Tag: “Highlands”
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SeaStreak
From West 35th Street and Pier 11 Wall Street in Manhattan, the Sea Streak will get you to Atlantic Highlands and Highlands, New Jersey in no time at all. The accomodations are like a wide body jet on the sea with video for the Wall Street crowd.
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SeaStreak at Dock
At the end of the dock is seen the SeaStreak Passanger Ferry that connects the Jersey Shore with Manhattan. Not a bad way to travel!
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Riding the Ho Chi Minh Trail …and off the beaten tourist track
Riding the Ho Chi Minh Highway on 2 wheels is an excellent way to get off the tourist trail... and the bus.
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SeaStreak Ferry
From West 35th Street and Pier 11 Wall Street in Manhattan, the Sea Streak will get you to Atlantic Highlands and Highlands, New Jersey in no time at all. The accomodations are like a wide body jet on the sea with video for the Wall Street crowd.
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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”. -
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.
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Twin Lights
Both of the lights at Twin Lights can be seen in this image with the south light in the foreground. Today and commemorative Fresnel light still shines at night in the north tower.
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Walk Into the Light
This is the final set of stairs that goes to the walkway around the light of the north light of Twin Lights.
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South Tower Over Sea Bright
The borough of Sea Bright can be seen below the south tower. It is the strip of land in between the Atlantic Ocean and the bay...
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Behind the North Tower
This is the back of the Navesink Lightstation (Twin Lights) with the north tower to the left. Up the ramp is the main entrance to the museum and to the lighthouse stairs.
