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Some melancholy mournings; some enraged rumblings started to increase from an exotic, yet stunning Indonesian isle called Krakatoa in April 1882. A few months later the morning got more boisterous. Passing vessels and ships heard explosions so deafening they could barely ...

Water birds by the million flourish in the Pantanal - a watery world of lagoons and pastures in the centre of South America, mainly in Brazil. The air resounds to their calls, and huge flocks on the wing are like clouds ...

Some 40 km (25 mi) from Krabi, off Thailand's southwestern coast, Ko Phi Phi is a group of limestone islands that just sharply from the surrounding turquoise sea. Phi Phi Don is both the largest and the only one with a ...

Unlike their counterparts in many other European cities, citizens of the Dutch capital never lost their trams - but by the end of the 20th century, Amsterdam's extensive network was getting tired, with antiquated cars that were constantly out of ODF ...

Lying off the northwest coast of Western Australia, the Buccaneer archipelago's 1,000 islands were once part of the mainland but have been cut off by rising seas since the last ice age. Vegetation on them is scarce, except for tiny patches ...

The otherworldly alpine vista of North Tyrol is the stuff of a photobook - speedy mountain streams falling down forested slippery slopes, rich verdant valleys flecked with villages, snow-capped cliffs and shimmering lakes. This stunning region is a picnic utopia for ...

The largest island in the Mediterranean, and the first multicultural society in the world, Sicily is the eye of the needle of European history. Strategically placed at the tip of Italy, it has served as the clearing house for occupying powers ...

Bermuda's 180 coral islands and islets sit 1,050 km (650 mi) off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, in the middle of the Atlantic. Effectively, they form a single island unified by the causeways, bridges, and other developments of 350 years of continuously ...

It looks like a train, but the Enoshima Electric Railway has the soul of the much-appreciated local tram it used to be. It runs from Fujisawa, 51 km (32 mi) southwest of Tokyo, to the popular seaside resort of Enoshima and ...

Started as a small fishing village in the 13th century; Amsterdam was founded by two Fishermen. According to legend, two Frisian fishermen wandering in the sea looking for surplus fish landed on the coasts of the Amstel rivulet in a small ...

New York, one of the most considerable cities in the world is made up of five boroughs - Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. You may spend a year or two in the city on vacation and still be ...

The image you may have of San Francisco can be of the Golden Gate Bridge, however, what this wonderful city offers is more than that and something magical. Once you visit the city surely will it match up to the reality; ...