A booming city of over 3 million, Surabaya offers many good hotels, shopping centers and entertainment. Its well stocked zoological garden include several species of Indonesian fauna like "orang utan", komodo dragon and a collection of nocturnal animals.

Mauritania, stretching between the Atlantic Ocean and the Sahara Desert, offers travelers a journey through wide-open landscapes and centuries of history. Its terrain is marked by shifting sand dunes, ancient caravan towns, and stretches of untouched coastline.

Almost every modern scene in Constanta, Romania, is juxtaposed against 4th century Roman relics.

The Lemaire Channel is a spectacular sight with enormous sheer cliffs falling straight into the sea. It's a narrow channel flanked by the Antarctic Peninsula on one side and Booth Island on the other. So photogenic is the channel that it's nicknamed 'Kodak Gap', and it's only once you're well within it that a way through is visible.

Latvia invites visitors to explore a land where medieval streets meet vast forests and a lively coastline. Riga, the country’s capital, is home to one of the largest and best-preserved collections of Art Nouveau architecture in Europe. Walking through the Old Town, visitors can admire intricate facades and cobblestone streets that lead to landmarks like the House of Blackheads and St. Peter’s Church, whose tower offers panoramic views of the city.