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Sultan Bathery

Wayanad, Kerela, India

February 2012

The Pendung Semurup waterfalls, approximately 15-20 meters in height, can be found on the eastern hills near the town of Semurup, and are reached after an easy, roughly one hour hike through relatively flat farmland and agroforest. Be prepared to get your feet wet wading through a few mountain streams on your way there! See more detailed descriptions here: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.599289883456558.1073741...

Or check out www.wildsumatra.com

Female hiker enjoying the breathtaking view of Lake Segara Anak ("child of the sea"), a crater lake next to the mighty Rinjani mountain, on the island of Lombok, Indonesia.

 

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Magnificent view of the Church of Agios Nikolaos (St Nicholas), overlooking the Aegean Sea in the town of Ermoupolis, on the island of Syros, South Aegean, Greece.

 

It is known locally as the Church of St Nicholas the Rich because it was partly funded by donations from wealthy benefactors, including shipowners living abroad, and to distinguish it from the Church of St Nicholas the Poor in Ano Syros.

 

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Scary moment and tight squeeze, Pamir Highway, Tajikistan.

Aerial view of Parga, a picturesque resort town on the Ionian coast, in Epirus, northwestern Greece.

 

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Wilson's Snipe

Social Distancing along the back roads of Baker County Oregon

 

A beautiful Spring day exploring the back roads of Baker County Oregon . Some great wildlife and lots of wide open scenery.

 

Located at the intersection of three Oregon Scenic Byways Baker County is surrounded by spectacular scenery and wide open spaces. For more information about Baker County's back roads and scenic byways visit the Baker County Tourism website at www.travlebakercounty.com

  

Mt. Kunyit is an active volcano in the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. The trek to the crater takes about six hours, and passes through beautiful cloud forests and beside fumrole volcanic vents. In the middle of the crater lies a bubbling hotspring, and what locals call "Taman Dewa" or "The Garden of the Gods." It has a spiritual, mythical place in local folklore, and is the site where local hero Depati Parbo meditated to supposedly gain invulnerability to Dutch bullets during the war for Kerinci.

See more detailed descriptions of the pictures at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.592735630778650.1073741...

and read more about the Kerinci area at www.wildsumatra.com

Mt. Kunyit is an active volcano in the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. The trek to the crater takes about six hours, and passes through beautiful cloud forests and beside fumrole volcanic vents. In the middle of the crater lies a bubbling hotspring, and what locals call "Taman Dewa" or "The Garden of the Gods." It has a spiritual, mythical place in local folklore, and is the site where local hero Depati Parbo meditated to supposedly gain invulnerability to Dutch bullets during the war for Kerinci.

See more detailed descriptions of the pictures at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.592735630778650.1073741...

and read more about the Kerinci area at www.wildsumatra.com

Tractors with agricultural attachment at Seiser Alm (Italian: Alpe di Siusi), the largest high-altitude Alpine meadow (German: Alm) in Europe, located in the western part of the Dolomites mountains, in South Tyrol, northern Italy.

 

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The festivities surrounding a Kenduri Sko festival in the village of Koto Renah, Kerinci, Sumatra, Indonesia. Close to midnight, villagers in the community of Koto Renah, Sungai Penuh, Kerinci gather to perform a dance in honor of their ancestors. During the dance, commonly performed throughout Kerinci during Kenduri Sko events, possession by ancestral spirits is common (sometimes taking the form of an ancestral tiger). On this night, cycles of dancing, singing, possession, and exorcism by the local "dukun" or shaman continued until 4 am.

You can see some of the event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6U5w8xAXFw

Sunlight shines through Melissani Cave (Cave of the Nymphs), near the town of Sami, on the island of Kefalonia, Greece.

 

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The Pendung Semurup waterfalls, approximately 15-20 meters in height, can be found on the eastern hills near the town of Semurup, and are reached after an easy, roughly one hour hike through relatively flat farmland and agroforest. Be prepared to get your feet wet wading through a few mountain streams on your way there! See more detailed descriptions here: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.599289883456558.1073741...

Or check out www.wildsumatra.com

The Pendung Semurup waterfalls, approximately 15-20 meters in height, can be found on the eastern hills near the town of Semurup, and are reached after an easy, roughly one hour hike through relatively flat farmland and agroforest. Be prepared to get your feet wet wading through a few mountain streams on your way there! See more detailed descriptions here: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.599289883456558.1073741...

Or check out www.wildsumatra.com

Interior painting of Christian Saints inside Panagia Ekatontapiliani Church (the church with 100 gates), a historic Byzantine church complex in Parikia, the capital and the main port of Paros island, part of the Cyclades group, in Greece.

 

The original church was constructed in the 4th century AD, founded by the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, Saint Helen, during her pilgrimage to the Holy Land when she stopped to worship at a chapel on the island.

 

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One of the largest rainforest left that support jaguars

Sultan Bathery

Wayanad, Kerela, India

February 2012

The Pendung Semurup waterfalls, approximately 15-20 meters in height, can be found on the eastern hills near the town of Semurup, and are reached after an easy, roughly one hour hike through relatively flat farmland and agroforest. Be prepared to get your feet wet wading through a few mountain streams on your way there! See more detailed descriptions here: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.599289883456558.1073741...

Or check out www.wildsumatra.com

Panorama of hilltop town of Pitigliano

Mt. Kunyit is an active volcano in the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. The trek to the crater takes about six hours, and passes through beautiful cloud forests and beside fumrole volcanic vents. In the middle of the crater lies a bubbling hotspring, and what locals call "Taman Dewa" or "The Garden of the Gods." It has a spiritual, mythical place in local folklore, and is the site where local hero Depati Parbo meditated to supposedly gain invulnerability to Dutch bullets during the war for Kerinci.

See more detailed descriptions of the pictures at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.592735630778650.1073741...

and read more about the Kerinci area at www.wildsumatra.com

Summer view of Orthodox church Panagia Korfiatissa and Catholic church Our Lady of the Rosary from 1823 (smaller and darker in front), in Plaka, the chief town of Milos, a volcanic island in the Aegean Sea, part of the Cyclades group, in Greece.

 

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Embroidered door of a Kyrgyz yurt, Kara Jilga, Tajikistan

The festivities surrounding a Kenduri Sko festival in the village of Koto Renah, Kerinci, Sumatra, Indonesia. Close to midnight, villagers in the community of Koto Renah, Sungai Penuh, Kerinci gather to perform a dance in honor of their ancestors. During the dance, commonly performed throughout Kerinci during Kenduri Sko events, possession by ancestral spirits is common (sometimes taking the form of an ancestral tiger). On this night, cycles of dancing, singing, possession, and exorcism by the local "dukun" or shaman continued until 4 am.

You can see some of the event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6U5w8xAXFw

Mt. Kunyit is an active volcano in the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. The trek to the crater takes about six hours, and passes through beautiful cloud forests and beside fumrole volcanic vents. In the middle of the crater lies a bubbling hotspring, and what locals call "Taman Dewa" or "The Garden of the Gods." It has a spiritual, mythical place in local folklore, and is the site where local hero Depati Parbo meditated to supposedly gain invulnerability to Dutch bullets during the war for Kerinci.

See more detailed descriptions of the pictures at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.592735630778650.1073741...

and read more about the Kerinci area at www.wildsumatra.com

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Hiking and climbing vacation in the Alps

Rax-Schneeberg Group, Austria

25-28/08/2019

A roadside sign warns drivers along Alabama Highway I-65 North in Deatsville that they need to to church the avoid the wrath of the Devil. The sign was erected by the late W.S. "Billy" Newell in the late 1980's as a way to "wake up the people," Newell told NPR in 2005. Newell briefly changed the sign to, "We Love Lucy," when 2006 gubernatorial candidate Lucy Baxley. Newell died in 2009. (Photo by Carmen K. Sisson/Cloudybright)

Mt. Kunyit is an active volcano in the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. The trek to the crater takes about six hours, and passes through beautiful cloud forests and beside fumrole volcanic vents. In the middle of the crater lies a bubbling hotspring, and what locals call "Taman Dewa" or "The Garden of the Gods." It has a spiritual, mythical place in local folklore, and is the site where local hero Depati Parbo meditated to supposedly gain invulnerability to Dutch bullets during the war for Kerinci.

See more detailed descriptions of the pictures at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.592735630778650.1073741...

and read more about the Kerinci area at www.wildsumatra.com

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