Tag: “Atlantic Highlands”

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  1. Beach

    Atlantic City's four miles of beaches are free to the public. The world's first Boardwalk was built in Atlantic City in 1870.

  2. Ho Chi Minh Highway

    The modern day Ho Chi Minh Trail is more symbolic than exact – it’s not the original trail, but a relatively new highway, which was completed in 2002 to the chagrin of many who believed it to be a foolish endeavor, a colossal waste of money, and a tribute to an artifact of war that represents bloodshed, death, and to some, defeat.

    Despite the images of war, a journey along this road, as it winds along the Truong Son Mountains, is one of immense beauty, with a diverse population of ethnic minorities and a varied landscape: farm land and bucolic emerald fields; soft, swelling hills; ruddy, rolling rivers; hardwood rainforests, waterfalls, miles of rice paddy, cornfields, black pepper farms, rubber tree forests, and coffee plantations.

    The best way to experience it? Hire an Easy Rider–they’re a group of freelance motorbike guides, based in the Central Highlands and South Central Coast, who take travelers on the back of their bikes to see “real Vietnam”.

  3. Colorful Bermuda

    Don’t let the Bermuda Triangle scare you. Just 2 hours by air from Washington, D.C.

  4. Crashing Waves of the Atlantic

    Atlantic waves crashing beneath the large cliffs of Fort Rodney.

  5. Atlantic City

    While I was living in New York City, my boyfriend and I took a day trip to Atlantic City since neither of us had ever been. Buses run frequently from various points in Manhattan.

  6. Rock of Bathsheba

    The beach at Bathsheba, Eastern Barbados

  7. panmure island

    this is what prince edward island looks like

  8. Rodney Bay, St. Lucia

    This is a view of Rodney Bay taken from Fort Rodney on Pigeon Island National Park. Sandals Grande resort is seen with the red roofs.

  9. Surf's Up...

    Surfing on the Jersey Shore off of Spring Lake can be intense given the right conditions... In this case, the remnants of a hurricane were off shore.

  10. Twin Lights - South Tower

    This is the south tower of Twin Lights Lighthouse, also known as Navesink Lighthouse. Originally used for navigation into New York Harbor in 1828, the lights were rebuilt in1862 due to a deteriorating structure.