Fly over the wonders of nature and man-made creations that baffle the mind, touch the soul, bewilder the eye and stir the senses, leaving you to marvel at their very existence or stun you beyond belief. Taking you through an amazing adventure with picture perfect views will help you experience the ‘real thing’ to some extent. Bon voyage!

Pack your bags and hop right in. We are on our way! The best scenic spots of the world, here we come!

We are heading to Japan, aptly beginning our adventure at the land of the rising sun. The Japanese island Kyushu, is inviting. Japan’s Nine Hells of Beppu is smokes like a chimney. What a ‘hellish’ sight! These are also known as the hot springs of Japan’s capital. The steam coms out through every crack! Naturally Beppu has become a popular destination for tourists.

This place has nine geothermal hot-spots and due to their extreme temperatures and unique characteristics, they are known as the hells of Beppu.

Wasn’t it amazing flying over some of the most scenic spots of our wonder-filled planet? Let’s do another ‘round-the-world-in-ten-minutes’ next time.

- Charmaine

Nine hells of Beppu We are heading to Japan, aptly beginning our adventure at the land of the rising sun. The Japanese island Kyushu, is inviting. Japan’s Nine Hells of Beppu is smokes like a chimney. What a ‘hellish’ sight! These are also known as the hot springs of Japan’s capital. The steam coms out through every crack! Naturally Beppu has become a popular destination for tourists. This place has nine geothermal hot-spots and due to their extreme temperatures and unique characteristics, they are known as the hells of Beppu.	Iceberg-b-15 Now we are moving further into Antarctica and hey! Isn’t that Iceberg B-15? Yes. It is one of the world’s largest recorded icebergs. It has an area of over 11,000 sq km and it is larger than the island of Jamaica. Note that after almost a decade, now parts of B-15 still have not melted. B15-A is the largest remaining section of the large B15 iceberg which broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf in 2000. Scientists have placed a Global Positioning System device on it to track its movements.	Rotorua Tighten your seat belts. Next we are heading to Rotorua in New Zealand. A unique volcanic landscape. It would be wonderful to get to know ‘live’ Maori culture, natural hot springs, botanical gardens and historical architecture. Beside, there are Geysers, bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs. The thermal activity is at the heart of much of Rotorua’s tourist appeal. This is the Buried Village, Te Wairoa, so named after it was buried by the 1886 Mount Tarawera eruption. It is yet another tourist hot spot. All these attractions are within easy reach of the city. Time to bid adieu to New Zealand.
Roraima Mountain Lets slip off to our final destination – Mount Roraima, the Triple Border Point of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana. It was Arthur Conan Doyle who popularized the tepui Roraima with dinosaurs, strange vegetation and animals in his book, The Lost World, based on the accounts of British explorers Everard IM Thum and Harry Perkins who were the first Europeans to ascend Mount Roraima in 1884. Today, Mount Roraima is a destination for backpackers. Almost all who go up the mountain approach it from the Venezuelan side. Isn’t it a wonderful sight to watch groups of backpackers making their way up the mountain? Like coloured smarties speckled on a white iced cake! Button up your overcoats. It’s chilling.	Dry-valleys Now we are flying over McMurdo Dry Valleys. This Specially Managed Area (ASMA) is the largest ice-free region in Antarctica. The dry valleys represent a region where life approaches its environmental limits and is an ‘end-member’ in the spectrum of environments. What is very interesting here is the formation of land that seems to be the largest ice-free region, doubly strange since Antarctica is known for snow. Weird!