Posted on July 26, 2009, 8:24 pm, by Frank Whitelaw, under
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Extending from Bratislava to Korman in southwestern Slovakia, Zitny Ostrov (Rye Island) is Europe’s largest river island. It is so immense that most tourists are not aware of being on one. It lies between the Danube, and its slower running off-shoot the Little Danube, in the Danubian Plain.
Several rivers flow across it and the rich [...]
Posted on July 26, 2009, 6:42 am, by Frank Whitelaw, under
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One of Mexico’s biggest islands, Cozumel, is located 20 km (12 miles) from the mainland, and 60 km (36 mi) south of Cancun. It’s a flat, limestone formation in the shape of a handgun, and punctured by dozens of cenotes (water-filled sinkholes), many with their own marine forms, which are an extra attraction for tourists [...]