A spectacular explosion of Art and nature in Sculptures by the Sea 2013 along the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk, Sydney, Australia

A spectacular explosion of Art and nature in Sculptures by the Sea 2013 along the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk, Sydney, Australia

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Standing and Walking on The Great Wall of China!!

Standing and Walking on The Great Wall of China

Janaline's world journey

The Great Wall of China is one of the Architectural Wonders of the Middle Ages and getting to see and stand on it has been one of the highlights of my travel adventures up to date. The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese against intrusions.

The Great Wall, one of the greatest wonders of the world, was listed as a World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987. Just like a gigantic dragon, the Great Wall winds up and down across deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus, stretching approximately 8,851.8 kilometers  from east to west of China. Our China Odyssey group got to visit the  Mutianyu section of the Great Wall of China located about 70 km northeast of central Beijing.

 We actually had a choice of either taking a cable car to the…

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Breathtaking Telluride, Colorado

Breathtaking Telluride, Colorado

Say Yes to Happy

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Tunnels in Thailand

Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis

Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis freezes solid during the winter, it is quite beautiful. Behind the falls it’s very surreal. The falls are located in Minnehaha Park.

An Elusive Gorge and a Hill Top Perch

An Elusive Gorge and a Hill Top Perch

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Travelling friend and I set off in search of the Alcantara Gorge, driving through Piedmonte Etneo and  Linguaglossa, climbing higher and weaving among olive, peach and almond groves. Our plan was a stop at Castiglione, the gateway to the Alcantara Range, and here it is on the other side of the valley from our zigzag road, with the mountains in the background.

At the bottom of the town we parked for free again – in fact we didn’t once pay for parking, amazing when we are used to paying around £2 an hour in the UK. Leaving the car, we asked an elderly man for directions through the maze, to the castle. He was a delight and loved practicing a few words of English with us and asking about our city. We followed him to his wife’s shop, which he unlocked just to give us a tourist map, and point us along the road.

The…

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Fresh from China

Fresh Fruits, China

Janaline's world journey

Fresh. The definition for fresh has a bit of a fork in it – it’s a state (new, recent, previously unknown) and it’s a taste or sensation (cool, sweet, invigorating, refreshing). Fresh homegrown fruit indigenous to Southeast Asia picked in the early hours of the morning, and carried down from the hills of Northeast China, to be sold in Yangshuo.

Overflowing from the baskets are beautiful purple mangosteens which are sweet, tangy and juicy and green Lotus seed pods which are of great importance to East Asian cuisine and used extensively in traditional Chinese medicine.

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Road

Views of Norway

Photo by magnushauger via #visitnorway http://bit.ly/10H3w3I

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Nature

Views of Norway

Photo by todestinationunknown via #visitnorway http://bit.ly/13Epw1F

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Nature

Views of Norway

Photo by agrindheim1 via #visitnorway http://instagram.com/p/bf43eLQNBD/

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