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R Matt Young

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Tirta Gangga Water Palace

Abang, Indonesia

Tirta Gangga Water Palace

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

Post Box at Tin Ma Court

Hong Kong

Hong Kong's Colonial Post Boxes

These post boxes from a bygone era have been the source of controversy and debate.

Stitt

Hong Kong

Stephen and Stitt

Regal guardians to one of the biggest banks in the world, symbols of Hong Kong's history and resilience.

AP Yanling Plaza

Shanghai, China

A.P. Xinyang Market

A labyrinth of clothing, electronics, and other counterfeit items.

Garden of Phallus.

Thimphu, Bhutan

Garden of Phallus (Wangchuk Chenmoi Dümra)

This garden is very fertile.

Monkey Fingers in Dades Gorge

Tamellalt, Morocco

Monkey Fingers

Within the Dadès Gorge, amazing vistas and towering cliff faces can be seen at each new curve and bend in the road.

Bab Agnaou with its Quran inscription

Marrakesh, Morocco

Bab Agnaou

One of the two original gateways into the Kasbah, this gateway is a nesting site for storks.

Kasbah as can be seen from afar

Telouet, Morocco

Kasbah Telouet

A mud brick kasbah with a history of lavishness and traitorship.

Erg Chigaga is feels like a secret, otherworldly desert landscape.

Province de Zagora, Morocco

Erg Chigaga

Exploring the wilder, more passionate sibling of Erg Chebbi feels like discovering a secret sun-kissed planet from another galaxy.

Erg Chebbi

Merzouga, Morocco

Erg Chebbi

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

Tide Pools of Essaouira

Essaouira, Morocco

Tide Pools of Essaouira

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

The Almoravid koubba.

Marrakesh, Morocco

Almoravid Koubba

The oldest monument in Marrakesh and the city's only surviving example of Almoravid architecture.

Chouara Leather Tannery

Fez, Morocco

Chouara Leather Tannery

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

Fes el Bali

Fez, Morocco

Fes el-Bali

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

Hassan II Mosque

Casablanca, Morocco

Hassan II Mosque

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

Orange tree besides a sepulchre within the wall of the Saadian Tombs

Marrakesh, Morocco

Saadian Tombs

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

The old movie set.

Province de Ouarzazate, Morocco

'The Hills Have Eyes' Gas Station

An abandoned horror film set sits eerily along a highway through Hollywood's "door to the desert."

Jemaa el-Fna.

Marrakesh, Morocco

Jemaa el-Fna Square

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

Jardin Majorelle

Marrakesh, Morocco

Jardin Majorelle

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

Time Ball Tower

Cape Town, South Africa

Time Ball Tower

A 19th-century relic of timekeeping.

Nelson Mandela Capture Site.

Howick, South Africa

Nelson Mandela Capture Site

A mesmerizing sculpture marks the site where the activist was arrested after evading capture for 17 months.

Seal Island

Cape Town, South Africa

Seal Island

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

The sand dunes.

Ngorongoro, Tanzania

Shifting Sand Dunes

These strange piles of magnetized volcanic ash travel across the desert about 50 feet per year.

Ol Doinyo Lengai Volcano erupting

Ngorongoro, Tanzania

Ol Doinyo Lengai

This rare volcano spews the strangest and (literally) coolest lava in the world.

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