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- Azerbaijan Visa Requirements To See the Rock Art at Gobustan
- Brazil Visa Requirements to Visit Rio de Janeiro
- Do You Need a Chinese Visa to Visit Macau?
- Belarus Visa Requirements Keep “Art of Nonconformity” Author Out
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Brazilian Visa Requirements To Visit Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Where the Mirages Are Real
June 20th, 2010
When is a mirage not really a mirage? When the water is real, as it is in Brazil's Lençóis Maranhenses National Park. This park is mostly desert,an otherworldly landscape with vast, ivory-colored sand dunes as far as the eye can see. However, in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, crystal-clear lakes and lagoons are scattered in between the dunes.
The New York Times' Frugal Traveler recently visited the park, and was quite impressed:
The barely off-white silky sands and endless cool oases of the Lençóis are such a visual stunner that, with apologies to Rio de Janeiro, the Canadian Rockies and my ex-girlfriends, they may be the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen.
You can get to Lençóis Maranhenses National Park by plane or by bus from São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro. Of cour
Azerbaijan Visa Requirements To See the Rock Art at Gobustan
June 12th, 2010
Azerbaijan is one of those countries that's off the beaten path but full of wonderful surprises, like this week's featured UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape. Added to the World Heritage List in 2007, Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape is an amazing collection of ancient rock art created over a period of 40,000 years.
There are over 6,000 engravings at the site, depicting a wide range of subjects, including people, rituals,battles, bullfights, the sun and stars, boats, and more. In addition to the engravings, the site is full of other archaeological evidence of ancient human settlement, such as burial sites and preserved cave dwellings.
Today, Gobustan is rather dry and arid, and is sparsely populated as a result. However, in the past, the region
Brazil Visa Requirements to Visit Rio de Janeiro
June 10th, 2010
Rio de Janeiro may not be the capital of Brazil, but it is its most famous city. According to Wikipedia, Rio, or "The Marvelous City," as it is often called, is the most-visited city in the Southern Hemisphere.
Visitors come to Rio for a variety of reasons. The vibrant nightlife is a huge draw, as are the gorgeous white-sand beaches that surround the city. The colossal statue of Christ the Redeemer that looks over the city from the top of Corcovado is listed as one of the 7 new wonders of the world, and taking the glass cable-car to the top of Sugarloaf Mountain provides yet another amazing view of the city.
If you're looking for fun activities in Rio that are little less obvious, check out this post on the 6 Best-Kept Secrets of Rio de Janeiro from the Matador Trips site. You'll
Do You Need a Chinese Visa to Visit Macau?
June 9th, 2010
Macau, once a Portuguese colony, is now a Special Administrative Region of China. It's also known as the "Vegas of Asia," and a recent Bootsnall article referred to it as a "gambler's paradise."
Like Las Vegas, Macau features a plethora of casinos, including local establishments as well as such familiar American names as Wynn and MGM Grand. According to Bootsnall, the Wynn casino in Macau is "freakishly similar" to the one in Vegas.
Should you actually manage to beat the house, the streets are packed with jewelry vendors who will be more than happy to let you spend some of your winnings on some bling. 24-carat gold is the norm.
Most travel to China requires a visa, but Macau is different. Americans can visit for up to 30 days without a China visa, as long as they are just visi
Belarus Visa Requirements Keep “Art of Nonconformity” Author Out
June 8th, 2010
Poor Chris Guillebeau. The writer behind the popular Art of Nonconformity blog has made it a goal to visit every single country in the world, but thus far, fate has kept him out of Belarus:
Twice in the past two months I’ve tried to make it to Belarus, and twice I’ve failed.
The first time I was volcanoed, stuck in Vancouver and unable to fly to Europe. This time, I was stuck in Zürich, shut out by a Kafkaesque visa system that denied me entry one day before I was supposed to arrive.
"Kafkaesque" is a good way of describing Belarus' visa system, which is inspired by Russia's and equally complex. Whether you are actually visiting Belarus or just passing through, you will need a visa, and if you can't stand the thought of having to change travel plans at the last minute, it wou
