Onomichi is a small, rugged, coastal town located on the cusp of Hiroshima and Okayama prefectures in Western Japan. Known for it's small 32 stop temple trail and for it's association with some of Japan's most famous writers and poets, Onomichi is more enchanting than it is beautiful and is a worthy pit stop for anybody travelling the JR Sanyo Line from Himeji to Shin-Yamaguchi.

While I wasn't able to explore Matsumoto in any real detail, I did get the chance to relish a two night encounter with the city on a recent trip to Nagano Prefecture.

My main purpose for visiting Matsumoto was to use it as a base for seeing Jigokudani Yaen-Koen , although I do regret not having been able to spend a little more time there.

I arrived in Matsumoto at around 11:30pm on Wednesday 28th December 2011 and the first thing that struck me about the city was its warm, virbrant atmosphere against what was a relatively cold (-2 °C) background.

In July a friend of mine and me went for a three days holiday to Barcelona and we completely fell in love with the city. It was nice and warm while we were there. The day we arrived we went shopping and I discovered a shop I really like, Desigual. Of course the next day we wanted to explore Barcelona. First we found a guided tour by buss which lasted most of the day. It included a trip to Park Güell, some well known churches and Sagrada Família. Repeatedly through the tour we were given information of which buildings the well known architect Gaudi had designed.

Svanen glir stille gjennom morgentåka, møter meg i et fortrolig møte ved rekka, før andre har stått opp. Brød fra i går er lykken. Vi er invandrere blant svanene i sivet, beveger oss i sakte fart på elver og kanaler i Bourgogne. Høsten skaper kontraster. Morgentåke mot en lengtende sol, hegren forteller med sitt gjesp at det er tidlig morgensin. Landskapet speiler seg i vannet.

Living in Singapore as an ex-pat wife following my husbands career gives me ample opportunity to travel and explore the places that I live.
After living in Incredible India Mumbai for a couple of years, where there was NEVER a dull moment and my neck hurt through not knowing where to look and my eyes and senses were on constant over load I imagined Singapore to be somewhat sterile and samey samey.

Спека

Сахара

Червоні гори.

Узбережжя Червоного моря починає зникати із горизонту. Наше Jeep Safari обіцяє бути захоплюючим!

Перша зупинка - Міраж. Сонце розігріває повітря до атомної температури і саме в цей момент, коли вода здається неймовірним дивом для безмежних просторів піску, на горизонті з’являється озеро. Коли дивишся на це озеро із даху джипа, озера як не було! Але стає зрозуміло наскільки легко пустеля може ввести в оману, коли температура досягає +35С і води із собою лише 1 літр на наступних кілька годин.

Det Bratislava mangler i størrelse tar byen igjen på sjarm og ro. Slovakias hovedstad er en moderene metropol med internasjonale motehus, designhoteller og sofistikerte spisesteder, samtidig som du fortsatt kan føle et svakt vindpust fra det gamle Øst-Europa i bakgatene.

My first visit to Ukraine was back in 2006, when my husband and I spent a autumn weekend in Hotel Londonskaya in Odessa. We had a great time in this sofisticated Black Sea holiday town, but two days were absolutely not enough.
This time, when visiting Jalta on Crimea, we decides to stay for one week. The actual reason for visiting this laidback holdiday town on Southern Crimea was the European championships in Swimming for masters, for which the Ukraines were hosts.
We stayed in Massandra hotel, just 400 m from the big Yalta Intourist hotel, where the competitions were held.

Early afternoon in May, on the savannah in Mozambique:

Cornelia: What’s there, in the end of the savannah?
The guide: It’s probably a warthog.
C: Are you sure?
G: Yes, there are many of them out here.
C: ?
G: Let me take a look in the binoculars. No, you are right, Cornelia. It’s not a warthog. It’s a lion! It’s actually two male lions!

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Jeg elsker Krim og Jalta er krims perle. Jeg tror at vei fra Simferopol (hovedstad, flyplass) til Jalta er en opplevelse i seg selv.
Det er veldig gøy å reise til høyeste topp/fjell i Krim Ai Petri, det er som Ulriken i Bergen, med spektakulær utsikt og en liten tatarsk by og marked på toppen.
Swallow Nest er en kjennmerke for Krim, den ligger nær til Jalta, det er et liten slott som ligger helt på tuppen av en klippe og dit kan man komme bare med båt eller se på lang avstad fra veien.