When I was 17 and in desperate need of turning my life around I made a list of 5 places to inspire me. I knew nothing about the world and at the time reaching these destinations seemed impossible. It would take me 5 years from this point to get on my first plane, and 3 more to visit the first place on the list. Now, 12 years after writing it, I finally reached the second: “Petra at Night.” Although I’ve dedicated my life to traveling since then and visited many astonishing places, I still can’t describe how amazing it felt walking through the canyon illuminated by candlelight to lay my eyes on something I obsessed over an image of for years. It was just as I imagined it: breathtaking.

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View of the Baroque Theological Hall in the Strahov Library (Strahov monastery) in Prague, Czech Republic.

The Baroque Theological Hall contains around 18000 religious texts, rare volumes, 17th-century geographical globes, etc.

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Located in Hanga Nui, on the southeast coast of Easter Island and just 2 kilometers from the Rano Raraku quarry, Ahu Tongariki is the most majestic ceremonial platform on the whole island.

Words can’t describe the impression one receives while contemplating this ahu and its 15 gigantic sculptures, framed by a turquoise sea background with the sound of the waves crashing on the cliffs. Ahu Tongariki represents the maximum splendor of the island’s sculptures. With a ceremonial 220-meter long platform, it’s the largest structure of this nature in all of Polynesia.

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A long exposure of the nice, colourful buildings of Reitdiephaven in Groningen, Netherlands, using a grey filter and a tripod.

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Sun sets at the Huntington Beach Pier.

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