Discover China: Temple of Heaven & Xi’an – The Terracotta Warriors
The Temple of Heaven was built in 1420 A.D. during the Ming Dynasty to offer sacrifice to Heaven.
In the center of the Temple...
Glorious Mont St Michel
Destination Europe Part III
Bon Soir!
Mont St Michel (MSM) is located in the Bretagne region of France in the Gulf of St Malo (towards West...
Destination: Aswan & Abu Simbel – Album
Philae Island
On a small island, south of the city of Aswan, lies the beautiful temple complex of Philae. Philae, once a great religious...
Jordan: The Kingdom of Treasures (Part II)
MADABA
6th century Byzantine mosaic map
'City of Mosaics', is what Madaba is known as to most people. The earliest surviving original map of Jerusalem is...
Rome – The Eternal City
Part 3 of 4: Travels in Italy during October 2006
After traveling in Milan, Florence, Tuscany, Venice and other great places in Italy, we entered...
An English Autumn
Having spent most of my life in Oman, I had only yet, experienced the scorching summers and the mild winters of the Middle East....
Romantic Paris
Destination Europe ? Part II
Bon Jour!
Taking the 2 a.m. flight from Bahrain, the four of us reached Charles De Gaulle (CDG) airport in Paris...
Jinhae Cherry blossom festival – Korean Spring Bloom
After a tortuous and frosty long Korean winter of almost six months, when all the trees shed their greens and stand out like bald...
The National Rhodendron Gardens
Rhodendron = ornamental shrub with brightly coloured flowers.
True to the adage 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever' the National Rhododendron Gardens...
Wagah Border – Beating Retreat Ceremony
A visit to Amritsar is not complete if one does not visit Wagah to witness daily beating retreat ceremony at Joint Check post at...
