30 Places You'd Rather Be Sitting Right Now. Most Beautiful Villages Around The World photo. Popeye Village, is a group of rustic and ramshackle wooden buildings located at Anchor Bay in the north-west corner of the Mediterranean island of Malta.
Photo by: Mosin Village on the bank of the Niger river, Mali. Photo by: Yann Arthus-Bertrand Hidden mountain village in Southern China. A winding passage to the heavens. Keylong village.
Photo: Andrew Bain Andrew Bain takes an unhurried trip through the soaring terrain of the ancient Manali-Leh highway. In the Indian city of Manali, birds of prey hang in the sky like marionettes. Rhesus macaques scuttle through the trees, and a humid blanket of mist clings to the hilltops. Pressed into a lush valley in the Himalayan foothills, the Himachal Pradesh city is celebrated as a place of apples and cedars, but it's equally famous as the start of an epic highway journey across the mountains to Leh, the Ladakhi city on the high desert of the Tibetan Plateau that is its visual opposite.
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Some images will look best with the focal point in the center square, but placing the subject off center will often create a more aesthetically composed photograph. When a photograph is composed using the rule of thirds the eyes will wander the frame. A picture composed by the rule of thirds is more interesting and pleasing to the eye. Avoid Camera Shake. 2012: A Year in Photography. 2012 was a busy travel year for me. I visited all seven continents, 18 countries and flew over 150,000 miles.
I was exhausted for much of the year, but on the upside I came away with some amazing photos. I made some great strides as a photographer in 2012. Creative Window Seat Ideas. Redesign your window to create a cozy corner to curl up in the sun.
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To some, travel is not an option. It is a luxury. However, the idea that travel is always expensive is simply not true. There are plenty of great travel destinations in the world that won’t break your bank once you’re there. Here are five of my favorites places to travel on less than $30 USD per day: Home Dream Home - Part 4. Turn these ideas into reality and transform your house into a home.
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Perhaps it’s a grim subject, but safety and distance from world conflict can be a motivating factor in your choice to expatriate. At the very least, conflict around the world can weigh heavy on the soul, and it’s nice to know there are some places still left in the world where you might be left in peace. Thus, we’ve assembled a list of the 10 best places to live if you want to escape world conflict. 10. 40 Most Useful Travel Websites That Can Save You a Fortune. Welcome Stumbled Upon & Delicious Users: You may also want to check out our 180+ Best Money Saving Tools.
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Here the sparkling turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean offer an endless horizon of aquatic allure and the evocative location is matched by a tranquil island design style. 7 places I never thought I'd want to visit in Asia (but I do!) Nothing, save perhaps the Great Wall of China, ever really compelled me to want to visit Asia.
That is, until I moved there. Over the past six months, I have become obsessed with Asia. So far, we’ve visited China (where we’re currently living), South Korea, stepped briefly into North Korea while visiting the DMZ, and Myanmar (formerly Burma). In just a few weeks, we’ll embark on our next Asian adventure: Cambodia and Vietnam. The World's Most Beautiful Libraries. Freelance journalist Jill Harness has put together a list of the 62 most beautiful libraries in the world for Mental Floss. After collecting images of these grand buildings over the years, Harness decided that the Trinity College Library in Dublin, Ireland, was deserving of the top spot (picture below), saying: "Aside from being absolutely gorgeous, with two story dark wooden arches, this is also the largest library in all of Ireland. It serves as the country’s copyright library, where a copy of all new books and periodicals must be sent when they apply for copyright protection.
The library is also home to the famous Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript created by Celtic monks around the year 800. " Taking fourth position is the The National Library of France (top picture), which has continued to expand ever since it first opened in 1868 as the largest book repository in the world. How to Travel Full-Time for $17,000 a Year (or Less!) Wise Bread Picks For the last five years, I've been traveling the world full-time, and for less money than I've ever spent (and I'd wager less money than most people would spend) to live in one place. My worldly possessions fit into one bag (just larger than carry-on size) and a backpack containing my laptop and computer gear.
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