Tourist Destination

Unlike the majority of the lodges of the area, Malocas Jungle Lodge is located far enough away from Manaus (88 miles), truly away from the “civilized” world.
3 hours are necessary to reach it from town – by road and then by motor pirogue. This journey guarantees a total change of scenery and a real immersion in the Amazonian milieu.

The establishment is constituted of an assembly of “malocas”, traditional circular huts, usually home to one or more families. From the white sand beach where we disembark, we immediately see the central hut, used as dinning area.
There we will savor elaborate menus made from natural regional ingredients and a different variety of fish everyday. Read the rest of this entry »

Angkor is a region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries. The word Angkor is derived from the Sanskrit nagara (नगर), meaning “city”. The Angkorian period began in AD 802, when the Khmer Hindu monarch Jayavarman II declared himself a “universal monarch” and “god-king”, until 1351, when Angkor first fell under Ayutthayan suzainry, to 1431, when Ayutthaya put down a rebellion and sacked the Khmer capital, causing its population to migrate south to the area of Phnom Penh. Read the rest of this entry »

The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest reef system[1][2] composed of over 2,900 individual reefs[3] and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi).[4][5] The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia.

The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world’s biggest single structure made by living organisms.[6] This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps.[7] This reef supports a wide diversity of life and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981.[1][2] CNN labeled it one of the Read the rest of this entry »

Tired of the usual and common tourist destination? Then try these 10 unique sights from various corners of the earth. Enjoy and have a lot of fun.

1. Dinosaur Provincial Park.
2. Salar de Uyuni.
3. Chocolate Hills Bohol  Filipina.
4. Fansipan Mountain Vietnam.
5. Gunung Mayon Albay, Filipina.
6. Pamukkale Springs Turki.
7. The Burren  Irlandia.
8. Camargue Marsh  Perancis.
9. Djoudj Sanctuary Senegal.
10. Palung Mariana Samudera Pasifik.

No trip to China would have been complete without paying a visit to some portion of the Great Wall.  Above is a picture from the section of the Great Wall in Ba Da Ling, about 40 kilometers north of Beijing.  It was a bit cloudy and rainy the day we were there, but it was definitely still worth visiting.

Throughout the centuries there have actually Read the rest of this entry »