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One of the most breathtakingly gorgeous and delightfully surprising attractions of the American Southwest is the Havasupai Waterfalls, also known as Havasu Falls, which is located in the Havasupai Indian Reservation in Arizona, USA, deep within the Grand Canyon, west of ...

Violas (Pansies) of every hue - from yellow, white and deep purple to blue - lured an English wanderer, Charles Howard-Bury, after he had strolled up through the woodland to the alpine fields of the Heavenly Mountains (Tien Shan Mountains) in ...

A giant white plume of steam and gas rises almost continuously from the crater of Mount Ngauruhoe, a 7516ft (2291m) volcano in the heart of New Zealand's North Island. It is one of a trio of active volcanoes. To the north ...

Originally a tiny townlet, Taipei grew into a significant hub for the export of tea in the 20th century consequently its economic prominence across the globe. When Japan seized and took control of the island in 1884, the city developed quickly ...

Up until the 19th century, the word Cappadocia was oblivious to most of the World. It was understood, perhaps as a religious hotspot in Asia Minor that was cited in the Bible - St Peter's foremost letter is preached to the ...

Concealed among the arid western hillocks of the Hindu Kush, where precipitation is periodic and water is insufficient, is a stripe of cool, shining lakes. They nestle along Afghanistan's prime river - Band-e Amir, at an altitude of just under 9700ft ...

Even hardened travellers lapse into spellbound silence as ocean-going cruise liners, dwarfed by their surroundings to seem like model toys, glide into Sognefjord. The mountains rise almost vertically from the water's edge - sheer walls of strong granitic rock some 3000ft ...

There is no better way to embrace the upcoming spooky season than with a visit to a location prepared to celebrate ghosts and goblins. Halloween is a holiday of joy and horror that is widely observed worldwide. Although Halloween has a ...

The favourite colour for any beach lover is "Blue" and it can come as a blessing to explore a beach that has crystal clear blue water, which looks like heaven is underground. A trip to places where you can find nature ...

Silent dawn, silent dusk - no rings, no chimes, not even the sound of frogs or crickets. The panoramic sky above the lofty New Mexico's arid land in the USA is so clear that the Milky Way, the moon and the ...

Ridge upon ridge of deep red sand stretches from horizon to horizon across the Simpson Desert in the dry heart of Australia. In 1845, Charles Sturt, the first European to set eyes on the scene, described how the ridges ran in ...

Land so bereft of spirit that it has been dubbed the 'desert within the desert'. Rolling waves of dunes, some as lofty as 790ft (241m), touch the horizon and lead to still more dunes in an eternal progression. But in the ...