Image credit No one understands the ancient nature of pearls quite like the Badjao, sea gypsies who sail the Sulu-Sulawesi Seas across three nations and who make their living from its aquatic bounty.
Image credit The western coast of Madagascar hosts the Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve which is made up of 666 square kilometer UNESCO World Heritage Site. It boasts breathtaking geography, mangrove forests, and wild bird, lemur and other local animal populations.
Image credit Stuttgart's unique V8 hotel boasts themed rooms with details and many original parts from the iconic cars, including a 70′s Cadillac drive-in cinema, a Mercedez-Benz carwash, a Morris Minor garage and many more.
Image credit Kopi luwak, the world’s most expensive coffee, is made from a certain variety of wild red coffee beans but only after it has passed through the digestive track of the Asian Palm Civet, a weasel-like animal. This coffee costs between US$35 - US$100 per CUP whereas normal coffee costs between US$2 and US$5 per cup.
Image credit One of Alaska's most famous of the landmarks, The Signpost Forest is at Mile 613, along the Alaska Highway. It boasts with over 65,000 signs and takes up a couple of acres. You can even add your ownsign when you pop around!
Image credit The Manpupuner rock formations also known as the Seven Strong Men Rock Formations are a set of 7 gigantic abnormally shaped stone pillars located north of the Ural mountains in the Komi Republic, Russia.
Image credit Horsetail Fall is a small, ephemeral waterfall that flows over the eastern edge of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. The "firefall" effect happens during the second half of February when there is a clear sky and enough snow for the waterfall to flow.
Yunak Evleri means "wash-houses," and that's what part of this cave inn used to be: Ürgüp's clothes-washing place. You wouldn't know it today. The rooms are traditional and stylish at the same time, done in fine taste with nice antique touches and modern conveniences.
Image credit Lake Retba (or Lac Rose as it is known by locals) is separated only by some narrow dunes from the Atlantic Ocean and, as expected its salt content is very high.
Image credit The Moeraki Boulders are huge spherical stones that are scattered over the sandy beaches, but they are not like ordinary round boulders that have been shaped by rivers and pounding seas.
Image credit Marathon des Sables, or MdS, (French for Marathon of the Sands, also known as Sahara Marathon) is a six-day, 251 km (156 mi)ultramarathon, which is approximately the distance of six regular marathons. The longest single stage (2009) is 91 km (57 mi) long.
Image credit Just a few hours from the bursting metropolis of Cairo lies a desert that will make you feel like you’ve landed on the surface of the moon.
Image credit The Arecibo Observatory is a radio telescope located nearby the city of Arecibo in Puerto Rico. The observatory's radio telescope is 305 m (1,001 ft) in diameter and is the largest single-aperture telescope ever constructed.
Image credit The Oarfish is a largely elongated, pelagic lampriform fish belonging to the family Regalecidae, which has been known to reach up to a massive 110 feet (36 meters) long. It is considered a deep-sea fish.
Image credit Paarl Rock. This huge granite rock is formed by three rounded outcrops that make up Paarl Mountain, Western Cape, South Africa. It is the second largest granite outcrop in the world with Yosemite, USA being the largest). Granite is an igneous rock, that is, it formed (and still forms) below the surface of the earth by crystallisation of a molten rock known as magma.
Image credit Cricket bats are manufactured mainly from English willow, a timber that grows in areas throughout Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk in the United Kingdom. All trees are individually planted by hand and is tended by the grower, to ensure that each tree will be suitable for bat making. To protect the industry, countryside and the species, two new willow trees are planted for each tree that is felled.