France's Dordogne River Valley

Shadows flickered on the walls of the narrow cavern as we groped and felt our way forward, following our guide's lantern deeper into the Grotte de Font-de-Gaume. Our eyes were still not accustomed to the low level of light and the going was slow. Fifty meters into the cave we encountered the narrow Rubicon, a meter-wide passageway where we squeezed single-file between limestone walls to reach the main gallery.

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Altai Mountains Rusia

Altai Mountains are the mountain ranges that stretched across Central Asia and through the state borders Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan. Altai Mountains became the source of the river Irtysh, Ob and Yenisei. Besides Mountain Altai is also known as the cradle of the Turkish Nation ancestors. The final line in the northwest is located at 52 ° northern latitude and between 84 ° and 90 ° east longitude where he joined the Sayan Mountains in the east. Then leads to the southeast with coordinates 45 ° N and 99 ° East, and eventually becomes lower and join the plateau known as the Gobi Desert.

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Altes Museum The Old Museum in Berlin, Germany

The Altes Museum (German for Old Museum), is one of several internationally renowned museums on Museum Island in Berlin, Germany. Since restoration work in 1966, it houses the Antikensammlung (antique collection) of the Berlin State Museums. The museum was built between 1823 and 1830 by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel in the neoclassical style to house the Prussian royal family's art collection. The historic, protected building counts among the most distinguished in neoclassicism and is a high point of Schinkel's career. Until 1845, it was called the Königliches Museum (Royal Museum). Along with the other museums and historic buildings on Museum Island, the Altes Museum was designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999.

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Parang Kusumo Beach Yogyakarta Indonesia

Yogyakarta is one of the world tourist destination in Indonesia. Besides having a lot of beautiful places in Yogyakarta is also known as the Student City and Town Gudeg. Precisely in Bantul near the Indian Ocean coast certainly has a lot of them are Parang Kusumo Beach.

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