Visit Zalipie, a village in southern Poland known as the 'Painted Village' for its tradition of decorating houses with colorful floral motifs. See the House of the Women Painters (Dom Malarek), a museum showcasing the art and history of the custom, admire the painted church of St. Joseph, and explore the annual Painted Cottage Competition held in June, where residents compete for the most beautiful decorations.
Life-sized wooden effigies of the dead, watching from balconies cut into the cliff graves.
The original vine-bungee land diving.
One of the regionโs biggest livestock markets, camels haggled over by the hundred.
Sacred pool of tame crocodiles.
Hill covered in thousands of crosses.
Cemetery of brightly painted crosses telling each villagerโs life in verse.
Drink an Inca Kola โ the bubblegum-gold soda that beat Coca-Cola on its own turf
Cross the last Inca rope bridge, hand-woven from grass and rebuilt by four communities every June
Step onto the springy reed ground of the Uros islands, hand-woven villages floating on Lake Titicaca for centuries
Geysers, hot springs and Maori culture.
Highland Sulawesi region of boat-shaped tongkonan houses and cliff graves, where funerals last for days and draw the whole village.
Lean backwards over a drop from the castle battlements to kiss the stone that grants the gift of the gab.
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