Sentences with phrase «of lush land»

Dominican Republic is the Caribbean's most bio-diverse country, with 25 percent of its lush land and pristine coastline protected as national parks, reserves and sanctuaries.

Nestled on 110 acres of lush land in Hudson Valley, New York is Catskill Animal Sanctuary (CAS), a safe haven for abused farm animals and horses.

Finally stealing a boat, riding through a monsoon in a helicopter and taking enough motion sickness pills to knock out a horse, Alex washes up on the shore of the lush land mass but Nim's welcome isn't quite what she envisioned.

This is one of the best farmers markets, in some of the lushest land in the world.

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In a piece entitled «The happiness of pursuit», in Time magazine July 2013, we read: «All human beings may come equipped with the pursuit - of - happiness impulse — the urge to find lusher land just over the hill, fatter buffalo in the next valley — but it's Americans who have codified the idea, written it into the Declaration of Independence and made it a central mandate of the national character.»

In choosing the lush land, Lot reveals that he did not have a lot of foresight about how he and his family would be corrupted by the people of Sodom.

It was, by the story's own admission, «a mixed multitude» (12:38), a conglomerate lot of hangers - on to Egypt's relatively lush land, some of whom must have been to Egypt more liability than asset.

The Maowu desert of Inner Mongolia overtook the lush pasture land alive with deer that Genghis Khan chose for his tomb.

I prefer a more primitive conception of heaven, a heaven that is concrete, peopled, concatenated, hierarchical and symphonic; as lush as the pure land of the celestial Buddha Amitabha, as visceral as the Islamic garden of the houris, as engrossing to an academic like me as the rabbinic vision of heaven as a Talmudic house of study, and as immediate as the paradise that Christ promised to the good thief dying at his side.

Over the years, Lyman Orchards has found new ways to attract visitors to its rolling hills and lush orchards of fruit trees, but the family's commitment to caring for the land remains as strong as ever.

For the majority of their lives our Black Angus cattle graze on lush pasture land throughout the mid-west.

The lush clafoutis may land right in the middle of my apricot plans.

(see Graphic) Walking past the lush nikau palms and tall ferns that line the shores of New Zealand's Lake Rotorua, you could be forgiven for thinking you had found some secret, unspoilt land.

The land of Kerala is loaded with lush - green landscapes, forests, serene beaches, and bountiful of nature's precious and most ancient gifts of natural healing.

This Himalayan country is one of the most unique places in the world with lush green landscapes (the country law states that 60 % of the lands must remain forested), age - old Buddhist monasteries, and a lack of overcrowding or commercialization.

The island has a few other names: «Garden of the Gulf» referring to the pastoral scenery and lush agricultural lands throughout the province; and «Birthplace of Confederation», referring to the Charlottetown Conference in 1864.

A stunning image of the Dia de los Muertos celebrations is the lush carpet of orange marigolds that covers the wide path leading to the land of the living, while its thickness can drown those unauthorised spirits trying to sneak in.

From witnessing a crimson sunset across a mountain range to seeing the land naturally shift from a desert to a lush jungle, Horizon made the act of running from location to location within its world a huge part of the fun.

This is somewhat true of Damien Chazelle's La La Land, with its CinemaScope aspect ratio (complete with Tarantino - like title card), lush and dreamy 35 mm colors, visual nods to Singin» In The Rain, and a coda that recalls The Umbrellas Of Cherbourof Damien Chazelle's La La Land, with its CinemaScope aspect ratio (complete with Tarantino - like title card), lush and dreamy 35 mm colors, visual nods to Singin» In The Rain, and a coda that recalls The Umbrellas Of CherbourOf Cherbourg.

Lush and honest, there just wasn't a better representation of how to sell a movie to a unsuspecting public who didn't realize that what they really needed in their life was to see their La La Land hero become bloodied and violent.

Book a trip through the lush lands of Lego Worlds!

The settings are bright and lush, especially once the story shifts to the Land of Remembrance and calavera art dominates the scene, and all taken together,

District 12 is a cold and desolate world where the poorer individuals live while the Capitol is a lush and brilliantly - crafted land of opulence and vanity.

This North American - themed map is ripe with lush landscapes with scores of cedar and fir that dot the land and grand lakes for variety.

Above and beyond this drama's unusual story of a Honolulu lawyer (George Clooney), his comatose wife and the man she was having an affair with, there's the presence of the lush, sprawling land itself (another character, essentially).

Naturally, it boasts a lush, ethereal art style teamed with a fabulous roster of oddballs lost in a purgatorial land.

I expected black, dead land filled with tailings but instead found lush hills and thick copses of trees turning gold and red, with large birds cartwheeling overhead.

«From the beautiful back evergreen - covered hills and lush lake - laden land of northern Canada comes this exciting find, a 1964 Chevrolet Corvette L76 365 hp numbers - matching, four - speed Muncie transmission, radio - delete rarity,» the seller says in the ad.

But then the drought began, and as the surrounding land dried up and died, and The Well grew lush and full of life, they came to see their fortune would come at a price.

He finds Earth populated by a race of slender pacifists and decides to study this lush land of flower people before returning to his own age.

A child of Emathla, Florida, «a stone's throw» from Gainesville, she rides horses and explores the lush land with her cousin and twin brother, insulated from the Great Depression by her family's citrus fortune.

What readers will remember instead is Osborne's lush, vivid descriptions of a land where «the daily thunder rolled in with a generous laziness and the trees shimmered with lightning.»»

The effects of tragedy and healing growth through relationship with the land and with a companion steeped in mystic beliefs form the backbone of this lush, dramatic novel.

Just this side of the Rainbow Bridge there is a land of meadows, hills and valleys with lush green grass.

Just this side of the Rainbow Bridge is a land of meadows, hills and valleys, all of it covered with lush green grass.

Your adventure starts in the Andes, where you will spend a couple of days acclimatizing in Quito, Ecuador's historic capital city before stepping into Agato — a fairy - tale land with condors swooping down over the villages, gurgling brooks, and lush fields nestled between snow - capped volcanoes.

On shore you will explore the lush fringing mangrove forests, seasonal lagoons and littoral forests of red, white and black mangroves; the unique ecosystem which bridges the land and the ocean.

The house is set on a beautiful expanse of lush green land and provides delectable pastoral views of your arboreal surroundings, the sea and the island of Formentera.

The Atherton Tablelands region is picture postcard perfect with its lush green undulating rolling hills of dairy farms and crop growing farms interspersed with ancient rainforests, savannah land, rivers and waterfalls.

Stepping in the footsteps of many a celebrity, you land from your private launch and are welcomed by liveried staff into lush gardens, filled with fragrant flowers and shrubs.

The word «Cowichan» means the warm lands, hinting at the area's temperate climates that allow, aside from plenty of fruitful farms, lush vineyards of grapes.

Whether you prefer sprawling metropolises, barren deserts, or lush national parks the land of the free has plenty to suit you.

Haleakala National Park is best known for being the world's largest dormant volcano and, at over 10,000 feet above sea level, the tallest peak on Maui where you can watch a fantastic sunrise, view unique wildlife, and have an amazingly vivid stargazing experience; However, the park encompasses more than 30,000 acres of public land, stretching from the summit down to the coast where lush natural beauty, waterfalls, and rich Hawaiian culture await in an area called Kipahulu.

Set on nearly an acre of land 65 feet above sea level, the villa boasts panoramic views over the lush surroundings to the turquoise waters of the sea.

Eleven individually styled rooms set among a lush 1.8 hectars of forest land next to Ubud, this is the perfect place for your holidays, honeymoons, weddings, retreats and other celebrations.

The Poovar Island Resort is a window into this paradise, built on 25 acres of lush green coconut gardens by the beach and featuring 78 land - based and floating cottages and villas.

At mainland Europe's western edge lies one of its lesser - known gems — a land of wild coasts and broad beaches, lush forests and terraced vineyards, and cities whose cobbled streets tell long histories.

There are four buildings set in a lush garden in half an acre of land in the busy commercial Bangrak district near the Chao Phraya River.

To the Khoi people, who lived in this rich valley, the region was known as Outeniqualand - the «land of milk and honey» - which aptly describes this lush and green paradise.

A lush and pristine country, Belize is one of the last remaining corners of the earth where visitors can marvel at an abundance of wildlife both on land and on the offshore Belize Barrier Reef, the second - largest coral barrier reef in the world.