Oreo Icebox Cake
17 MayOreo íce cream cake...adapted from guiltfreedessert. Easy and absolutely delicious! Yum!!!!
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The Amazing Floating Forest of Sydney
15 May
Everything in life is cyclical, and sometimes it happens that the death of one is the birth of something new.
There are a lot of shipwrecks in Sydney’s Homebush Bay, near the Olympic village, but none quite like the SS Ayrfield, also known as “The Floating Forest” for the lush mangrove vegetation that now covers its rusty hull.
So it was with the British steamship SS Ayrfield, which for many years was abandoned off the coast of the Olympic Village in Sydney, and its rusty body during this time has become a true mangroves. The ship was built in Britain in 1911 and was used by the Australian government for the U.S. troops stationed in the Pacific during World War II. It was sold in 1950 and was used to transport coal from Newcastle to Sydney, while in 1972 it was decided not to send it to Sydney Homebush Bay, where it remains to this day.
The Island You Will Never Visit-Ilha de Queimada Grande
14 MayIlha de Queimada Grande is an uninhabited 430,000-square-metre (110-acre) mysterious island off the shore of Brazil, almost 93 miles away from São Paulo downtown.
It’s probably a place where you would love to spend an exotic vacation. But… If you were to set foot on the island, you would always be no more than 3 feet away from your death. Continue reading
Crescent Lake-Natural Wonder in the Gobi Desert, China
12 MayJust as oil and water don’t mix, so do springs and deserts. But Crescent Spring is an exception. About 6 kilometers (3.73 miles) south of Dunhuang city, and surrounded by the Echoing-Sand Mountain, Crescent Spring can be called a natural wonder in the Gobi Desert.
Some say it reminds them of the eye of a beautiful woman, lucid, beautiful and amorous. Some say it looks like the mysterious, gentle and seductive lips of a pretty woman, or a slice of lush, sweet and crystal cantaloupe. Actually, it resembles a crescent fallen down into this desert. Having been lying among these sand dunes for thousands of years, although given many surprise attacks by sandstorms, Crescent Spring still gurgles clear, and still remains worthy as the first spring in the desert. Continue reading
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The Amazing Floating Forest of Sydney
Everything in life is cyclical, and sometimes it happens that the death of one is the birth of something new. There are a lot of shipwrecks in Sydney’s Homebush Bay, near the Olympic village, but none quite like the SS Ayrfield, also known as “The Floating Forest” for the lush mangrove vegetation that now covers […]
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Colmar, the most beautiful city in Europe?
Colmar is beautiful litlle town with a population of 65.000 in north eastern France. It’s the home town of the painter and engraver Martin Schongauer and the sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi, who designed the Statue of Liberty. This city is known for its museums and many architecturally beautiful monuments. Some say Colmar is the most beautiful […]
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10 Beautiful Real Life’s Fairytale Islands
The approximate definition of a real life fairytale island would be that it is small island often covered with lush vegetation and dominate the center of a lake or a sea, near the shore, while among the trees emerges a magnificent ancient building like other castle awaits the coming of the prince and princess of […]
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Pozar Thermal Baths- A revitalisation of the senses in the birthplace of Alexander the Great
The Pozar, an earthly paradise just 10 km from Aridaia and 100 km from Thessaloniki, is one of the most therapeutic spas in Greece, with many amenities and lovely scenery.
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White desert on the……… planet Earth!
The famous White Sands National Monument in New Mexico “highlights” with the first glimpse of the diversity! 275 square miles of fine white sand, impressive undulating dunes, desert plants and rare species make up an alien landscape on planet Earth.
