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Mar20
by iv in Fitness&Gym, Hotels, Photos, Relaxing, Spa, Swimming, Thailand, Walking

The hotel is located on a headland on the northern tip of Samui Island, approximately six kilometers from the airport. It is set amongst 20 acres of indigenous plantings and offers a stunning view of the surrounding sea.
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Mar19
by misha in Adventure, Eating, New Zealand, Oceania, Photos, Restaurants

The Treehouse Restaurant is build in enchanted forest and raised above an open meadow. The tree house story is very ancient, based on childhood dreams, playtime and fairy stories of imagination. The form of the restaurant also has similarities to a sea shell with an open ends spiraling in the centre.
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Mar19
by Asya in Adventure, Biking, Bolivia, Extreme, Photos, South America

This is Yungas Road which is also known as
Bolivia‘s Death Road. The world’s most dangerous road is carved into the sides of the mountains and consists of 70 km of rock. It’s heading from La Paz, the world’s highest capitol (3,660 m), to Coroico (1200m). There are vertical drops of more than 1,500 feet just off the road and it has no guardrails.
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Mar18
by iv in Asia, Fitness&Gym, Hotels, Relaxing, Shopping, Spa, Swimming, Vietnam, Walking

Situated in the heart of Lam Son Square in Ho chi Minh, the Park Hyatt Saigon Hotel, one of the most reputed 5 stars Hotels in Vietnam. The hotel is within walking distance of cultural and historical sites, Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon and Ben Thanh Market.
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Mar18
by misha in Cultural, History, North America, Parks, Photos, Relaxing, United States of America

The Brochstein Pavilion is created as a landmark destination for Rice University’s campus. The garden at the Brochstein Pavilion gives a powerful spatial framework that has transformed an unstructured, underutilized quadrangle into the center of student activity on campus.
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Mar18
by misha in Adventure, Asia, Cambodia, Eating, Fishing, Hiking, Photos, Shopping, Sightseeings, Swimming, Travel Stories

I have written many times about the miraculous country called Cambodia. But this time I will present a really different look of the country. To many tourists Cambodia means only two things: the majestic temples of Angkor Wat and the Killing Fields of Phnom Penh. But the southern coast of the country is ”Another Cambodia” and during the recent years emerged as an alternative to the heavily trafficked beaches of Thailand.
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Mar17
by misha in Austria, Europe, Golf, Hiking, Hotels, Photos, Relaxing, Resorts, Restaurants, Sightseeings, Spa, Swimming

Leichenberg Life Medicine is a wellness retreat that marries hospitality and medicine, bringing together service industry standards, old-school European spa culture, modern diagnostic and therapeutic technologies. The center is something between traditional five-star luxury hotel and high-tech medical treatment.
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Mar17
by misha in Arts, Austria, Cultural, Eating, Europe, Hotels, Museums, Photos, Relaxing, Restaurants, Sightseeings, Swimming, Travel Stories

The Augarten Hotel is perfectly located in the center of the Graz, Austria, just 7-minute walk from the old town. The hotel is a landmark and also an art center for organization and exchange of ideas. An elegant eclecticism bonds art and design. Art works from 70 different artists are shown all over Augarten Hotel and furniture by Cappellini and Ligne Roset.
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Mar17
by misha in Arts, Cultural, North America, Photos, United States of America, Urban Tourism

Over the last years in New York, the Robin Hood Foundation and city’s schools administration have constructed art libraries in 62 schools. Some of the libraries and those recently created at three schools in the Bronx have also appear with the addition of art works by well-known artists. In the picture, left, an art work at P.S. 47 by the illustrator Maira Kalman.
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Mar17
by misha in Brazil, Cultural, Hotels, Museums, Parks, Photos, South America, Travel Stories

This beautiful eco-park was once a contaminated brownfield in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The park was designed by Levisky Arquitetos Associados and spill across 130,000-square-foot site, which was previously the home to a garbage incinerator. The team clean-up the area and tried to minimize soil excavation by building a deck, that floats three feet above the ground.
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