cherrapunji,assam,india

This is officially the wettest place on earth,
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matmata,gabes governorate,tunisia

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Matamata,waikato region,north island ,new zealand

This is where part of the lord of the rings trilogy was filmed,there are some of the original hobbit holes  on farmland here.(now used as animal shelters)
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Brighton,sussex,england,uk

Duke of york's picturehouse  is the oldest cinema still in use in britain.
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Torquay area,devon,england,uk

This is where Agatha christie was born in 1890.
Nearby is her holiday home,greenway,now owned by the national trust.
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cookham,berkshire,england,uk

Stanley spencer,the painter lived here as well as kenneth grahame,author of wind in the willows,who is thought to have been inspired to write the book by the  riverside scenery between  cookham and henley.
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Great missenden,buckinghamshire,england,uk

Roald dahl(a author?) once live here
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ALNWICK castle,northumberland,england,uk

This appears as hogwarts school in Harry potter films.
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Burgh island,devon,england,uk

This is where Agatha christie partied in the 1920s.
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Stone bay beach,broadstair,kent,england,uk

The steps here  were the setting  for part of the novel`The 39 steps'
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atacama desert,northern chile

This desert is said to be  the dryest in the world.
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It is also where a rootless plant,airplant tillandsia latifolia,can  be found.
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Koh khao phing kan and koh tapu islands,phang nga province ,thailand

These two island in phang nga bay appeared in the MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
koh tapu is where scaramanga hid his laser weapons.











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El azizia,al jfara district,libya

The hottest temperature on earth(in the shade) was recorded here on 13 september 1922 at 57.8C(136F).
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Pench reserve,madhya pradesh,india

This reserve of teak and mixed forest inspired Rudyard kipling's Jungle book.
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