Njalo Island is a small inhabited island in Lake Chilwa, in southern Malawi’s Phalombe District. Situated in the lake’s open waters, it is part of a wetland landscape shaped by changing water levels, shallow channels, marshes, and seasonal fishing activity. The island is home to a close-knit community whose daily life is closely connected to the lake. Fishing provides an important source of food and income, while boats are essential for transport between the island and mainland communities.

Carcross is a small community in Yukon’s Southern Lakes region, located at the narrow passage between Bennett Lake and Nares Lake. Its setting combines sandy dunes, forested mountains, and glacier-fed lakes, with the community lying along the South Klondike Highway between Whitehorse and Skagway. Carcross is within the Traditional Territory of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation and remains closely connected to the surrounding land and waterways. Th

Wailua is a community on the eastern side of Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, where the Wailua River reaches the Pacific Ocean. The area includes beaches, river valleys, coconut groves, and forested foothills, with the dramatic peaks of the island’s interior rising nearby. Wailua is one of the main population centers on Kauaʻi and lies between the towns of Kapaʻa and Līhuʻe. Its location provides access to both the island’s eastern coastline and the Wailua River, making it an important base for exploring waterf

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.

Tongatapu, the main island of Tonga, is where tradition, history, and the South Pacific’s natural world intersect in quiet and unexpected ways. As the political and cultural center of the Kingdom of Tonga, it is home to the capital city, Nukuʻalofa, as well as ancient royal burial grounds, dramatic coastal blowholes, and friendly villages where daily life unfolds slowly.