Category Archive for: ‘HISTORIC SITES’
Weekend in Samarra – Iraq
This mosque – or at least the visible Al-Malwiyah spiral minaret, or tower where the calls to pray are sang from – dates back to when the Islamic world was way-more advanced than Europe, around 960 A.D.
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Hakka villages of Yongding – China
Deep within Fujian Province are the stunning traditional villages of the Hakka people, famed for constructing these huge, walled villages known as Tulou.
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Moai of Easter Island
I had intended 3 days as a stop-over on-route to Chile, but the place proved too magical and extended it to 10 days, touring the island – drinking tequila and beer, staying – and partying with an indigeous, crazed, Rasta-hippy family … truly, mystical, man!
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Golden Lust – Ouro Preto, Brazil
The beautiful, ornate churches of Ouro Preto, Brazil – built on the lusty profits of gold slaved on the back of blacks …
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Ancient sites of Seoul, Korea
Ancient sites of Seoul, Korea
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Jiangtouzhou village – China
Ancient pagoda & bridge, and houses of 1000-year-old Jiangtouzhou village in China …
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San Andres Xecul – Guatemala
San Andres Xecul – colorful, surreal Maya church – Guatemala
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Zabid – Yemen
Zabid – Yemen
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