Lake Malawi - The Lake of Stars - is an immense inland sea of fresh, crystal clear water in which tropical fish abound. Its shores and the deserted islands which dot its surface are home to a variety of game and an abundance of exotic birdlife. Local fishermen leisurely paddle their traditional "mokoros", or dugouts, across its expanse, and the sun drenched serenity is but enhanced by the shriek of a Fish Eagle or the grunting of distant hippo.

Gaspé sits at the eastern tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in Québec, where the St. Lawrence River opens into the Gulf and the land feels distinctly maritime.

Agafay, often called Morocco’s "stone desert," is located just 40 kilometers southwest of Marrakech, but the landscape feels like a different world. Unlike the golden dunes of the Sahara, Agafay stretches out in rolling hills of sand-colored rock and hard-packed earth. It offers the vastness of a desert experience without requiring a long journey from the city.

Chong Mek is a small border town in Sirindhorn District of Ubon Ratchathani Province in northeastern Thailand, situated near the crossing into Laos. Its location at the edge of the Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai forest region and close to the Mekong basin gives the area a mix of wooded hills, agricultural land, and cross-border commerce.

Yantai is on the coast of the Bohai Sea and one of the most picturesque small cities in China. Visit Penglai Pavilion, said to be where the 8 Taoist Immortals flew across the sea or view the city from the 14th-century Yuhuang Hill Temple where the abundant rose-colored buildings and orange-tiled roofs of the town are nestled between the sea and the gentle hills.