Marvelous places around the earth.

1. Drafted by: Dimos Derventlis
Photos collected from various sources and
are not mine.

2. Bagan(Burmese: ပုဂံ) formerly Pagan) is an ancient city
located in the Mandalay Region of Burma (Myanmar). From the
9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Kingdom of
Pagan, the first kingdom to unify the regions that would later
constitute modern Myanmar. During the kingdom's height
between the 11th and 13th centuries, over 10,000 Buddhist
temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan
plains alone, of which the remains of over 2200 temples and
pagodas still survive to the present day.

3. The Danxia landform
(Chinese: 丹霞地貌; pinyin:
dānxiá dìmào) refers to
various landscapes found in
southeast, southwest and
northwest China that
"consist of a red bed
characterized by steep
cliffs".[1] It is a unique type of
petrographic geomorphology
found in China. Danxia
landform is formed from red-
coloured sandstones and
conglomerates of largely
Cretaceous age. The
landforms look very much
like karst topography that
forms in areas underlain by
limestones, but since the
rocks that form danxia are
sandstones and
conglomerates, they have
been called "pseudo-karst"
landforms

4. The Li River (Chinese: 漓江;
pinyin: Lí Jiāng) or Lijiang is a river in
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous
Region, China. It ranges 83
kilometers from Guilin to Yangshuo,
where the Karst mountain and river
sights highlight the famous Li River
cruise.

5. The Metéora (Greek: Μετέωρα, pronounced [mɛˈtɛoɾɐ], lit. "middle of
the sky", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above" —
etymologically related to "Meteorite") is one of the largest and most
important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second
only to Mount Athos.[1] The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone
rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the
Pineios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece. The nearest town is
Kalambaka. The Metéora is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List
under criteria[2] I, II, IV, V and VII.[3]

6. Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de
Tunupa) is the world's largest salt
flat at 10,582 square kilometers
(4,086 sq mi). It is located in the
Potosí and Oruro departments in
southwest Bolivia, near the crest
of the Andes and is at an elevation
of 3,656 meters (11,995 ft) above
mean sea level.[1]
The Salar was formed as a result of
transformations between several
prehistoric lakes. It is covered by a
few meters of salt crust, which has
an extraordinary flatness with the
average altitude variations within
one meter over the entire area of
the Salar. The crust serves as a
source of salt and covers a pool of
brine, which is exceptionally rich in
lithium. It contains 50 to 70% of
the world's lithium reserves,[2]
which is in the process of being
extracted. The large area, clear
skies, and the exceptional flatness
of the surface make the Salar an
ideal object for calibrating the
altimeters of Earth observation
satellites.[3][4][5][6][7]

7. The Tianzi
Mountains located,
in China, are made of
thousands of art like
peaks. The highest
peak of the mountains
is 1262.5 meters above
sea level. Around it you
can find rolling ridges
and peaks and high
picturesque rocks. On
the top of the
mountains, one can
have a bird‘s eye view
of numberless inter
winding hills and deep
valleys of the
Wulingyuan area as
well as downpouring
waterfalls and lofty old
pines in drifting mists
and clouds.

8. Santorini(Greek: Σαντορίνη, pronounced [sadoˈrini]), classically Thera
(English pronunciation /ˈθɪrə/), and officially Thira (Greek: Θήρα [ˈθira]); is an
island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast of
Greece's mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago which
bears the same name and is the remnant of a volcanic caldera. It forms the
southernmost member of the Cyclades group of islands, with an area of
approximately 73 km2 (28 sq mi) and a 2011 census population of 15,550. The
municipality of Santorini comprises the inhabited islands of Santorini and
Therasia and the uninhabited islands of Nea Kameni, Palaia Kameni, Aspronisi,
and Christiana. The total land area is 90.623 km2 (34.990 sq mi).

9. Angkor Wat (Khmer: អង្គរវត្ត) was
first a Hindu, then subsequently a
Buddhist, temple complex in Cambodia
and the largest religious monument in
the world. The temple was built by the
Khmer King Suryavarman II in the early
12th century in Yasodharapura (Khmer:
យសោធរបុរៈ, present-day Angkor), the
capital of the Khmer Empire, as his state
temple and eventual mausoleum.
Breaking from the Shaivism tradition of
previous kings, Angkor Wat was instead
dedicated to Vishnu. As the best-
preserved temple at the site, it is the
only one to have remained a significant
religious center since its foundation. The
temple is at the top of the high classical
style of Khmer architecture which got
major influence from Kalinga
architectural style.[1] It has become a
symbol of Cambodia,[2] appearing on its
national flag, and it is the country's
prime attraction for visitors.

10. Yosemite Valley is a census-
designated place (CDP) in Mariposa
County, California, United States. It
consists of Yosemite Village and the other
areas of the Yosemite Valley in Yosemite
National Park. The population was 1,035
at the 2010 census, up from 265 at the
2000 census.

11. Hitachi Seaside Park (国
営ひたち海浜公園 Kokuei Hitachi
Kaihinkōen?) is a public park in
Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan.

12. Arashiyama (嵐山 Storm Mountain?) is a district on the
western outskirts of Kyoto, Japan. It also refers to the mountain
across the Ōi River, which forms a backdrop to the district.
Arashiyama is a nationally-designated Historic Site and Place of
Scenic Beauty.[1]

13. Petra (Arabic: ‫,البتراء‬ Al-Batrāʾ; Ancient
Greek: Πέτρα) is a historical and
archaeological city in the southern
Jordanian governorate of Ma'an that is
famous for its rock-cut architecture and
water conduit system. Another name for
Petra is the Rose City due to the color of
the stone out of which it is carved.

14. Machu Picchu (in hispanicized spelling, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmatʃu ˈpiktʃu]) or Machu
Pikchu (Quechua machu old, old person, pikchu peak; mountain or prominence with a broad
base which ends in sharp peaks,[1] "old peak", pronunciation [ˈmɑtʃu ˈpixtʃu]) is a 15th-century
Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above sea level.[2][3] It is located in the Cusco Region,
Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District in Peru.[4] It is situated on a mountain ridge above the
Sacred Valley which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cusco and through which the
Urubamba River flows. Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for
the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often mistakenly referred to as the "Lost City of the
Incas", it is perhaps the most familiar icon of Inca civilization

15. The Algarve (Portuguese pronunciation: [aɫˈɡaɾv(ɨ)], from Arabic: ‫,الغرب‬ trans. Al-Gharb, meaning
"The West") is the southernmost region of mainland Portugal. It has an area of 5,412 square
kilometres (2,090 sq mi) with approximately 451,005[2] permanent inhabitants, and incorporates
16 municipalities.[3] The region coincides with the Faro District, and has as its administrative
centre the city of Faro, where both the region's international airport (FAO) and public university
(the University of the Algarve) are located. Tourism and related activities are extensive and make
up the bulk of the Algarve's summer economy. Production of food, which includes fish and other
seafood, fruit, oranges, carob beans, figs and almonds, is also economically important in the
region. The Algarve is the most popular tourist destination in Portugal, and one of the most
popular in Europe. Its population triples in the peak holiday season thanks to a high influx of
visitors, and receives an average of 7 million foreign tourists each year. In total, including national
visitors, almost 10 million people visit the Algarve annually.

17. Pamukkale,
meaning "cotton
castle" in Turkish,
is a natural site in
Denizli Province in
southwestern
Turkey. The city
contains hot
springs and
travertines,
terraces of
carbonate
minerals left by
the flowing water.
It is located in
Turkey's Inner
Aegean region, in
the River
Menderes valley,
which has a
temperate climate
for most of the
year.

18. Rice Terrace Fields in Mu Cang Chai, Vietnam
Lào Cai is a province of the mountainous Northwest region of Vietnam
bordering the province of Yunnan in China.
[1]
The province covers an area of
6383.9 square kilometres and as of 2008 it had a population of 602,300 people.
[2]

20. The Naica Mine of the Mexican state of Chihuahua is a working
mine that is best known for its extraordinary selenite crystals.[1]
Located in Naica in the municipality of Saucillo, the Naica Mine is a
lead, zinc and silver mine operated by Industrias Peñoles, Mexico's
largest lead producer.[2] Caverns discovered during mining
operations contain crystals of selenite (gypsum) as large as 4 feet
(1.2 m) in diameter and 50 feet (15 m) long.

21. Sơn Đoòng cave (hang Sơn
Đoòng, "Mountain River cave" in
Vietnamese)[1] is a solutional cave in
Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, Bố
Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province,
Vietnam. As of 2009 it is the biggest
known cave in the world,[2][3] and is
located near the Laos–Vietnam border.
Inside is a large, fast-flowing
underground river. It is formed in
Carboniferous / Permian limestone

22. Venice(English /ˈvɛnɪs/;Italian:Venezia[veˈnɛttsia]alternativeobsolete
form:Vinegia;Venetian:Venexia[veˈnɛsja];Latin:Venetia;Slovene:Benetke)
isacityinnortheasternItalysitedonagroupof118smallislandsseparatedby
canalsandlinkedbybridges.
[2]
ItislocatedinthemarshyVenetianLagoon
whichstretchesalongtheshoreline,betweenthemouthsofthePoandthePiave
Rivers.Veniceisrenownedforthebeautyofitssetting,itsarchitectureandits
artworks.
[2]
ThecityinitsentiretyislistedasaWorldHeritageSite,along
withitslagoon.
[2]

23. Plitvice Lakes National Park
(Croatian: Nacionalni park Plitvička jezera,
colloquial Plitvice, pronounced [plîtʋitse]) is
the oldest national park in Southeast Europe
and the largest national park in Croatia.[2]

24. The Lençóis
Maranhenses
National Park (Parque
Nacional dos Lençóis
Maranhenses) is located
in Maranhão state, in
northeastern Brazil, just
east of the Baía de São
José, between 02º19’—
02º45’ S and 42º44’—
43º29’ W. It is an area of
low, flat, occasionally
flooded land, overlaid
with large, discrete sand
dunes. It encompasses
roughly 1500 square
kilometers, and despite
abundant rain, supports
almost no vegetation.
The park was created on
June 2, 1981.

25. Navagio Beach (Greek: Ναυάγιο), or Shipwreck Beach, is an
exposed cove, sometimes referred to as 'Smugglers Cove', on the
coast of Zakynthos, in the Ionian Islands of Greece. It has been so
named since 1983, when the alleged smuggler ship Panagiotis
was wrecked on the beach while transporting cigarettes.[1]

26. Provence (French pronunciation: [pʁɔ.vɑ̃s];
Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço
in Mistralian norm, pronounced [pʀuˈvɛⁿsɔ]) is a
geographical region and historical province of
southeastern France, which extends from the left
bank of the lower Rhône River on the west to the
Italian border on the east, and is bordered by the
Mediterranean Sea on the south.[1] It largely
corresponds with the modern administrative
région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and includes
the départements of Var, Bouches-du-Rhône,
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and parts of Alpes-
Maritimes and Vaucluse.[2]

27. Victoria Falls, or Mosi-oa-Tunya
(Tokaleya Tonga: the Smoke that
Thunders), is a waterfall in southern
Africa on the Zambezi River at the
border of Zambia and Zimbabwe.

28. Bora Bora is an island in the Leeward group
of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an
overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific
Ocean. The island, located about 230
kilometres (143 miles) northwest of Papeete, is
surrounded by a lagoon and a barrier reef. In
the centre of the island are the remnants of an
extinct volcano rising to two peaks, Mount
Pahia and Mount Otemanu, the highest point
at 727 metres (2,385 feet).

29. Moraine Lake is a glacially-fed lake in Banff National Park, 14
kilometres (8.7 mi) outside the Village of Lake Louise, Alberta,
Canada. It is situated in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, at an
elevation of approximately 6,183 feet (1,885 m). The lake has a
surface area of .5 square kilometres (0.19 sq mi).

30. Keukenhof ("Kitchen garden", Dutch
pronunciation: [ˈkøːkə(n)ˌɦɔf]), also known as the
Garden of Europe, is the world's second largest
flower garden . It is situated in Lisse, the
Netherlands. According to the official website for the
Keukenhof Park, approximately 7 million flower bulbs
are planted annually in the park, which covers an
area of 32 hectares (79 acres).[2]

31. The Geirangerfjorden is a fjord in the Sunnmøre
region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located
entirely in the Stranda Municipality. It is a 15-kilometre
(9.3 mi) long branch off of the Sunnylvsfjorden, which is a
branch off of the Storfjorden (Great Fjord). The small village
of Geiranger is located at the end of the fjord where the
Geirangelva river empties into it.

32. Mount Roraima (Spanish: Monte
Roraima [ˈmonte roˈɾaima], also known as
Tepuy Roraima and Cerro Roraima;
Portuguese: Monte Roraima [ˈmõtʃi
ʁoˈɾɐ̃jmɐ]) is the highest of the Pakaraima
chain of tepui plateau in South
America.[4]:156 First described by the English
explorer Sir Walter Raleigh in 1596, its 31
km2 summit area[4]:156 consists on all sides
of cliffs rising 400 metres (1,300 ft). The
mountain also serves as the triple border
point of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana

33. Vatnajokull Glacier Cave, Iceland
A glacier cave is a cave formed within the ice of a glacier. Glacier
caves are often called ice caves, but this latter term is properly
used to describe bedrock caves that contain year-round ice.

34. Batu Caves (Tamil: பத்து மலை) is a limestone hill that has a series
of caves and cave temples in the Gombak district, 13 kilometres
(8 mi) north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It takes its name from the
Sungai Batu or Batu River, which flows past the hill. Batu Caves is
also the name of the nearby village.
The cave is one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India,
dedicated to Lord Murugan. It is the focal point of Hindu festival
of Thaipusam in Malaysia

35. Gásadalur is located on the edge
of Mykinesfjørður, surrounded by
the highest mountains on Vágar.
Árnafjall towers to a height of 722
metres to the north, and
Eysturtindur to the east is 715
metres high. Here too, the view
south to Tindhólmur and
Gáshólmur is quite magnificent.
Faroe Islands

36. Antelope
Canyon is the
most-visited and
most-
photographed slot
canyon in the
American
Southwest.[1] It is
located on Navajo
land near Page,
Arizona. Antelope
Canyon includes
two separate,
photogenic slot
canyon sections,
referred to
individually as
Upper Antelope
Canyon or The
Crack; and Lower
Antelope Canyon or
The Corkscrew.[2]

37. Iguazu Falls, Iguazú Falls, Iguassu Falls or
Iguaçu Falls (Portuguese: Cataratas do Iguaçu
[kataˈɾatɐʒ du iɡwaˈsu]; Spanish: Cataratas del
Iguazú [kataˈɾatas ðel iɣwaˈsu]; Guarani: Chororo
Yguasu [ɕoɾoɾo ɨɣʷasu]) are waterfalls of the
Iguazu River on the border of the Argentina
province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of
Paraná. The falls divide the river into the upper
and lower Iguazu. The Iguazu River rises near the
city of Curitiba. The river flows through Brazil for
most of its course, although most of the falls are
on the Argentine side. Below its confluence with
the San Antonio River, the Iguazu River forms the
boundary between Argentina and Brazil.

38. The Great Pyramid of Giza (also
known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the
Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and
largest of the three pyramids in the
Giza Necropolis bordering what is now
El Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World,
and the only one to remain largely
intact.

39. McWay Falls is an 80-foot waterfall located in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
that flows year-round. This waterfall is one of only two in the region that
are close enough to the ocean to be referred to as "tidefalls", the other
being Alamere Falls. The source of the waterfall is McWay Creek and is one
of the few waterfalls that empties directly into the ocean. Originally the
waterfall cascaded directly into the ocean but after a 1983 fire and 1985
landslides, the topography of McWay Cove was altered, forming an
inaccessible beach. The waterfall now meets the ocean when the tide is in.

40. Cappadocia (/kæpəˈdoʊʃə/; also
Capadocia; Turkish: Kapadokya, from
Greek: Καππαδοκία Kappadokía, from
Ancient Greek: Καππαδοκία, from Old
Persian: ( Katpatuka) is a historical
region in Central Anatolia, largely in
Nevşehir Province, in Turkey

41. Neuschwanstein Castle
Coordinates: 47°33′27″N 10°45′00″E {{Infobox
building |name = Neuschwanstein Castle
|image = Schloss Neuschwanstein 2013.jpg
|location = Hohenschwangau, Germany
|owner = Bavarian Palace Department
|construction_start_date = 5 September 1869
|completion_date = c. 1892 (unfinished) |style
= Romanesque Revival |architect = Eduard
Riedel |other_designers = [[ |civil_engineer =
Eduard Riedel, Georg von Dollmann, Julius
Hofmann }} Neuschwanstein Castle (German:
Schloss Neuschwanstein, pronounced
[nɔʏˈʃvaːnʃtaɪn], English: "New Swanstone
Castle"[1]) is a nineteenth-century Romanesque
Revival palace on a rugged hill above the
village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in
southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was
commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a
retreat and as a homage to Richard Wagner.
Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal
fortune and by means of extensive borrowing,
rather than Bavarian public funds.