A Walking Tour of Iceland’s Capital There is really no better way to discover the small, compact Icelandic capital of Reykjavik than on foot. A mix of traditional and modern reveal the eclectic charms of the city. Harpa had just opened shortly before our first visit and brief time living in Iceland in 2011, after […]
Iceland’s Highest Waterfall: Glymur Waterfall
Cascading 196 meters down the deep gorge of the Botnsdalur valley is Iceland’s highest waterfall, Glymur. The river Botnsá leaves the lake Hvalvatn and after a short distance the water falls down alongside the volcano Hvalfell into a canyon with green moss. Unlike many other waterfalls in Iceland, it is not possible to drive to […]
Exploring Iceland’s Golden Circle on a Self-Drive Tour
The Golden Circle is the name given to a 190 mile (300 kilometer) circular route from Reykjavik and back which encompasses many of Iceland’s most famous landmarks. Most visitors to Iceland’s capital take a Golden Circle Tour, which will cover the three most popular stops along the route: Þingvellir National Park, Gulfoss, and Haukadalur where […]
Off the Beaten Path on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula
The lunar landscape of the Reykjanes Peninsula, nicknamed the Steamy Peninsula, could be the setting for the movie Armageddon. The entire peninsula is a geothermal area and lighthouses outnumber the villages. Tourists are often in such a rush to get to Iceland’s famed sights like Gullfoss, Thingvellir National Park and Geysir on the Golden Circle, […]
Eagles Take Flight at Burg Landskron
The 9th century ruins of Burg Landskron are perched high on a rock that overshadows the village of St. Andrä by Lake Ossiachersee. The castle was surrounded with a double wall with seven towers. The main building had four floors, a high main-tower and strong defense-tower. In 1812, lightning caused a fire that destroyed the […]
Côte d’Azur
The Côte d’Azur covers the coastline from the Italian border through the sovereign state of Monaco to Saint Tropez in the west. The name was given to the coast by the writer Stéphen Liégeard in his book, La Côte d’azur, published in December 1887.Liégeard was born in Dijon, in the French department of Côte-d’Or, and […]
Snorkeling in the Rea Sea at Aqaba
Aqaba’s greatest asset is the Red Sea with fringing reef stretching for over 25 kilometers right down to the Saudi Arabian border. The Red Sea Marine Peace Park is known to be one of the most beautiful diving areas of the world due to the amazing combination of sea life, corals, water transparency and nice […]
Two Days with the Bedouin in Wadi Rum
Described by Lawrence of Arabia as “vast and echoing”, Wadi Rum is a protected area covering 720 square kilometers of dramatic desert wilderness in the south of Jordan. The huge mountains of sandstone and granite are home to several Bedouin tribes and their goat hair tents are a feature of the landscape. We had the […]
The Red Rose City: Petra
We’ve all seen Indiana Jones ride down the canyon with the temple coming into view in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. That canyon is actually called the Siq and that “temple” is the Treasury in the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. Petra was lost to the Western World from about the 14th century […]
Floating in the Dead Sea
The lowest point on the face of the earth at 1400 feet below sea level, this vast stretch of water receives a number of incoming rivers, including the River Jordan. Once the waters reach the Dead Sea they are land-locked and have nowhere to go, so they evaporate leaving behind a dense, rich, cocktail of […]
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