Orchid World is located at Groves in St. George, Barbados along Highway 3B. It is located between two popular tourist haunts, Gun Hill and St. John’s historic church. This botanical garden presents you many types of orchids like Phalaenopsis, Calanthes, Cattlyeas, Ascocendas and Dendrobiums. Orchid World is home to twenty thousand varieties of orchids. The garden is lovely place to see gergeous flowers. It is one of most visited attraction in barbados. Enter fee to the gardens is US$10.00 per person. For kids, the cost is half the price.
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Friday, December 9, 2011
Mount Kilimanjaro – The Roof of Africa
Kilimanjaro is this the highest peak on the African continent. It is located in Northeast Tanzania, near the Kenya border. It is one of the world’s most accessible high summits for visitors around the world. Kilimanjaro is a volcano. Kilimanjaro consits of three distinct volcanic cones: Kibo 19,340 feet (5,895 meters), Mawenzi 16,896 feet (5,149 meters) and Shira 13,000 feet (3,962 meters). Kilimanjaro has 2.2 square kilometers of glacial ice and is losing it quickly due to global warming. Climbing Kilimanjaro is easy and requires no experience with climbing. You should only take care from improper acclimatization and altitude sickness.
The Grand Canyon in Gorgeous Colors
Grand Canyon is about 200 miles long, about a mile deep gash in the earth. It is located in the northwest corner of Arizona. It was formed during 6 million years of geological activity and erosion by the Colorado River. Author did not manipulate images in any way except to boost the color saturation a bit and to try to sharpen it. Photos was taken in the very early morning or late evening hours when you could capture some stunning images.
Colorful Keukenhof Gardens in Netherlands
The Garden of Europe aka Keukenhof is worlds largest flower garden with 7 milion planted flower bulbs. Kaukenhof is located near small dutch town Lisse in South Holland. Kaukenhof Gardens organizes an annual international exhibition of flowers. Central theme for next 2011 International Flower Exhibition is Germany – Land of Poets and Philosophers. People always admire the beautiful colors of flowers in bloom, You can choose every colour you like!
Scuba Diving in Beatiful Waters of Indonesia
Scuba diving is form of underwater swimming using SCUBA. Using a cylinder of compressed air to breathe but sometimes other gases. Scuba divers obtain greater freedom and they can stay underwater much longer than would be possible by just holding their own breath. What does it SCUBA mean ? SCUBA – originally being an acronym for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. For safe diving must each diver consider whether gear works well for his needs and the conditions he expects to dive.
Basic scuba diving equipments for beginners:
Reasons to Visit Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands is the one of the best destination in the Caribbean for its white beaches, perfect weather and world class diving. Three islands make up the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands would be a great place to live or for vacantion. Grand Cayman, the largest of the three, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman offer charming scenery and steamy nightlife. Columbus discovered Little Cayman and Cayman Brac during his fourth and last voyage to the New World, on May 10, 1503. One part of Cayman history includes legends of Cayman\’s occupation by pirates during the 18th century including treasure caches left behind by Blackbeard, Neal Walker and Henry Morgan.
Spectacular Grand Teton National Park
Grand Teton National Park is located in northwestern Wyoming just south of Yellowstone National Park and just north of the town of Jackson. It is very popular for climbers, hikers and photographers. The area is spectacular. The words cannot describe its beauty. The people are very friendly and helpfull at any visitor center. The peaks of the Teton Range stand nearly 7,000 feet (2,135 meters) above the valley floor. The park also contains a number of beautiful lakes which lie at the foot of the mountains, such as Leigh Lake. The park includes 485 square miles (1,256 square kilometers) of both the Teton Range and Jackson Hole.
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