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You have seen often on TV thousands of pilgrims around the Kaaba, the small cubical building located in the center of The Sacred Mosque of Mecca. A pilgrimage to it is required of all Muslims at least once in their lifetime, but are you interested in visiting the place? Sorry, but if you are not […]

From Oberstdorf to Tirano, over 300 kilometres of trails through up to 2.500 high mountains of Germany, Austria and Italy. A really hard route where you often have to carry your bike. Only the strongest arrive. Thanks eSHa.

Merzouga is the most known location close to Erg Chebbi, a dune field located in South West Morocoo. Erg is the perfect kind of desert, a lots of sand making never-ending waves. In Erg Chebbi, dunes are specially tall, the highest one is 884 m.
Because there are no roads, just tracks (pistes), the only […]

I’m sure you have seen photos from Eiffel Tower hundreds of times, but did you see the tower from any perspective? The wonderful people at Panoramio have taken photos from everywhere there, from the ground, from the top, from the platforms, from the Champ de Mars, from the river Seine…

I like this photo of a […]

The island of Spitzbergen is the largest island of Svalbard archipelago (names are often exchanged). It is located at latitude=78º and longitude=17º, very, very North. As you can imagine the nature there is wonderful as you can see in this mini-panoramio:

There are many interesting facts about Svalbard. Despite Norwegian sovereignty not all Norwegian law […]