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Netherlands’ Last True Wilderness

Netherlands is known for tulips, dykes, windmills and such, its beaches are not usually one of them. And yet, north of the mainland is a string of islands fringed with ribbons of the most pristine sands. These are known as the Wadden Islands and they are separated from the mainland by the Waddenzee, or Wadden [...]

The Stone Clad Foyer of the Lodge at Cape Kidnappers at the Southern End of Hawkes Bay

Lodge at Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay Immortalized by a visit from Captain Cook in 1770, the craggy Cape Kidnappers peninsula juts into the Pacific Ocean at the southern end of Hawkes Bay, a leisurely six-hour drive from Auckland on New Zealand’s North Island. The area is the nesting ground for the world’s largest colony of [...]

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