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There is a explorer in everyone of us. Traveling is a way of life. I enjoy exploring and documenting places I visit. Whether is it the path less traveled or indulging in the occasional tourist spot. There is also something new around the corner.

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Gardens by the Bay Singapore Cloud Forest Conservatory

Following my exploration of the Flower Dome Conservatory, the Gardens by the Bay Singapore Cloud Forest is one of the other two conservatories situated in the Garden grounds. The conservatory contains a controlled cool-moist climate found in tropical Montane regions 3,500m above sea level. Examples includes mountainous South America and Mt Kinabalu in Malaysia. It features a 35m tall man-made...
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Gardens by the Bay Flower Dome Conservatory

Greenhouses are integral part of any botanical garden. Following my previous exploration of the Garden Lakes and Super Trees, the highlight of the garden horticultural here are two independent climate-controlled bio-domes. Also, they are reminiscent of the man-made greenhouses seen in the Eden project in Sweden. Lets have a look at the Gardens by the Bay Flower Dome Conservatory. As...
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Gardens by the Bay Singapore Lakes and Super Trees

Previously I touched on the introduction of Singapore Gardens by the Bay themed cultural gardens. Today, I shall cover the Gardens by the Bay Lakes and Super Trees. Noteworthily, large water supplies are needed to run the gardens. Moreover Singapore gets most of her water from water imports and local water catchments. Also, with increasing push for sustainable water policies...
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Gardens by the Bay Singapore Background and Themed Cultural Gardens

The Gardens by the Bay is a key sustainability-related horticulture project in Singapore. It is in her quest to be a world-class Garden city. Moreover, this includes realizing the vision of being an eco-tourist destination and the botanical capital of the world. This is of course with environmental sustainability at heart. This article covers in detail a walk through...
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London Natural History museum explorations

The London Natural History museum is one of my few favourite museums in the South Kensington district I always enjoy visiting. It is a spectacle in its own right from the myriad of exhibits, history and vastness of the establishment, such as dinosaurs, fossils, taxidermy, and Skeletons. The British is a pioneer of Natural history, having mapped most parts of...
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Tower of London explorations and museum

Today let’s take a visit to the Tower of London. It is a 900-year-old historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, and is officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace an iconic landmark in the City of London which served as a royal residence and a state prison. Let’s explore! On some history, The Tower of...
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Roman Bath and Bath City

Let’s visit the historical Roman Bath in Bath City England with a day trip. It is a historical city and UESCO cultural site, and home to a largely intact Roman public bath constructed since the 60-70AD. Got token? Bath attraction lobby Audio guide A trip to bath and the Roman bath attraction takes about half a trip tops. Driving there from Central London...
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Exploring Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle

Let's check out a day of British royalty with a summer visit to two royal residences in England, namely the Buckingham Palace in Westminster London and Windsor palace in the English county of Berkshire. These palaces serve as the residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. They are typically occupied during different times of the...
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Stonehenge exploration at Salisbury Wiltshire, England

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. It is a subject of much controvery, particularly its origins and is a highly recognizable landmark. It is also an early technological display and achievement of early human of where we came from to today. Lets pay the monument and British cultural icon a visit today. Getting...
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Palace of Westminster London parliament

The Westminster Palace is a hub for United Kingdom of political life for over a thousand years. Marvel at the millennia-old architectures and visit iconic chambers and halls of British parliament within with a special summer tour and walkthrough. The nearest tube station to get there is of course, “Westminster”. The name is synonymous with the UK Parliament and British...
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London Transport Museum Adventures

What you get when you are the world’s pioneers when it comes to public transportation? Why start a museum of public transportation of course. Today we pay a visit to the London Transport Museum. Moreover, the museum is a large cavernous one, with galleries spanning multiple floors in the London covert garden district in the city of London. Also, from...
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London Olympics 2012 Olympic Park

The 2012 London Olympics is in full swing now with on-going events at multiple locations around the city of London. Lets check out the sights and sounds at the heart of the London Olympics 2012 Olympic Park and the neighboring Olympics venues such as the O2 arena, Wembley stadium and the Excel arena in the London docklands. The London Olympics...
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London Eye Observation Wheel

The London Eye is a tall observation wheel sitting in the heart of London along the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is Europe's tallest cantilevered observation wheel. Let’s go on board today with a ride and check out the views from the top. Moreover, you may know the London Eye as its other name, the Millennium...
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Victoria & Albert Museum South Kensington London (V&A)

If you fancy historical applied arts, decorative arts, and design, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London's South Kensington is one to fancy. The museum is known in its short name as the V&A museum. The museum covers 5.1 hectares of space across floors and 145 mini galleries. The interior galleries are laid out in a logical fashion. Moreover, the...
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London Hyde Park chill

Let's visit London's largest green spot in the city, London Hyde Park. It is one to spend a chill day out in one of the most happening cities in the world. An exploration we will do. Notably, the city park situated in the heart of downtown London is a nice green refuge from the buzzing cosmopolitan city. Furthermore, park was established...
Americas

Busch Gardens Tampa, Florida

Busch Gardens Tampa is one of the few unique “Zoo theme parks” with a world-class theme park complete with renowned rides and roller coasters situated together with a wildlife zoo. Tampa city, with its typical hot, marshy and warm Florida climate are perfect grounds to create a savannah habitat within its 136 hectare compound as a premiere 19th century...
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Disney World Epcot, Florida

Epcot is one of the five theme parks in Walt Disney World Resort at Bay Lake, Orlando, Florida. Owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company Parks and Resorts division. It is one of the few parks the result of the brain child of Walt Disney himself, who coined and developed the idea of a separate park focused as...
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Guggenheim Museum New York City

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, also known as The Guggenheim, is a private art museum in New York City USA. The building is home to the abstract art collection of Solomon since he started collection art dating back since the 1920s. Let’s explore the museum today with a walkthrough. Furthermore, the gallery started out as a private art collection which...
Americas

Boston Museum of Fine Arts Explorations

Let’s check out the Boston Museum fine arts with a day trip. It is an arts museum on Eastern American University city in Boston, Massachusetts. Furthermore, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts was founded in 1870, it sits in Boston, MA along 465 Huntington Avenue. The front courtyard entrance of the museum sits the Cyrus Dallin's Appeal to the Great...
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Institute of Contemporary Arts Boston

The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston (ICA), USA is a contemporary modern arts museum in Boston city. The building, like the art it exhibits within is a modern one. Let's check out the shining jewel by the bay side with a regular gallery patron visit. Since 2006, the private modern arts museum sits on a quiet corner facing the...
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