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Songpan to Zoige via Jiu Zhai Gou by bike
2008-04-16 15:52:00 Songpan to Jiu Zhai Gou: If you don’t have the time to ride then the bus to Jiu Zhai Gou takes bikes in bags on the roof at no charge. The ride by road is pleasant ... More About: Bike , Songpan
India - Goa the dawn of a new millenium
2008-04-14 16:16:00 From Katmandu with the millennium approaching we bused down to Varanasi, the sacred Hindu city on the banks of the enormous Ganges river. Here we spent a few days getting ... More About: India , Dawn , Millenium
Nepal - Bike Travel
2008-04-14 14:15:00 From the off road trails in Nepal in the Katmandu valley and the Annapurna Circuit Since reaching Nepal and celebrating a return to comfort and warmth we have spent ... More About: Travel , Bike
Chilly weather man
2008-04-14 12:10:00 The last leg of the friendship highway: Chilly weather man! From the monastry town of Sakya to the Nepal Border. This sees the highest ... More About: Weather
5000 meters
2008-04-14 10:06:00 We continued on and climbed a 4400m pass outside town which revealed a large plateau with herds of sheepgoats and Yak grazing. Down from here was a spectacular ... More About: Meters
Gyantse to Sakya - Bike Travel
2008-04-14 07:03:00 Four wheels and a blonde From Gyantse to Sakya takes in a few sights and hundreds of stone throwing kids! Rich and Dan ... More About: Travel , Bike
A bridge too far
2008-04-14 05:00:00 From Ba Yi to Lhasa there is a choice of roads The southern and northern routes. The group split but the police forced us back together again! As it was ... More About: Bridge
Zuogong to Bomi - Bike Travel
2008-04-14 03:57:00 From the little town of Zuogong we took a truck to the beginning of Bomi county Alpine scenery and a lake, more tranquil or impressive is hard to imagine ... More About: Travel , Bike
The tibetan border region - Bike Travel
2008-04-14 01:55:00 Entering the Autonomous Region of Tibet at night past the checkpoint we found ourselves cycling in one of the worlds most spectacular areas. White capped ... More About: Travel , Bike , Tibetan
Travelling Tips For Men
2008-04-14 01:06:00 Travelling Tips For Men Shaving If you need a shave desperately and shaving cream is expensive where you happen to be, the cheapest and indeed the best is available over the counter from pharmacies - aqueous cream. How to Carry your Tie Roll your ties backwards and very tightly round two of your fingers, starting from the narrow ... More About: Travelling
Lijiang to the Tibetan Border - Bike Travel
2008-04-13 23:53:00 The shangri la. Lijiang the last major tourist town to dechin and the Tibetan border takes us through some great mountain scenery glaciers ... More About: Travel , Bike
Travel to NURNBERG by Train
2008-04-05 11:36:00 NURNBERG: This city celebrated its 900th birthday in 1950 and the scars of World War II were still fresh. Nurnberg was once the ideal of medieval splendor but lost that legacy in the ashes of war. No other German city, except Dresden, suffered the devastation that Nurnberg did in a single air raid. On January ... More About: Travel , Train
Umbria Italy
2008-04-05 10:56:00 Imagine a magical place, where you can be transported back hundreds of years to medieval times. And in this place there are small villages, towers and castles clinging to the tops of hills. Imagine finding a small church in a wood containing frescoes by one of the Italian masters. And when you look around you ... More About: Italy
The Streets of Venice
2008-04-04 18:23:00 Every tourist gets lost. If it’s not always part of the fun or part of the plan, it’s nearly always part of the trip. But in Venice , it is part of the magic. Even native Venetians fall prey to the endlessly inventive twists and trails, the dark narrow lanes, the ... More About: Streets , The Streets
Travel to Frankfurt by Train
2008-04-04 11:36:00 Frankfurt: With 36 museums, innumerable galleries, theaters and nightclubs, Frankfurt stands tall on the German cultural skyline. Comprehensive art collections and special interest exhibitions attract the artistic. Opera performances and the Museum Concerts lead by world famous conductors draw music lovers, the Tigerpalasi, (Tiger Palace) presents international cabaret stars and the Festhalle (Festival Hall) hosts ... More About: Travel , Train , Frankfurt
Ephesus Kusadasi Turkey
2008-04-03 15:42:00 Ready to time travel? Imagine yourself strolling down the columned streets of a city that pre-dates Christianity. You can actually walk through a city that was ancient during the life of Christ. From the lush Greek Isle of Samos you can ferry across the starling blue Aegean Sea to the port of Kusadasi in Turkey , ...
Travel to Cologne (Koln) by Train
2008-04-03 11:35:00 Cologne (Koln ): The major city in western Germany’s industrial heartland, its best known sight is the mighty Gothic Dom. This Cathedral has a rich history, dating back to the 4th Century. The nearby old town has interesting monuments, squares and other traces of its 2000 year history. Right next to the Cathedral is the Roman-Germanic ... More About: Travel , Train , Cologne
Topkapi’s jewel-encrusted armor
2008-04-02 16:41:00 Tomorrow we’ll take in Topkapi’s jewel-encrusted armor, jewel-encrusted thrones, jewel-encrusted teacups, jewel-encrusted jewels. (Much as we pretend we’re not tourists, we are.) For now it’s the Blue Mosque. If there’s any escape from Istanbul’s clamor that should be it, the only sounds stockinged feet on worn prayer rugs and, if we’re lucky, muezzim and congregants ... More About: Jewel , Armor
Travel to Hamburg by Train
2008-04-02 11:34:00 HAMBURG: A major port with plenty to keep maritime fans interested, offers nice boat trips around the harbor. You’ll pass docks and through the old warehouse district. In the center of the city are several lakes, popular spots to relax in good weather. Take an Alster Tour by steamer. This tour takes you along Alster ... More About: Travel , Train , Hamburg
Sounds Like Istanbul
2008-04-01 16:41:00 Istanbul is a noisy city, and nowhere is it noisier than on its docks. Our hotel, the Hayim, is a short block from the harbor. After breakfast we’re drawn there by a ship’s shrill whistle, each blast a romantic flashback to some sea-going novel of our youth. On the pier we’re swept along by armies ... More About: Sounds , Istanbul
Castle of King Ludwig
2008-03-23 02:23:00 Ludwig had no interest in state affairs, loathed his family, despised the court, and considered the aristocracy ridiculous. He also hated everything to do with armies and war, which was unfortunate considering that he reigned during the wars of German unification. Days before Prussia declared war on Austria and Bavaria, Ludwig proclaimed, "A war? There ... More About: Castle , King
Leipzig by Train
2008-03-22 05:53:00 LEIPZIG might be your next train stop. A popular venue for trade shows, congresses and commerce this entertainment metropolis has old Renaissance and Baroque architecture, historical trading centers and malls with all modernized and restored facilities providing a stylish paradise for shoppers and sightseers. The Gewandhaus Concert Hall, the Opera House, the St. Thomas Choir, ... More About: Train
Train Travel to Berlin
2008-03-21 23:53:00 The best way to see any European country is really by train. Germany has good trains and is more enjoyable if you "leave the driving" to the efficient, comfortable train system. You can purchase a rail pass to suit your time and needs. Particularly good is the German Rail Pass which provides you with any ... More About: Travel , Train , Berlin
A Rothenburg Legend: Der Meistertrunk (The Master-Draught)
2008-03-21 17:27:00 Der Romantische Strasse (Romantic Road) There is no direct train service to Rothenburg. However, Europabus caters to rail travelers with two seasonal (April-October) coach routes along the "Romantic Road", linking the old towns of Rothenburg, Feuchtwangen, and Dinkelsbühl with the railway terminals of Würzburg, Augsburg, Heidelberg, and Munich. A Rothenburg Legend : Der Meistertrunk (The Master -Draught) The festival-play, written ... More About: The Master
Abbey Church
2008-03-21 11:23:00 We pull into the old wooden dock and the distinctive onion-shaped dome of the Abbey church comes into view. Dominating almost the entire island, the Abbey Church is famous for its well-preserved fragments of early Romanesque frescoes. During archaeological excavations in 1996, the painted fragments were discovered in the rubble. After the worried archaeologists removed ...
Bavaria’s Hidden Chiemsee Islands
2008-03-20 22:09:00 For anyone who has stumbled around Munich during Oktoberfest, Bavaria means oompha bands, lederhosen and beer. But Bavaria also offers a magical and serene countryside for those who prefer to take the autobahn less traveled. Just a few hours from Munich, tucked away in southern Bavaria, is the Chiemsee. Surrounded by the Chiemgau Alps, this placid ... More About: Islands , Hidden
Jorvik York
2008-01-03 18:43:00 For a really different prehistoric experience, consider time travel at the Jorvik Viking Centre in York , England, devoted to the Viking City that was, in theearly Christian period, York, or Yorvik. Here you seat yourself in an electric cart and move quickly through the scenes typical, first, of 1976, when the archaeological digbegan, then the ...
Ludlow Man
2008-01-02 18:43:00 Once inside, visitors could marvel over "Ludlow Man," the body of a Kelt ritually murdered and preserved in a bog, a man whose stomach was found to contain mistletoe pollen from the drink administered, probably by Druids (to whom mistletoe was sacred), before his death. He was stunned by blows to the head, then garroted, ...
Torun, Poland
2008-01-01 18:14:00 Poland has always been a border country - particularly in the Middle Ages, when the boundaries between the German states and the Slavic peoples were fluid. Germans ruled in Tallinn, which they called Reval - and in Torun, where the massive brick fortress of the Teutonic Knights still reminds the visitor of their grim rule. ... More About: Poland
London Underground (Tube) Myths
More articles from this author:2007-12-27 22:59:00 Our helpful guide explodes some of the more bizarre and disturbing stories about the tube. Each story gets a plausibility rating of between 1 and 10 (1 being extremely ... More About: London , Tube , Myths , Underground , London Underground 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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