Blogs Posts in Travel Information category; 139 blog posts

Casablanca Travel

Casablanca is the economic capital of Morocco and the biggest city, with about 5 million people. Tourists coming to Casa expect to find a romantic town, as depicted in the classic Humphrey Bogart film of the same name. They will soon be d [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven - China

I can't imagine the Dowager Empress actually did this. Even though it is not built by her, but she definitely knows how to party. Went to the long corridor, it is really a very very very long corridor. This is a huge park, get a [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Europe - Netherlands - Amsterdam - Van Gogh Museum

Enjoy the world's largest collection of Van Goghs, including paintings, drawings and letters. The museum also has a large collection of works by some of Van Gogh's contemporaries and friends like Gauguin and Toulouse-Lautrec, as well as a n [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Tokelau

Fly under the radar and rejuventate on these remote, idyllic islands. Want to get away from it all? Head off to Tokelau, where there's no capital city, no airport, no harbour, no cars, no banks, no guns and no tourism. What it does have [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

Fiji

A zesty blend of cultures in a heavenly setting. Fiji has over 300 islands in its archipelago, each fringed with coral reefs and lapped by warm azure waters - the diving and snorkelling are superb. Amid its wealth of natural beauty, Fiji [...]

Posted On : Jan, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Indonesia

Adventure looms large in this vast and steamy archipelago, where the best of southeast Asia's spicy melange simmers tantalisingly. Heady scents, vivid colours, dramatic vistas and diverse cultures spin and multiply, their potent brew leav [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

Tegucigalpa

Nestled into a bowl-shaped valley nearly 1000m (3280ft) above sea level, Honduras' capital isn't the most beautiful city in the world, but it has a way of growing on you nonetheless. Tegucigalpa has some excellent colonial churches, a handf [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2007 | Comments : 0

Hyderabad

An important centre of Islamic culture in a Hindu-dominated state, Hyderabad is southern India's counterpart to the Mughal splendour of Delhi, Agra and Fatehpur Sikri. Quick to embrace technology, Hyderabad is also known as 'Cyberabad', a [...]

Posted On : Nov, 27 2007 | Comments : 0

Cambodia

You've trusted your eyes your whole life, but visit Cambodia and you just may start doubting them.How else to explain the unthinkable splendour of the 9th- to 13th-century Khmer temples, the tropical islands with barely a beach hut in sig [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2007 | Comments : 0

Syria

Syria's historic sites rival those of its Middle Eastern neighbours; it also lays claim to the oldest continuously occupied city (Damascus vies for the title with Aleppo), the spunkiest Crusader castle (Crac des Chevaliers) and the best p [...]

Posted On : Nov, 20 2007 | Comments : 0

Cape Verde

Many know Cape Verde only through the haunting mornos of the 'barefoot diva'. To visit her homeland - a series of unlikely volcanic islands off the coast of Senegal - is to understand the strange, bittersweet amalgam of West African rhyth [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2007 | Comments : 0

China

China isn't a country - it's a different world. Unless you have a couple of years and unlimited patience, it's best to follow a loose itinerary here, such as following the Silk Road, sailing down the Yangzi River, or exploring the Dr Seus [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

Germany

Germany wears its riches well: elegant big-city charm, small picture-postcard towns, pagan-inspired harvest festivals, a wealth of art and culture and the perennial pleasures of huge tracts of forest, delightful castles and fine wine and [...]