It is called “The Land God Made in Anger” or “The Gates of the bad place“. At a first glance, this name seems like an exaggeration of the local people, but the fact is that in the last two centuries many strange and tragic accidents occurred along the coast. In the cold days, the...
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Skeleton Coast, A Place Full of Ends
Unusual Accommodation: Yunak Cave Hotel, Turkey
It rarely happens that people actually visit a location because they have this great place where they can spend the night. In this post we would like to present Yunak Cave Hotel in Turkey which we think fits this profile. We like to think of it as “unusual accommodation” because it has a very...
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Hallstatt, Austria’s Most Beautiful Lake Town
Located between Salzburg and Graz, in the Salzkammergut Lake District of Austria, Hallstatt is a little town of breathtaking views. Considered to be the oldest still inhabited settlement in Europe, Hallstatt is a UNESCO heritage site and an important Austrian tourist attraction. Its name is “borrowed” from the Hallstatt culture, the predominant Central European...
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Ellesmere Island Expedition, White Silence and Half Year of Icy Darkness
Far away from the urban racket, Ellesmere Island is located in a land so hostile, that it seems purified by the rigors of its own climate. The air here is so pure, that the entire landscape- the wide icy plateau, the unusual looking mountains and the imposing glaciers- are very clearly “sketched”, down to...
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