Akyrtas – A palace on the ancient Silk Road
A number of Silk Road sites in China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyztan have been named UNESCO World Heritage properties this year. …
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UNESCO World Heritage sites that we visited:
A round trip through Romania
“We are on a round trip through Hungary and Romania”, one of the elderly German bus tourists explains to a …
Carolingian Corvey – a German UNESCO World Heritage site
The newly designated UNESCO World Heritage monastery of Carolingian Corvey lies in the middle of nowhere near the small town …
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Sniffing wood in the ancient beech forest of Serrahn
At a minute to ten we are ready to start for the guided walk through the UNESCO-listed ancient beech forest …
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A winter visit to Wittenberg – Luther without heating
In a cold and drab Berlin winter, we find that we need to get out for a weekend. We decide …
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Feeling at home in Latvian folklore
A stopover in Riga on the flight home from Uzbekistan. “Straight on for transit; turn left for the passport control.” …
A pilgrimage to the Miyajima floating Torii
“Please don’t move from one side of the boat to the other,” the captain warns. “This might be dangerous and …
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Wuthering Wainwrights – Walks in the English Lake District
“I’m doing the Wainwrights,” Catherine explains and points at her goal for today’s hike, a minor peak above Borrowdale. “Have …
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Hiking in the Sangay National Park – Through black mud towards the Yellow Lagoon
We knew that we wanted to go hiking in the Sangay National Park in Ecuador, but could find only very …
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Shaky knees in the tombs of Tierradentro
Despite being a world heritage site, the pre-columbian tombs of Tierradentro are a relatively unknown gem in southwestern Colombia. The …
