U Bein Bridge

Longest teak bridge in the world (1,2kms) built in 1849 over the Taung-tha-man Lake.

Amarapura, Burma/Myanmar

Il Gran Canale

Venice, Italy

The lost city of the Incas

Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian site located 2.400 meters above sea level on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru. It was built around the year 1460, but was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a hundred years later, at the time of the spanish conquest of the Inca empire. Although known locally, it was said to have been forgotten for centuries when the site was brought to worldwide attention in 1911 by american historian Hiram Bingham. It is also one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. Looking down you can see the train that connects Machu Picchu to Cuzco, a wonderful 6 hours journey through the most amazing sceneries.
Aguas Calientes is the last train stop. Once here you have to take a van to go to the site on top of the mountain.

Santorini

Santorini is the southern most island of the Cycladic group in the Aegean Sea, Greece

Empire State observatories

New York, U.S.A.

Ko Pha Ngan

An island in the Gulf of Thailand

Human Pyramid

'Festes de la Merce' (Catalunyan 'fiesta'), Barcelona, Spain

Göreme

Capadoccia, TurkeyThe rocks of Cappadocia eroded into hundreds of spectacular pillars and minaret-like forms. The volcanic deposits are soft rocks the people of the villages carved out to form houses, churches, monasteries. Göreme became a monastic center between 300-1200 AD. First period settlement reaches to the Roman period from Christianity. It is a complex comprising more than 30 rock-carved churches and chapels containing some superb frescoes, dating from the 9th to the 11th centuries.

To zoom or not to zoom

Regarding the previous post I was asked how 'super' the zoom must be to get close-ups of the wildlife. Well, here at MalaMala (South Africa) you can be so close to the animals, you almost don't need one. I think the photos speak for themselves.