Thursday, June 4, 2015

Pamukkale, Turkey

Pamukkale translates from Turkish as “cotton castle”, and it really does look like a giant bright white cotton candy castle overlooking a cool and calcium-rich mineral pool. Pamukkale is located in western Turkey and it is about 3 hours drive (east) from …

Svartifoss, Iceland

Svartifoss (Black Waterfall) is a waterfall in Iceland. Svartifoss has a unique polygonal pattern which can also be found in Israel ( hexagon-pool), and in the Devils Tower National Monument (in the USA). The polygonal formation was made by the slow cooling of lava layers. Lava molecules are round but when …

Manarola, Italy

Manarola  is a colorful village which is a part of on The Cinque Terre which means in English “The Five Lands” (it is actually 5 neighboring villages on the Italian Riviera -the shoreline of the Mediterranean sea). Manarola  is located north west to the city of La Spezia, Italy. …

Tham Lod Cave, Thailand

Tham Lod Cave (Or Tham Lot Cave) is situated on the north western tip of  Thailand  (just a few kilometers from the border with Myanmar). The Tham Lod Cave is 1.6 kilometer long cave which in it runs the Nam Lang River. Tham Lod cave is also home …

Lochnagar Crater, France

Lochnagar Crater is probably the most famous (and terrible) remainders to the pointless battle of the Somme (World War – I, France). The scale of Lochnagar Crater is immense (more than 90 meters wide and 30 meters deep.) The Lochnagar Crater was formed by a gigantic underground explosion …

The Blue Lagoon, Iceland

The Blue Lagoon is located in Grindavík, a fishing town just a 40 minutes drive south from Reykjavík (the capital of Iceland ). The Blue Lagoon is a geothermal spa which offers a special experience, when the yearly average temperature is around 5 Celsius (and …

Trakai Island Castle, Lithuania

  Trakai Castle (also known as “Little Marienburg“)  is a very popular tourist destination in Lithuania, the castle is an “Island Castle” located in the east of Lithuania in Lake Galvė (which has 21 small sized islands). Trakai Castle was first built in the 14th …

Speicherstadt, Germany

Speicherstadt is a district in Hamburg, Germany. Speicherstadt was built during the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century (a time span of 44 years). Speicherstadt was designed as a district of warehouses and till …

Stonehenge, England

Stonehenge is situated around 150 kilometers west from Central London,  in the south west of England (just one hour ride from the Roman Baths of bath) It’s been said that aliens build, Some people see it as an origin of energy and a shrine, …

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