Spectra Light and Water Show – Singapore
Apr 19
Leeds Castle – England
Leeds Castle is located in Kent, England and is built on an island in a lake formed by the Len River east of the village of Leeds and is 37 miles southeast of London. In 2019, Leeds Castle is celebrating its 900 year anniversary. The castle has been called the “loveliest castle in the world”…
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Apr 12
Sung Sot Cave – Vietnam
Sung Sot Cave is located inside Bo Hon Island in the middle of Ha Long Bay and it is considered to be the best cave in Ha Long Bay. The name “Sung Sot” Cave means “Surprise” Cave and is named that because the discoverers were surprise how large the cave is when the small entrance…
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Apr 5
Stacked Rocks – Australia
Stacked rocks are not something new. In fact they have been around for centuries. Their original purpose was as a memorial or a marker and they were called “cairns”. The most frequent use of cairns were to mark a trail and many trails are still marked with cairns. Recently rock stacking has become more of…
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Mar 29
Tenerife Auditorium – Spain
The Tenerife Auditorium is located in the city of Santa Cruz on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands of Spain. It opened in 2003 and is home to the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra. The building has two performing halls. A 1616 seat auditorium and a 422 seat chamber music hall. The distinctive feature of…
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Mar 22
Mount Rainier National Park – Washington
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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Mar 15
White Temple – Thailand
The White Temple is the tourist name for a beautiful all white temple named Wat Rong Khun located in Chiang Rai, Thailand. The temple is easily seen from the road and the first sight of it will make you stop in amazement. There are over 33,000 temples in Thailand and I don’t think there is…
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Mar 12
Kangaroo Island Kangaroos – Australia
Kangaroo Island has its own subspecies of Kangaroo which are aptly called Kangaroo Island Kangaroos. These kangaroos are closely related to the common Western Grey Kangaroo but they are shorter, stockier and are a chocolate brown in color. Kangaroos move as a “mob” which is the term used for a group of Kangaroos. So they…
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Mar 8
Cartagena Skyline – Colombia
Cartagena Skyline has both a bay front and sea front access. Cartagena Colombia is the most popular city in Colombia for tourist but it is not the capital and it is only the 5th largest city in the country. The city is located on the Caribbean coast and has consistent pleasant weather year round. The…
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Mar 1
Portland Japanese Garden – Oregon
The Portland Japanese Garden has been proclaimed as one of the most authentic Japanese Gardens outside of Japan. The garden is 5.5 acres of meticulously maintained tranquility. Everywhere look and around every corner is another perfect view of what you would expect from a Japanese Garden. A Japanese Garden is intended for visitors to enter…
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Feb 22
Mykonos Windmills – Greece
One of the top attractions on the Island of Mykonos is the windmills. The Mykonos windmills were first built in the 12th and 13th centuries and they have become a recognized landmark of Mykonos. There are a total of 16 windmills on the island but the most visited are the 7 that are located in…
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Feb 19
White-crested Laughing Thrush – Vietnam
The White-crested Laughing Thrush is a social bird that is usually seen in groups of 6 to 12 birds. They build their nest between 6 and 20 feet off the ground and lay 3 to 5 eggs which incubate for only 15 days before hatching. They will normally have 2 clutches of young each year…
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Feb 15
Jefferson Memorial – Washington D.C.
The Jefferson Memorial is located at the southern tip of the Tidal Basin. The memorial is dedicated to the 3rd President of the United States and is an open-air domed building with a portico as a front entrance. The circular portion of the building is 165 feet in diameter and the portico is 102 feet…
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