Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Ben Nevis
Ben Nevis, to my knowledge, is the highest point in Great Britain. Its big roundish shape looks pretty, and the surroundings in the highlands of Scotland.
Spinnaker Tower
This tower in Portsmouth might look a bit Dubai-ish for England, but it does appear cool.
Aparados da Serra
This national park in southern Brazil (I think) features cliffsides which look pretty spectacular, I think. It appears to be the edge of a very large plateau suddenly collapsing on the land's way to the ocean.
Two sights in or near this national park to see might include the Fortaleza Canyon, which appears to have a magnificent view of the rim of this plateau from one side to the other, and Itaimbezinho, which is another canyon I think with a waterfall (or multiple falls) and tall walls likely.
Two sights in or near this national park to see might include the Fortaleza Canyon, which appears to have a magnificent view of the rim of this plateau from one side to the other, and Itaimbezinho, which is another canyon I think with a waterfall (or multiple falls) and tall walls likely.
Serra dos Orgãos
This national park in Rio de Janeiro state (I think) features some cool-lookin' mountains/rocks. Some of these formations look pretty tall and monumental.
Salvador
Salvador is a colorful-looking city on Brazil's east coast. There's a neat-looking area of cute old-like buildings with colorful schemes, and it looks pretty happy.
Macapá
Macapá is a city in northern Brazil that basically is located directly along the equator of the earth. There's even a fairly neat looking monument by a stadium that is located in both the northern and the southern hemispheres. There's probably other stuff to do here.
Tiwanaku
Some archaeological site with I guess not much known about it.
Ingapirca
Ingapirca is an archaeological site in Ecuador, apparently Incan or something. Its tall spiral-like tower is particularly interesting, and the beige colors of the wall-stuff seem to contrast well with the green floor.
Devil's Island
This island of French Guiana has a history of being the site of an apparently pretty severe prison area. The ruins and remaining structures now look interesting, and it looks like a fairly peaceful place with the exotic-looking tall green plants.
Ciudad Perdida
This archaelogical site seems tough to get to, but pretty.
Perito Moreno Glacier
This glacier is one of the most famous natural wonders of Argentina. Its surrounding national park likely offers some lovely scenes.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Hiroshima
The bombing of Hiroshima seems to be an extremely significant event in world history, for political, ethical, and technological reasons. The site of this event may be an interesting place to visit.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg has some various attractions that might collectively be worth checking out, like Petrovorets, the Hermitage, some palace, and the style of architecture in the city.
Stone Forest
The Stone Forest of Shilin in Yunnan appears to be a top destination in the area. There seem to be many karst formations in a pretty setting, with water and walkaways and places to look. It does look peaceful, and it may be a very nice tour.
Xi'an
The Xi'an area's got the Terracotta Warriors. These things are pretty famous for being what they are, I guess.
It's also got a city wall I think, which seems like a nice walk or ride.
It's also got a city wall I think, which seems like a nice walk or ride.
108 Dagobas
One hundred eight of these things called "dagobas" are apparently arranged in a triangular fashion in an area in Ningxia. The purpose behind these things seems to be unknown or mysterious. They look kinda cool too.
Western Xia Tombs
These tombs around or in Yinchuan look like beehive-ish mounds. Kinda interesting.
Macau
Macau is a formerly Portuguese city-thing in southern China, with a similar political status as Hong Kong. Economic activity seems to do well here, and the culture here is likely interesting and unique.
Harbin
Harbin, China, is well-known for its ice-themed attractions and/or festival(s). Images of very colorfully-lit buildings at night make this place look fairly attractive. Not sure if it's year-round or just in winter, but it looks like a sight to see. Also, on a sadder note, there's a historic site from the Japanese occupation period where there were some terrible deaths that might be worth visiting.
Grampians
The Grampians seems to be a sudden bunch of mountain crests that appear among flat land in Australia's Victoria. The valleys and crests here look like somewhere with great opportunities for grand views.
Cape Le Grand
Cape Le Grand National Park looks nice. It's on the southern coast of Western Australia. Beach, rock, etc.
Perth
Perth is one of the world's most isolated major cities, and there seems to be a lot to do here and around here, including the nice-looking Kings Park with some good views, the Perth Mint, a marine park, and John Forrest National Park (with kangaroos, heh). The skyline itself looks nice, too, I think.
Tuktut Nogait
Tuktut Nogait National Park includes the canyon of the Hornaday River. This canyon looks amazing; the colors appear unique among other places on earth, and the terrain appears magnificent and untouched.
Sable Island
Sable Island, which I think is part of Nova Scotia, is a preservation area with birds and horses living there to my knowledge. The isolation and general ignorance (it seems) of Sable Island are somewhat attractive, as well as the chance to visit a difficult latitude-longitude location. :)
Bay of Fundy
There seem to be multiple places to check out the Bay of Fundy coast, a pretty area as well as the site of an interesting phenomenon: some of the world's most extreme tides. Fundy National Park includes some beautiful scenery of forest and shore, including waterfalls and what I think is a covered bridge. The Hopewell Rocks are nearby to the east.
Point Pelee
Point Pelee National Park includes the southernmost point of Canadian territory, but also some pretty landscapes and trails. The national park appears to include Middle Island, the not-as-accessible-but-more-accurate southernmost point of Canada, I think.
Big Nickel
In Sudbury,Ontario, there's a museum-thing called Dynamic Earth, which looks interesting itself, but a particularly interesting thing there is an outdoor replica of a Canadian nickel coin. It's called... the "Big Nickel".
National Library of Belarus
The National Library of Belarus in Minsk has a large geometrically-shaped feature (some kind of modified -hedron or something... it's got a name I think) as its main visual interest, it seems. The scenery around Minsk also looks odd, possibly due to the strange-ish cruel-ish government they appear to have.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Bamiyan
Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley features a neat-looking carved thing in a mountainside that I think used to house a Buddha statue, probably also carved from the rock. The Buddha thing seems to have been destroyed, but the large feature in the mountain still looks interesting to me.
Lalibela
There are interesting churches (or something like that, I guess) carved (or something like that, I guess) from rock in or around Lalibela, Ethiopia.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Serra da Leba
The pass of Serra da Leba in southern Angola attracts me due to a magnificent image featuring a winding road ascending up a plateauside.
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Gorges de Spelunca
The Spelunca Gorge in Corsica includes some nice-looking villages such as Ota and Porto, as well as some beautiful and colorful mountains, from which there are likely many pretty things to see below. There also seem to be some picturesque bridges worth seeing.
Bonifacio
Bonifacio, near the southern tip of Corsica, is situated by some cliffs by the Mediterranean Sea. A nearby cape/peninsula also seems to have some interesting views with white stone and a ocean.
Vesuvius
Vesuvius is a famous volcano with historical significance.
Jasmund
Jasmund National Park features some of or all of the "Cliffs of Rugen" in northern Germany (I think), which have trees on top of them, so the colors and shapes could be pretty to see.
Helgoland
This German island includes reddish sandstone formations. That seems interesting: red sandstone rocks on an island??? In Germany??????? Seems like an odd but pretty sight. :D
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Sanqingshan
Sanqing Mountain, and its accompanying terrain, in Jiangxi Province, looks amazing and wonderful. This place appears like really tall chess pieces being used on a bowl surface that one can't see... or something like that, maybe. Whatever a weird analogy, these surreal-looking peaks appear worth a visit.
Manawaiopuna Falls
Yes, another waterfall. This one's on Kauai, Hawai'i, and looks really pretty. Not only is it in a jungle-like place, but its shape also looks beautiful, stretching out into a seemingly thicker width of branches of water flow.
Dean's Blue Hole
This "blue hole" in the Bahamas is apparently one of the deepest in the world. It looks pretty and seems cool. Not sure who Dean is.
Grand Falls
These big Arizona falls (which seem to be muddy often) might be only active sometimes, but they look like a neat place to see.
Gullfoss
Gullfoss Falls is a beautiful-looking waterfall in Iceland that empties into a somewhat-hidden canyon, so there are likely some neat photo ops. Even without the maybe-illusion, it looks pretty.
Tiger and Turtle
If I included Spoonbridge and Cherry, I can likely also include this "Tiger and Turtle - Magic Mountain" sculpture thing. It seems to be basically a set of stairs that looks like a rollercoaster track. It seems big and weird, so why not check it out.
Seongsan Ilchulbong
If I'm describing it correctly, Jeju-do's Seongsan Ilchulbong is a volcanic cone peninsula with a large grassy crater. It looks quite like a bowl of moss, and it appears to have a tradition associated with the sunrise attached to it. The feature itself looks large and amazing.
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