The property's five residences, created with local stone, woods, and ylang - ylang thatching by Malaysian architect Cheong Yew Kuan, are scattered among sunny clearings
carved out of the river - banked jungle and the mountain turf of Northern Ubud.
Not exact matches
Once a port for the ancient Maya, then a base for Spanish forces in the 1500s, Xel - Ha's location on the coast leads is picturesque, but it's also where the sea meets the maze
of underwater
rivers and caves as well as
carved out lagoons, that makes it a «natural aquarium».
Ten miles from the Columbia
river, in the treeless hills
of Arlington, Oregon, a monumental dump for domestic waste has been
carved out of farmland.
The mountains are made primarily
of rock - hard water ice; the dunes are most likely ice granules coated with hydrocarbons; volcanoes probably belch methane and ammonia, and methane fills the lakes, evaporates to form clouds, and rains back down to
carve out river channels.
Arches National Park, UT In this part
of Utah's canyon country, more than 2,000 natural arches are
carved out of red sandstone high above the Colorado
River.
Recent models indicate that the rain comes in twoforms: a constant, light drizzle over most
of the surface, adding up totwo inches or so
of precipitation per year, and occasional cloudburststhat
carve out river channels and fill the lakes, only to evaporateagain when temperatures rise.
It took 6 million years, in fact, for the Colorado
River to
carve out the Grand Canyon in the U.S. state
of Arizona.
The Kuranda Scenic Railway is now pulled by a locomotive and in recognition
of the Djabugay people
of Tropical North Queensland the engine is adorned by Buda - dji, the carpet snake who according to legend
carved out the Barron
River.
The sheer cliffs plunge down 120 metres to the gorge floor, where a sliver
of a
river has been diligently
carving out its course for the last 500 million years.
Caves Branch Cave is one
of several subterranean sites that were
carved out of the limestone foothills
of the Maya Mountains by the very active Caves Branch
River.
Queenstown was
carved out of the land by glaciers,
rivers and lakes, but it has been shaped by adventurers drawn to the region from all over the world.
The sacred peak
of Huayna Picchu juts
out above a bend in the Urubamba
River and is accessed via a trail
of steps originally cut into the mountainside by the Incas with a section
of tunnel
carved into the rocks.
- Garden bathroom with twin basins, walk - in rainshower and a huge couples bathtub
carved out of a single
river - rock boulder.
Carved out by the Urubamba
River, this valley was the heart
of the Incan Empire and, owing to its fertile land, was a major agricultural source for the Incas.
There are a number a ancient sights to see in the area including temples and palaces as well as areas
of extreme natural beauty showcasing the classic Balinese and Indonesian landscapes
of rice paddies that stretch over the lowlands where you will also find coconut groves and
carve out the hills leading up to mountains and volcanoes which are covered in tropical forests, lakes and
rivers.
The Natural Bridge is a unique rock which has been gradually
carved out over time by the powerful Kicking Horse
River to resemble a bridge, with a variety
of waterfalls flowing around it.
Carved out by the Urubamba
River, this valley was the heart
of the Incan Empire.
In this work water, in the form
of rivers and falls, is separated
out from the surrounding darkness, reflecting the slow, gradual process
of water
carving its way through rock and earth.
Milkier areas show the history
of the
river, as it
carved out portions
of shoreline.
She grew up in homes near
rivers and tending the plot that her father
carved out for her in a garden filled with fruit trees, edible plants, flowers, and an assortment
of animals.
Like great
rivers of ice, glaciers have sculpted mountains and
carved out valleys.