The Parthenon in Athens’ considered the most famed surviving building belonging to ancient Greece as well as one among the best architecture globally.
The Parthenon stood tall as Athens’ Acropolis for roughly about 2,500 years. It was constructed to thank the city’s Goddess Athena for protecting Greece and Athens during Persian Wars. The construction was officially named as Temple of Athena, the Virgin.
Throughout its entire tenure, Parthenon did function most essentially as a temple of the Greeks. It was also a fortress, treasury, mosque and a church. At the present time, it’s regarded as a popular tourist destination and a recognizable icon worldwide.
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In order to replace an ancient temple that was destroyed by Persians, Parthenon was built at the advisory of Pericles. [...]
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Parthenon, Athens – Greece
Continue readingThe Parthenon in Athens’ considered the most famed surviving building belonging to ancient Greece as well as one among the best architecture globally. The Parthenon stood tall as Athens’ Acropolis for roughly about 2,500 years. It was constructed to thank the city’s Goddess Athena for protecting [...]
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Jam factory Then & Hotel Now – The Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart, Australia
Continue readingChange is imminent, but how far should one stretch his arms? For sure, man has no boundaries for creative ideas, and the beauty is it’s all accepted fair and square. Any country undergoes major changes economically which in turn directly improves its progress. Marketing strategies employed now are [...]
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Blending of the Dutch and West Indian Cultures – Curacao
Continue readingEvery year, it’s the same question that strikes everybody, and that’s where do we go for vacations? Traveling can be easy if everybody is putting in their valuable expertise in organizing a good journey, but not oftentimes the best planning takes you to the best destinations. We tend not to capture [...]
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Bournemouth, England
Continue readingAfter a tired day at work, what do you like to do? No, we are not talking about the usual TV scenes, but making plans for a beach venture where you’d lighten up yourself for a pleasant night ahead. Again, finding a beach to suit your mood wouldn’t be that difficult, but getting to a beach that has [...]
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Saqqara and Luxor – Egypt
Continue readingEgypt, as we know, holds many secrets as to how civilizations evolved over time while their methods and practices are strictly being studied in great detail even now. Egypt’s evolution in and of itself is very interesting and history books really paved the way to relive the reign of the supreme Pharaohs, [...]
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2. December 2011
Jam factory Then & Hotel Now – The Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart, Australia
Change is imminent, but how far should one stretch his arms? For sure, man has no boundaries for creative ideas, and the beauty is it’s all accepted fair and square. Any country undergoes major changes economically which in turn directly improves its progress. Marketing strategies employed now are more creative that don’t want to see important structures go waste. You might just be wondering what the topic’s all about as it’s being stretched a bit politically. Well, the connection is pretty simple. We all have a government in our respective countries, and there’re marketing strategies appropriately concentrated upon. The idea is preserving buildings of significance and commercializing them accordingly. Especially in India, things are heading to a bigger commercial makeover where ancient [...]
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29. November 2011
Blending of the Dutch and West Indian Cultures – Curacao
Every year, it’s the same question that strikes everybody, and that’s where do we go for vacations? Traveling can be easy if everybody is putting in their valuable expertise in organizing a good journey, but not oftentimes the best planning takes you to the best destinations. We tend not to capture the true essence of a place, but rely on other travelers’ thoughts before embarking on a trip. Best advices on travel would probably come from travelers not able to get rid of a particular place that urges them to go back again and again. How about visiting an island with flavors of two countries spreading distinctively? While in Curacao, you’re definitely bound to feel the cultures of both the Dutch and the colorful West Indies.
Curacao
For the most part, Curacao is not an elite Caribbean [...]
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25. November 2011
Bournemouth, England
After a tired day at work, what do you like to do? No, we are not talking about the usual TV scenes, but making plans for a beach venture where you’d lighten up yourself for a pleasant night ahead. Again, finding a beach to suit your mood wouldn’t be that difficult, but getting to a beach that has an interesting tale to tell would be an opportunity well sought.
In the UK, concepts of new age seaside resorts boomed way back in 1700s, at a time when doctors were advertizing about ocean water and coastal weather’s health benefits. During that time, visitors to beach would change clothes in bathing machines, some kind of a changing room where visitors would change on wheels that later were drawn to the sea directly through horses. This was implemented as the elderly or ill would find [...]
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22. November 2011
Saqqara and Luxor – Egypt
Egypt, as we know, holds many secrets as to how civilizations evolved over time while their methods and practices are strictly being studied in great detail even now. Egypt’s evolution in and of itself is very interesting and history books really paved the way to relive the reign of the supreme Pharaohs, their superstitions and doctrines. Even now, Egypt is visited by tourists all around the world annually reliving sites of impeccable history and structures that speak of great architectural methods employed.
Traveling to Egypt would really open your eyes to the amount of creativity these people had that’s pretty hard to imagine. There’re also rumors connecting Egyptian civilization to aliens due to the enormity of a number of delicate architectural and civil projects undertaken that [...]
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18. November 2011
Ocracoke Island – North Carolina
We know lying down in the beaches and basking in the sun is fun, especially for people who love to get tanned, but otherwise too, beaches are a source of inspiration for many travelers. People interested in music could put up a tent at night if the beach zone allows and get creative to pen down lyrics, compose or write music. There’re also people that get bored traveling to the same old beaches worldwide, though have plenty of activities, yet no interesting history surrounding them. To that end, beaches that are haunted could be an interesting story that might attract visitors interested or doing researches on ghosts. Beaches with a specific history are sure to attract inquisitive travelers.
Likewise, Ocracoke Island in North Carolina has a certain history to its name as the world’s [...]
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15. November 2011
Sihanoukville in Cambodia
Traveling can sometimes be fun when you head for an unknown destination, and to your surprise, the destination isn’t known to many, yet a fantastic place. One such destination that comes to mind is Sihanoukville in Cambodia. However, many might have heard about this place and quite frequented by now. The Cambodian beach resorts at Sihanoukville are just good as it gets, and the time spent on the parks and islands would surely be remembered for a long time. There’re a variety of adventure sports to settle into like boating, scuba diving, waterfalls and trippy jungle treks. Cambodia, as we know, economically is pretty down where some people find it really hard to meet their daily needs, and travelers often visiting Cambodia offer generous amounts of donations for the welfare of kids. Sihanoukville [...]
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15. November 2011
Robin Hood’s Bay – England
We all know what it means like longing for a good vacation and the extensiveness it involves while planning it. In order to fulfill our dreams, we end up searching numerous travel blogs in hopes of finding our travel interests. Now, here lies the real problem as all the beach destinations you want to dive in sound the same for the most part such as clean waters, pristine sands, though which cannot be excluded, becomes quite boring while going through the blogs in whole. We rather thought of beaches that had a value in the past or carried great stories or secrets from a long time. A beach would definitely excite anybody, but a beach with a strange history adds a charm to the place. When you think about beach destinations and the luxury offered by some of the best resorts in the world, there’re [...]
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8. November 2011
Nude Beaches in South America
Traveling to any destination is mind pleasing, and not to mention the euphoria it creates when the travel destination involves a beach. The clean waters, never ending sea from the seashore, the clean pebbles, playful sand, basking in the sun, watching the waves roll by are lifetime experiences, and if the beaches are maintained for tourism only, then it’s just simply awesome to be there. South American beaches portray unique pictures on one’s mind, particularly if you’re planning a nude beach visit.
South America in and of itself depicts colorful traditional and cultural environment. Cuisines to be savored are plenty that adds a lot to its resume. With everything set in place for a perfect tourism attraction, nude beaches make the inquisitive go mad and perhaps one of the prime attractions [...]
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4. November 2011
Incredible Mongolia
Mongolia is a nomadic land and belonged to the Nomads. Mongolia is surrounded by land and unfortunately for beach mongers not the right place, though falling in love considering its origin and history is unavoidable. Mongolia is sandwiched between China and Russia from South and North respectively while Kazakhstan lies to its West. Mongolia is sparsely populated.
Another name for Mongolia is ‘Land of Blue Skies.’ Yearly, the sun shines for 250 days in Mongolia while winters are terrible and cold with temperatures falling and recorded below 0 degrees too. The country comprises of varying terrains that ranges from deserts to mountains.
History says Mongolia was ruled by the violent Huns, and Chinese started building walls due to Hun invasions that later was called ‘The Great Wall [...]
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6. December 2011
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