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Impressions of the Yiga Choeling Monastery in Darjeeling

Monks of the old Ghoom monastery playing music

The Yiga Choeling Monastery (recently Ghoom Monastery) in Darjeeling is the seat of the Gelukpa or the yellow hat branch of Buddhism in Darjeeling.

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India

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Toraja culture and religion

Tau-Taus, grave figures, in the Tanah Toraja highlands on Sulawesi

The Indonesian island of Sulawesi, the outline of which is reminiscent of an elephant, was formerly called Celebes.

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Indonesia

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The landmark Saarpolygon

The Saar polygon in Ensdorf from different perspectives

The Saar polygon is located on the Duhamel mine dump in Ensdorf, the mine dump of the Saar mine, which rises around 150 meters above the Saar valley.

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Germany

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Montserrat Monastery in the mountains

Benedictine monastery Santa Maria de Montserrat

The Benedictine monastery of Santa Maria de Montserrat is nestled like a bird's nest under the peaks of the 1236 meter high Montserrat mountain.

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Spain

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Rovaniemi in Lapland - a visit to Santa Claus

Driving from Rovaniemi to the north of Finland, a stop at Santa Claus Village in the Arctic Circle is a must.

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Finland

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The Fisherman's Bastion in Budapest

Budapest was created in 1873 by merging the districts of Buda and Pest.

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Hungary

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The beaches of Neum on the Adriatic Sea

Neum is the only place in Bosnia and Herzegovina that has access to the sea and geographically divides Croatia.

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Bosnia

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Time travel to vintage cars

From Buenos Aires you can easily reach Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay by boat and enter a city where time has stood still.

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Uruguay

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Machu Picchu in the Andes

The Inca city of Machu Picchu was built in the 15th century at an altitude of 2430 meters between the peaks of Huayna Picchu and Machu Picchu.

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Peru

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Old town and port of Antwerp

Directly at the Hard Rock Cafe you can walk to the inviting street cafes and impressive squares of Antwerp city center.

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Belgium

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Impressions of the Yiga Choeling Monastery in Darjeeling

Toraja culture and religion

The landmark Saarpolygon

Montserrat Monastery in the mountains

Rovaniemi in Lapland - a visit to Santa Claus

The Fisherman's Bastion in Budapest

The beaches of Neum on the Adriatic Sea

Time travel to vintage cars

Machu Picchu in the Andes

Old town and port of Antwerp

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