Anza-Borrego Desert State Park occupies a large area of southeastern California, extending across the Colorado Desert east of San Diego County. It is California’s largest state park and contains a varied desert landscape of broad valleys, badlands, rocky mountains, palm oases, dry washes, and sandy plains. The park takes its name from Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza and the Spanish word for bighorn sheep.

Pangnirtung is an Inuit community on the eastern shore of Cumberland Peninsula on Baffin Island, Nunavut, overlooking the sheltered waters of Pangnirtung Fiord. Steep mountains and rocky slopes rise around the settlement, while the fiord opens toward the larger waters of Cumberland Sound. The community is often called the gateway to Auyuittuq National Park, which lies nearby across dramatic Arctic terrain.

The Canyon valleys of the Waimea River and its tributary were once heavily populated, and the town was an early center of native government. It was here that Captain James Cook, English Navigator-Explorer, made his first landing in the Hawaiian Islands on January 20, 1778. Waimea developed as a provisioning port for whalers and sandalwood traders. A ruined Russian fort, built (1815) in a futile attempt to seize the isle, occupies a coastal bluff aboe the Waimea River. A rich sugar-plantation

Suva is the capital of Fiji and a popular island destination in the South Pacific. Highlights of this tropical city include Fiji Museum, Thurston Park, Mount Korobaba, and Colo-I-Suva Forest Park.

With its untouched natural wonders, rich cultural traditions, and welcoming people, Guinea-Bissau offers an off-the-beaten-path experience for those seeking something truly unique.