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First Timer's Guide to Geneva, Switzerland - Things to Do, What to See Discover the enchanting beauty of Geneva, Switzerland with our First Timer's Guide - your ultimate companion to experience the best things to do and see in this captivating city.

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Scala dei turchi Beach in Sicily

Close to Agrigento, this white cliff is part of the world natural heritage

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"Білий лотос" - це найбільший храм бойових мистецтв в Європі. Храм побудований Володимиром Скубаєвим - першою білою людиною, яка стала майстром кунг-фу в Лаосі. Він пообіцяв своєму вчителю побудувати на батьківщині школу кунг-фу, а вибудував цілий храм бойових мистецтв 💪 . Учні переказують історію, що при будівництві храму була знайдена стародавня статуетка, яка, за висновком експертизи, складалася з трьох металів, один з яких позаземного походження - сплав, який можна отримати тільки в умовах вакууму і за межами гравітаційного поля Землі 👽👽👽 . . 🚀 Більше фактів та історія про найбільший буддійський храм України та що ще подивитись у Черкасах на сайті проєкту #FINDWAY 👉 find-way.com.ua 😊 . . Автор тексту на сайті @yutosepa, монтаж відео @mikhail.mural 🦄 . #україна #черкаси #цікавімісця #білийлотос #храм #буддізм #кунгфу #findway #cherkasy #ukraine #whattosee #buddism #temple #video #caption #неймовірнаукраїна #унікальнаукраїна (Черкаси Черкассы Cherkassy) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-zkGzKl7Ze/?igshid=6msa1u396jm

[turkishtravel]

Many say Gumusluk is Bodrum’s best-kept secret. It may well be on the mainstream travel scene, yet it is rising the ranks of the property market. Luring in buyers with a relaxed attitude, the small rustic village doesn’t pretend to be anything it is not. It is almost as if the world could fall apart and locals would still carry on, with their carefree days

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A lover of bees – all things bee and honey around Cozumel

Lovers of the sweet, heavenly honey distinctive to Mexico call the region a bee sanctuary! Mexico is a region oozing with history, heritage, and biodiversity. The Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico is responsible for the generation of over 1/3rd of the honey Mexico produces. The infamous 3,000-year-old indigenous Melipona bee that was cultivated by the Mayans produces some of the best honey in the world today; effectively making Mexico a honey and bee heaven.

Their history is just as interesting! This stingless honeybee lives in small colonies in huge hollowed-out trees. The difference between the European honey bee introduced to the region in 2011 is the quality and the taste of honey. The Melipona honey has a very distinctive taste; it is floral, with both sweet and sour flavors. The natives of the Yucatan have been preserving the ‘Meliponiculture’ (Mayan Beekeeping tradition) for eons! This delicious condiment was used to sweeten food in earlier times. This unique honey is sold and distributed around the world. It is valued for its healing properties and usage in natural remedies. From face masks to being a great antioxidant, Anti-cancer and its wound-healing activity amongst various other properties make honey one of the finest natural raw ingredients available to mankind. People use honey soaps, shampoos, skin care creams, eye drops to treat cataracts and even as talc! Its wide demand and value leave it at a price tag of around $199.9/ 32 fl.oz. of 100% pure Melipona honey.

Do you fancy taking a stroll amidst these endangered yet fascinating creatures and learning more about them firsthand? Why not visit the Mayan Stingless Bee sanctuaries in Cozumel? Unleash the explorer in you as you step into this interactive sanctuary with Aviomar Adventurers for $16.00/person for a tour of ½ hours. Learn about the Mayan wonder and maybe taste a drop or two of this liquid gold yourself! Salivating already? So, are we!

[weektravels]

"Be kind to everything that lives." Unknown 🔹 🔹 🔹 'With more than 1,300 timber-framed houses spanning at least six centuries of history, Quedlinburg is considered one of the best preserved examples of any ancient medieval town on the planet with a distinct Art Nouveau architecture showcasing a forward-thinking movement.' 🔹 #quotes #facts #history #quedlinburg #germany #oldtown #ancient #architecture #traveleurope #europe #traveler #traveling #wheretogo #medieval #whattosee #wheretofindme #nextstop #travelinggram #picoftheday #instatravel (at Quedlinburg) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw8SlanFbtv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bhk61l7m3a8f

[cryptojackers]

For us, Spain is inspiring

We promised you in the previous story that more updates are on the way, so here we are! Back again to show you through words and images, all the beauty of this amazing country, Spain!

For us, Spain is not only a magical destination. It is an adventure itself! This country never ceases to surprise you with its cocktail of natural wonders and such personal emotions. We never tought we would end up falling in love with Spain at first sight. But somehow, as soon as we laid eyes on it, we knew there’s no turning back!

We absolutely love travelling here. There are so many places to check out along the Spain coast, it’s only frustrating that a day has only 24 hours and that our feet start hurting at some point! We’re still experiencing that raw desire to discover more about these places, from beaches, to famous restaurants, landmarks, habits, traditions and the list goes on and on.

The weather is to die for: long sunny days, what more could you ask for? Summertime in Spain feels like romance and surrealism had a love child with clear blue skies and and bright horizons.

As soon as we landed at the Spain airport, we were struck by all the smiling, friendly faces and the strangers’ willingness to help. Not knowing how to get to where we were supposed to get, a friendly Spanish boy quickly came and gave us a hand to find a bus that was going to take us to our destination. There was a familiar feeling about all that. It felt like we were exactly where we supposed to be, at that moment in our lives.

That first day, there, we felt that home had a new name, for now: Spain.

Because after living all our life in a small town in Romania, we knew exactly what we needed: to make the entire world become our home!

Back to our “falling in love with Spain” process, now! Have you ever truly paid attention to the language?! It’s like out of this world and it blew our minds from the first “Hola!”! It sounds and feels like the Spanish language has a world of its own. It has romance and passion and drama and suspense and plot and action and, the most important, musicality. And if we add the spirit to those features already exposed in the previous paragraphs, it is easy to understand the inexplicable love. Spanish people don’t just live, they celebrate life.

Once we arrived, our first stop was in the really clean and tidy Lloret de Mar, a Mediterranean coastal town in Catalonia. This town is internationally recognized as a tourist resort. When the summer season starts, Lloret de Mar attracts visitors from all corners of the world. So, if you are looking for some fun and entertainment, Lloret de Mar is just the place!

From the Barcelona airport to Lloret de Mar, we took a bus, that drove for 2 hours. We weren`t sure that was the right bus to get to our destination, but, hey, risk is our middle name! So, we took the risk, like always. Spoiler allert: we did get there safe and sound, that was indeed the right bus, we took the risk and we won! Intuition – 1 Bad luck - 0!

The houses in Lloret de Mar are located on the rocky hills, so if you’re into sports or you live an active life, then it`s the perfect place! You can try hiking! Buuuut, take our word for it, it’s gonna take a looong time! That`s what happened to us:

When we arrived in Lloret, we realised that our house is up the hill. And since we didn`t rent a car, panic started to kick in. We had so many luggages, but we still thought we could do it! So the walking began. Of course, after a few hundred meters, we realised that we should call for a taxi.

So, remember: don’t try to be heroes! If you have luggages, make sure you also have a car to get you to your house!

But, if you do love hiking, it’s worth all the effort!

Because once arrived at the house, we were left speechless by the amazing view.

Of course, another reason for our excitement was the fact that the sea was all around us. And we needed to be closer to it so we went for a walk to the beach. Yes, everything the magazines and Internet says, is true! Spain truly has beautiful beaches. That type of beaches where you could spend your days soaking up the sun, enjoying the waves and trying to decipher the magical sunsets.

We discovered a new face of what freedom means to us here: spending time on the sandy beaches while listening to our music. One of the most liberating things and feelings in the world!

If you too are in need of a little piece of freedom, then you can already start looking for plane tickets and accommodation! TIP: if you love to discover a silent paradise and you want to explore more of Lloret de Mar, you have to go for a walk and also see Santa Clotilde Gardens. This garden is considered to be one of the most beautiful Mediterranean gardens in Europe. That place embodies a combination of beauty, silence, positive energy, it`s like a fairytale! There, you can admire the colorful flowers and the incredible contrast.

Oh, but more about what we see and what you could do, soon, very soon! Don’t forget to stay close for another incursion!

For us, Spain is inspiring.

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[elleofakind]

Reflections at Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden. 👇 The garden is 5 minutes away from Daimon and Hamamatsucho stations, and close to Hamarikyu Garden - you can also purchase a cumulative ticket for both gardens if you plan on visiting both on the same day! Kyu Shiba Rikyu is a traditional landscape garden, with hills and ponds where koi carps swim. You can check my YouTube channel in the stories for the tour of this beautiful garden! #kyushibarikyugardens #tokyo #daimon #hamamatsucho #whattodointokyo #whattosee #whattodoinjapan #whattodo #japanesegarden #japanesegardens #japaneselandscape #japaneselandscapegarden #tokyoskyline #tokyoskyscraper #giappo #giappone #giapponechepassione #giapponenelcuore #giardinogiapponese (presso Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CowtHktPO_b/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Been awhile to see a Big gun #whattosee (at Dusit Thani Manila) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmKg5nNhoO_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Victory Monument The Anusawari Chai Samoraphum or Victory Monument was built in 1941 under the premiership of Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsongkhram to honor the 160 troops, officers of police and citizens who battled for the Kingdom during the Indochina border conflict between Thailand and France. As the Pacific War ended in 1945, Thailand was forced to give back the territories it had occupied to the French. The... Full Article at https://bangkok-tourism.com/victory-monument/?feed_id=245&_unique_id=62d784474992f

[kusaafrica]

Lookout for our new symbol, letting you know that you can book online with us for the property we are highlighting! Simply copy the link in the Instagram post into your browser, or head over to our Facebook page to click the link directly! . . . . . #datewithdestiny #confidencequotes #nightsbridge #timeismoney #businessonline #landscapephoto #raiseyourstandards #weconnectyou #chauffeurservice #dreambigorgohome #lifestyle #channelmanager #travelers #leader #businesstravel #directbilling #worktravel #happy #whattosee #igtravel #visitsouthafrica #whattodo #traveltechnology #africanskies #directbookings #onlineentrepreneur #beautifulcolors #allinonesolution #raw_africa_ #bestvacations (at South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgHGfs8q0Wt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The Sariyer Area of Istanbul: A Bosphorus Gem  - Covering the northern European tip, foreign travel publications rarely talk about the Sariyer area of Istanbul, yet for Turks, this Bosphorus gem is their favourite summer and weekend getaway. During these times, the population swells as local Istanbulites and tourists from further away descend on Sariyer to enjoy the delights for themselves.

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Ponce Lighthouse Adventure near New Smyrna Beach Florida

Ready for a Ponce Lighthouse adventure near New Smyrna Beach? Step back in time and climb 175 feet of fun in the Florida sun at the Ponce Inlet Light Station and Museum! Constructed in 1887, the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse has guided mariners along the Florida coast for more than 130 years.

17 Stories High

Standing 175 feet tall ,the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse is the tallest in Florida and one of the tallest in the US ( (the Cape Hatteras Light in North Carolina is taller at 207 feet). That is the equivalent of 17 stories high. Workers stacked 1.25 million bricks and an 8 feet thick wall at its base.

213 Steps

Not for the fainthearted or bad knees, climbing the lighthouse is no joke! The stairwell spirals up 213 steps (which are steep) with 9 landings to rest and read interesting historic information and see lighthouse artifacts. But the view at the top are worth it - breathtaking.

Enjoy the video of Ponce Lighthouse with its beautiful coastal backdrop below. This view is facing south with the Atlantic Ocean on the left, the Ponce Inlet and New Smyrna Beach directly behind it, and the intracoastal waterway (Indian River) on the right.

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Lighthouse's Many Uses

Divers swim on the shipwreck Spiegel Grove Tuesday, July 12, 2005, of Key Largo, Fla., in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Since it was fully sunk on June 10, 2002, the decommissioned Navy Landing Ship Dock has rested on its starboard side. But Monday, July 11, 2005, divers discovered the ship had rolled upright, apparently courtesy of waves spawned by Hurricane Dennis off the southeast coast of Cuba, according to a National Weather Service official. The ship is the largest in the world ever scuttled to become an artificial reef. NO SALES (Photo by Fraser Nivens/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

Prevent shipwrecks. Florida is home to many famous shipwrecks. Hundreds of Spanish sailors and would-be colonists and millions of dollars of gold, silver, and jewels being transported from South America back to Spain have sunk in the waters off of Florida.

Navigate. The Coast Guard assumed operation of the Lighthouse around 1939 and installed a radio navigational beacon. Ships use the Ponce signal plus signals from Jacksonville and Cape Canaveral to fix their positions relative to the Florida coast and to prepare to navigate around the dangerous Hetzel Shoal near Canaveral.

Wartime Defense. During World War II, the lighthouse tower was used as a spotting station for enemy aircraft and off-shore vessels. The Light Station was a Coast Guard training center and barracks during the War. There is a permanent exhibit of artifacts and information concerning the Coast Guard and the Light Station in World War II. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, changed life for everyone in America, including Ponce Inlet. On December 12, the light station was closed to the public, and unauthorized persons were not allowed on the beach. (Eventually, civilian guards would be stationed to check every car that crossed the bridges onto the peninsula.) The two keepers at the lighthouse were ordered to stand eight hour watches to spot possible enemy activity, and on December 29th, the Coast Guard decided to require round-the-clock watches.

Stephen Crane and the Ponce Lighthouse

In 1897, American author Stephen Crane, working as an undercover correspondent for the New York Post, joins a gun-running expedition to Cuba aboard the steam tug Commodore.  Their goal is to reach Cuba with supplies to aid the rebellion against Spanish rule of the island. The morning after her departure from Jacksonville, the ship sinks about 12 miles off Daytona.  Survivors credit the beacon from the lighthouse at Mosquito Inlet for giving them the direction in which to row their small boats.  Eight men die in the sinking, but Stephen Crane survives and writes his famous short story, "The Open Boat."

17 Mile Lighthouse Beacon via Fresnel Lens

The Ayres Davies Lens Exhibit Building at the Ponce Lighthouse Museum contains the restored original 1st order rotating Fresnel lens along with exhibits on the history of lighthouse illumination, and a truly stunning collection of lenses and lanterns.

The original lamp burned kerosene; in 1909 it was replaced with an incandescent oil vapor lamp. In 1933, the lighthouse beacon was electrified in 1933 with a 500-watt lamp and the original, 1st order rotating  Fresnel lens was replaced with a 3rd order rotating Fresnel lens. The fresnel lens blinks its beams 17 nautical miles away!

History of Lighthouse Lenses

One of the seven wonders of the Ancient World, the great lighthouse of Alexandria, built around 280 B.C., towered some 450 feet above Egypt's greatest harbor. At that height, it was the second tallest structure in the world, after another of the seven — the Great Pyramid of Giza. The light within, also state of the art, was an open flame.

From that time until the 18th century, the lights that warned ships that they were approaching land improved hardly at all. Some burned coal. Others stuck with wood. Oil lamps backed by mirrors eventually offered a bit more candlepower. Still, every coastline in the world remained littered with the ribs of broken ships whose captains didn't see the lighthouse until it was too late. Then, in 1822, a frail scientist with a passion for optics made a revolutionary breakthrough. His name was Augustin Jean Fresnel. Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/science-makes-a-better-lighthouse-lens-

As a child, Fresnel was a slow learner who showed little interest in language studies or in tests of memory. By the age of 8, he could barely read. Yet his boyhood friends, for whom he studiously determined how to increase the power of popguns and bows, called him "the genius." When applied to optics, his genius proved to be real and considerable. Where others had improved existing lighthouse technology, Fresnel leapt forward by studying the behavior of light itself. His studies both advanced the understanding of the nature of light and produced the most important breakthrough in lighthouse lights in 2,000 years.

Fresnel worked out a number of formulas to calculate the way light changes direction, or refracts, while passing through glass prisms. Working with some of the most advanced glassmakers of the day, he produced a combination of prism shapes that together made up a lens. The Fresnel lighthouse lens used a large lamp at the focal plane as its light source. It also contained a central panel of magnifying glasses surrounded above and below by concentric rings of prisms and mirrors, all angled to gather light, intensify it and project it outward.

The various reflector systems installed in lighthouses during the 40 years preceding the introduction of the 1822 Fresnel lens certainly had been improvements over the open fires or candles in lantern rooms. Still, they could trap only a small percentage of the light. All prior systems paled by comparison with the Fresnel lens. Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/science-makes-a-better-lighthouse-lens-170677431/

The Museum has something for everyone

The Ponce DeLeon Inlet Lighthouse Museum campus includes the lighthouse, a Museum and Gift shop, a Cuban raft exhibit, a Video Theatre, a giant old galleon anchor, the First Assistant and Second Assistant Keeper's Dwellings, the Lens Exhibit Building, and the 1000 lb US Lighthouse Service Fog Bell.

Children and adults will all enjoy the museum and lighthouse. Interesting unique history, optical science, beautiful coastal setting, The Gift Shop is full of unique books, art, and of course gifts - you could easily enjoy browsing there for an hour. Visitors should plan for at least a half a day. The local area also has a few waterfront marinas and seafood hangouts, fishing charters, water sports as well as a nature preserve, Lighthouse Point Park with beach, and a Marine Science Center.

Your Ponce Lighthouse adventure near New Smyrna Beach is about 30 minutes from our condo. We travel north up Route 1 to the first intracoastal bridge in Daytona Beach which is Dunlawton Blvd. Then turn right on South Atlantic Avenue to the end of end of the island!

4931 S. Peninsula Drive Ponce Inlet, FL 32127 (386) 761-1821

Hours of Operation

Sept. 3, 2019 – May 24, 2020 Open Daily, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (Last Admission at 5:00 PM)