Offbeat album: iconic landmarks
Mei-Mei and her husband Randy have a lot more adventures ahead, but here's a tour of classic sites so far.
 Victoria Falls, from the Zimbabwe side |  Matterhorn from Kleine Matterhorn cable, Zermatt, Switzerland |  Schilthorn views of Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau, Switzerland |
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 Jungfraujoch, Switzerland |  Grindelwald-First views of Eiger and more |  Eiger North Face trail, Switzerland |
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 Mont Blanc, from Helbronner, Italy |  Gorgeous Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon, Iceland |  Double rainbow at Skogafoss, Iceland |
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 Famed Kirkjufell mountain, Iceland |  Dettifoss, Europe's most powerful waterfall, Iceland |  Table Mountain overview of Lion's Head, Robben island, Cape Town, Blouberg and Devil's Peak #southafrica |
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 Table Mountain cable car from Camps Bay. #capetown #southafrica |  Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, from the ancient Jewish cemetery |  The corner in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina where Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated, kicking off WWI. |
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 Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia |  Sunset in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina |  Mostar's famed bridge, Bosnia-Herzegovina |
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 Lake Bled, Slovenia |  Dragon bridge and fortress at Lubljana, Slovenia |  Fireworks over Budapest, Hungary |
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 Budapest, Hungary looking at the Buda side. |  Rothenburg, Germany |  Nuremberg Justice Center where Nuremberg trials were held |
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 Gorgeous Dubrovnik, Croatia |  Machu Picchu, Peru |  Machu Picchu view from Huayna Picchu hike. Peru |
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 Panama Canal, new cocoli locks |  Panama canal lock crossing on Pacific side. |  Colosseum from the top terrace. Rome, Italy. |
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 Pompeii Forum in the main square, with Mt. Vesuvius behind. Italy. |  Old City of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, with Dome of the Rock glittering. Israel. |  Masada, Herod's winter palace and site of the alleged last Jewish rebel stance. Israel. |
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 Dead Sea, Jerusalem. |  Western or wailing wall. Jerusalem. |  Herculaneum, in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius, which blasted it in 79 AD. Italy. |
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 Carcassonne, France. |  Convoy of skeleton vehicles along Highway 1 from Haifa to Jerusalem. Israel. |  Acropolis from Filopapou Hill. Athens, Greece. |
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 Skellig Michael, 7 miles into the Atlantic from Ireland, where monks lived in the 8th century. The new Star Wars was filmed here. |  Beehive huts from 8th century monks who lived here on Skellig Michael, 7 miles into the Atlantic from Ireland. |  Newgrange tombs from 5000 years ago. Ireland. |
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 Rock of Cashel church and fortress. Ireland. |  40 shades of green along the Kerry Ring. Ireland. |  Dublin Castle original tower and chapel. Ireland. |
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 Site of Jesus' crucifixion, Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Jerusalem, Israel. |  The Great Wall at Jinshanling outside of Beijing |  The Great Wall at Jinshanling outside of Beijing |
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 The Great Wall at Jinshanling outside of Beijing |  The Great Wall at Jinshanling outside of Beijing |  Terra Cotta warriors, Xian, China |
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 Terra cotta warriors, Xian, China |  Tiananmen Square, Beijing |  The Forbidden City, Beijing |
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 Temple of Heaven, Beijing |  Hong Kong harbor at night |  Hong Kong skyline from Victoria Peak |
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 Ancient City wall of Xian |  Ancient City wall of Xian |  Ancient City wall of Xian |
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 The Wall Street bull, on the Bund, Shanghai |  Fairmont Peace Hotel on the Bund, Shanghai |  |
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 |  Yao Mountain, Guilin |  Yao Mountain, Guilin |
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 Sydney Harbor, Australia, with Opera House and Harbor Bridge |  Sydney Harbor, Australia |  Harbor Bridge, Australia, with bridge climbers on both rails. |
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 Sydney Opera House |  Uluru, or Ayers Rock, at sunrise, Uluru, Australia |  Uluru, Australia |
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 Uluru in the moonlight, Uluru, Australia |  Uluru and Kata Tjuta at sunrise, Uluru, Australia |  Kata Tjuta at sunrise, Uluru, Australia |
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 Mount Cook at Lake Pukaki, with sheep, New Zealand |  Milford Sound, New Zealand |  Milford Sound Stirling Falls, New Zealand |
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 Hobbiton Bag End, New Zealand |  Hobbiton, New Zealand |  Mount Doom, aka Mt. Ngauruhoe, at Tongariro National Park, New Zealand |
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 Tongariro, with Mt. Doom hidden behind, New Zealand |  The Emerald Lakes along the Tongariro Alpine hike, New Zealand |  Prague, Czech Republic monastery library |
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 Prague Czech Republic |  Blue Mosque, Istanbul Turkey |  Istanbul Turkey |
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 Eiffel Tower, Paris, France |  Notre Dame Paris France |  Notre Dame, Paris France |
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 Sacre Coeur Paris France |  Sénanque Abbey, near Gordes, Provence, France |  Pont du Gard viaduct, built between 40-60 AD to bring fresh water to Nimes, France |
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 Salzburg Austria |  Iguazu Falls, on border of Argentina and Brazil, higher than Niagara, with 275 waterfalls |  Iguazu Falls, on border of Argentina and Brazil, higher than Niagara, with 275 waterfalls |
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 Iguazu Falls, on border of Argentina and Brazil, higher than Niagara, with 275 waterfalls |  Torres del Paine, Chile |  Torres del Paine, Chile |
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 Havana Cuba classic 1950s rush hour in modern day |  Hermitage St Petersburg Russia 2015 |  Spilled Blood Church St Petersburg Russia 2015 |
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 Spilled Blood Church St Petersburg Russia 2015 |  Catherine's Palace St Petersburg Russia 2015 |  Catherine's Palace St Petersburg Russia 2015 |
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 Peterhof, St. Petersburg, Russia, the summer palace. |  Little Mermaid, Copenhagen, Denmark |  Canals of Copenhagen, Denmark, 2015 |
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 Canals of Copenhagen, Denmark with narrow passage above and side to side |  Tivoli Gardens, Cophenhagen, Denmark, second oldest amusement park in the world (1843) |  Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, UK, popular filming site including Downton Abbey and Harry Potter |
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 Pulpit Rock peekaboo, Stavanger, Norway, a cliff rising 1982 feet |  Abba Museum, Stockholm, Sweden (soon to become an iconic landmark) |  Vasa warship, Stockholm, Sweden, sank on maiden voyage in 1628 and salvaged in 1961 |
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 Oslo, Norway, famed Holmenkollbakken iski jump |  Shetland pony, Shetland Islands, UK |  Edinburgh castle, Scotland |
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 Doulton Fountain, Glasgow, Scotland, largest terracotta fountain in the world 2015 |  Urquhart castle on Loch Ness, Scotland 2015 |  Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany 2015 (cleverly taken by my spouse from the McDonald's balcony across the street) |
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 Reichstag, Berlin, Germany 2015 |  Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany 2015 |  Berlin war remnant, Germany |
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 Auschwitz, Germany |  Michelangelo's The Pietà (1498–1499), St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City |  St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Italy |
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 St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome 2015 |  Coliseum, Rome, Italy |  Tower of Pisa Italy |
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 Trevi Fountain, Florence, Italy |  Duomo Florence Italy |  Cinque Terre town, Italy |
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 Francisco Franco grave and "Valley of the Fallen" monument to honor Spanish Civil War, in El Escorial near Madrid |  Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain, still under construction |  |
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 Famed Gaudi lizard at Parc Guell, Barcelona, Spain |  Monte Carlo Casino |  Monte Carlo, Monaco 2012 |
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 Monte Carlo, Monaco 2012 |  Montserrat monastery, near Barcelona, Spain. |  Gibraltar |
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 Santorini, Greece, town of Ia |  Olympia, Greece, original Olympic games starting line |  The Acropolis, Athens Greece |
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 Temple of Zeus, Athens Greece |  Cairo, Egypt sphinx and pyramids |  Windsor Castle, England |
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 London Bridge, London, England |  Westminster Cathedral, London England |  Buckingham Palace, London England |
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 Le Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, France 2001 |  Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England |  Oxford library England |
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 Neuschwanstein Castle by "Mad" King Ludwig, Hohenschwangaum near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany |  Las Vegas strip |  Bellagio fountains Las Vegas |
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 Bryce ampitheater, Utah |  Yosemite with El Capitan, California |  Olympics National Park, Washington |
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 Death Valley National Park, California |  Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah |  Maui Hawaii sunrise |
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 Logan Pass at Glacier National Park, Montana |  Lincoln memorial, Washington DC |  The White House, Washington DC |
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 Jefferson Memorial Washington DC 2007 |  Washington Memorial Washington DC |  Mount Denali or "the Great One" (officially renamed from McKinley by President Obama on Aug. 31, 2015) is the highest peak in North America at 20,310 feet |
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 Mount Denali or "the Great One" (officially renamed from McKinley by President Obama on Aug. 31, 2015) is the highest peak in North America at 20,310 feet |  Central Park, New York City 2007 |  Mount Rainier, Washington |
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 Top of Mount St. Helens in Washington July 26, 2004, weeks before it blew again on Oct. 1, 2004. |
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