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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 8 2009, 01:09 PM (230 Views) | |
| StrmySummer | Feb 8 2009, 01:09 PM Post #1 |
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Visit central Turkey, and you will believe in fairies—or at least their dwellings. Cappadocia is a land of natural spires, called fairy chimneys by the Turks, formed by flimsy volcanic ash protected by capstones of basalt. Despite the name, the dwellings carved into the cliff- and spire-sides were built first by ancient peoples with Flintstone-like aesthetics, and later early Christians and then Byzantines, who constructed monasteries and churches complete with frescoes that can still be viewed today.![]() In Namibia, there is a desert where the sands sing and ships go to die. Called “The Land God Made in Anger” by the Namibian natives, the Skeleton Coast is one of the most arid places on Earth, seeing less than half an inch of rain a year. The region is named for the whalebones that littered the shore in the whaling era, but still applies to the thousand-plus shipwrecks that litter the shore, foundered in fog and heavy surf. Still, its looming ochre dunes are among the most picturesque in the world, trod only by oryx, desert elephants and a few hardy travelers. ![]() With 4,000 square miles and 10 billion tons of salt, the Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat. Hills in the distance appear to float, the horizon acting as a giant mirror. Tourists roam its crystalline expanse in jeeps, taking pictures of themselves getting squished by a friend’s giant foot or popping out of a Coca-Cola bottle, using the featureless flats like a blue screen set. The best time to visit is between March and May when the flats are free of water but are not yet freezing. Tours are one or three days long; try to find a group of people you like, since you’ll be six people in the back of a jeep. Book tours in La Paz or Uyuni itself; they’re all the same.
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| Welsh Shaun | Feb 8 2009, 08:32 PM Post #2 |
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Any idea how tall those spires are? |
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| StrmySummer | Feb 10 2009, 03:29 PM Post #3 |
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no clue, and i tried to read the rest of that part of the posting and couldn't see anything that said it, i wonder if you did a search like on maybe google to see if it would say
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| Delovely | Feb 13 2009, 04:52 AM Post #4 |
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Those are amazing. Here's an article I found on Cappadocia, one of the wonderlands I want to visit someday:
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Some things must be handled smoothly, quietly. "When you are deluded and full of doubt, even a thousand books of wisdom are not enough. When you have realized understanding, even one word is too much." ~*~ | |
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| StrmySummer | Feb 13 2009, 10:37 AM Post #5 |
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that's really cool Del......i hadn't heard of it before i saw the pics i'd posted
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| Mystical | Feb 16 2009, 08:31 AM Post #6 |
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Those are beautiful photo's |
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| StrmySummer | Feb 16 2009, 09:54 AM Post #7 |
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i thought they were pretty amazing |
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