Rome: The Roman Forum
‘I need no ivory temple for my delight,’ wrote Propertius in Augustus’ day, ‘enough that I can see the Roman Forum.’ Here, from immemorial times, had been the meeting place …
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The Colosseum was a “marvel” of Rome
The Colosseum was a ‘marvel’ of Rome when it was new, almost nineteen hundred years ago, partly because of its size and partly because the circumstances under which it was …
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New Zealand: Land of The Lord of the Rings
New Zealand is a country in the Southern Hemisphere in the Oceania region, which is called Aotearoa in Māori, which translates as the Land of the Long White Cloud, It …
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Planning to travel to New Zealand?
Beauty of Nature found in New Zealand. Many of us have always dreamed of planning a visit down under. Traveling through countries like New Zealand can be an eye opening …
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Samoa: An exciting new travel destination
American Samoa is in Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand. American Samoa is located in the South Pacific, just …
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From Cairo to Jerusalem
Our adventure began in front of the pyramids in Cairo, Egypt. Five of us were trying to figure out how to get to Jerusalem, our next stop on our mini- …
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Call Chicago mighty, monstrous, multifarious, vital, lusty, stupendous, indomitable
Chicago is stupefying. It knows no rules, and I know none by which to judge it. It stands apart from all the cities in the world, isolated by its own …
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Kamigamo Shrine in Snow, Kyoto, Japan
Kamigamo Shrine is an important Shinto sanctuary on the banks of the Kamo River in north Kyoto, first founded in 678. Its formal name is the Kamo-wakeikazuchi Shrine Kamo-wakeikazuchi jinja. …
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Important Facts for Travelers to Japan
Japan’s emperor provdes symbolically over a constitutional government. Language is Japanese. English is spoken by many people in the tourist industry but a phrasebook is an excellent investment (one of …
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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 …
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