Friday, April 8, 2011
Pico da Neblina
Pico da Neblina is the highest point in Brazil. One interesting thing about this location is that is thousands of miles away from the big Brazilian cities. In fact, it's pretty much right on the border of Brazil and Venezuela, in Amazonas. Even better than its remote and unique jungle location is that it's also a very pretty mountain to look at; its prominence and steep grades are clearly visible from below, unlike many other mountains that only gradually slope up to the peak.
Brasilia
Brasilia has lots of cool buildings, and there seems to be a nice charm to it, since it's the capital city of Brazil. This also most likely means that there are lots of enjoyable cultural elements as a focus of the city, and from research one can see that this is true at least in its museums. I'm sure there's a nice Brazilian way of things in Brasilia, and touring the capital this way would be like a gallery of the nation in some ways I imagine.
Palacio de los López
In Paraguay's capital Asuncion, there's a government building called the Palacio de los López. It's a government palace with lots of history behind it, and a great find architecturally. Searching for pictures of it shows lots of impressive nighttime shots as well, and the lovely green grounds it's on contribute to its magnificence.
Avenida 9 de Julio
Basically an Argentinian version of Washington's National Mall, but surely that terrible description didn't express it very well. This street, Avenida 9 de Julio (or "July 9 Avenue", I assume), contains a monumentally monumental monument, the Buenos Aires obelisk. Also lined with many other buildings that I'm sure are of interest, it would be a high-priority stop if I was in the Buenos Aires area.
Cueva de las Manos
There's a cave thing in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, that's called the Cueva de las Manos. "Manos", in Spanish, means "hands". Basically, it's famous for its artistic-looking cave paintings/markings featuring tons of profiles of hands. Not sure why, but it sounds like worth a look. Definitely more interesting than the boring old Spanish-like writing here.
Also, the valley that the cave is located in is beautiful.
Easter Island
Most of you have probably seen images of the famous Moai statues of Easter island. While these are extremely significant and quite amazing features that surely I would love to see, I'm also curious to explore the other regions of the island such as all those green hills and mountains which I am sure must be beautiful.
Torres del Paine
I just discovered these awesome peaks in Chile called the Torres del Paine, probably somewhere in the Andes. They look really really cool and big.
South America is beginning to appear to have plenty of amazing things to see, much more than I originally knew of. Chile and Argentina are especially peaking my interest in this spectacular area of the world.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Detian Waterfall
The Detian Waterfall is an absolutely amazing waterfall, on or near the Chinese-Vietnamese border. It's huge, gorgeous, and looks just plain amazing.
The scenery surrounding the area alone is gorgeous. Also, just looking at the scale of these falls is making me want to see more of China.
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