Tag: Nature
20 cursed places found
Aso
Mt Aso, Kyushu ----------------- UPDATE 10 October 2016: I've just heard that Mt Aso has sprung to life again in an explosive eruption and that access to...
Qobustan mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan
Mud volcanoes of Qobustan A really bizarre sight that is almost unique to Azerbaijan : bubbling, spitting, leaking, oozing, grey mud volcanoes.
Absheron peninsula, Azerbaijan
Absheron peninsula to (overall; individually between 1 for Arteshgah, and 8 for Artyom) A semi-desert promontory that pokes out eastwards into the Caspian...
Pasterze
glacier The (still) largest glacier in Austria , and one of the most scenic glacial tongues in the whole of the Alps.
Baucau
& north-east East Timor This area was actually the first one I headed for on my 8-day round trip of East Timor in August 2014.
Lovatnet
The site of two massive landslides that caused tsunamis that swept away villages on the shores of Lovatnet lake killing several dozens of villagers on...
Aralsk, Aral Sea
Aralsk & North Aral Sea This poor town used to be the main fishing port on the Aral Sea , before the latter began drying up.
Sakurajima volcano, Kagoshima
One of Japan 's most active volcanoes – right opposite Kagoshima, the southernmost city on the southern mainland island of Kyushu.
Darvaza flaming gas crater, Turkmenistan
Darvaza gas fire crater, Turkmenistan A crater in the desert – aka "Door to Hell" – full of countless gas fires that have been burning for decades.
Nyiragongo volcano, DRC
Nyiragongo volcano, Congo One of Africa's (and the world's) most active volcanoes, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo , and one of only a very...
Bledug Kuwu
mud volcano Now here's an obscure sight you won't find in the usual guidebooks at all: a highly active mud volcano in Central Java, Indonesia , whose...
Dian Fossey's grave at Karisoke, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
Dian Fossey's grave at Karisoke, Rwanda A site in Rwanda of pioneering conservationist heroism, of tragedy, mystery and beauty all in one.
Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku The capital city of Azerbaijan and the nation's travel hub.
Stromboli
UPDATE January 2026: I’ve just booked a trip to Sicily and the Aeolian Islands, including a two-day stint on Stromboli with a guided volcano hike (see...
Viti
Askja Viti means 'hell' in Icelandic – and even though the trip there isn't quite so hellish as the name implies, it's still extreme: Viti is an explosion...
Merapi
volcano, Java Merapi is Indonesia 's most active volcano, and that's saying something in this country that has more active volcanoes than any other!
Krakatoa
Site (in Indonesia ) of what was probably the most infamous volcanic eruption in history: in 1883 the old Krakatoa volcano exploded, creating destruction...
Uyuni
A small town in the Altiplano of Bolivia , best known for the nearby huge salt flat of the same name.
Venice
(at best when cruise ships are in town) - One of the most celebrated and most popular tourist destinations in the world (and very much suffering from...
Podgorica, Montenegro
Podgorica - The tiny capital city of the ex- Yugoslav republic of Montenegro .