Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China
As soon as we arrived in Xi’an a few days ago off the overnight train from Beijing we were trying to organise our way out of the city. Maybe it’s because we’d spent more time than planned in Beijing. Or maybe it was because I hadn’t initially...
Beijing, China (2008)
Some days ago now, Valentine’s Day actually, I started what I know is going to be a pretty swell trip. That’s when I met Pat, my bestie, in the Capital International Airport here in Beijing, China. I arrived in the city the day earlier off the ferry from...
Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Kyoto, Japan
Kiyomizu-dera Temple One Of Japan’s Most Celebrated Temples & A New7Wonders Of The World Finalist Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Kyoto, Japan. November 20, 2007 ; As the imperial capital of Japan for more than a thousand years, Kyoto conjures up the classic images of...
Gyeongju, South Korea
Gyeongju is a coastal city in the southestern corner of the Korean peninsula. The city is famous throughout Korea as the capital of the ancient Korean Silla Dynasty, a dynasty that rose at the turn of the 1st millennium and ruled most of the Korean Peninsula from the...
Bulguksa Temple, Gyeongju, South Korea
The Bulguksa Temple (temple of the Buddha land) is the most famous temple in South Korea and home to seven of the country’s listed National treasures. A temple was first constructed on this site in 528, but, & like nearly every historic building in Korea,...
Folk Village, Yongin, South Korea
I’ve been back in South Korea for a few months now on this my forth visit to the country since my first back in late 2003-early 2004. Already this place feels like a second home. I haven’t had much time thus far on this visit to the Land of The Morning...
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Ye olde. With a 6,000-year-old history, Europe’s fourth-oldest continually inhabited city boasts Roman ruins & a charming & photogenic cobbled Old Town made for exploring.
Sofia, Bulgaria
Pictures from my September 2007 visit to Sofia, the capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in the west of the country. ______________________________________________________________________