninsula. This is one of the most popular resorts in Mexico.
The most famous attraction of Cabo San Lucas is the natural arch in the rock, which is extraordinary in its beauty. It is called El Arco, and is the business card and symbol of Cabo San Lucas.
El Arco is a huge granite arch. This is the place where the waters of the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez meet. El Arco is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List and is a symbol of the city itself.
India🇮🇳, Delhi. Lotus Temple
The Lotus Temple (also known as the Baha'i House of Worship) is one of the most unique buildings in the world, both in terms of architecture and religion. It resembles a floating lotus, which, by the way, is the national flower of India.
The magnificent structure, located in the capital of India, New Delhi, is visited by about 10,000 people every day. And in a year it is from 2.5 to 5 million visitors.
The Lotus Temple, built in 1986 by the Iranian architect Fariborz Sahba, is a cult symbol of modern Indian architecture.
China 🇨🇳
Fantastic sunset on Wudang Mountain, Wudanshan Mountain Range
Namibia🇳🇦, Namib Desert, Sossusflei dunes
Almost in the very center of the famous Namib desert there are beautiful sand dunes, which are called Sossusvlei or Sossusvlei (in the original Sossusvlei).
The dunes here are among the highest in the world. Many reach 200 meters in height. The record holder in the Sossusflei Valley is a dune named Big Daddy Kane with a height of about 325 meters.
The color of the sand in the Sossusflei valley is certainly not blood-red, but rather pink-orange, and is due to the high content of iron oxides. But sometimes, under certain circumstances and positions of the sun, the dunes seem almost red.
Maldives 🇲🇻
Here's what window washing looks Like in a $50k per night suite in the Maldives
Indonesia 🇮🇩, Bali
Bali swing is breathtaking
China 🇨🇳, Mongolia 🇲🇳, Gobi Desert
The Gobi Desert is one of the largest deserts in the world and the largest desert in Asia. A huge arc of a long chain of deserts and semi-deserts stretches for more than 1600 km in the southern third of Mongolia and the northern provinces of China. Geographers divide this Asian desert into the Trans-Altai and Mongolian Gobi, Alashan, Gashun Gobi and Dzungaria.
The total area of the desert lands covers an area of 1.295 million km2.
The terrain here is elevated to an altitude of 800 to 1700 m above sea level, and due to this, the Gobi has the most sharply continental climate on Earth. In the summer months, the temperature in the desert can rise above +45 ° C, and in winter it can drop to -40 ° C.
Maldives 🇲🇻
COMO Cocoa Island Resort is located on the private shore of Kaafu Island in the south of Male Atoll. It offers luxurious spa treatments, 2 diving reefs and an infinity pool.
And, of course, the magnificent Maldivian landscapes
Samoa 🇦🇸
Hidden paradise on Earth — Lake To Sua, to get into it - you will have to go down the stairs 30 m long
Portugal 🇵🇹, Vasco da Gama Bridge
The Vasco da Gama Bridge crosses the Tagus River in its lower course and in its widest part, more like a sea bay. It is located in the Portuguese capital city of Lisbon and connects the northern suburb of Sacavem with the southern bank of the river in the Montijo area.
Before the opening of the road part of the Crimean Bridge in 2018, it was the longest bridge in Europe (including viaducts), the length of the entire transport crossing is 17.2 km, including 0.829 km of cable-stayed bridge, 11.5 km of viaducts and 4.8 km of access roads.
The Portuguese are sensitive to the environment. Therefore, some of the viaducts on the shore were built in such a way as to preserve the marshes under them. And even the lights are directed so that the light does not fall on the river
Egypt 🇪🇬
Sightseeing tour from an unusual angle to the Pyramids of Giza
Greece🇬🇷, Milos Island, Sarakiniko Beach
Sarakiniko is not a beach in the strict sense of the word. It would be more correct to call them places for swimming. there is no wide coastal strip, no sunbeds with umbrellas, no cafes.
Instead of the usual infrastructure, there are steep landscapes. Isu due to the volcanic origin of the island.
Sarakiniko Beach is white rocks instead of white sand.Almost the entire coastline is quite bizarre, cut by natural caves. Over time, the ceiling breaks in some caves, and such wells or backwaters are obtained.
Italy 🇮🇹
A unique swimming pool with spectacular views of the Dolomites and the Vedrette di Ries mountain range at the Alpin Panorama Hubertus
Norway 🇳🇴
Powerful and beautiful waterfall Vermafossen. The total height from the source is 380 meters, the total width of the streams is 137 meters.
The 26-meter-long Killing Bridge passes through the lower part of Vermafossen.
Thailand 🇹🇭
A serene morning among Thai beauties
Italy 🇮🇹
Secheda Mountain is one of the most spectacular and instagrammable attractions of the Dolomites.
An Alpine slope on one side and a sharp cliff on the other is an impressive contrast.
Yemen🇾🇪, Socotra
The amazing and peculiar nature of Socotra Island is not found anywhere else.
Most of the reptiles, a third of the plants and all the land mollusks are exclusively on this island. You will not be able to meet such a thing on our planet.
Indonesia🇮🇩, Bali island, Agung volcano
Sacred Mount Agung is a picturesque natural landmark and the highest peak of Bali, as well as a stratovolcano that causes Balinese sacred awe. The inhabitants of the island believe that Agung is a copy of Mount Meru, the mythical central axis of the universe.
The height of the Agung volcano is 3031 meters. The diameter of the crater is 520 × 375 meters, the depth is about 200 meters.
From recent eruptions, a high column of smoke first rose from the mouth of Mount Agung in 2017 on November 21, and the active phase of the eruption began on November 25. The height of the plume is up to 4 km . There were also less significant eruptions in 2018 and 2019.
Morocco 🇲🇦
The Majorelle Garden is a quiet green oasis in the center of Marrakech. Exotic plants for the garden were collected by Jacques Majorelle all over the world.
Later, the house was bought by famous couturiers Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berger.