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Snapshot: Crossing the stunning Shahara Bridge in Yemen
Perched between mountains hanging above a deep canyon, the Shahara Bridge is a stunning sight to behold, a limestone arch crossing connecting villages.
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Snapshot: The Lost World of Mount Roraima
On a clear day, Mount Roraima cuts an unusual picture, a wide expanse of Table Mountain that straddles the borders of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana.
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Snapshot: Sea of flowers at the Hitachi Seaside Park
It’s a kaleidoscope of colors colliding and complimenting, painting a blossoming landscape along the fields and hills at the Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Snapshot: Marveling the Marble Caverns of Patagonia
The Marble Caverns are an unusual sight of gigantic waves frozen in mid-action, dizzying swirls of blue and grey with a hypnotizing effect.
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Snapshot: The mesmerizing Blue Ice Caves in Iceland
Illuminating a deep glistening blue, rippling through a tunnel until it disappears in the far end, the Blue Ice Caves in Skaftafell, Iceland is a stunning sight to behold.
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Snapshot: Goodbye FAO Schwarz
The iconic FAO Schwarz is closing its doors in July this year. I managed to visit the 5th Avenue store and stepped onto the giant keyboard of the piano Tom Hanks once played on.
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Snapshot: Behold the Panjin Red Sea Beach
The Red Sea beach in the Dawa County, Panjin, Liaoning, China is not covered in sand, but a result of the Chenopodiaceae, Suaeda salsa plant.
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Snapshot: The top of the World at Preikestolen
Standing at the tip of this cliff is like hanging out at the edge of the world. The Preikestolen, also known as the Pulpit Rock, is a steep cliff in Forsand, Ryfylke, Norway.
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Snapshot: Visiting the imposing Fortress Guaita
Standing tall against relentless weather for over 10 centuries, Fortress Guaita once served as a prison in the 1970s.
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Snapshot: The historic Tsodilo Hills
The Tsodilo Hills in Botswana is one of oldest sites with rock paintings, and is revered as a religious and sacred place.
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Snapshot: Discovering the Giant’s Causeway
Lying at the foot of basalt cliffs in County Antrim northeast of Northern Ireland, this seaside sight is labelled the fourth greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom.
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Snapshot: Revisiting history at Jarlshof
Its appearance is as mystical as its discovery. A heavy storm in the late 19th century tore through the aged low cliffs at the cape of the southern tip of Shetland, Scotland, exposing part of an unusual settlement of stone structures. Excavation works revealed several settlement sites, with the oldest dating back 4,000 years. The earliest structures found were Neolithic houses, followed by a Bronze Age village, Iron Age broch, Norse longhouse and medieval farmstead. Excavation efforts also uncovered many artefacts. The name, Jarlshof means “Earl’s Mansion”, and was given by Sir Walter in the early 19th century, when he set part of his novel ‘The Pirate’ in the Old…
