If you should drop down Tripoli for just a day this is the place to go. Not that you will be that likely to actually just drop by with the current visa situation - but if you are in oil or something and will be in Tripoli on business and got just a…
Several agencies will arrange monastery tours from Suceava - but staying at Monica's place it was pretty natural to go on her tour. She is an independent tour guide who will take you more or less where you want if you can get three people together - … This review was featured on Tuesday April 22nd, 2008
Driving inside Kruger involves slow driving since the speedlimits are 50ks per hour on the sealed roads and 40 on the unsealed roads. But this is not the only thing which will slow you down. You are likely to be delayed by an extreme number of roadbl… This review was featured on Thursday November 26th, 2009
One of the most traditional things you can do in Japan is going for one of the six annual grand sumo tournaments. They are held every two month and last for 15 days each. Hence anybody going to Japan for an extended period of time will have a good ch…
Just outside the small town of Charlottesville Virginia you will find one of only three buildings made by Europeans in the USA which has made it to the UNESCO world heritage list. It is Monticello - the building is a nice old southern building. But t…
One place not to miss in Japan is the former capital of Nara. The city was only the capital of Japan for 85 years from 710. But despite the short period as a capital it did make its mark on the city till this day.
Compared to other places in Japa…
On the border between North Carolina and Tennessee you will find some of the greatest natural scenery in the eastern part of the USA. High in the mountains is a big national park - one of the biggest easts of the Rockies. And just to make it even bet…
There are a lot of museums which are described as world class museum of this or that but only a few really deserve the label world class museum. One that really deserves the title of world class is the Hermitage Museum in the Winter Palace in Saint P…
Albania got a couple of old museums town - they were named museum towns under the communist regime - and this was a great advantage because it meant the old mosque and churches survived the atheist campaign in Albania. Berat is the second museum town… This review was featured on Monday May 4th, 2009
Few buildings in the world is of more historic importance than Independence Hall in Philadelphia - and no building in North America can boost of such important events as this old building can.
The building was originally built as the Pennsylvania …
The old home of George Washington is just a short car or bike ride away from the central parts of Washington DC. Hence the place makes an easy day trip or a nice stop on your way south to other parts f Virginia. The place is run by one of the oldest…
Rice has been a part of the culture of the Ifugao and Mountain provinces in the Philippines for centuries. About 2000 years ago a major construction were started in this area building the rice terraces and they have been producing a lot of rice ever …
The Smithsonian institution is a great old institution originally funded by an English man who had never been to the USA. Today the National Mall in Washington is lined by several museums from the Smithsonian. One of the noteworthy once is the Air an…
The battlefield of Gettysburg is the sight of the biggest battle ever to take place north of the Rio Grande and it is probably the most well known of all the battle fields in USA. Thousands of people will go to the small city of Gettysburg to visit t…
In the centre of Washington DC on top of a small hill is the US Capitol building. It is the home to the House of Representatives and the US Senate. It was first used in 1800 even though the building was still far from finished. During the years the o…
During World War I most of the famous battles took place on the western front in France. But one important battle took place far from France - in the old Ottoman Empire at Gallipoli. This battle may not be the most famous of the battles of the war bu…
The ancient city of Salamis is found just outside the modern day city of Farmagusta. There is limited transport out there - hence you will need to find some sort of transport to get out there - either by car or by a taxi. When you have paid your entr…
The Chuson-ji is located up on a hill overlooking Hiraizumi. It is one of the main temples of all of northern Japan. The first construction on the site dates back to 850 but the heyday of the temple came much later during the Fujiwara Kiyohira in the…
Ceausescu did leave several marks on Romania but none legacy is more bombastic than one building the Palace of Parliament in the Bucharest. The building of this new parliament meant a big neighborhood in Bucharest had to be demolished to make space f…
The Nagasaki Peace Park is located a little to the north of the actual centre of the city in the area called Urakami. This area used to be the centre of the Catholic population of the city and also used to be the home of the largest cathedral in Japa…
In the outskirts of Sapporo close to the Maruyama stop on the Tozai metro line is a big shrine in the middle of a small forest. The shrine is freely open to the public and many Japanese come here to worship at the main building. A few even go inside …
Anne Franks House is located in the central part of Amsterdam. The reason people go there is not the house which is pretty ordinary. It is the famous diary the little girl Annelies Marie Frank wrote during the Second World War in which she wrote abou… This review was featured on Wednesday August 20th, 2008
Thomas Jefferson was the first US secretary of state, the second vice president and the third president. Not to mention the former governor of Virginia and the lead author of the Declaration of Independence. Hence it is not too surprising he has got …
The Aurora is an old Russian cruiser which was build in 1903 to be part of the Russian Baltic fleet. But after the Russian defeat to the Japanese in 1904 it was sent to the Pacific along with a large part of the Russian Baltic fleet. The Russian lost… This review was featured on Thursday August 28th, 2008
If you walk a bit up the hill from the central part of Durres you will get to a big old building next to the road. It used to be the residence of the king of Albania. But he had to leave Albania when the Italians invaded during the Second World War. …
When in San Jose there is not that many places to go for live music. But one place is Zachary's and going there will be an adventure in itself. The place is located just down a side road to the main street in San Jose - and the tricycle driver should… This review was featured on Wednesday November 26th, 2008
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