Completely Uninhabited Islands
On the beach have just posted a list of 7 Beautiful but Completely Uninhabited Islands and Archipelagos.
Great places to go if you want to get away from people, though how you get there might not be so simple! I like the look of one of uninhabited islands of the Maldives, what about you?
De Long Islands, Russia
Blasket Islands, Ireland
Uninhabited Islands of the Maldives, Indian Ocean
Phoenix Islands, Kiribati
Heard Island & McDonald Islands, Australia
Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Canada
San Juan Islands, United States
Filed under Off the beaten track, World | Comments (2)Spaghetti and Cheese Ice Cream, Merida, Venezuela
Things to do in Merida - Eat strange flavoured ice cream
Merida has an ice cream parlour that boasts the greatest number of different flavours of ice cream in the world. I tried spaghetti n cheese and the salmon ice cream before some strawberry to take the strange taste away.
On the wall there’s a list of all the different flavours that they have offered over the years, unfortunately the world cup 98 flavour wasn’t available, wonder what that tasted of?
The likeness to the flavours is quite amazing, give it a go!
Filed under Highlights, Off the beaten track, Things to do in Venezuela, Venezuela | Comment (1)Take a ride on the world’s longest cable car, Merida, Venezuela
Reaching an altitude of 4765 m. Merida’s cable car is the highest in the world.
The cable car consists of four sections for a total length of 12.5 km. The altitude at the top is higher than any point in Europe and USA excluding Alaska.
The first section starts at Barinitas station (1577m) the corner of the square with the fountain, it ends up at La Montaña station (2577 m.), go for a walk around and gaze upon the beauty of Merida sat far down below. Hopefully you wont be feeling too light headed at this point.
The next two stages reach La Aguada station (3452 m.) and Loma Redonda station (4045 m.), if your unlucky it may leave you feeling altitude sick, but fingers crossed you’ll be alright and be able to warm yourself with a tasty cup of chocolate.
Have a real good rest at this point, walk very slowly, don’t run around and get used to the altitude as much as you can before taking the final assent.
The final stage takes you to Pico Espejo (Mirror Peak - 4765 m.) where you can walk outside amongst the snow. Cross your fingers again and hope you have a clear day and are able to see all around, we didn’t’ but enjoyed watching the Venezuelans (many of them would never have seen snow before) play in the snow as we slowly walked around.
Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand
The Moeraki Boulders are huge spherical boulders lying scattered along a stretch of Koekohe Beach between Palmeston and Hampden. They are created from the erosion of mudstone by the waves. There extremely old and look amazing in the swell of incoming tide.
Filed under New Zealand, Off the beaten track, Photos, Things to do in New Zealand | Comment (1)Condors at the Colca Canyon, Peru
Twice as deep as the Grand Canyon (though the walls aren’t as sheer) The Colca Canyon is the second deepest Canyon in the world (2nd only to the The Cotahuasi Canyon situated further to the northwest)
The most popular reason for a visit to the Colca Canyon is to see the Andean Condors close up as they soar gracefully rising up on the warm airs from deep in the canyon ready for a days hunting, but spend a few days there, visiting the villages and a stay at the Oasis is a really memorable experience. Continue reading »
Filed under Highlights, Off the beaten track, Peru | Comment (1)Indonesian Bemo’s
Exploring the delights of Bajawa on the Indonesian island of Flores required us to hire a Bemo for us and our guide.
This photo is of the particularly nice set of mirrors the proud Bemo owner had used to decorate the inside of his clapped out van.
It seemed to be the norm for Bemo’s to be kitted out with the largest and loudest sound systems possible. We spent many short journeys being vibrated to our core, as a Indonesian boy band ballad’s blazed out the huge sub woofers that were cleverly placed under the cramped Bemo seats.
Filed under Indonesia, Off the beaten track, Transport | Comment (0)Khao Sok National Park, Thailand
Khao Sok National Park situated in Southern Thailand Khao Sok National park consists of the oldest evergreen rainforest in the world, huge limestone khast mountains emerge from the trees with networks of tunnels running throughout. Continue reading »
Filed under Highlights, Off the beaten track, Thailand, Things to do in Thailand | Comment (0)Kelimutu, Flores, Indonesia
Looking down over the small village of Moni, Kelimutu truly is a sight to behold. The incredible 3 lakes coloured green, chocolate and black are a natural phenomenon. Making a trip here travelling by boat and bus from Bali is certainly not easy. We spent 2 days of solid travel to get there. After negotiating with the tauts getting lied to about a ferry not running, the bus setting on fire, waiting an entire day being stared at in a grotty port and sleeping on a concrete floor of a ferry we finally made it, and it was breathtaking…
Filed under Highlights, Indonesia, Off the beaten track | Comment (0)Tilcara, North Argentina
This remote dusty village is a bit of the beaten track but has one of the best hostels we’ve stayed in. Situated on a hill looking over the village its a bit of a puff to get there if you’re not used to the 2500m altitude. Shopping for vegtables from the morning markets and barbequing steak chosen from one of the many butchers remains a warm memory.
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