Mount Rainier National Park was established in 1899 and was the 5th national park in the United States. It is located 60 miles south of Seattle, Washington and can be seen from Seattle’s city center on a clear day. Mount Rainier is an active volcano that last erupted approximately 150 years ago. The peak of…
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The Chao Phraya River is the largest river in Thailand. Like all urban rivers, the Chao Phraya River has been fashioned after the city that it runs through. In this case, traveling along the Chao Phraya River will allow you to get a vision of present day Bangkok. The visions that I saw was that…
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When most people think of Vietnam, they have visions of rice fields and tropical jungles but Vietnam has an amazing diversity of climates and one of the least expected is that Vietnam actually has a desert with large sand dunes. There are actually two types of sand dunes at Mui Ne, the red sand dunes…
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Harrison’s Cave is on the island of Barbados and is a massive stream cave system that is 2.3 Kilometers long. One of the unique things about these caves are that the tour can be taken by an electric tram. This is the most popular way to see the cave and the tram allows visitors to…
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The Seine River is one of France’s longest rivers at 485 miles long. The river starts in the Burgundy Regions and it passes through Paris on its way to emptying into the English Channel. The focus of this post is on the portion of the river that pass through Paris. Taking a river boat on…
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Mendenhall Glacier is located near Juneau, Alaska. It is a 13 mile ribbon of ice that flows from the Juneau Ice Field which is a 1,500 square-mile frozen plateau. Seeing a glacier is a special experience. While glaciers are not really rare, they are only found in a relatively few locations around the world so…
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Australia is a continent known for unusual things. One of the unusual things that I discovered in my travels throughout Australia is that there are many unusual rock formations distributed around the country. The Remarkable Rocks are located on Kangaroo Island. Kangaroo Island is known as the Galapagos of Australia for its access to wildlife…
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St. Michael’s Cave is located within the Upper Rock Nature Reserve on the Rock of Gibraltar. The entrance to the cave is at a height of 300 meters above sea level. The cave is not the biggest or most impressive cave that I have been in but it has a huge cavern and a lot…
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In my opinion the beaches in Florida rank as some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. I have been to many of the beaches in Florida including some of the most famous. I wanted to make my first post on Florida beaches with a beach that may not be one of the top…
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Rainbow Falls, also known as Waianuenue Falls, is located in Hilo, Hawaii. The waterfalls earns its name because on sunny mornings rainbows can be seen in the mist thrown up by the impact of the falling water. Rainbow falls is not one of the tallest waterfalls that I have seen, only 80 ft. tall, but…
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Venice is a city that is comprised of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked together by over 400 bridges. The islands are located in the shallow water of the Venetian Lagoon that lies between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers. Venice is renowned for the beauty of the…
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Most people go to Jamaica for parting or to hang out on the beautiful beaches but taking a river raft down the Martha Brea River is a relaxing trip down a lazy river through the tropical bamboo forests. The Martha Brea River is a pretty river. The water is an unusual green color and it…
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