The Great Wall of China was not named lightly. I had heard about it, read about it, been told that I could spot it from the moon (if ever I went there) and was still astounded when I actually saw it - well part of it - a very small part.
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Jill Malcolm – Welsh Folly
In any map of northern Wales, a pinpoint between the slate-mining centre of Ffestinoig and the seaside town of Porthmadog marks the position of a village, which despite its location, is decidedly out of place.
The world is Your Oyster
There are places in the world whose name carries meaning well beyond mere geography. A thousand kilometres off the west coast of Ecuador lie the islands of the Galapagos Archipelago - 24 specks of geology straddling the equator that have become, not only