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10 Secret and Fascinating Places on Earth Hard to get to. Hard to get out of your mind. By Missy Washington As a child, our day-dreams of travel surprisingly never included 5-star hotels, choice cuisine, or spas. We lived and breathed adventure. And travel wasn’t just travel; it was Exploration. A 5-course meal is good for your stomach, but to awaken that child inside, squirming at the dinner table, try feasting your imagination on these 10 secret and fascinating destinations. Don’t forget your satchel, Indiana Jones. 1. Devil’s Pool Inciting the devil’s name, you must know danger is at hand. The Devil’s Pool let’s you teeter like a guy in a barrel over the gushing waters of the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. In the summer months, when the river is at its lowest, brave souls can venture through the swift currents of the river, crawl down a slippery rock, and then jump into a small notch at the lip of the water’s crag. There you can soak in a Jacuzzi at the edge of destruction. 2. Kamchatka Peninsula Remote and austere, this Russian peninsula is breeding ground for fairies. With its green peaks and blue cotton candy craters, a reverence takes hold for the gods who
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10 Secret and Fascinating Places on EarthHard to get to. Hard to get out of your mind.

By Missy Washington

As a child, our day-dreams of travel surprisingly never included 5-star hotels, choice cuisine, or spas. We lived and breathed adventure. And travel wasn’t just travel; it was Exploration. A 5-course meal is good for your stomach, but to awaken that child inside, squirming at the dinner table, try feasting your imagination on these 10 secret and fascinating destinations. Don’t forget your satchel, Indiana Jones.

1. Devil’s Pool

Inciting the devil’s name, you must know danger is at hand. The Devil’s Pool let’s you teeter like a guy in a barrel over the gushing waters of the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. In the summer months, when the river is at its lowest, brave souls can venture through the swift currents of the river, crawl down a slippery rock, and then jump into a small notch at the lip of the water’s crag. There you can soak in a Jacuzzi at the edge of

destruction.

2. Kamchatka Peninsula

Remote and austere, this Russian peninsula is breeding ground for fairies. With its green peaks and blue cotton candy craters, a reverence takes hold for the gods who must live here. The peninsula is home to bird and . Getting here is difficult.

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3. Meteora

4. Ta Prohm, Cambodia

Just like a true explorer pushing through vines and leaves, when you arrive in the awesome presence of this jungle temple, you feel the discovery every time. Ta Prohm is part of Angkor Wat, a massive complex of temples created by the Angkor civilization in present day Cambodia. While many of the other temples were restored, Ta Prohm was left in the throws nature. We are audience to a battle between man and nature that has been

going on for centuries, one centimeter of root growth at a time the trees have dominated what was once this bustling temple. Not a secret anymore, Angkor Wat is making its debut to tourist all over the globe, but even crowds in these huge labyrinth structures cannot take away from their beauty or their mystic. You will always find a nook of your own to marvel at the intricate Apsara (angel-dancers) and history carved into every inch of the enormous sandstone ruin.

5. Paria Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness, the renowned Wave formation is made of Jurassic-age Navajo sandstone wave

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6.Wadi Shab oman

The Wadi Shab in Oman

7. bolivia salty fields

8.living bridges of Cherrapunji, India http://rootbridges.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post.html

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10. Al Hajarah, Yemen