Saxon Switzerland
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Saxon Switzerland

Saxon Switzerland is a hilly climbing area and national park in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. It is located around the Elbe valley south-east of Dresden in Saxony, Germany, adjoining Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic. Together with the Czech part, the region is known as Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland.

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Preikestolen
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Preikestolen

Stavanger is a city and municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway and the administrative center of Rogaland county.

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Cornwall
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Cornwall

Cornwall is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations and is the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, Devon to the east, and the English Channel to the south. The largest settlement is Falmouth, and the county town is the city of Truro. The county is rural, with an area of 1,375 square miles and population of 568,210.

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Northern Vietnam
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Northern Vietnam

I spent 3 weeks in Vietnam in April 2017 traveling from the north (city of Hanoi) to the very south of the country (Ho Chi Minh City), visting many extraordinary places.

In a first episode I will write about the capital city of Hanoi and some other Northern Vietnam destinations as it did strike me in many ways and I absolutely loved pretty much everything about this place…

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Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka

I travelled to Sri Lanka in April (about Easter time) and this is considered slightly after the peak season there, everything is much cheaper and there is a good selection of choices for finding accommodation.

Less tourists as well if you need a quiet holiday. Weather wise – not too much difference than in peak season 😉

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Indian Himalayas #3
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Indian Himalayas #3

Badrinath is a town and nagar panchayat in Chamoli district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is a Hindu holy place, and is one of the four sites in India's Char Dham pilgrimage and gets its name from the Badrinath Temple.

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Indian Himalayas #2
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Indian Himalayas #2

The Himalayan mountain system developed in a series of stages 30 to 50 million years ago. The Himalayan range was created from powerful earth movements that occurred as the Indian plate pressed against the Eurasian continental plate.

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