Places vijayhm Wants to Go

To gaze upon the visage of Sri Lanka's biggest Buddha, one must first pass through the Tunnel of Hell.

A collection of crumbling mansions stand as a reminder of a more prosperous time in this Indian village.

This rare example of Vancouver's Victorian past was the home of one of the city's first bookbinders.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

This scenic waterfront swimming pool is the longest salt water pool in North America.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

A colorful hidden village of the fair folk.

A mud volcano in Indonesia spews out 50,000 cubic meters of mud every day.

The cursed island of black pebbles.

Cavemen, elephants, and eagles greet passengers driving through the town's main intersection.

Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

A mile-long navigable cave adorned with stalactites and stalagmites reaching up to 65 feet tall.

Bizarre dirt trail winds a narrow path above the tree line.

A meditative walk up 353 stairs leads to a majestic white Buddha overlooking Pai.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

An enormous Buddha peers through a gap in its ruined chamber.

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

You can walk up Thailand’s naturally non-slip waterfall.

Thousands of bats stream out of caves every night on the edge on Thailand's second largest park.

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.