Guilin is reputed as being one of the world’s most beautiful places with its landscapes, clean rivers, idyllic countryside, majestic rice terraces, and ethnic minorities. It is in South China’s Guangxi Region, close to Hong Kong and Guangzhou to the southeast, and now only 6.5 hours ride from Chengdu by …
Hong Kong doesn’t have a capital. Hong Kong isn’t a country, it’s official full name is Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The latter part (SAR) is there because HK is still a part of China, but doesn’t follow the same laws as mainland China. At the very least, Hong Kong …
The Monastery is one of Lantau highlights and a visit is easily and frequently done together with the Big Buddha they are literally across from each other. There are several structures in this Buddhist complex, the first temples you will come to are relatively new, the original temples are tucked …
20/8/2007 Left for Cairo by train, arrived next day, city tour and a cruise in Nile river with dinner.
18/8/2007 The soaring columns of the Great Temple of Kom Ombo rising dramatically above the Nile’s bank are one of Egypt’s iconic views. Today Kom Ombo (47 kilometers north of Aswan and 168 kilometers south of Luxor) may be a sleepy agricultural backwater surrounded by sugar cane fields, but this …
18/8/2007 Edfu Edfu’s temple is one of the Ptolemy Dynasty’s most impressive feats of construction and due to its youth – built in the 2nd Century BC – it’s also one of Egypt’s best preserved temples. Here, the looming sandstone walls are covered in giant hieroglyphics and dazzling friezes that …
In the evening I took the train to Aswan, which arrived next day at Aswan, then boarded a 3 nights Cruise through the Nile river. My tour guide showed me the Aswan High Dam, one of the biggest hydro-electric projects in Egypt. Abu Simbel is a village in the Egyptian …
15/8/2007 Alexandria, named after Alexander the Great, is considered to be Egypt’s second capital because of its historical importance and population. It is Egypt’s second largest city. In 332 BC the young 25-year old Alexander founded the city. His chief architect, Dinocrates, was appointed to spearhead this project which was …
