Tag: “Central Highlands”

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  1. Magnolia Sky

    There is nothing quite like that first weekend of Spring in Manhattan, when people from all over the world flee their apartments to enjoy Central Park in bloom. Perfection is sitting in the shade of a cherry blossom or magnolia tree while petals rain all around you...

  2. Riding the Ho Chi Minh Trail …and off the beaten tourist track

    Riding the Ho Chi Minh Highway on 2 wheels is an excellent way to get off the tourist trail... and the bus.

  3. Ho Chi Minh Highway

    The modern day Ho Chi Minh Trail is more symbolic than exact – it’s not the original trail, but a relatively new highway, which was completed in 2002 to the chagrin of many who believed it to be a foolish endeavor, a colossal waste of money, and a tribute to an artifact of war that represents bloodshed, death, and to some, defeat.

    Despite the images of war, a journey along this road, as it winds along the Truong Son Mountains, is one of immense beauty, with a diverse population of ethnic minorities and a varied landscape: farm land and bucolic emerald fields; soft, swelling hills; ruddy, rolling rivers; hardwood rainforests, waterfalls, miles of rice paddy, cornfields, black pepper farms, rubber tree forests, and coffee plantations.

    The best way to experience it? Hire an Easy Rider–they’re a group of freelance motorbike guides, based in the Central Highlands and South Central Coast, who take travelers on the back of their bikes to see “real Vietnam”.

  4. Goreme

    Göreme is located among the "fairy chimneys" rock formations, is a town in Cappadocia, in the Nevşehir Province, Central Anatolia.

    The Göreme National Park (Göreme Milli Parklar in Turkish) was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.

  5. Goreme

    Göreme is located among the "fairy chimneys" rock formations, is a town in Cappadocia, in the Nevşehir Province, Central Anatolia.

    The Göreme National Park (Göreme Milli Parklar in Turkish) was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.

  6. Goreme

    Göreme an important Christian centre in the early years of the Middle Ages, was a bishopric administered by Mokissos near Aksaray in the 11th and 13th centuries. Despite the vast numer of monasteries, churches and chapels in the vicinity of Göreme, there are not many inscriptions bearing dates.

  7. A Beautiful Child

    This is young lady in San Antonio Aguas Calientes, Guatemala. The opportunity to meet her family, watch her grandmother weaving on a backstrap loom and photograph her home was a gift.

  8. SeaStreak

    From West 35th Street and Pier 11 Wall Street in Manhattan, the Sea Streak will get you to Atlantic Highlands and Highlands, New Jersey in no time at all. The accomodations are like a wide body jet on the sea with video for the Wall Street crowd.

  9. SeaStreak at Dock

    At the end of the dock is seen the SeaStreak Passanger Ferry that connects the Jersey Shore with Manhattan. Not a bad way to travel!

  10. Grand Central Station