Interesting buildings and architectural sites from around the world, photographed and written about in detail.
Travel Journal Overview:A rather strange cultural scene with shaking minarets, the best church I’ve come across in my travels and back to those bridges Next up on the whistle stop tour: The Shaking Minarets, surely a highlight in many Iranian Tourists itinerary. At 11am a Mosque care taker would emerge on the roof, proceed to …
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Travel Journal Overview: My first introduction to Iranian nose jobs, yes they are common. The wonderful Jameh Mosque. My first but not last Zoroastrian fire temple. Iranian tours to meet some Iranians? I made it to the travel agent by 9am, after a rushed beefburger and bipsi breakfast. I was greeted by a solitary …
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Travel Journal Overview: Making the best of it in Esfahan I decide to visit the “Half a World Away” place that is the center of Isfahan. It would not be the only place I’d end up describing as such. I slept until 10am, mainly to avoid the mass of Iranian tourists that descended upon the …
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Travel Journal Overview: I should have guessed better. But my first impressions of Turkey were not old school. They were of Istanbul’s thriving tourist trade, then again, it was the middle of Ramadan. After climbing up the hill to Old Sultanahmet we arrived at the hostel our French friend had recommended…well not exactly but it …
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Travel Journal Overview: I was far from travel blog comfortable still. My main goal was the journey at hand, I was however feverishly writing everything into my hand journals and just using the blog to let friends know where and what I was up to. I waited around the hostel for my polish friend to …
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Travel Journal Overview: In Europe I made it to Poland, I finally felt like I was on the move properly once again. Well credit where credit is due, Eurolines actually arrived on time! (I will take this back later). The bus journey was not so eventful, though I took my first note at the excessive …
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Travel Journal Overview: The true start of my overland journey started here. No better place There are few places as beautiful as Sintra in Portugal – very few. Related Links on this website: Portugal country profile
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