I am going a little crazy this week, because I really just want to get out of town. So in order to calm this anxiety, I began looking at very unique travel destinations on the internet. In light of all the great places I have found, I shall not delay this any further, let the list begin.
- Koekohe Beach – The Beach With Giant Boulders. This place is pretty awesome. It is located in New Zealand. The majority of the boulders are these rounded, unique rocks. These giant balls are known as concretions, which are mineral-cemented masses that often form within layers of sediment. According to scientists, the formation of these concretions began approximately 60 million years ago within the muddy Paleocene marine sediments of the Moeraki Formation. Fossilized animals have been found within some of the nucleus cores of the concretions.
2. Jellyfish Lake, a marine lake, is located on Eil Malk island in Palau. Eil Malk is part of the Rock Islands, a group of small islands in Palau’s Southern Lagoon, between Koror and Peleliu. Millions of golden jellyfish migrate horizontally across the lake daily. Just to see the millions of jellyfish in the water would be amazing.
3. The Rakotzbrücke, also called the Devil’s Bridge, becomes a perfect circle with its own reflection. This bridge is located in Azalea and Rhododendron Park, Kromlau, Germany (less than 6 kilometers with the polish border). The bridge was commissioned in 1860 by the knight of the local town, the thin arch stretching over the waters of the Rakotzsee is roughly built out of varied local stone.
4. The fascinating Giant Crystal Cave in Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico. The Cave of Crystals was founded in 2000 and is a horseshoe-shaped cavity in limestone. Its floor is covered with perfectly faceted crystalline blocks. Huge crystal beams jut out from both the blocks and the floor. The caves are accessible today because the mining company’s pumping operations keep them clear of water. Most of the Crystals measure six meters in length, with some of them reaching eleven meters. the temperature at this depth varies from 45°C to 50°C, while the percentage of humidity ranges from 90 to 100%, meaning that human beings cannot survive in this environment for longer than two hours.
5. The Giant’s Causeway – in Ireland. The Giant’s Causeway is an area of 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, which is the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. Of course, I prefer the myth that the Giants built it with Irish warrior Finn McCool and the Scottish giant Benandonner. Ireland, Scotland and the Isle Of Man share mythological stories that have Finn playing a central role. For example, in the case of the Causeway, it is sometimes said to be a collection of stepping stones that allowed Finn to travel at will between the Causeway and the Scottish Coast without getting his feet wet. One of my favorite stories is that of Finn and Benandonner getting into a fight. Finn travels over the Causeway to start a fight, but realizes that Benandonner is much larger than Finn. Finn runs back over the Causeway to his home. His wife, Oonagh, disguises him as the baby. When Benandonner knocks at the door, Oonagh lets him in and offers him food. Benandonner eats some food and then checks the crib. Seeing how large the baby was he figure that the father would be much larger then him, so he makes an excuse to Oonagh and leaves. In some stories, Benandonner supposedly destroys part of the Causeway on his way back to Scotland, so the Father of the giant baby could not follow.
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