Iceland is home to the largest glacier in Europe, the 3rd biggest glacier in the world. This massive chunk of ice is the size of Puerto Rico! The Vatnajokull Glacier sits, taking up almost the entire southeast corner of Iceland—8% of the country. The average thickness of the ice is 400 meters and gets […]
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The Natchez Trace Parkway The Natchez Trace is a 444-mile scenic Parkway stretching through Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. It follows the Old Natchez Trace, an important historic path used for centuries. I recent drove about five hours along the Natchez Trace through Mississippi. Although there isn’t any spectacular scenery, it is a very pleasant drive.
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Photo Essay of Cheyenne, Wyoming I’m still trying to digest my afternoon in Cheyenne. I’m trying to be positive about my few hours in the capital of America’s least populous state, but I’m not sure there’s anything to bring me back for another visit. There were very few people out and about downtown, and those I
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Malacca, Malaysia in Photos Traveling to some of the touristy towns of China (like Lijiang) and in Vietnam (Hoi An) now one year later, I think back to what a special place Malacca, Malaysia is. Don’t get me wrong, Melacca is a super-touristy town, but why it’s special is that the old district has yet
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Dali is one of those places that I really hoped I wouldn’t dislike. Its description in the guidebooks made it sound so pleasant a town—except for one thing—the growing number Chinese tourists. Well, there were tons of tourists, but Chinese tourists seem to stick together in group tours and don’t drift very far from the
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A Walk through Lijiang China It’s not easy to navigate the streets of Lijiang’s old town. Timeworn cobbled streets follow steams, bending over ancient stone bridges forming a centuries-old maze. Lijiang is the capital of the Naxi Kingdom, set beneath the spiky Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The Naxi are an ethnic group descended from the
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Muang Ngoi is a small village on the banks of the Nam Ou River in Northern Laos. It’s a one-street village with no motorized vehicles—the only way to get there is by a one-hour boat ride from Nong Khiaw. It’s a peaceful place to spend a couple days. There’s only electricity from 6pm to
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A stroll around the Confucian Academy of Jianshui is a serene experience. I visited the day before the Chinese New Year, and the streets of the city were erupting in a constant state of exploding fire crackers. But at the Confucian academy, inside the giant walls that surround this 7.5 hectare complex, a state of
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Quebec City has long been a destination I‘ve wanted to visit. Old Quebec, or Vieux-Québec, has a well-known reputation of rich history being the only city north of Mexico that has retained its fortified city walls. I would further say that along with Guanajuato, Mexico, Quebec City is the most European of cities in
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Cinque Terre Italy The Cinque Terre or The Five Lands are five villages in the Liguria region of Italy: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore. I recently visited two of them, Manarola and Riomaggiore, during a short vacation in Tuscany and Liguria. These towns are incredible; they have a special atmosphere of small medieval seaside settlements that have kept their historical face because of the surrounding
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