Tag Archive for ‘botanical garden’
Iceland: Akureyri Botanical Garden
Just 100 km south of the Arctic Circle, Iceland’s second largest town Akureyri (pop. approx. 20,000) boasts a mostly ice-free port and one of the most charming Botanical Gardens I have visited so far. My visit at the beginning of August coincided with the explosive bloom of thousands of delphiniums in a rainbow of blue [...]
Malaysia: Tropical Spice Garden experience
Have you actually ever seen the tree from which the cinammon bark comes? Or tasted fresh nutmeg juice (deliciously refreshing, by the way)? These and many other delights await the visitor of the Tropical Spice Garden on Penang Island. At the main gate, you are given an organic citronella insect repellant to rub on any [...]
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