America California Racetrack Playa

This moment, I'm goin to do a review about a trip to Racetrack Playa for ya.It is located in the northern part of the Panamint Mountains in Death Valley.A great choise for a vacation
destination if you feel bored with just usual spots.It's gorgeous, full of mysteries, ghosts towns and abandoned mines.Why? Well, this place famous for it's moving stones legend. Wow...Yea..it's true..'the Sailing Stones', rocks that mysteriously move across its surface.The sailing stones are a geological phenomenon found in the Racetrack. The stones slowly move across the surface of the playa, leaving a track as they go, without human or animal intervention. They have never been seen or filmed in motion.
Racetrack stones only move once every two or three years and most tracks last for just three or four years. Stones with rough bottoms leave straight striated tracks while those with smooth bottoms wander.
Stones sometimes turn over, exposing another edge to the ground and leaving a different-sized track in the stone's wake.
In fact, no one has ever seen a rock move.>.<"

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Idaho Craters of the Moon National Monumento

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is a national monument and national preserve located in the Snake River Plain in central Idaho, U.S.A.
If you take a deep look, you'll find out that this place really looks a like the moon in the sky, just like its name. But don't get it wrong cause actually this place is shaped by volcano erupted. The rafted crater wall fragments seen on the flow were once part of this cinder cone but were torn away when the volcano's lava-filled crater was breached.

The Monument and Preserve encompass three major lava fields and about 400 square miles of sagebrush steppe grasslands to cover a total area of 1,117 square miles . All three lava fields lie along the Great Rift of Idaho, with some of the best examples of open rift cracks in the world. There are excellent examples of almost every variety of basaltic lava as well as tree molds (cavities left by lava-incinerated trees), lava tubes (a type of cave), and many other volcanic features

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America Mount Baker

If you have no idea about Mount Baker, here is some clue that
I can share for your travel guideline. Mount Baker or Koma Kulshan is an active glaciated andesitic strato volcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the North Cascades of Washington State in the United States. After Mount Rainier, Baker is the most heavily glaciated of the Cascade volcanoes; the volume of snow and ice on Mount Baker is greater than that of all the other Cascades volcanoes combined. It is also one of the snowiest places in the world. For your additional information, Mount Baker is the most isolated of the Cascade volcanoes in the USA. The best view of the mountain is from the Glacier Creek Road off of Highway 542. A 10-kilometer hike, taking off from Dead Horse Road (No.3907) affords closer views of Baker's north side.

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America Logan Utah

Another attractive travel place recommended for you to go to spend your
leisure time,Logan is a city in Cache County, Utah, in the United States.
Among Logan's notable architectural landmarks are the Logan Tabernacle and Logan Utah Temple, which was constructed on the highest hill in the valley so that it could be seen for miles in all directions. Both buildings are operated by the LDS Church. The Old Main building of Utah State University also offers a commanding view of the city. Along Center Street, which intersects Logan's Historic District, are a number of stately houses on the National Register of Historic Places, including the three-story French chateauesque home at 250 West Center Street built in 1907 by Scottish immigrant, industrialist, and Mormon polygamist David Eccles for his second wife, Ellen Stoddard.
The main attraction in Logan is Utah State University and its many athletic, cultural, and educational programs. The Ellen Eccles Theater shows concerts, Community Theater, ballet, and classic movies and also hosts national touring companies. Logan's Parks and recreation department runs the Logan River Golf Course, the Logan/Cache County Fairgrounds, and the Willow Park Zoo. Logan Canyon is known as a good place for rock-climbing, hiking, camping, fishing, snowmobiling, and skiing.

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America Montana Glacier National Park

Have you ever been to this beautiful travel place? Well, if you haven’t, let me tell you short history of it. Around the turn of
the century, people started to look at the land differently. Rather than just seeing the minerals they could mine or land to settle on, they started to recognize the value of its spectacular scenic beauty. Facilities for tourists started to spring up. In the late 1890's, visitors arriving at Belton (now called West Glacier) could get off the train, take a stagecoach ride a few miles to Lake McDonald, and then board a boat for an eight mile trip to the Snyder Hotel. No roads existed in the mountains, but the lakes allowed boat travel into the wilderness.
Soon people, like George Bird Grinnell, pushed for the creation of a national park. Grinnell was an early explorer to this part of Montana and spent many years working to get the park established. The area was made a Forest Preserve in 1900, but was open to mining and homesteading. Grinnell and others sought the added protection a national park would provide. Grinnell saw his efforts rewarded in 1910 when President Taft signed the bill establishing Glacier as the country's 10th national park.
The park encompasses combination of spectacular scenery, diverse flora and fauna, and relative isolation from major population centers have combined to make Glacier National Park the center of one of the largest and most intact ecosystems in North America.
Glacier National Park is open year round, but due to its northern mountainous location, most people visit the park in the spring and summer. Park services open in late May and continue through September. During other months, limited service is available inside the park, and all services are available outside the park in local communities. You can visit without the crowds in the off season months. The peak visitor season is in June through September.
Glacier National Park is named for the glaciers that produced its landscape. A glacier is a moving mass of snow and ice. It forms when more snow falls each winter than melts in the summer. The snow accumulates and presses the layers below it into ice. The bottom layer of ice becomes flexible and therefore allows the glacier to move. As it moves, a glacier picks up rock and gravel. With this mixture of debris, it scours and sculptures the land it moves across. This is how, over thousands of years; Glacier National Park got all its valleys, sharp mountain peaks, and lakes. There are more than 50 glaciers in the park today.

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America Pittsburgh Mount Washington

In a nation with a wealth of stunning cities full of compelling stories, ranking Pittsburgh as the No. 2 beauty spot is
perhaps our most surprising choice. But the Steel City's aesthetic appeal is undeniable, as is its very American capacity for renewal. Standing atop Mount Washington, the steep hill that rises giddily on the city's south side, sightseers enjoy the unforgettable panorama of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers flowing together to create the mighty Ohio, that waterway so essential in the nation's settlement. The rivers cup downtown's lustrous Golden Triangle, where landmark skyscrapers thrust upward like rockets. At night, lights twinkle on no fewer than 15 bridges. Almost as breathtaking as the vista itself is the urban renewal that made it possible. A century ago, a pall of smoke lay so thick over town that streetlights burned all day. As Pittsburgh continues an evolutionary course that has taken it from trading post to transportation hub to industrial goliath, we salute its reinvention into one of America's most scenic and livable communities. In the life of a city, there's nothing more beautiful, or inspiring, than a renaissance.

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America Red Rock Country

Ever since the early days of movies, when Hollywood has wanted to
show the unique beauty of the West, it has gone to Sedona, a place that looks like nowhere else. Beginning with The Call of the Canyon in 1923, some hundred movies and TV shows have been filmed in and around town. We fell under Sedona's spell, too, and while debating our No. 1 spot kept returning to it for the same reasons Hollywood does: The area's telegenic canyons, wind-shaped buttes and dramatic sandstone towers embody the rugged character of the West -- and the central place that character holds in our national identity. There's a timelessness about these ancient rocks that fires the imagination of all who encounter them. Some 11,000 years before film cameras discovered Sedona, American Indians settled the area. Homesteaders, artists and, most recently, New Age spiritualists have followed. Many cultures and agendas abound, but there's really only one attraction: the sheer, exuberant beauty of the place. People come for inspiration and renewal, tawny cliffs rising from the buff desert floor, wind singing through box canyons, and sunsets that seem to cause the ancient buttes and spires to glow from within. We hear the canyon's call and cannot resist.Just come to this Red Rock Country and get your own experiences enjoy the wild west Hollywood trip...

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America Arizona Scottsdale (Phoenix)

Let me introduce you to Scottsdale which is a city in the
eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. Scottsdale is regarded as an upscale tourist and shopping destination and as a representation of western American style. As I heard, The New York Times described downtown Scottsdale as "a desert version of Miami's South Beach" and as having "plenty of late night partying and a buzzing hotel scene. Especially for all the ladies who loves shopping, the town is home to many upscale and high-end boutiques and shops, with many stores such as Tiffany and Co., and there are more than 15 shopping centers, including the more upscale Kierland Commons and Scottsdale Fashion Square, Barneys New York expansion at Scottsdale Fashion Square, Bal Harbour, Naples, Aspen, and The Hamptons. Also don't miss the luxury retail district named Palmeraie, the first major anchorless luxury shopping district in downtown Scottsdale. The district has already received commitments from Hermès, Yves Saint Laurent, and John Varvatos. For clubbing lovers who want to party all night long, find your heaven here coz the city has dozens of bars and more than 50 clubs, 30 of which are located in Old Town. Scottsdale is widely known as a premier destination in the United States for golf and hiking features predominantly in local recreation activities.Hmn...Wow...It all moves you.

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America Utah Arizona Monument Valley

Going wild and get hot in desert can be a great travel experience for me who used to be
just visit cool places, Monument Valley is an area of free standing sandstone rock forms that rise majestically from the desert floor. Up to 1,000 feet tall, Monument Valley is a truly magical desert landscape. Monument Valley is located on the southern border of Utah with northern Arizona, United States. The beauty of the area is a fact well documented by the numerous Western movies and television commercials for which Monument Valley has served as a backdrop. So, indirectly you might have seen it before.At the Park there is a visitor center, and a small convenience/souvenir shop and a restaurant. Visitors can pay an access fee and drive through the park on a 17-mile dirt road (a 2-3 hour trip). Tours are also available, and the fee varies between about $40 and $100 per person depending on the services provided and route. There are parts of Monument Valley which are only accessible by guided tour, such as Mystery Valley and Hunt's Mesa. Horseback rides are also available from various establishments both inside the park and in the general Monument Valley area, and rates vary widely depending on the length of the ride. Rides may be only an hour, or overnight camping trips. . Additionally, hot air balloon flights are available May 1st thru October 31st, and small airplane flights are sometimes available. Monument Valley is part of the Grand Circle, which includes the Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, Bryce Canyon National Park, and still many other exciting attractions.

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America Utah Salt Lake City

Have a slow walk and enjoy the view of this travel place was nice as this city has
its own unique attraction such as the art and the entertainment, not just because of the name. Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the United States of Utah. Salt Lake City has since developed a strong outdoor recreation tourist industry based primarily on skiing. Salt Lake City was host to the 2002 Winter Olympics and is the industrial banking center of the United States. Salt Lake is home to several museums. Near Temple Square is the Museum of Church History and Art. Operated by the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the museum contains collections of artifacts, documents, art, photographs, tools, clothing and furniture from the history of the LDS Church, which spans nearly two centuries.Salt Lake City provides many venues for both professional and amateur theatre. The city attracts many traveling Broadway and off-Broadway performances.The city has a local music scene dominated by blues, rock and roll, punk, and emo groups. There are also many clubs which offer musical venues.
The city also has many special events that we find nowhere else: A major state holiday is Pioneer Day, July 24, the anniversary of the Mormon pioneers' entry into the Salt Lake Valley. It is celebrated each year with a week's worth of activities, including a children's parade, a horse parade, the featured Days of '47 Parade (one of the largest parades in the United States), a rodeo, and a large fireworks show at Liberty Park.Salt Lake City has a significant gay population, and the second-largest parade in the city is a gay pride parade, part of the annual Utah Pride Festival held every June.First Night on New Year's Eve, a celebration emphasizing family-friendly entertainment and activities held at Rice-Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah, culminates with a fireworks display at midnight, and still many attractive events that I couldn't have enough time to join all.

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America Las Vegas Monte Carlo

Las Vegas (usually people said that it’s city of sin) but I can’t deny that
this city rocks a lot!!!! Las Vegas is internationally known for it's vacation, shopping, entertainment, and gambling destination.
The name Las Vegas is often applied to the unincorporated areas of Clark County that surround the city, especially the resort areas on and near the Las Vegas Strip.
The center of gambling in the United States, Las Vegas is marketed as The Entertainment Capital of the World and is famous for its massive, lavish casino resorts and various forms and degrees of adult entertainment. The city's glamorous image has made it a popular setting for films and television programs. One of the fabulous casino that you should go is The Monte Carlo Las Vegas which is one of the finest resorts without going to Monaco. Located opposite the MGM Grand and next door to the New York New York hotel, the Monte Carlo Las Vegas is just minutes away from the Las Vegas monorail.The hotel currently has an AAA rating of four diamonds.For a buffet of eating options you can try the Monte Carlo Pub and Brewery, the Market City Cafe or Andre’s French Restaurant. Or if you are up for the unusual named restaurant why not try the Dragon Noodle Company or Blackston’s Steakhouse. You are sure to find delicious food as well as great atmosphere.
After dinner then you can take a nice dip in the pool or indulge yourself in a beauty treatment at the Monte Carlo Las Vegas spa area. Ehemn.. I love that. The pool area boasts cascading waterfalls and lush landscaping to ease your cares away. Also available for children is the Lagoon Pool that includes a wave pool and the Easy River Ride.
With the Monte Carlo Las Vegas located in the hub of several shopping malls, shop alcoholic ladies and gentlemen can shop until your feet fall out of your shoes.

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America Las Vegas Lake Mead

A natural lake is wonderful for us to visit but
what about Lake Mead which is the largest man-made lake and reservoir in the United States. Want to take a look? It is located on the Colorado River about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the states of Nevada and Arizona. The lake is divided into several bodies. The large body closest to the Hoover Dam is Boulder Basin. The narrow channel, which was once known as Boulder Canyon and the original planned site for the dam is now known as The Narrows, connects Boulder Basin to Virgin Basin to the east. Lake Mead offers you many types of recreation to locals and worldwide visitors. Boating is the most popular one. Other exciting activities include fishing, water skiing, swimming, and relaxing in the sun. There are several marinas on the lake that rent luxury houseboats: Forever Resorts and Seven Crowns. With other smaller ones that rent small boats. The area also has many coves with rocky cliffs and sandy beaches to explore. There are several small to medium-sized islands in the lake area depending on the water level. In addition, the Alan Bible Visitor Center has a small cactus garden of plants native to the Mojave Desert. I’m sure you won’t regret planning your next holiday here…

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America Colorado River

The next article I continue to The Colorado River which is a river in
the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. There are no many things you can explore in here except the wildlife. The Colorado River basin is home to fourteen native species of fish. Four are endemic and endangered: Colorado pikeminnow (formerly Colorado squawfish), razorback sucker, bonytail chub, and humpback chub. By the way, the sightseeing in The Colorado River is good looking.

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America Grand Canyon

I’m talking about canyon in the southwestern United States. Perhaps this is
the perfect article for you who love travel activities such as whitewater rafting, hiking and running. The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in the United States state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park (one of the first national parks in the United States). Grand Canyon National Park is one of the world’s premier natural attractions, attracting about five million visitors per year. When the first time my cousin took me to felt the experience of being a hiker in this Grand Canyon, I said in my heart “Oh.. My GOD” I was so scared and I rejected her offer because I’m not brave enough. Hiking down to the river and back up to the rim in one day is discouraged by park officials because of the distance, steep and rocky trails, change in elevation, and danger of heat exhaustion from the much higher temperatures at the bottom. Rescues are required annually of unsuccessful rim-to-river-to-rim travelers. Nevertheless, hundreds of fit and experienced hikers complete the trip every year (my cousin is one of them). If you are unable to secure a permit from the Grand Canyon Backcountry Office, or you are not comfortable hiking the Canyon on your own you can go with a professional guide. The most heart-stopping view of the canyon is had from the Toroweap Overlook (Tuweep). This region is called as “One of the most remote in the United States”.

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America Lake Powell

Having a trip to Lake Powell can be unforgotten moment. You might wonder why...Hmn..It is because Lake Powell is a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona. It is the second largest man-made reservoir in the United States and it is one of the world's great places for house boating, dude! The 186-mile long lake offers sandy beaches, cool blue water, and exceptional red-rock scenery.The lake's main body stretches up Glen Canyon. The lake also stretches up the Escalante River and San Juan River where they merge into the
main Colorado River.I heard that Glen Canyon National Recreation Area draws more than two million visitors annually.Wow...It is excellent for boating, skiing, kayaking and fishing. Boat or hike to the famous Rainbow Bridge (as you can see in this picture), or explore any of its many canyons or sand dunes. With a shoreline longer than the whole western coast of the continental United States, Lake Powell offers perfect adventure for everyone.

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America Pennsylvania Pittsburgh

Let me introduce you to one of the world's most respected travel guides, one of 15 places around the

'world that are especially worthy of visiting in 2008, Pittsburgh which is the second largest city in the United States of Pennsylvania. The very famous brilliant night view in here that you should take a look at is The skyline that features 151 high-rise buildings,446 bridges,two inclined railways, and a pre-revolutionary fortification. Pittsburgh is known colloquially as "The City of Bridges" and "The Steel City" for its many bridges and former steel manufacturing base. There are still many other attractions that I love a lot such as Lord Venkateswara temple is another major attraction and is one of the biggest Hindu temples in USA, The Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens features a Victorian-style greenhouse, Kennywood , Sandcastle and many more. Ont thing that makes this travel place unique: you can find large number of skyscrapers in Pittsburgh, that is why, people ranks skyscrapers in the U.S. city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by height.

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America Coopers Beach

One more nice beach in America that you gotta visit,Coopers Beach which is
the main beach in Southampton village on Long Island; Southampton. Most of the best beaches in the US can get very crowded, and Coopers Beach is not an exception. So if you cannot get to the beach early enough for the parking spaces, you can take a cab, ride your bicycle, or take a walk. To save travel time and energy and to appreciate the place much longer, you can stay at bed and breakfast inns and hotels that dot the area and have rights to Coopers Beach. Additional tips for you, non-residents pay $25 per day during the week and $30 on the weekend for parking.Unlike years before, there are now many prohibitions enforced on Coopers Beach. For instance, alcoholic drinks and containers made from glass are banned. Also, pet lovers, especially dog owners, are not allowed to bring their pets into the beach from nine in the morning to six in the evening during the peak season. But even if these inconveniences exist, Coopers Beach is still one of the best beach vacation places you can visit on summer. The sunset in this beach is simply beautiful...

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America Disneyland Park

Travel to United States Disneyland Park might be a fabulous experience as my heart beat on and

on. We can have a romantic date here with our loved ones or a family trip along or parents bring little children to play around happily. Disneyland, remarked as the happiest place on Earth, is an American theme park in Anaheim, California.I heard that currently the park has been visited by more than 500 million guests since it opened making it become the second most visited park in the world, behind the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. There are lots of fun that you can get here, startin from Main Street, U.S.A. that has Sleeping Beauty Castle and take a ride that make your heart sport a lot like Astro Orbitor and Disneyland Monorail. Or go for Adventureland with attractions include opening day's Jungle Cruise, the "Temple of the Forbidden Eye" in Indiana Jones Adventure, and Tarzan's Treehouse. Next is New Orleans Square features park's most popular attractions: Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion. Another is Frontierland contains entertainment include Fantasmic!, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Mark Twain Riverboat, Fronierland Shootin' Exposition and Sailing Ship Columbia. The next one is Critter Country with Audio-Animatronics. Tired?Dont Buddies coz you must visit Fantasyland with attractions such as dark rides, the King Arthur Carrousel, Alice Wonderland. The last one is Tomorrowland bring you joy of Rocket to the Moon, Astro-Jets, Autopia, Space Mountain, Innoventions, Star Tours and still some other nice fun that I can't tell one by one as they 're too many already.

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America Niagara Falls

I almost couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the beauty of
this Niagara Falls. It's gorgeous!!..I often heard about the popularity of this place in my childhood but this time I got my chance to watch it directly. I felt so exciting when my relatives took me there. My lips only could whisper "Wow" to my cousin.
Peak numbers of visitors occur in the summertime, when Niagara Falls are both a daytime and evening attraction. From the Canadian side, floodlights illuminate both sides of the Falls for several hours after dark (until midnight). The number of visitors keep increasing from year to year. I met many other travelers/ tourists from Europe and Asia. The oldest and best known tourist attraction at Niagara Falls is the Maid of the Mist boat cruise, named for an ancient Ongiara Indian mythical character, which has carried passengers into the whirlpools beneath the Falls since 1846. Cruise boats operate from boat docks on both sides of the falls.
The Niagara Falls are massive waterfalls on the Niagara River, straddling the international border separating the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York. Niagara Falls is composed of two major sections separated by American side :Goat Island (offers more views of the falls and is accessible by foot and automobile traffic by bridge above the American Falls)and on the Canadian side :Queen Victoria Park (features manicured gardens, platforms offering spectacular views of both the American and Horseshoe Falls, and underground walkways leading into observation rooms which yield the illusion of being within the falling waters). One thing for sure, the view of Niagara Falls is even more more glorious at night as it keep changing color. Okay, I think I talk too long already. So, I quit my Niagara Falls travel journal till here, guys.

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America New York Times Square

When I went to USA for my long holidays, the first top place that my relatives said
they should brought me to was New York Times Square. It won't be cool if I ain't chill out to this hot spot. So, I just follow as I believe coz they have stayed here quite long time. Times Square is a major intersection in Manhattan, New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets. A brief description from what I heard and saw; Formerly Longacre Square, Times Square was renamed after the Times Building (now One Times Square), the former offices of The New York Times, in April 1904. Times Square has achieved the status of an iconic world landmark and has become a symbol of its city. Times Square is principally defined by its animated, digital advertisements. It's busy intersection of art and commerce, where the chaos of hundreds of advertisements live catch all viewers' attention such as Coca-Cola Sign, McDonald's, The Hard Rock Cafe, etc. If usually I only watch Times Square from MTV's Total Request Live from TV in my home, now I looked it directly with my both eyes and I felt so great. I no wonder any longer many TV shooting are done here. This place is really awesome.

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