The TuboHotel is an amazing and unique eco-friendly tourist spot made from recycled concrete pipes sheltering 20 rooms. Located in Tepoztlán, Mexico, the design strategy employed by T3arc was to build a hotel quickly and cheaply, without sacrificing the area’s spectacular views.
Arashiyama Park in K...
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Arashiyama Park in Kyoto, Japan : The walking paths that cut through the bamboo groves make for a nice walk or bicycle ride. The groves are particularly attractive when there is a light wind and the tall bamboo stalks sway gently back and forth. The bamboo has been used to manufacture various...
Hallstatt, Austria
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Hallstatt, Austria is a charming, well-appointed, postcard-worthy towns on my places to visit list. It is a tiny patchwork of little homes peeking out from a blanket of tree-covered mountains and all on the shores of a glistening lake. Turn your head to the left and you see the entire city...
Morning Glory Pool, Yellowstone
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Morning Glory Pool at Yellowstone. The bright blue color comes from bacteria which can exist at the scalding temperature of the hot spring!
Crystal Cave in Skaftafell, Iceland
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Some of the magic beauty of glacier ice lies under its outer surface. One either needs to strip the surface layer or go underneath it to see its real beauty. The centuries old ice coming down the slopes of Öræfajökull via Svínafellsjökull glacier has had almost all of the air pressed out of the ice. Once air has been pressed out the ice turns into this magically blue crystal like ice. The outer surface of this ice (the surface of the glacier) gets bombarded by weather, sun-rays, dust and other things and it transforms the crystal blue ice white. Hidden under the white surface is the blue ice. This blue ice can be seen however under...
The Giants Causeway,...
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Situated on the Antrim coast is one of the wonders of the natural world, The Giants Causeway. This spectacular rock formation is made from thousands of columns of basalt rock. Approximately 60 million years ago underground volcanic explosions forced the molten basalt to the surface which as...
The Seychelles
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Austronesian seafarers or Arab traders were the first to visit the uninhabited Seychelles. The earliest recorded sighting by Europeans took place in 1502 by the Portuguese Admiral Vasco da Gama, who passed through the Admiral’s and named them after himself (islands of the Admiral). A...
Alila Villas Uluwatu Resort, Bali
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Designed by established Singapore-based architecture firm Woha, the amazing, award winning, Alila Villas Uluwatu Resort, is located on the southern coastline of Balis Bukit Peninsula, close to an ideal area for surfing. Wooden relaxation pavilions are suspended over the water, giving the impression they are floating. Sustainability is present every in the resort, local materials were used, such as volcanic rocks and bamboo. To save water, pools were built of sea water. Visit Source : Bless This...
Underwater Bedroom in the Maldives
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Sleeping with the fishes, in the best way imaginable. From here on, just pretend that Robin Leach is narrating this post in your head… A little over five years ago, Conrad Maldives Rangali island opened the very first underwater restaurant. Now, to celebrate their anniversary, the restaurant offered guests the chance to dine AND sleep under the sea. The 12 seat restaurant, which lies about 16 feet below sea level of the Indian Ocean, was converted into a private bedroom suite for two, complete with a champagne dinner and breakfast in bed the following morning. The view of the coral reef outside the glass, and the constant flow of marine...
Ruins in Guatemala
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Remains of the ornate baroque façade of the Church of El Carmen located in Antigua Guatemala. Antigua Guatemala is a city in the central highlands of Guatemala famous for its well-preserved Spanish Mudéjar-influenced Baroque architecture as well as a number of spectacular ruins of colonial...