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  Four Earth Alien-Landscapes
  Four"Earth - Alien" places - the most beautiful non- traditional natual wonders.
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “world heritage”

 

• No smoking in Mulu by 2017

  
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  MIRI : Mulu has been designated ‘Smoke-Free Mulu Heritage’ (MuHBAR) by the Miri Divisional Health Department here to transform it into a smoke-free zone by 2017. A `smoke-free zone’ is a gazetted area where smoking is prohibited. Mulu was chosen as it is a Unesco World Heritage site famous for ...
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• Visit almost all the UNESCO World Heritage sites…in one day

  
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  Currently there are 962 UNESCO designated sites – 745 of them are cultural heritage sites, 188 natural heritage sites, and the remainder a mixture of the two. And with the UNESCO World Heritage committee meeting this week in Cambodia to consider 31 new heritage site listings, the total number of World Heritage sites ...
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• The Kimchi-ite: Hahoe, A Korean Village That Time Barely Touched

  
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  Filed under: Asia , South Korea Jonathan Kramer, Gadling Less than an hour bus ride outside of the nondescript city of Andong in central South Korea , a little village doesnt just hold onto the past, it embodies it. Hahoe Folk Village (pronounced Hahwe ) has been inhabited for well over 600 years, with many ...
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• TRAVEL IN BRIEF 14/6

  
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  Travel agency launches new river tours Saigontourist Travel Co has rolled out seven new river tours on the Sai Gon and Dong Nai. They will depart daily from Bach Dang Pier, and tourists can choose from seven destinations – Dong Tay Highway, Binh Quoi, Cu Chi Tunnels, Can Gio, Vam Sat Tourism Centre, orchards in ...
  4 days ago

• UNESCO Culture and Development Week to be held in VN

  
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  The Hanoitimes – As part of the Quang Nam Heritage Festival 2013, the second UNESCO Culture and Development Week will take place in the central province of QuangNam from June 19-26 with a focus o­n discussing the multifaceted relationship between culture and development and measures needed to maintain sustainable ...
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• The Canals of Amsterdam: 8 Reasons to Celebrate their 400th Birthday

  
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  The canals of Amsterdam are celebrating a birthday in 2013 and it’s rather a big one. One that you and I will likely not reach – 400 years! I’m just aiming for an even happy and healthy 100 years! But the canals are aging rather well and 400 years later remain an exemplary example of city planning done right. ...
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• Top 3 Best Places to Stay in Sicily: Where to Book Your Accommodation

  
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  Top 3 Best Places to Stay in Sicily: Where to Book Your Accommodation By Giorgia Di Mattei The good weather, the stunning seascapes and the warm people make Sicily the perfect destination for pleasant and relaxing holidays. All around the island, there are a lot of heavenly spots, but with this little guide youll be ...
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• World Heritage Site: Canaima National Park

  
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  Comparable to the size of Maryland, Canaima National Park is located on the border shared by Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana. Unique plateaus called tepuis and the world’s tallest waterfall (Angel Falls) reside in this Venezuelan World Heritage Site, home of 6,000 Pemon indigenous people. Do you want more pictures ...
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• The Ningaloo Coast, Western Australia

  
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  The Ningaloo Coast is located on Western Australia ‘s remote coast along the East Indian Ocean. The interconnected ocean and arid coast form aesthetically striking landscapes and seascapes. The coastal waters host a major near shore reef system and a directly adjacent limestone karst system and associated ...
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• UNESCO Reports Damage To Timbuktu Worse Than Previously Reported

  
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  Filed under: Arts and Culture , History , Learning , Africa , Mali , News Emilio Labrador A team from UNESCO has visited Timbuktu in Mali to make its first on-the-ground assessment of the damage caused by last years occupation by the Islamist group Ansar Dine (Defenders of Faith). The group took over ...
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• Your Patagonian Base Camp: Where to Stay in Patagoina

  
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  Patagonia is a place that evokes images of remote mountains, endless plains, and a few weather-worn locals who’ve adapted to this harsh region hidden away in at the bottom of the world.  Though now linked to the rest of the world by flights to Santiago and Buenos Aires, this 260,000 square mile region across ...
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• The Radar: Travel Lately

  
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  The Radar – the best of the travel blogosphere – is a regular feature on Intelligent Travel every Wednesday. You can play, too . Follow us on Twitter  @NatGeoTraveler  and tag your favorite travel stories  #NGTRadar  to help us find the  crème de la crème  on the Web. Here’s this week’s: ...
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• Christ’s Head on a Wall, Atotonilco, Mexico

  
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  As we were walking out of the village of Atotonilco, near San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, we saw this head of Christ. It seemed to have been carved from a tree root and stuck upon a wall which separated an orchard from the road into the village. The church in the village, The Sanctuary of [...] The post Christ’s ...
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• ORANGE FESTIVITIES-CANONETA VARIETY-SOLLER-JUMEIRAH PORT SOLLER & SPA-A PARADISE ON EARTH

  
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  ORANGE FESTIVITIES-CANONETA VARIETY-SOLLER-JUMEIRAH PORT SOLLER & SPA-A PARADISE ON EARTH Soller is one of those nooks on Mallorca where the sea and mountains merge , forming a fertile valley,flooded with orange tree groves, and of course this is why the orange groves play an important role in Soller. ...
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• Visitors get cheaper holidays

  
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  A tour guide briefs German tourists at My Son World Heritage Site in the central province of Quang Nam. The number of tours booked this summer soared up to 25 per cent compared with the same period last year. — VNA/VNS Photo Vu Cong Dien HA NOI (VNS)— A tourism stimulus programme implemented by the Ministry of ...
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• World Heritage Site: COLISEUM IN EL-JEM, TUNISIA, AFRICA

  
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  © Photographer: Natalya Sidorova | Agency: Dreamstime.comColiseum in El-Jem, Tunisia, Africa -...
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• How useful is it to be a UNESCO world heritage site?

  
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  Palace of Westminster: Will this view be obstructed? Yesterday in The Observer Jamie Doward wrote an interesting story about preserving UNESCO World Heritage status in the face of development. In particular, one of the UNESCO advisory committees is asking them to place an area around our parliament in ...
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• Parthenon Frieze, British Museum

  
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  There is probably room for debate about whether or not the British should have taken (or should return) all the sculpture from the Parthenon in Athens which they removed in the early 19th Century. Of course, one should note that the Greeks had used the Parthenon for a powder magazine in a war with the [...] The post ...
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• Photo Of The Day: Koyasan, Japans Temple Town

  
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  Filed under: Photos , Asia , Japan , Photo of the Day hktang, Flickr Between the gentle peaks of the Kii moutain range, just south of Osaka , sit over 100 Buddhist temples in a beautifully dense forest. This seemingly hidden town of Koyasan, has possibly the densest concentration of temples anywhere in ...
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• Macau gears up for Diamond Jubilee Grand Prix

  
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  The unique travel destination of Macau is gearing up to host the Diamond Jubilee Macau Grand Prix and race full throttle through a dazzling programme of racing over the course of six exhilarating days in November. Combining young talent, established stars and some of the world’s most famous names in automotive ...
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