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Calling My Name
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items places that pull on my heart and soul | yearning for homes that are not mine
Sections
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Places That Call
Places That Beckon
Places that Whisper
Places That Call
Places of longing and belonging that can't be ignored
The Faroe Islands feel like home (I'd love to learn Faroese)
Faroe Islands
I wanted to visit Iceland before it was cool. I still do.
Iceland
I swear before I kick off this mortal coil, I will see the Northern Lights!
Northern lights / Aurora Borealis
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens in Cape Town, South Africa. More than just “a garden”, it is filled with streams, art installations, proteas, birds, a sensory herb garden, places to lie on the grass and bask in the sun, and fynbos of every ki... Table Mountain.
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
I want to swim in bioluminescence and come up covered in living stars.
Bioluminescent Beaches
Tidal and rock pools are my happy places - Botanical Beach, Vancouver Island B.C.
Botanical Beach - Vancouver Island, B.C.
The beaches, and more, of the Isle of Skye in the Scottish Hebrides are not what you would expect of an area so far North. The greater island areas are famous for their large basking shark population. They look terrifying, with their mouths that can ...
Isle of Skye - Outer Hebrides
Merida is known as the “White City”, due to its reputation for being spotlessly clean. It's close to some of the nest beaches in the Yucatan, and is absolutely filthy with cenotes. Practically every B&B has its own! I would live here in a heartbe...
Merida, Yucatan - Mexico
Antelope Canyon - a place to get lost in. The wavelike walls are painted and shaded in exquisite colours at sunset.
Antelope Canyon
Hiking through Quiraing on the Isle of Skye. Give me a long stretch of land in a palette of greens and I will walk until I reach the end - wherever that may be.
Quiraing (Isle of Skye)
The ultimate in European picturesque - Giethoorn, Netherlands, where the freeways are waterways!
Giethoorn - Venice of the Netherlands
Exquisite Arabic art and stained glass in the Nasir-el Mulk Mosque
Nasir al-Mulk Mosque
Absolutely stunning architecture and Arabic art at the Jameh Mosque in Tabriz
Blue Mosque
So shiny. So very shiny. It's almost like looking up at the night sky. Shah-e-Cheragh Shrine
Shah-e-Cheragh Shrine
Zakynthos - there's nothing like Mediterranean blue and soft, white sand.
Zakynthos - Greece
I came so close to seeing the ancient city of Petra (also called the 'Rose City') in Jordan, and I am quite cranky about missing the opportunity to realease my inner Indie, as it has succumbed to the dark side of tourism.
Petra
Wat Rong Khun - The White Temple, Chiang Rai. ‘Celestial’ is the only word I can think of to describe this temple complex (and I guess that's the point!) It is (semi-permanently) under construction, with new areas being built to house dragons and oth...
Wat Rong Khun - The White Temple
Situated in the Blyde River Canyon Reserve, Bourke's Luck Potholes are more than can be captured in a picture. The surrounding land is green as far as the eye can see, and the water in the potholes reflects the sky back at you - from searing Summer b...
Bourke's Luck Potholes in Mpumalanga, South Africa
The house on Elliðaey island : perfect for introverts and people who like a nice view from every window.
Elliðaey Island House
Standing at a vantage point nearly a kilometer above the Blyde River Canyon valley floor, looking out over the Lowveld, you can see seemingly forever. On a clear day this includes the Kruger Park, and even a peek at Mozambique.
God’s Window, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Places That Beckon
Places of joy that invite you to explore and be blissfully delighted
The intensely saturated, high contrast colours of Mykonos are so alive it leaves me at a loss for words.
Mykonos - Greece
I've never met a botanical garden I couldn't get lost in, and Kew Gardens has so many wonderful areas to explore! A rock garden, a Mediterranean garden with temple, a bamboo garden, carnivorous plants, a gallery - enough to spend days properly explor...
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - England
Palau - home of the jellyfish lake and some of the most beautiful fauna and flora imaginable.
Palau
Jellyfish Lake in Palau is a lake filled with thousands of jellyfish - of the non-stinging kind - that rotate all day long so that everyone gets some time in the sun to photosynthesize. It is an unbelievable in pictures, and must be totally unreal in...
Jellyfish Lake - Palau
Aquariums are magical! Chimelong is the world's largest - they even have a whale shark tank!
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom - Xiangzhou, China
A masterpiece of architecture that began in 1882, and is still under construction, spanning 5 generations of artists. The most famous of these is Antoni Gaudi, whose work appears all over Barcelona. His style is experimental and unique and so differe...
Basílica de la Sagrada Família - Barcelona, Spain
This is why architecture is an art form! To hell with the books - I just want to explore the intentional spaces and lose myself in the dimensional unreality.
Ten Chinese bookshops that display books in imaginative ways
Langebaan is just one of the many breathtaking spots to visit on the Cape West Coast. Go a little further North to Paternoster for whale watching, and carry on to the Cedarberg to watch the desert bloom in Spring.
Langebaan, Cape West Coast - South Africa
Places that Whisper
Places of intrigue that dare you to step off the path
4 hours of daylight in a Greenland Winter might be some people's nightmare, but I think it would be eerily beautiful to experience. Greenland is a very special place as it is, where the indigenous culture and language hasn't been completely wiped out...
Greenland in Winter
It's funny how the desire to travel to a certain destination is often difficult to explain. I don't know why I want to visit New Mexico, I just do.
New Mexico