Emerald View

... how long we decided to stay in that delightful beach in the middle of nowhere or lost in the hills of the eternal mountains, the emerald green over there! It may take three months, might take four, the point is, it is going to be tough, but delicious ... ...

Babies arrived but were sleeping so we had to entertain ourselves. ...

... , they weren't very good for Pozo Rica or El Tajin. Anyway, they also had a list of the better places to stay on the Emerald Coast, so we checked out a few of them before finding a brand new place called Mar Esmeralda. It didn't seem to even officially ...

... this was a Saturday, making it very busy.  However they have a good shuttle system to take you to the various trails, and unlike the Grand Canyon's South Rim there's no over-development.  We did the easy "Emerald Falls" trail:   ...

... city's nickname, "The Emerald City," but the week to come gave me even more reasons to love America's version of the Emerald Isle. We began our Sunday morning at Chace’s Pancake Corral, located about 20 minutes east of Seattle in Bellevue, ...

... the 16th Century. This Temple was built in 1565 as a Royal Chapel and repository for the much celebrated statue of the Emerald Buddha, which the Laotians had taken from Chiang Mai, Thailand in 1551. The jasper statue remained in the temple until the ...

... dais, sat the revered jade-carved Emerald Buddha. Almost immediately two things struck me. Firstly, for such a revered figure, the Emerald Buddha isn’t particularly big – no more than two foot tall. And secondly, probably partly for security ...

... along the water or for simply throwing down a towel and catching some sun. The most distinct feature, however, is the sparkling emerald-green water, which creates the area's namesake hue from the sugar white sand that lies beneath the crystal blue water. ...

... green in colour with a natural waterslide flowing into the top of the pool. We were all really hot after being in the hot spring and the emerald pool was lovely and cool. Me and Chris had a couple of goes on the waterslide. It was hard to get up to it as ...

... dig a hole near the waterline which will fill up with thermally heated water. So instead we went for a hike from the beach to Emerald Cove nature reserve. Some people don;t have it too bad - at the beginning of our journey we tramped past some beautiful ...

        After surveying the canyon by shuttle yesterday we chose the Middle and Upper Emerald Pools Trail for today. The Lower Pools and Angel's Landing trails were both closed for repairs.  We had heard about Angel’s ...

... ; It is one of the most important wats in Thailand for a number of reasons...it is located at the Grand Palace and houses the Emerald Buddha.  The Emerald Buddha (actually jade) very important and has three different costumes for the three different ...

... it pips Bromo as my favourite place visited in all my travels through Indonesia. Absolutely magnificent, so I think I'll rename it the Emerald Canyon to give it a touch of class. If you love nature and are ever anywhere even remotely nearby, get there and ...

... to get local transport to Semuc Champey a slow, bumpy, 11 km away… Hike up to the mirador (view point), and the turquoise/emerald pools set in limestone emerge – swimming paradise! Head down from the mirador and chill by the therapeutic ...

... . It was absolutely stunning - towering limestone cliffs, with lush vegetation clinging to the tops of the islands, rising out the emerald green waters. We also visited a few caves found within some of these islands and saw many spectacular stalgtites and ...

... Thai cuisine. Rice, various vegetable things, a slightly spicy soup and some meat dishes. Pineapple to finish.Now we headed to the Emerald Lake. It was indeed, very bright, but more blue than green I'd say and not quite as clean as the propaganda would ...

... complete, and now for some insightful reflections... Day 6 After a quick flight we touch down in the capital of the Emerald Isle, Dublin. A preliminary meander around the town reveals the convenience of our hostel location, nicely in a part of town ...

The Emerald Lake When we woke at 6:00am (again!), a warm breaky greeted us, not litteraly, and it was boring porrige, again, this time with honey! As we packed we realised there was no snown on our tents this time, just wet slippery ground (making it ...

... meringue.  Food is good / average.  Scene is extremely unique.  We visit an idyllic park ,  a few emerald / jewelry stores to research ideas for  Lyn- on our 20th anniversary and finally the home stretch...a visit to ...

... through rivers, flying foxes, and lots of hiking. It's like being a GI Joe Action Figure for a day. We went to Emerald Valley, which is a canyon adjacent to Mt. Aspiring, part of the south end of the Southern Alps mountain range. The sunlight ...