Category: travel
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Third Annual CraftHop returns over Veteran’s Day Weekend in Temecula Valley – Favourite Hops
Taste a wide variety of brews including hazy IPAs, pale ales, malty stouts, and barrel-aged strong ales. The third annual CraftHop returns, Friday, November 10 through Sunday, November 12. Participating breweries will offer drink specials and a free collectible logo glass at each stop. Visitors are encouraged to sip at their own pace using a self-guided…
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Kierland Commons Fine Art & Wine Festival Returns
Enjoy luscious wine tasting at the Wine Garden which features offerings from 16 of Arizona’s best vintners. The fine art festival, juried by a group of professionals that lauds creativity, quality, and uniqueness, offers an exquisite and delightful sensory experience featuring the work talented visual and musical artists. The Kierland Fine Art & Wine Festival…
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Nanga Parbat, Western Himalayas, Pakistan Region of Kashmir
Towering immediately southeast of the northernmost bend of the Indus River in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Kashmir, Nanga Parbat is the westernmost major peak of the Himalayas, and is nearby the Indus and Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra rivers, it is the western anchor of the entire mountain range. Nanga Parbat is one of the 14 eight-thousanders.
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Elephant Rock -Heimaey – Vestmannaeyjar – Iceland
The Westman Islands also known as Vestmannaeyjar, were formed in a series of volcanic eruptions occurring under sea level. This is quite common in Iceland and its surrounding areas as the island is located right at the schism between two continental plates. Subsequently, there’s a lot of earthquakes and eruptions. Heimaey is the largest and…
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Mount Ararat – Iğdır and Ağrı Provinces, Turkey – Favourite Mounts
Ararat is dormant compound volcano on the Armenian plateau in the extreme east of Turkey. The mountain has been called by the name Ararat (in the West) since the Middle Ages, as it began to be identified with “mountains of Ararat” described in the Bible as the resting place of Noah’s Ark, despite contention that…
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