September 1, 2018
Initially, Ulan-Ude was just on our way from Irkutsk to Mongolia , but when we came there, we found that this was a great place to visit. Most of all, we enjoyed seeing Lenin’s head statue and Ivolginsky Datsan Buddhist temple.
July 28, 2018
Burma is one of the most beautiful countries we have even visited and Inle Lake is one of two reasons why Burma is in our top (the second one is Bagan). We spent two days there and dedicated one of the days to the boat tour. We hired a guide called Ky at the Joy Hotel where we were staying.…
May 22, 2018
The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution of Israel, housing encyclopedic collections of works dating from prehistory to the present day in archaeology, the fine arts, and Jewish life. Since opening in 1965, the Museum has built a collection of half a million objects at permanent and temporary displays and it keeps upgrading. The museum is open for visitors…
May 11, 2018
Guides on the Internet usually recommend seeing Stockholm, Uppsala, and Abisko National Park in Sweden, but the more we travel here, the more we admire the number of other absolutely amazing attractions. Last weekend, we travelled from Stockholm to Gothenburg by car, and, by the recommendation of a colleague, visited several attractions on the way. We did not expect these…
March 31, 2018
We have just returned from Cyprus: there we spent a wonderful week. To be honest, after the January trip to Malta, we did not expect much from Cyprus, but we should have. We really want to go back to Cyprus now, and this is why.
March 21, 2018
We flew into Burma from Thailand and got the Burmese visa in the airport. When queuing for the registration, we had a small talk with a farang (this is how they call white people in Burma, just like mzungu in Eastern Africa). He said that people in Burma are incredible, they are even much more hospitable than Thai people. We…