A herd of aligned giraffes walk across savanna grass in Africa, May 1910. Photograph by A. Dugmore, National Geographic.
Halfway between Scotland and Iceland in the windy north Atlantic, the Faroe Islands offer a rugged beauty equal to any adventure travel destination.
Tuscany, sometimes you’re just too beautiful.
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This week, we’re #OnTheRoad in Lake Placid, New York - an eco-friendly travel destination right in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains. Follow along on Instagram.
Ask someone to name tourist draws in Turkey and you’ll get the obvious: Istanbul, Cappadocia, Galipoli, maybe the beaches of Antalya. Some more familiar with the country might offer up the bizarre calcium cascades of Pamukkale, or the monstrous gods’ heads sculptures on Mount Nemrut. Nobody ever mentions Ani, a city that for a brief period 1,000 years ago was one of the cultural and commercial centers of the world.
Read more: Ani, The Ghost City | Gadling.com
Bolivia offers incomparable scenery ranging from towering Andean peaks and Amazonian jungle to crystalline lagoons, and high desert reminiscent of the American Southwest on steroids.
Read more: International Adventure Guide 2013: La Paz And Southwest Bolivia | Gadling.com
Hong Kong may be the most expensive city in the world to set up an office, buy a luxury home and open a retail location, but it also offers surprising values for the budget traveler.
(via International Budget Guide 2013: Hong Kong | Gadling.com)
“It was nighttime when I first pulled into France’s second-largest city, by car, and the lights were on – a wash of royal blue shining up onto orderly rows of stately Renaissance buildings in ochre hues and reflecting in the river that bisects the city. Handsome was the word that came to mind. A masculine gold-and-sapphire answer to Paris’s ravishing, soulful beauty.” - Megan Fernandez in Forget Paris, Try Lyon | Gadling.com
“The Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge connecting Dandong, China, to Sinùiju, North Korea. Despite having a population of over 350,000 people, Sinùiju was shrouded in the dark.”
(via Photo Of The Day: Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge | Gadling.com)
Jizou-in Temple, Kyoto, Japan
