UNESCO World Heritage Site
China
China travel
Hikes
Travel
Hiking Huangshan, one of China’s most beautiful mountains
Back when I lived in Beijing, I made a spontaneous decision one week before Chinese New Year to travel to Huangshan, one of China’s most famous mountains. In hindsight, it was a foolish decision and I learned my lesson not to travel to places at the exact same time as multitudes of Chinese. Besides Huangshan, […]
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Cambodia travel
Southeast Asia travel
Travel
Visiting Cambodia’s Angkor Thom
Angkor Wat might be the most famous and impressive complex in Angkor, but it is far from the only building there, which includes Angkor Thom and various smaller temples. Angkor Thom was even more important, as it was the actual capital city where the king resided and ruled from, having been built in the late […]
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Cities
Japan travel
Travel
Visiting Hiroshima’s atomic bomb memorial
Hiroshima is a very famous city globally, but not necessarily for travel. As one of only two cities to have ever had an atomic bomb dropped on it, Hiroshima’s tragedy is a notorious lesson for the world on the inhumanity of atomic and nuclear weapons. It stands that Hiroshima’s most well-known site to visit is […]
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Japan travel
Travel
Visiting Japan’s Nikko, resting place of two shoguns
As the resting place of one of Japan’s greatest shoguns (military rulers of the nation) and just under two hours from Tokyo by train, Nikko is a great daytrip if you’re spending a few days in Japan’s capital. Situated in a hilly and forested region, Nikko is a fitting place to honor a former ruler […]
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Cities
Europe travel
Germany travel
Museums
Travel
Visiting Berlin’s Museum Island, Neues Museum
I really like visiting museums, especially those that focus on history, anthropology and archaeology. Berlin is ideal for museum lovers like myself because of Museum Island, a cluster of museums on the northern half of an island in the Spree River, right in the middle of the city. Museum Island consists of five museums, each […]
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Sri Lanka travel
Travel
Visiting Sri Lanka’s Dambulla Buddhist caves and Peradeniya Botanical Gardens
While Kandy by itself is not that remarkable other than its lively cultural shows and the temple of the Buddhist Tooth, there are several fascinating sites outside of the city. This includes the Dambulla Buddhist cave, an elephant sanctuary with dozens of elephants, and Peradeniya Botanical Gardens. Dambulla is about two hours’ drive from Kandy, […]
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Sri Lanka travel
Travel
Visiting Sri Lanka’s hilltop fortress Sigiriya
One of Sri Lanka’s most distinctive and fascinating landmarks is the ancient fortress of Sigiriya. Located atop a massive 200m-high column of rock that dominates a vast plain, Sigiriya was built between 477-495 CE (AD) by a king as a refuge during a war. Eventually the place became a Buddhist monastery before being abandoned in […]
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