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23/09/2014

If you're in for an active, more adventurous holiday, complete with gorgeous nature and stunning landscapes, the small volcanic island of Réunion is a perfect choice. The island is a French overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, has a mixed population - French, African, Indian, which is a prerequis…

18/09/2014

The greatest plane spotting place ever

A tropical island in the Caribbean with the greatest plane spotting place ever, what can beat that? Sint Maarten - a Dutch overseas territory and Saint-Martin - a French overseas territory are the two halves of a very touristy island, as over 1.5 million people get there by cruise ships and another…

15/09/2014

Here's a beautiful medieval castle, located on a small island, easily reachable from a lovely capital. Don't miss it if you're ever in Lithuania!

Here's a beautiful medieval castle, located on a small island, easily reachable from a lovely capital. It lies near the geographical center of Europe and it’s included in the only historical national park on the continent. The town of Trakai used to be the capital of Lithuania, then the castle becam…

22/08/2014

People unique in their custom and religion, set in a remote mountainous landscape with no electricity or phone signals, but with a great passion for festivals, wine, singing and dancing make the Kalasha Valley an intriguing place to visit. Living in north-western Pakistan, the Kalasha people seem to…

03/07/2014

One of the world’s best viewing platforms is not to be missed if you’re visiting Norway

A steep, 604 meters tall cliff, towering over a beautiful fjord is definitely something to write home about. No wonder Victor Hugo was impressed when he visited, poetizing the scenery as “the most terrifying of the ocean reefs”. Preikestolen, or the Pulpit Rock, is a major tourist attraction in Norw…

26/06/2014

A major attraction since the Romans built a spa city on top of it, this “Cotton Castle”, as it name implies in Turkish, is indeed worth a visit. As calcium-laden waters spring from the earth and cascade over a cliff, they form dramatic travertines of hard, brilliantly white calcium. The therapeutic…

24/06/2014

Sloths move so slowly that algae grows on their fur and it takes them 4 hours to cover a mile, at their top speed. A good place to get acquainted with them is the Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica.

Not one of the very popular animals that everyone wants to see, partly because of their unflattering name, sloths are nevertheless interesting and even cute. They spend all their life in trees, feed exclusively on leaves and, having such a slow metabolism, they’re asleep or inactive most of the time…

20/06/2014

Like too many animal species nowadays, turtles are endangered. But getting familiar with them is still possible, while also supporting their conservation, in Itsamia, Comoros.
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