UNESCO World Heritage sites that we visited:
The group of grassy, strangely globular hills in Gyeongju looks like an oversized playground without slides and climbing frames. It …
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Young men in formal robes stand in front of gleaming golden walls and porticoes. Above them, wings of the Archangels …
Continue reading “Warm autumn days on our Thessaloniki travel”
Eagerly we stare at the winding road and the fields around us with occasional houses. Road signs have been pointing …
Continue reading “The tomb of Philipp II: Tracking down the father of Alexander the Great”
10 am on a blistering hot summer day in Seoul. Our Korean tourist guide arrives with a battery-powered handheld fan …
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We visited Uzbekistan for the first time in 2004, but we had been dreaming about travelling there since 1992 when …
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A number of old Korean peasants get on the bus. They are wearing polyester dresses with floral patterns, and their …
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Broad visitor pathways lead up to the reconstructed entrance gate of Gongsanseong fortress in Gongju, South Korea. The path then …
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At first, visiting the palaces of Sintra seemed a perfect way to spend a 12-hour layover at Lisbon, on the …
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Red dust is blowing in through the open windows of our ramshackle car when we overtake the minibus. It is …
A small group of hippos is resting in the water on the opposite shore of the small lake in the …
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