Places to Go B4 We Die

Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe (Part 1) Preachers Rock, Preikestolen, Norway Blue Caves - Zakynthos Island, Greece Skaftafeli - Iceland Plitvice Lakes – Croatia Crystalline Turquoise Lake, Jiuzhaigou National Park, China Four Seasons Hotel - Bora Bora Ice skating on Paterswoldse Meer, a lake just South of the city of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Marble Caves, Chile Chico, Chile The Gardens at Marqueyssac Ice Canyon - Greenland Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia Valley of the Ten Peaks, Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada Multnomah Falls, Oregon Seljalandsfoss Waterfall on the South Coast of Iceland Petra - Jordan (at night) Verdon, Provence, France Wineglass Bay, Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia Norway Alesund Birdseye of City Benteng Chittorgarh, India Riomaggiore, Italy Keukenhof Gardens - Netherlands. Sky Lantern Festival - Taiwan. Badass Bridge of the Day. Designer Hotels - Fashion Designer Hotels. 26.2-mile Inca Trail Marathon launching in 2012. Karla Bruning NEW YORK, August 22, 2011—Traveling to run a marathon is a long-held tradition.

Runners routinely cross the country and the globe for races. For those who really want to travel and run, the Inca Trail Marathon 26.2 Mile Race takes running travel to a whole new level—literally. Debuting in July 2012, the marathon is the first 26.2-mile race along the Inca Trail. Traversing the footpath the ancient Incas used to commute between Cusco, Peru and the world famous citadel of Machu Picchu, the Inca Trail Marathon travels a measured 26.2-mile course that reaches an elevation of 13,800 feet and usually takes the typical hiker three days to complete.

The race will begin at 6:00 a.m. on July 5, and the course will remain open for 11 hours. The Inca Trail Marathon 26.2 Mile Race travels the footpath across the Andes Mountains once used by the ancient Incas to reach Machu Picchu. The cost of the entire trip is $1,984. Karla Bruning is an award-winning journalist and running nerd. 22 Incredible Photos of Faraway Places. Thailand Chances are you already know Steve McCurry as the man who took one of the most iconic photos of our time.

It was of a 12-year-old Afghan refugee girl who's piercing green eyes told us her harrowing story. The image itself was named "the most recognized photograph" in the history of the National Geographic magazine and her face became famous as the cover photograph on their June 1985 issue. Beyond just that one photo, McCurry has shot over a million images spanning 35 years. More than anything, he is one of a few that has that amazing ability to capture stories of our shared human experience. Looking through his large body of work, we get to experience fantastic faraway places we can only dream about visiting. Afghanistan Sri Lanka Yemen Tibet Cambodia India Burma Eastman Kodak let McCurry shoot the last ever produced roll of Kodachrome transparency film. Steve McCurry.

Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. The stunning Plitvice Lakes National Park lies in the Lika region of Croatia.

The park is surrounded by the mountains Plješevica, Mala Kapela, and Medveđak, which are part of the Dinaric Alps. The 16 blue-green Plitvice Lakes, which are separated by natural dams of travertine, are situated on the Plitvice plateau. Waterfalls connect the lakes, and the tallest waterfall is Veliki Slap at 70 meters (230 feet) tall. The Plitvice lakes area boasts a large variety of interesting and colorful flora and fauna. Visitors can enjoy walking and hiking the many pathways and trails, or exploring the lakes by boat. In pictures: romantic travel destinations. Crystal River - The most beautiful river on earth [Pics] Cano Cristales - Crystal River.

River of five colors, as the locals call it, originates in the south of the mountain chain Macarena, Colombia, and flows eastward to its confluence with the Guayabero river. In the Cano Cristales found five colors: yellow, blue, green, black and red. All of them are waste product of many algae and, depending on time of year, color saturation, or weakened or strengthened.