Tag Archives: nature “It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air, that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.” – Robert Louis Stevenson That Robert Louis Stevenson quote is on a signboard along one […]  We are very lucky here on the Far South Coast of New South Wales in Australia’s east. It is called the Sapphire Coast for the intense blue of the waters and sky against the iron-oxide red of the coastal cliffs and gold of the sandy beaches. Sitting on the windward side Great Dividing Range, the […]  Everyone I know who had ever visited Wadi Rum in the south of Jordan has come away awestruck. As did I. It is the most extraordinary landscape: steep sandstone cliffs rising tall and textured out of a flat sandy valley with colours changing every moment from warm yellows and rusty browns through to the more […]  Norwegian tourism sites are quick to tell you that a trip on the Flåmsbana – the Flåm Railway – is one of the most beautiful train journeys in the world, and it certainly is impressive! I love train travel, and European trains are an absolute treat. The Flåm Railway line takes less than an hour […]  Mono County in California’s Eastern Sierra region is an outdoor paradise: crystal clear glacial lakes and rivers that attract fly fishing enthusiasts; jagged, steep mountain peaks that are magnets for rock climbers and mountaineers; high alpine meadows, dotted with unique wildflowers which photographers flock to enjoy; salt lakes and their colonies of birds that draw […] |
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