http://traveler-life.com Tourism and travel guide about destinations, attractions, tips, activities. Tue, 15 May 2012 01:34:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://traveler-life.com/2011/08/29/india-to-australia-with-po-giclee-print/ http://traveler-life.com/2011/08/29/india-to-australia-with-po-giclee-print/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:56:56 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=3965 India to Australia with P&O Eric Michaels 18 in. x 24 in. 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Visit Hanuman Dhaka, the traditional seat of Royalty with its multi-roofed temples and palaces all intricately carved; the Temple of the [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2011/08/15/black-white-nepal-katmandu-streets-photo-poster/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2011/06/29/exotic-palm-trees-beach-in-thailand-poster-print/ http://traveler-life.com/2011/06/29/exotic-palm-trees-beach-in-thailand-poster-print/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:15:03 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=3624 Tonsai Beach, Phi Phi Islands, Thailand Buy This Allposters.com Say ‘Thailand’ and a lot of good things come to mind. Say its ancient name, ‘The Kingdom of Siam,’ and a host of romantic and exotic images come rushing. While the musical, The King and I and the other romantic tales of old Siam may not [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2011/06/29/exotic-palm-trees-beach-in-thailand-poster-print/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2011/02/16/bali-island-of-the-gods/ http://traveler-life.com/2011/02/16/bali-island-of-the-gods/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:46:15 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=3289 Ulun Danu Temple, Bali, Indonesia Jecan, Gavriel 12 in. x 16 in. Buy This Allposters.com Find your center on an island so spiritual it’s become known as “Island of the Gods.” The warm, spiritual essence that writer Elizabeth Gilbert discovered here and celebrated in Eat, Pray, Love has been native to Bali for centuries. It’s [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2011/02/16/bali-island-of-the-gods/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/14/secret-beaches-of-phuket-thailand/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/14/secret-beaches-of-phuket-thailand/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:36:54 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=2939 Phuket Poster 36 in. x 24 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted Phuket’s beaches are world-renowned and tourists flock from across the globe to visit the famous beaches at Patong, Karon, and Kata. So much so that many people complain these beaches have lost their charm. They say Phuket can no longer claim to be an [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/14/secret-beaches-of-phuket-thailand/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/06/japan-from-kyoto-to-tokyo-mount-fuji-kyushu-island-korea/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/06/japan-from-kyoto-to-tokyo-mount-fuji-kyushu-island-korea/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:59:28 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=2793 Chuo-Dori Avenue, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan Photographic Print Bibikow, Walter 12 in. x 16 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted From Kyoto Thanks to its perch in the relatively high latitudes, northeast Asia is the only part of the region that enjoys four distinct seasons-a climatic oddity that makes it curiously familiar for Westerners traveling in Japan, [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/06/japan-from-kyoto-to-tokyo-mount-fuji-kyushu-island-korea/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/06/wall-mural-landscape-of-great-wall-jinshanling-china/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/06/wall-mural-landscape-of-great-wall-jinshanling-china/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:24:07 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=2735 Landscape of Great Wall, Jinshanling, China Wall Mural Su, Keren 144 in. x 96 in. 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In 770-BC-476BC, the ducal states extended the defense work, and [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/12/06/a-trip-to-great-wall-of-china/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/kamigamo-shrine-in-snow-kyoto-japan/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/kamigamo-shrine-in-snow-kyoto-japan/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:44:17 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=1944 Kamigamo Shrine in Snow, Kyoto, Japan Photographic Print 16 in. x 12 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/kamigamo-shrine-in-snow-kyoto-japan/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/bamboo-forest-ginkakuji-temple-kyoto-japan/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/bamboo-forest-ginkakuji-temple-kyoto-japan/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:37:18 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=1940 Bamboo Forest, Ginkakuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan Photographic Print 16 in. x 12 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted bamboo forest, kyoto posters, ginkakuji temple, forest posters, japan posters, photographic prints, exotic posters, travel destinations, travel posters]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/bamboo-forest-ginkakuji-temple-kyoto-japan/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/geisha-girls-looking-at-camera-kyoto-japan/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/geisha-girls-looking-at-camera-kyoto-japan/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:31:05 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=1936 Geisha Girls, Looking at Camera, Kyoto, Japan Photographic Print Keribar, Izzet 24 in. x 18 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted geisha posters, kyoto posters, japan posters, exotic posters, asia posters, cafe decoration, travel destinations, photographic prints, travel posters, asian people, asian culture]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/geisha-girls-looking-at-camera-kyoto-japan/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/japanese-environment/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/japanese-environment/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:20:52 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/30/japanese-environment/ The Japanese environment is one not bountifully provided with those natural complements of soils, plant resources, animal life, and other features which made for easy productivity of material goods for early man. The aquatic resources around these island shores are rich, but they were less available to early man than to modern man. By dint [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/japanese-environment/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/macanese-food-is-among-the-most-interesting-in-the-world/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/macanese-food-is-among-the-most-interesting-in-the-world/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:51:46 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/23/macanese-food-is-among-the-most-interesting-in-the-world/ Macanese food is among the most interesting in the world, and it’s found nowhere else, with many reasonably priced restaurants to explore. Chinese is of course everywhere, ranging from Cantonese dim sum breakfast shops to the Jade Garden in town and the Dynasty at the luxurious Mandarin Oriental hotel, both famous even among Chinese gourmets. [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/macanese-food-is-among-the-most-interesting-in-the-world/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/why-daibutsu-was-built/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/why-daibutsu-was-built/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:39:13 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/05/why-daibutsu-was-built/ You may rightly wonder why on earth such an absurdly huge thing was constructed at so remote a time as the 8th century. The motive at the back of it was religion, or rather superstition, if you like. Now, Buddhism was first introduced into Japan in 552. Though it encountered some opposition at first, it [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/why-daibutsu-was-built/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/kyoto-landscape-gardens-bonsai-bonkei-bonseki/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/kyoto-landscape-gardens-bonsai-bonkei-bonseki/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:31:42 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/05/kyoto-landscape-gardens-bonsai-bonkei-bonseki/ Daigo Temple, Kyoto, Japan Photographic Print , Panoramic Images 24 in. x 8 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted One of the principal things to be pointed out at any one of these great temples will be its landscape gardens, the charm of which would increase if you knew something of its history and significance. The [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/kyoto-landscape-gardens-bonsai-bonkei-bonseki/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/kyoto-sightseeings/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/kyoto-sightseeings/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:30:00 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/05/kyoto-sightseeings/ Bamboo Lane, Nishiyama, Kyoto, Japan Photographic Print 16 in. x 12 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted If this were a guide-website to serve tourists on the spot, it would have been necessary to write this part of the chapter first. However, there are several excellent guide-books specially devoted to Kyoto, and here I shall try [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/kyoto-sightseeings/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/tokyo-is-unique-the-result-of-its-peculiar-evolution/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/tokyo-is-unique-the-result-of-its-peculiar-evolution/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:33:26 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/05/tokyo-is-unique-the-result-of-its-peculiar-evolution/ Expensive Shopping District with Night Traffic, Ginza Area, Tokyo, Japan Photographic Print Bachmann, Bill 24 in. x 18 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted To describe a great city like London or Paris to an American, or a mighty American city such as New York or Chicago to a European, is a comparatively easy matter. They [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/tokyo-is-unique-the-result-of-its-peculiar-evolution/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/in-the-april-of-blossoms-anyone-may-come/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/in-the-april-of-blossoms-anyone-may-come/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:27:45 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/05/in-the-april-of-blossoms-anyone-may-come/ “In the April of blossoms anyone may come,” runs an old proverb. It is a time for general outing. Even old women and the laziest stay-at-homes go out to call on friends, or make pilgrimages to temples of the dead or to Shinto shrines, not necessarily for flower-seeing, yet the gateway to the temple and [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/in-the-april-of-blossoms-anyone-may-come/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/the-seven-wonders-of-the-world-of-antiquity-and-middle-ages/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/the-seven-wonders-of-the-world-of-antiquity-and-middle-ages/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:18:42 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/the-seven-wonders-of-the-world-of-antiquity-and-middle-ages/ Babylon’s Hanging Gardens, One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Giclee Print 16 in. x 12 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted The Seven Wonders of the World Of Antiquity: (1) The Pyramids of Egypt. (2) The Gardens of Semiramis at Babylon. (3) The statue of Zeus at Olympia, the work of Phidias. (4) [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/30/the-seven-wonders-of-the-world-of-antiquity-and-middle-ages/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/28/balinese-dancer-in-front-of-temple-in-ubud/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/28/balinese-dancer-in-front-of-temple-in-ubud/#comments Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:03:05 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=1552 Balinese Dancer in Front of Temple in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia Photographic Print Zuckerman, Jim 12 in. x 9 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted bali, balinese dances, balinese dancers, bali culture, bali posters, tropical regions, travel posters, indonesia posters]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/28/balinese-dancer-in-front-of-temple-in-ubud/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/28/ulun-danu-temple-in-bali/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/28/ulun-danu-temple-in-bali/#comments Sat, 27 Nov 2010 22:53:46 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=1546 Ulun Danu Temple, Bali, Indonesia Photographic Print Jecan, Gavriel 12 in. x 16 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted Ulun Danu Temple in Bali Ulun Danu Temple is a Balinese Hindu Temple located at Candi Kuning countryside, Baturiti sub district and Tabanan regency. The distance from Denpasar town is about 50 km north side the way [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/28/ulun-danu-temple-in-bali/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/28/see-bali-giclee-print/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/28/see-bali-giclee-print/#comments Sat, 27 Nov 2010 22:47:22 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=1541 See Bali Giclee Print Korver, John 18 in. x 24 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted bali posters, vintage bali posters, travel destinations, bali, exotic posters, indonesia posters, tropical regions, vintage travel ads]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/28/see-bali-giclee-print/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/28/bali-path-to-happiness/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/28/bali-path-to-happiness/#comments Sat, 27 Nov 2010 22:32:01 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=1536 Bali Cove Art Print Fronckowiak, Art 40 in. x 20 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted Everyone in Bali smiles. Big, broad, beaming smiles. And all that’s necessary to evoke it is eye contact. Even when they may be preoccupied with weaving their scooters through traffic or carrying a heavy, flailing pig across the road, you [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/28/bali-path-to-happiness/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/27/japan-daigo-shrine-kyoto-art-print/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/27/japan-daigo-shrine-kyoto-art-print/#comments Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:14:16 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=1509 Daigo Shrine, Kyoto, Japan Art Print Fukushima, Umon 30 in. x 14.25 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted japan posters, kyoto posters, daigo shrine posters, travel posters, asia posters, asian cultures]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/27/japan-daigo-shrine-kyoto-art-print/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/27/india-in-nutshell/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/27/india-in-nutshell/#comments Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:58:53 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=1373 “If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India!” – French scholar Romaine Rolland India in Nutshell The history of India dates back 5000 years, back to when [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/27/india-in-nutshell/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/27/delhi-the-city-of-civilizations-and-dynasties/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/27/delhi-the-city-of-civilizations-and-dynasties/#comments Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:45:36 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=1370 Taj Mahal in India Photographic Print 16 in. x 12 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted Located on the banks of the sprawling river Yamuna, Delhi, the capital of India, is a fascinating blend of a myriad of ancient and modern civilizations, reflected not only in its diverse cultural heritage and historical monuments, but also in [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/27/delhi-the-city-of-civilizations-and-dynasties/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/25/yoshino-the-home-of-cherry-blossoms/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/25/yoshino-the-home-of-cherry-blossoms/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:30:37 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/30/yoshino-the-home-of-cherry-blossoms/ Yoshino and Kumano, a little apart from each other, the one mountainous and the other coastal, were always treated as two entireties. They have now been welded into one park, covering an area of 168,560 acres. Both are no less celebrated in history and legendary traditions than for their beauty, their temples and shrines — [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/25/yoshino-the-home-of-cherry-blossoms/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/25/japan-modernization/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/25/japan-modernization/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:31:51 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/30/japan-modernization/ Night View of Tokyo Tower Photographic Print 16 in. x 12 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted The Tokugawa clan still ruled Japan in the 1850′s when Admiral Peary sailed into Tokyo Bay and called upon the Japanese to end their two and a half centuries of hermitage. Repeated overtures to this end had been declined [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/11/25/japan-modernization/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2010/10/06/japan-art-print/ http://traveler-life.com/2010/10/06/japan-art-print/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:29:02 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/?p=635 Japan Art Print Ignacio 11.813 in. x 15.75 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted]]> http://traveler-life.com/2010/10/06/japan-art-print/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/07/16/sunset-palm-tree-on-beach-poster-exotic-seascape-and-blue-sky/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/07/16/sunset-palm-tree-on-beach-poster-exotic-seascape-and-blue-sky/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:15:42 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/07/16/sunset-palm-tree-on-beach-poster-exotic-seascape-and-blue-sky/ Seychelles Poster Karrass, Mark Buy at AllPosters.com Sunset Palm Tree Over Ocean- Indian Ocean Exotic Tropical Island Seascape Photo Poster – Tropical Beach Palm Trees on Sandy Beach in Seychelles Islands, Africa Touristic Art Photo by Mark Karrass Pink Flowers Poster by made_in_atlantis Browse other Pink flower Posters Exotic Pink Flowers Poster Pink Flowers by [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/07/16/sunset-palm-tree-on-beach-poster-exotic-seascape-and-blue-sky/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/07/15/dalai-lama-principles-poster-tibetian-a-to-zen-of-life/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/07/15/dalai-lama-principles-poster-tibetian-a-to-zen-of-life/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:33:49 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/07/15/dalai-lama-principles-poster-tibetian-a-to-zen-of-life/ Live one day at a time and make it a masterpiece. Dalai Lama Dalai Lama Poster Buy at AllPosters.com A- avoid negative sources, people, places, things and habits B- believe in yourself and succeed C- consider things from every angle D- don’t give up and don’t give in E- enjoy life today, yesterday is gone [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/07/15/dalai-lama-principles-poster-tibetian-a-to-zen-of-life/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/flying-into-macau/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/flying-into-macau/#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 12:41:00 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/flying-into-macau/ City View from Penha Hill, Macau, China Photographic Print Bibikow, Walter 16 in. x 12 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted Flying into Macau these days and arriving in its brand-new airport, you see at a glance how small it is: a low, rocky peninsula connected to China by a sandspit three hundred yards wide, and [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/flying-into-macau/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/macau-what-brought-faraway-portugal-to-this-unlikely-spot/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/macau-what-brought-faraway-portugal-to-this-unlikely-spot/#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 12:34:00 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/macau-what-brought-faraway-portugal-to-this-unlikely-spot/ What brought faraway Portugal to this unlikely spot? Over a bottle of Dao (excellent Portuguese wine, six dollars a bottle), I put this question to an old and famous friend, Monsignor Manuel Teixeira, the white-robed historian of the Jesuit order’s heroic bid to convert China and Japan to Christianity. “A Fe, o Imperio,” Father Teixeira [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/macau-what-brought-faraway-portugal-to-this-unlikely-spot/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/macau-is-a-free-port-with-hong-kong-one-of-the-great-bazaars-of-the-east/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/macau-is-a-free-port-with-hong-kong-one-of-the-great-bazaars-of-the-east/#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 11:23:54 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/macau-is-a-free-port-with-hong-kong-one-of-the-great-bazaars-of-the-east/ Overshadowed by bustling Hong Kong, East Asia’s oldest colony has long been a well-kept secret, fascinating in itself. But there are also good practical reasons for making Macau a handy base for witnessing the changes that the next few years must bring to all of Asia. With wages only half those of Hong Kong’s, everything [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/05/10/macau-is-a-free-port-with-hong-kong-one-of-the-great-bazaars-of-the-east/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/10/tank-man-framed-poster-print-tiananmen-square/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/10/tank-man-framed-poster-print-tiananmen-square/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:53:21 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/10/tank-man-framed-poster-print-tiananmen-square/ Tiananmen Square – BW Framed Art Print Buy at AllPosters.com Framed Poster Print of Tank Man – the Unknown Rebel. 1989 – Beijing’s Tiananmen Square Protests. Famous Black & White Photo of Tank Man – the Unknown Rebel Framed Poster Print.]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/10/tank-man-framed-poster-print-tiananmen-square/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/05/the-beauties-of-kyoto-are-not-confined-within-the-limits-of-the-city/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/05/the-beauties-of-kyoto-are-not-confined-within-the-limits-of-the-city/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:33:56 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/05/the-beauties-of-kyoto-are-not-confined-within-the-limits-of-the-city/ Garden with Maple Trees in Enkouin Temple, Autumn, Kyoto, Japan Photographic Print 16 in. x 12 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted Making the round of these “detached palaces,” we recall the fact which is too often overlooked, namely, that the beauties of Kyoto are not confined within the limits of the city. Indeed, a considerable [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/05/the-beauties-of-kyoto-are-not-confined-within-the-limits-of-the-city/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/05/days-of-edo-japan/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/05/days-of-edo-japan/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:37:41 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/05/days-of-edo-japan/ As Tokyo is situated on the Sumida River which pours into Tokyo Bay to swell the mighty Pacific, its former name, Edo (estuary-door), sounds more poetical and appropriate. But the political conquerors from the south, who destroyed the Shōgunate in 1868, could not tolerate anything reminiscent of the old régime. They therefore displaced Edo in [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/05/days-of-edo-japan/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/05/tokyo-old-landmarks/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/05/tokyo-old-landmarks/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:35:32 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/05/tokyo-old-landmarks/ Festival at Shinmei Shrine in Shiba, Japanese Wood-Cut Print Giclee Print 16 in. x 12 in. Buy at AllPosters.com Framed   Mounted In the reconstruction, care was taken to preserve the old landmarks as much as possible, consistent with the health and convenience of the city. The Ginza–the Piccadilly and Broadway of Tokyo–runs on the same old [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/04/05/tokyo-old-landmarks/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/30/japan-the-inland-sea-has-beauty-spots-and-places-rich-in-historical/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/30/japan-the-inland-sea-has-beauty-spots-and-places-rich-in-historical/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:01:08 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/30/japan-the-inland-sea-has-beauty-spots-and-places-rich-in-historical/ Insular like Great Britain, Japan owes her fortunes largely to her ports and rivers, through which her needs and requirements were supplied from all parts of the world. Japan possesses around her coast many beautiful sights of sea and islet, and the Inland Sea is the quintessence of beauty and loveliness. Indeed, there may be [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/30/japan-the-inland-sea-has-beauty-spots-and-places-rich-in-historical/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/30/the-southern-part-of-japan/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/30/the-southern-part-of-japan/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:25:52 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/30/the-southern-part-of-japan/ The southern part of Japan was not only a more productive environment but also in closer contact with that part of mainland Asia in which Chinese culture was expanding and maturing during the late feudal era. Refugees from China, during the final bitter struggles of feudalism and the appearance of the Han state, carried Chinese [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/30/the-southern-part-of-japan/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/30/the-japanese-islands-form-a-mosaic-of-small-individual-units/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/30/the-japanese-islands-form-a-mosaic-of-small-individual-units/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:15:40 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/30/the-japanese-islands-form-a-mosaic-of-small-individual-units/ The Japanese islands lie toward the northern end of the long line of Island Arcs that rim the eastern margins of the Asiatic continent. They form a relatively small environment situated between the largest land mass and the largest ocean. The lands of Japan are mostly uplands, the tops of steep and rugged mountains projecting [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/30/the-japanese-islands-form-a-mosaic-of-small-individual-units/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/24/5-star-hotels-in-mumbai/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/24/5-star-hotels-in-mumbai/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:39:25 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/24/5-star-hotels-in-mumbai/ Gateway to India and the Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai (Bombay), India Photographic Print Bowman, Charles 12 in. x 9 in. Buy at AllPosters.comFramed   Mounted Hyatt Regency Mumbai, Sahar Airport Road Mumbai 400099,Maharashtra Taj Lands End Mumbai, Bandstand, Bandra (West) Mumbai 400050,Maharashtra Taj Mahal Mumbai, Apollo Bunder Mumbai 400001,Maharashtra Taj President Mumbai, 90 Cuffe Parade,Colaba Mumbai 400005,Maharashtra [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/03/24/5-star-hotels-in-mumbai/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/02/15/daisen-mountain-japan/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/02/15/daisen-mountain-japan/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:07:31 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/02/15/daisen-mountain-japan/ Mt. Daisen in Autumn Photographic Print Buy at AllPosters.com Daisen literally means “great mountain.” Though its height is only 5,653 feet, it is the highest mountain in Chugoku district, on the shore of the Japan Sea. It is the Fuji of Japan’s “back.” The people of provinces round about Daisen look upon it, talk about [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/02/15/daisen-mountain-japan/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/02/15/kobe-is-famous-is-its-nada-sake/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/02/15/kobe-is-famous-is-its-nada-sake/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:02:23 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/02/15/kobe-is-famous-is-its-nada-sake/ Among the famous things which Kobe is noted for must be mentioned the so-called Kobe beef, which is, in fact, sent from the neighboring province of Tajima. How good beef has come to be associated with Kobe I cannot tell, for one may get beef just as good anywhere else, unless it is accounted for [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/02/15/kobe-is-famous-is-its-nada-sake/feed/ 0 http://traveler-life.com/2009/02/15/yokohama-photo-prints/ http://traveler-life.com/2009/02/15/yokohama-photo-prints/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:49:20 +0000 traveler http://traveler-life.com/2009/02/15/yokohama-photo-prints/ Yokohama, Japan Photographic Print Buy at AllPosters.com Yokohama is full of interest One of the cities which have risen from their own ashes, and one which today is a world-famous port-city, is Yokohama, the main entrance to Japan. Yokohama is so near to Tokyo (only 20 miles) that most visitors landing there hasten on to [...]]]> http://traveler-life.com/2009/02/15/yokohama-photo-prints/feed/ 0