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OMAN | Sat, 23 Mar 2024 | By krodin | Views [58] | Comments [1]
Impressions of Muscat. (FYI - I can't get the photos to load,sorry!)
For years, I have wanted to visit Oman, but the timing was never quite right. This year I decided that waiting any longer to make my way to Australia and New Zealand was nonsense ... Read more >
Tags: city, history
BANGLADESH | Mon, 7 Nov 2022 | By krodin | Views [203]
Sonargaon
After the Central Bangladesh tour mostly north and west of Dhaka, I decided to take a day trip to Sonargaon, 30 miles SE of the capital. We left at 7:30 to avoid some of the traffic. The fog in the city was so dense that the sky wasn’... Read more >
Tags: hindu temples, history, museums, river boat trip
BANGLADESH | Mon, 7 Nov 2022 | By krodin | Views [147]
Central Bangladesh – Full of Contrasts
I wasn’t sure what to expect on my tour to visit ancient Hindu and Buddhist sites through Central Bangladesh. As I made my way around, I was struck by the contrasting images confronting me. ... Read more >
Tags: buddhist viharas, cities, hindu temples, history, medieval towns, museums
SLOVENIA | Thu, 28 Jul 2022 | By krodin | Views [138]
Zagreb and Ljubljana
Flew to Zagreb from London on Friday to visit the National and City Museums. Unfortunately, both are still closed due to renovations caused by earthquake damage. The rest of the city was also pretty barren as everyone ... Read more >
Tags: cities, history, museums, towns
CZECH REPUBLIC | Wed, 27 Jul 2022 | By krodin | Views [167]
After 50 Years: Returning to Prague
The last time I was in Prague, in August 1972, I was greeted at the border by guards with guns who tore the seats out of my VW beetle looking for contraband, which they promptly found. My girlfriend and Olympic ... Read more >
Tags: cities, history, museums, towns
TURKEY | Sun, 5 Jun 2022 | By krodin | Views [204]
FETHIYE
After visiting a number of Eastern and Northern European capital cities and their national museums, I wanted to take a few days somewhere surrounded by ancient historical sites and nature to work on these blogs. The Lycian ... Read more >
Tags: archeological sites, beach, history, museum, towns
KOSOVO | Sun, 5 Jun 2022 | By krodin | Views [170]
PRISTINA
Took the bus from Belgrade to Pristina, which took just under six hours and cost less than E20. There are a couple of control points during the journey, so it was good to have the ID and passport handy. While Serbia still considers ... Read more >
Tags: churches, cities, history, museums, towns
SERBIA | Sun, 5 Jun 2022 | By krodin | Views [182]
BELGRADE
Arrived in almost 30 degrees C Belgrade from 8 degrees C Stockholm. After all the extremely long lines to get through security at Arlanda Airport, getting into Serbia was a breeze. The cab ride into town didn’t take too long ... Read more >
Tags: churches, cities, history, museums, towns
FINLAND | Sun, 5 Jun 2022 | By krodin | Views [142]
Kings, Grand Dukes, Town Councils and Tsars: A Brief Excursion to Historical Northeastern Europe 4
HELSINKI
I arrived in Helsinki via a quick two hour ferry from Tallinn. The ferry was huge as it is used as a main transport link between Estonia ... Read more >
Tags: churches, cities, history, museums, towns
ESTONIA | Sun, 5 Jun 2022 | By krodin | Views [144]
Kings, Grand Dukes, Town Councils and Tsars: A Brief Excursion to Historical Northeastern Europe 3
TALLINN
It was cold, but sunny, and there are very few people in the Old Town. It seems the tourist season doesn’t start until well into ... Read more >
Tags: churches, cities, history, medieval towns, museums
LITHUANIA | Sun, 5 Jun 2022 | By krodin | Views [158]
Kings, Grand Dukes, Town Councils and Tsars: A Brief Excursion to Historical Northeastern Europe 2
VILNIUS
The hill behind Cathedral Square with castle ruins and an old (reconstructed) tower is named after King Geminidas. During his family’... Read more >
Tags: churches, cities, history, medieval towns, museums
POLAND | Sun, 5 Jun 2022 | By krodin | Views [130]
Kings, Grand Duke, Town Councils and Tsars: A Brief Excursion to Historical Northeastern Europe
Originally, I had planned on including Lviv and Kiev in my itinerary to medieval cities in Northeast Europe, but the war in the Ukraine changed ... Read more >
Tags: churches, cities, history, medieval towns, museums
COLOMBIA | Thu, 30 Dec 2021 | By krodin | Views [271]
The Columbian Caribbean Coast
Tayrona National Park is perhaps the most famous park in the country and for good reason. The rainforest mountainsides roll down like waves of multi-hued greens to meet the whitewater waves of the sea. The Santa ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, cities, history, museums, national park, towns
COLOMBIA | Sun, 5 Dec 2021 | By krodin | Views [201]
El Dorado -La Laguna di Guatavita
One of the gold objects that I saw in the National Museum, and the one from which the photo didn’t come out, was an image of a prospective Muisca chieftain on a raft accompanied by priests. A larger copy ... Read more >
Tags: history, myths
COLOMBIA | Wed, 1 Dec 2021 | By krodin | Views [186]
November Day in Bogota
Arrived late at night, so I didn’t see much when I got in other than the lights on the top of the surrounding mountains. The cab driver was kind enough to explain that they were the lights from the Virgin of Guadalupe ... Read more >
Tags: cities, history, museums, towns
BULGARIA | Wed, 10 Nov 2021 | By krodin | Views [205]
Breezing Through Bulgaria
Bulgaria is a land filled with mystery and beauty. I traveled to Bulgaria to visit the National Museums of Archeology in various cities in order to learn more about the ancient Thracians and their deities, but was hit with ... Read more >
Tags: cities, history, museums, towns
ROMANIA | Mon, 1 Nov 2021 | By krodin | Views [176]
All Hallow’s Eve in Peles and Bran Castles
As I only had a limited time in Romania and did want to get into the countryside, I did what I normally do not do, which is book a day trip group tour to Peles and Bran Castles and Brasov. I wanted ... Read more >
Tags: castles, history, museums, towns
ROMANIA | Mon, 1 Nov 2021 | By krodin | Views [158]
In search of Ancient Tomis
According to The ancient city of Tomis: Roman Frontier within the Cross-border Region Romania-Bulgaria by the Archeological Foundation of Romania, the Tomis Melesian colony was established as a trade center in the ... Read more >
Tags: cities, history, museums, towns
ROMANIA | Sun, 31 Oct 2021 | By krodin | Views [179]
A Day in the Old Town and Museums of Bucharest
I had wanted to get to Bucharest and to Romania for awhile, but the timing was never quite right. I now had two weeks to visit museums and ancient sites in Romania and Bulgaria while friends ... Read more >
Tags: cities, history, museums, towns
PAKISTAN | Wed, 13 Oct 2021 | By krodin | Views [261]
Pakistan 3 Hunza
Hunza borders on China and the Hunza River corridor formed one of the main arteries of the Old Silk Road. Sections of the old path zigzagging across the steep arid brown mountainsides are still visible from the new Karakorum ... Read more >
Tags: history, mountains, on the road
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