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 Blue Lagoon Island & Stingray City

Country: Bahamas, The
Blue Lagoon Island & Stingray City Blue Lagoon Island Bahamas is warm little island located about 30 minutes from Paradise Island and Nassau Island.  At Blue Lagoon Island Bahamas, tourists can participate in a number of interactive programs.  Activities include Blue Lagoon dolphin encounters and the popular Stingray City Bahamas, where children and adults can swim with stingrays and other marine life.  Blue Lagoon ...

 Musee d'Orsay

Country: France
City: Paris
Musee d'Orsay The musée d'Orsay is a museum housed in a grand railway station built in 1900. Home to many sculptures and impressionist paintings, it has become one of Paris's most popular museums. New Railway Stations At the turn of the 19th century, two large railway stations were built in Paris, the Gare de Lyon and the Gare d'Orsay. The Gare d'Orsay had the most prominent site, along the Seine opposite the ...

 The Eiffel Tower

Country: France
City: Paris
The Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower, an immense stucture of exposed latticework supports made of iron, was erected for the Paris Exposition of 1889. The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of England) officiated at the ceremonial opening. Of the 700 proposals submitted in a design competition, one was unanimously chosen, a radical creation from the French structural engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (b. Dec. 15, ...

 Corcovado

Country: Brazil
City: Rio de Janeiro
Corcovado Corcovado is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 710-meter (2,330 ft) granite peak is located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park. Corcovado hill lies just west of the city center but is wholly within the city limits and visible from great distances. It is known worldwide for the 38-meter (125 ft) statue of Jesus atop its peak, entitled Cristo Redentor' or "Christ the Redeemer". ...

 Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary

Country: Belize
City: Rio de Janeiro
Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary What To See This mosaic of elongated lagoons, connected by creeks, savannas and logwood thickets is excellent for birds. As the dry season gets underway, they arrive in huge numbers from the Peten and Yucatan as swamps in these areas dry up. By April, the Crooked Tree landscape is alive with flocks of different water birds. Huge congregations of Double Crested Cormorants, Egrets, Herons, and diff ...

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