Life Is Like That

Nicknamed A Cidade Maravilhosa or “The Marvelous City”, Rio de Janeiro is a city that knows how to entertain, day and night!

Where about? Rio de Janeiro is the second largest metropolitan in Brazil and South America after Sao Paulo. The city was first discovered on January 1, 1502 by Portuguese explorer Gaspar de Lamos and [...]

Praised as one of the most beautiful towns in China by famous New Zealand writer Rewi Alley, the Old Town of Fenghuang (凤凰古城) is our subject of Beautiful Monday this week.

Where about? The Old Town of Fenghuang is located in the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (湘西土家族苗族自治区) in the western border area of Hunan [...]

Perhaps I really like to admire the beauty of Mother Nature. I am even going to judge and write on a volcanic crater this week. Yes, I am talking about Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest and most complete volcanic caldera.

Where about? Ngorongoro is a dead volcano located in northern Tanzania. It was said that Ngorongoro [...]

When the forefathers of the Hani People (哈尼族) first migrated to the southern Yunnan Province (云南省) from the Tibetan Plateau (青藏高原) 2500 years ago, they faced a difficult problem. There was less flat ground in this mountain area, and thus was not suitable for cultivating rice. Because of this, the Hani People had battled to [...]

Greece has many beautiful islands scattering around the Aegean Sea and the Ionian Sea. I had written on Crete Island before and it has turned out to be one of the most viewed posts on this blog. Beautiful Monday today brings you to another beautiful island of Greece, namely Santorini.

Where about? Santorini is a small [...]

If not because of its limestone pinnacles, Pinnacles Desert is just another wasteland and it will remain unknown to the world forever!

Where about? Pinnacles Desert or The Pinnacles is located within Nambung National Park, near the town of Cervantes in Western Australia. Pinnacles Desert is approximately 250 kilometers north of Perth, close to Australia’s [...]

West Lake (西湖) is perhaps the most famous lake in China, if not the most beautiful.

Where about? West Lake is located in Hangzhou (杭州), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), China. The lake is surrounded on 3 sides by mountain. West Lake has an area of 6.5 square kilometers, a circumference of approximately 15 kilometers and an average [...]

Tahiti Island is a place on earth closest to heaven. It is an untouched and beautiful piece of land.

Where about? There is a group of beautiful sea islands scattering around in the southern Pacific Ocean. This group of islands is called the French Polynesia. Tahiti is the largest and most populated island of French Polynesia. [...]

I had written once before that at waterfalls one is able to find an abundance of negative ions. I actually felt refreshing the moment just coming up from a waterfall! That was when I visited the Ton Pling Waterfall in Phuket last August. Beautiful Monday this week brings you to Asia’s largest waterfall!

Where about? Measuring [...]