Uchisar Castle – Cappadocia, Turkey The Uchisar Castle is an ancient building dates back to the Byzantine Empire when it occupied what is currently Turkey. It is located in the village of Uchisar, 5km from Goreme –the main tourist spot when visiting Cappadocia– and it was built as a fortress by the Byzantine army to [...]
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Weekly Snapshot – Oia Sunset
Oia, Santorini While the island of Santorini is considered a beauty in general, there is one particular place that still rises above the rest – Oia. Oia is famous for its beautiful sunsets, which can rival any sunset scenery form around the world. In the evening hours, hordes of people arrive to Oia simply to [...]
4 Comments | Category: Weekly SnapshotWeekly Snapshot: Boulders Beach
Boulders Beach – Simon’s Town, South Africa Ever since I read Caz’s guest post on her overland travels in Africa and her time at Boulders Beach, I said to myself, “I HAVE to go there!”. Not only is the place a uniquely cool beach, but also, I love penguins! Wait, penguins, on a beach?! Yup… [...]
3 Comments | Category: Weekly SnapshotWeekly Snapshot: Murchison Falls
Murchison Falls – Masindi, Uganda Murchison Falls, also known as Kabarega Falls, is a waterfall on the Nile River located within Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda. With a 43 meters (141 ft) fall, it is considered the most significant cataract on the Nile. Its water volume puts it among the most powerful waterfalls on [...]
3 Comments | Category: Weekly SnapshotWeekly Snapshot: Dassie
Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa I couldn’t help it, I had to post the picture of a… rat?! Yes, that cute mix of a bunny-without-the-ears and squirrel-without-a-tail is actually a rat. It is called a Dassie. (Cute name for a rat!) The Dassie is an African rodent found mostly in rocky environments in Namibia, [...]
15 Comments | Category: Weekly SnapshotWeekly Snapshot: Traditional Dhow Boat
Kendwa Beach, Zanzibar Dhow is a common term for sailing boats that were used on the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. These had a characteristic triangular lateen sail that not only was highly effective with the seasonal winds (they sailed to foreign ports during the winter, returning home in the summer), and the kamal, [...]
2 Comments | Category: Weekly SnapshotWeekly Snapshot: Seaweed Farmers
Paje Beach and Kendwa Beach, Zanzibar While being a beach bum at Paje Beach in Zanzibar, one of the daily acts that sparked my curiosity the most was watching the local’s daily routine and how it was deeply related to the environment that surrounds them, especially nature. One of the most interesting was the Seaweed [...]
6 Comments | Category: Weekly SnapshotWeekly Snapshot: Karnak’s Hypostyle Hall
Karnak Temple – Luxor, Egypt Luxor, Egypt is proud to host some of the most beautiful and impressive monuments in this world. It is said that Luxor has 1/3 of the world’s monuments. I’m still skeptic about that “fact”, but true or not, it is undeniable that the Temple of Karnak is one of the [...]
6 Comments | Category: Weekly SnapshotWeekly Snapshot: African Sunrise
Murchison Falls, Uganda This week I had the chance to experience for the first time one of those popular and beautiful African sunrises while doing a safari at Murchison Falls in Uganda – about 4 hours away from Kampala. The morning was a little hazy, but still, the sun shined with its intense orange color [...]
6 Comments | Category: Weekly SnapshotWeekly Snapshot: Sacred Cenote
Sacred Cenote – Chichen Itza, Mexico This cenote is found in the Archaeological site of Chichen Itza. A cenote is a sinkhole with underground water that often connects underground rivers. These are commonly found in Mexico and other Central American areas. This cenote has the shape of almost a perfect circle and it has a [...]
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