Tag Search Results For 'travel wonders' (52)

Exploring the Incan Wonderland - Part One (Machu Picchu, Peru)

Travel Wonders of the World | October 8th 2008 by Mark H

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Trekking to the Lost City - Part Two (Inca Trail, Peru)

Travel Wonders of the World | October 5th 2008 by Mark H

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Trekking to the Lost City - Part One (Inca Trail, Peru)

Travel Wonders of the World | October 2nd 2008 by Mark H

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Top 5 TravelFeeder Commentators Of The Month - September

Travel Feeder | September 30th 2008 by Cecil Lee

It is always great to receive comments from our readers. Either positive or negative comments, it will inspire me for more efforts. For a 3-month-old travel blog, Travel Feeder has successfully posted 48 original articles on Travel Tips, Travel read more

The Fall Kaleidoscope (New England, USA)

Travel Wonders of the World | September 25th 2008 by Mark H

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Reindeer Paté, Cloudberry Pie and Sweat (Kuopio, Finland)

Travel Wonders of the World | September 22nd 2008 by Mark H

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An Obsession with Size (Australia)

Travel Wonders of the World | September 17th 2008 by Mark H

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Top Ten Travel Wonders of Rome - Part 3 (Rank 1-3)

Travel Wonders of the World | September 12th 2008 by Mark H

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Top Ten Travel Wonders of Rome - Part Two (Rank 4-7)

Travel Wonders of the World | September 9th 2008 by Mark H

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The Top Ten Travel Wonders of Rome - Part 1 (Rank 8-10)

Travel Wonders of the World | September 6th 2008 by Mark H

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Shopping the Saturday Sales (Otavalo, Ecuador)

Travel Wonders of the World | September 1st 2008 by Mark H

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Bacon Beer and Bishops (Bamberg, Germany)

Travel Wonders of the World | August 26th 2008 by Mark H

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The Pink Pageant (Lake Nakuru, Kenya)

Travel Wonders of the World | August 19th 2008 by Mark H

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A Medieval Pilgrimmage (Rocamadour, France)

Travel Wonders of the World | August 14th 2008 by Mark H

Over the centuries, pilgrims crawled up the 216 stairs on their knees to view and pray for a buried saint and a remarkable statue in this cliff-bound travel wonder. Today, bus-loads of “camera pilgrims” crowd the small hamlet of Rocamadour, shop read more

From Dead Duck to Bird Heaven (Bharatpur, India)

Travel Wonders of the World | August 7th 2008 by Mark H

It is difficult to imagine something dreamier than cycling gently through the travel wonder of Keoladeo Ghana National Park. The main road (vehicle-free except for rickshaws and bikes, both available for rent) cuts through the middle of a large lake read more

Fish, Fjords and Fantasy (Lofoten Islands, Norway)

Travel Wonders of the World | August 2nd 2008 by Mark H

Far above the Arctic Circle, a curved spray of craggy mountainous islands seeks solace from the tempestuous Norwegian Sea. Tiny russet-colored fishing villages are pushed on the coastal fringes by the Lofoten Wall, a jagged spine of mountains carved read more

The Aquamarine Necklace (Plitvice Lakes, Croatia)

Travel Wonders of the World | July 28th 2008 by Mark H

In central Croatia lies the UNESCO World-heritage listed travel wonder of Plitvice Lakes. This necklace of 16 lakes, in an artist’s palette of colors from emerald green, through azures and turquoises to deep sapphire blue, are separated by walls of read more

Living on Stilts (Ganvié, Benin)

Travel Wonders of the World | July 20th 2008 by Mark H

Precariously balanced in tiny wooden canoes called pirogues, we poled and paddled a few kilometres around the stilt villages of the tiny West African nation of Benin. These unusual travel wonders were created over three hundred years ago when the loc read more

Czeching Out the Capital (Prague, Czech Republic)

Travel Wonders of the World | July 15th 2008 by Mark H

As it emerges from hijacking by Russian communism for 43 years, the travel wonder of Prague remains the glittering diamond of architectural and cultural Europe. A millennium’s worth of magnificent and stylish buildings must deep down be the envy of read more

Unveiling Nature's Grand Masterpiece (Grand Canyon, USA)

Travel Wonders of the World | July 10th 2008 by Mark H

It was minus fifteen outside but this is one of the world’s great travel wonders. I can’t recall if that was Fahrenheit or Celsius but it doesn’t really matter when it is that cold. Such temperatures are simply never experienced in my home town read more

Invasion of the Termites (Pinnacles, Western Australia)

Travel Wonders of the World | July 5th 2008 by Mark H

Around three hours drive north of Perth (Australia) is a weird travel wonder with thousands of limestone pillars poking out of an arid, sandy desert floor.The geological story goes something like this. Many millions of years ago, shells from marine l read more

The Great Congo River Journey (DR Congo)

Travel Wonders of the World | July 1st 2008 by Mark H

This trip was undertaken in 1991 when the country was called Zaïre, the river was called the Zaïre River (and even the currency was the Zaïre). Today it is called the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and the river has returned to its more f read more

A City of More than Sex and Drugs? (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Travel Wonders of the World | June 26th 2008 by Mark H

A towering black man walks furtively behind me and surreptitiously whispers “hashish” in a rasping voice so deep, that another half octave lower would have ensured that only the local dogs heard the offer. Without having shaken off the effects o read more

Flight of the Condor (Colca Canyon, Peru)

Travel Wonders of the World | June 20th 2008 by Mark H

From the beautiful Spanish colonial city of Arequipa, the mini-tour promises a short journey to a canyon twice as deep as the Grand Canyon and with magnificent condors in full flight. I tend to dislike tours but some locations are much easier to see read more

Pretty as a Picture or Leaving an Impression (Giverny, France)

Travel Wonders of the World | June 16th 2008 by Mark H

Dramatically changing by the seasons, the tranquil symmetric Water Garden is as much a travel wonder today as it was when being recorded on canvas by Claude Monet’s artistic brushstrokes around 100 years ago. The Japanese bridge elegantly arches ov read more

The Troll's Way (Geirangerfjord, Norway)

Travel Wonders of the World | June 12th 2008 by Mark H

Everytime I think of the travel wonder of Trollstigen, one of Norway’s and Europe’s greatest drives (literally the Troll’s Ladder), I am reminded of a great story I can recall being told in bed as a young child.It is the story of Three Billy Go read more

Top Ten Travel Wonders of South America - Rank 1 - 5

Travel Wonders of the World | June 5th 2008 by Mark H

This entry represents my top five South American travel wonder list. Numbers six to ten of the South American travel wonders appear here.South America holds a staggering array of travel wonders both natural and cultural. Boasting the world’s greate read more

Cycling the Death Road (La Paz, Bolivia)

Travel Wonders of the World | May 29th 2008 by Mark H

Chiselled through the steep-sided travel wonder of the Yungas Mountains in Bolivia, the rough one-lane road from shrouded La Cumbre (at a lung-bursting 4700 metres above sea level) to Corioco (at a tropical 1100 metres) is variously described as the read more

Happy Birthday Peak Tram (Hong Kong)

Travel Wonders of the World | May 26th 2008 by Mark H

As travel wonders go, one of the great train journeys in the world is one of the shortest. And in two days time, it is 120 years old. Happy Birthday!Taking less than five minutes, the 1.4 kilometre (less than one mile) ride up the funicular rail gain read more

Hiking the Confection Villages (Cinque Terre, Italy)

Travel Wonders of the World | May 1st 2008 by Mark H

Delicately balanced on sharp ridges or squeezed into tight ravines, the random tangle of pastel-painted houses and traffic-free laneways of these five small Italian coastal villages known as the Cinque Terre are a true travel wonder to behold. A loca read more

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