Warm autumn days on our Thessaloniki travel
Young men in formal robes stand in front of gleaming golden walls and porticoes. Above them, wings of the Archangels …
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UNESCO
UNESCO World Heritage sites that we visited:
The tomb of Philipp II: Tracking down the father of Alexander the Great
Eagerly we stare at the winding road and the fields around us with occasional houses. Road signs have been pointing …
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Ancestor Worship at the Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul
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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Sightseeing highlights in Bukhara from 14 years of travelling
We visited Uzbekistan for the first time in 2004, but we had been dreaming about travelling there since 1992 when …
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Haeinsa Temple and its old woodblock print matrixes
A number of old Korean peasants get on the bus. They are wearing polyester dresses with floral patterns, and their …
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Searching the Baekje UNESCO sites in Buyeo and Gongju
Broad visitor pathways lead up to the reconstructed entrance gate of Gongsanseong fortress in Gongju, South Korea. The path then …
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Visiting the palaces of Sintra on a long layover
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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The 1000-year-old ruins of Loropeni
Red dust is blowing in through the open windows of our ramshackle car when we overtake the minibus. It is …
Hippos and elephants at the Pendjari National Park
A small group of hippos is resting in the water on the opposite shore of the small lake in the …
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Reminders of the Slave trade: The House of Slaves on the Île de Gorée in Senegal and Woold House in Agbodrafo/ Togo
A tall black man in a fluttering white garment is folding his hands in prayer, then sweeping them over his …
