Notting Hill Carnival is a feast of carribbean delights transported to trendy London town. With countless culinary treats, thronging crowds and music and dancing all around, it's easy to get caught up in the moment!
At the Notting Hill Carnival, as the floats make their melodic way down the streets interspersed with dancers and musicians, the crowds grow deeper and deeper and most people are vying for room to catch a glimpse of the spectacle. Some people are lucky though, and with a bit of mum's help, can enjoy privilidged front row seats!
The Notting Hill Carnival takes place every year in London during the August Bank Holiday. It is the second Carnival after that of Rio for number of participants.
Catherhine Hill Bay on the Nsw Australian east coast, once was a thriving coal mine town with an impressive coal loading facility. The coal mines have since closed and the coal loading wharf now sits abandoned.
Coit Tower stands atop Telegraph Hill in San Francisco's Pioneer Park, and offers fantastic views of San Francisco including the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park ("Aquatic Park"), Alcatraz, Pier 39, Angel Island, Treasure Island, the Bay Bridge, Russian Hill, the Financial District, Lombard Street, and Nob Hill.
Sapa lies in the north west of Vietnam and is populated by myriad hill tribe minorities. It is a trekking mecca and you can reach it by overnight train from Hanoi followed by a short car ride.
A Greek Orthodox Church at the top of Lykavittos Hill, the highest point in Athens.
Nestled in the northern hills of Vietnam exists one of the best ethnic markets in all of Southeast Asia! On Sundays, the ethnic minorities from the surrounding villages and hills come by foot, by motorscooter, by horse, and by water buffalow for their chance to socialize, eat, drink, smoke, get a haircut, and buy produce and meat for the next week.
La Casa Grande — as dull as the name sounds — is anything but a mundane B&B. In fact, it has a flare for the dramatic.