If you have no chance to travel around the world and take nice pictures of many beautifully natural landscapes, let's take a look at the worldwide memorable travel photos of this week. High plains of Southern Bolivia may be appropriate to those likes challenging themselves while the bird sanctuary in Missouri is an ideal destination for animal lovers.
The sandstone peaks of Metéora (literally means "suspended in the air") in Greece are covered by patches of snow. Beginning in the 15th century, monks built monasteries high on these pinnacles by climbing the sheer rock faces and pulling up stones. A few of the monasteries listed on the World Heritage site are still active.
Metéora in Greece is photographed by Vincent Sheehan
The Italian village of Ranui sitting nestled in the Val di Funes below the Geisler Mountains is home to several historic churches, including St. John's, which was built in the 1700s and stood apart in the meadow.
The Dolomites in Italy is photographed by Zhiqun Fei
The Istanbul's Blue Mosque that got its name due to the color of its interior tiles welcomes thousands of visitors every year. It is described as an LCD screen flashing the time in Paris and Tokyo by author Pico Iyer of Traveler's October 2010 issue.
The Blue Mosque in Istanbul photographed by Dave Yod
A cyclist pauses during a tour around high plains of Altiplano that stretches north to south for 500 miles through Bolivia and features hardy flora and fauna surviving at more than 12,000 feet above sea level. This area is located on the great rocky spine of the Andes.
High Plains of Southern Bolivia is photographed by Carl David Granback
Seven trumpeter swans of the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary near West Alton, Missouri can be seen swimming in the early moning light. The sanctuary hosts up to 400 trumpeter swans, the North America’s largest native waterfowl.
Bird Sanctuary in Missouri is photographed by Danny Brown
Situated at nearly 12,000 feet elevation, Karakul Lake in Xinjiang province, China is home to a horseback trek and an overnight stay in a lake-side yurt. Visitors can also enjoy beautifully natural landscapes as traveling this region.
Karakul Lake in China is photographed by Sue Anne Tay
Millions of Hindus gather along the shores of the Ganges River in the city of Haridwar, in Uttarakhand, north-central India and flock to the river to ritualistically wash away their sins. They regard this area as one of the Hinduism’s seven holiest sites and flock to the river to ritualistically wash away their sins.
Ganges River in India is photographed by Alessandro Scarabelli
Apart from camels, visitors coming to Giza can travel across the Great Pyramids and surrounding sites with Arabian horses. The Pyramids rising above the desert outside Cairo for more than 4,000 years are memorials to Egyptian kings and the last of the world's ancient wonders.
Giza in Egypt is photographed by Romona Robbins
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