With a population of over eleven million people, Bangkok is one of the most popular tourist cities in Asia. The heat, traffic jams, crowds never makes the smile vanishes from the faces of the Thais - this csn tell anyone who has visited this city. Its high-rise skyscrapers, traffic on the roads and intense heat, sometimes make a bad impression on visitors. This is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Asia, with the famous temples and palaces. High humid...
If there were sea in Eden, it should have looked something like in the Bay of Phang Nga. The Phang Nga Bay is one of the most spectacular regions of Thailand, where you can find a lot of really unique attractions. It is pretty easy to see why James Bond chose this place, among the towering cliffs with the nests of swifts to arrange his lair in the famous film "The Man with the Golden Gun." Most of the Gulf, as well as part of the coast are now included in the National Pa...
Some call the country's most famous resort Pattaya the Thai Riviera (Riviera of the Middle Ages was called the Italian coast of Liguria, at the present time, the term refers to any area of sea off the coast, popular with tourists). For others, it is a city of shame. "Pattaya is to attract the most depraved western tourists" - says the online edition of Lonely Planet, meaning single men walking down the bars, brothels and massage parlors, which are too many in this city.
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When the first rays of the morning sun rose on the banks of the River Ganges, an old man holding out his hands towards the ball of fire slowly rises and says "namaste" (adoration and glorification of God). Such scenes are repeated every day for more than three thousand years in Varanasi, the holy city of India. Watching the scene on the banks of the River Ganges, the impression of the city freezes in time.
Varanasi is an important religious site in th...
In the epic poem by the English writer John Milton " Paradise Lost", Agra describes the life of Adam. The protagonist saw the great city of Mughal Agra, which struck him as one of the wonders of God's creation. It is unlikely that this view was an exaggeration: in the 17th century the city was more than Constantinople, London and Paris seemed to be dwarfed by the large population of Agra. A number of magnificent palaces and "fragrant gardens with sweet flowers" stretched on both sides of the ...
Delhi has not always been the capital of India, but it has always played a key role in India's history due to its location on the way to the West to South-East Asia. The capital of one of the largest countries in the world has a fascinating history, but a population of almost 17 million suffer from high levels of pollution and poverty. Attractions in Delhi are not immediately noticeable. Even the residents themselves, many of whom were born in other regi...
Tropea is a seaside resort located in the Calabria region of Italy, in the province of Vibo Valentia. The city is known for its many beaches which attract many tourists in summer. Tropea is situated on a reef in the Gulf of St. Euphemia and it is related to the Tyrrhenian Sea. Tropea is one of the most beautiful towns in Calabria, the pearl of the Tyrrhenian coast. Its story began during the Roman republic, the battle of Pompey and Octavian just passed al...
Belvedere Marittimo is a town in Calabria (province of Cosenza ). The city is divided into two parts: the medieval city on a hill, a hill at the foot of Marina di Belvedere – a resort town on the coast. In the medieval part of town is the Norman castle which was rebuilt by Ferdinando I of Aragon in 1490. From the castle there are two round towers. The oldest church building of the city is Rosario, built in 1091. The city is the house of the patron saint of those places Daniel...
Reggio di Calabria is the largest and the oldest city in Calabria, renowned for its incredible panoramic views. Nature has kept the unusual beauty of the places of Calabria, which itself is often destroyed. Reggio Calabria is one of the ancient Greek colonies founded in the VIII century BC. Reggio was a very important Greek city in the VI-V centuries. It was founded by one of the most important philosophical schools - the Pythagorean school. In 387 BC t...
Ventspils is Latvia's largest port and a popular holiday destination on the coast. It was the very first Ventspils beach in Latvia receiving the coveted blue flag showing that followed all the rules and the beach meets all EU standards. There is a seaside park, a playground and a water park. Among the architectural monuments of interest in Ventspils Livonian Order Castle is now the Historical Museum which are also worth visiting as the Ethnographic Open Air Museum, where the train r...
Riga is one of the largest cities in the Baltic Sea. It is not only geographically, but also at cultural crossroads - there your soul may find rest, entertainment and an unforgettable experience for the tourists from the East and the West. No wonder that Riga was declared the European Capital of Culture in 2014. Riga is the purpose of the close of any European city. Riga is easily accessible from the UK and Scandinavia, Russia or Germany. Do not forget,...
Jurmala is the largest seaside resort in the Baltic countries with a long history. The resort town is located 25 km from the capital of Riga and 15 km from Riga International Airport. Jurmala is proud of its unique natural resources, healing mineral waters and peat mud, pine forests, a favorable climate for the health of coastal, dunes and beach, stretching for 32.8 miles. The beach is covered with white quartz sand beaches of Maiori and develops Jaunkeme...
Somalia's GDP per capital is of 600 dollars. Inflation in the country exceeds 100% for several years now. The industry employs only 6% of the population and it is suitable for agricultural use. Only 12% of the country is cultivated and even less - 5%. The financial system collapsed. By the way, the currency was devalued several times. Most kids dream of becoming pirates: this is the only way to get a lot of money.
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Developing countries of Sub-Saharan Africa include all countries located in the south of the Sahara, excluding South Africa, the total area of 47 developing countries. Sub-Saharan Africa covers just over 17% of the earth's surface. The population in 1995 was over 540 million people, less than 10% of the world. The countries of Sub-Saharan Africa are mostly small in the territory and the population of the state. Only 15 countries of the population exceeds 10 million. Sub-Saharan Africa was accounted for...
Sierra Leone is a very poor country. The gross domestic product was amounted to approx. $ 2.5 billion, less than $ 500 per capital. Below the poverty line there is more than 70% of the population. Approximately two thirds of the population lives exclusively on subsistence agriculture. Agriculture provides 49% of GDP, industry - 31% (and manufacturing - only 4%), services - 20%. Deposits of diamonds, chromite, bauxite, gold, iron, platinum, as well as some of the world's largest re...
One of the most famous and popular attractions in Riga is the Riga Castle, which is visited by Russian and foreign tourists. The history of the Riga Castle dates back to 1330 when it was built after the destruction of the old castle. In 1642, when Riga was under Sweden domination, a new wing was built to the castle by the River Daugava which has survived in its original form to this day. In the days of Czarist Russia castle was rebuilt to meet the needs of the provincial institutio...
Despite the distance from the center of the city, it is well worthy to visit the Riga Motor Museum because it is the only automobile museum in the former Soviet Union. It is included in the 30-ky best technical museums in the world and in the top five in Europe. The collection includes cars and motorcycles at the beginning of the XX th century, military sports cars, limousines and 30-x years cars (including Molotov’ s car, limousine Brezhnev), s...
Some years ago, this magnificent cathedral, located in Riga, was closed for renovation, but after the renovation its doors were thrown open to welcoming back many tourists and locals. The construction of the Cathedral and the monastery began in 1211 and lasted for many centuries. Finally, the outlines of its Baroque 90 - meter tower acquired in 1766 in the cathedral. Its body is one of the largest in the world. It was built in the 80s of the XIX century. Special works for the organ ...
Chobe National Park is situated in the Okavango Delta and contains four different eco-systems. The highest number of species in Africa is concentrated in Savuti . Chobe boasts 120.000 elephants, so that you can hardly miss them, enjoying the safari. It is best to visit Chobe from May to September, winter months are cool and dry. Herds of zebra, eland and wild beasts, buffalo and giraffes gather around Savuti in this time of the year. Chobe can be reached by car, it makes the trip le...
Serengeti National Park in Tanzania offers a classic safari. Extensive grasslands make Serengeti fantastic for the convenient monitoring of hunting lions, because you can see them clearly. It was from here that the migration of wild beasts and zebras began, as well as the area is much larger than the Mara territory , as a consequence it is less filled with tourists. Serengeti National Park , the national park in Serengeti grasslands is located in Tanzani...
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda is home to nearly half population of mountain gorillas. Besides the fact that you can perfectly observe the gorillas from the side as you can see chimpanzees and many other ma was admitted to the World Heritage List. Uganda is known as the "Pearl of Africa" , one of the most picturesque countries in Africa with breathtaking scenery and a rich and varied nature. Most famous tourist attractions are the impene...
Victoria Falls is one of the wonders of the world, the largest waterfall in the world, an amazing natural phenomenon. It is located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, where the fourth-largest river in Africa - Zambezi rushes down from a height of 120 m to 30 m in a wide gorge of the Kololi tribe that lived in these places in the 1800s, known as Waterfall Mozi-oa-Tunya, the large smoke of falling water. The...
Surprisingly, very few tourists visiting the Victoria Falls on the border of Zambia, Zimbabwe, have time to visit Livingstone town, adjacent to the falls from the Zambian side. Meanwhile, it deserves at least a full day for walks and visits to its local attractions. A lot of them: colonial architecture, The Locomotive Museum, the Museum of David Livingstone. It must be confessed that Livingstone was discovered spontaneously. Our path lay in Zambia from ...
Mosi-oa-Tunya is situated on the part of Zambia at Victoria Falls. In translation it means "thundering smoke". That is how the natives called the waterfall, which was feared as a terrible God. By cascading the 128-meter-high the water flows rapidly. Moreover, this superstition was alive in the last century. In the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park are found, zebras, giraffes, antelopes and monkeys. In the Zambezi River there are many hippos and crocod...
