The Bahia Palace
Our next stop on our guided walking tour in Marrakesh, Morocco, was the Bahia Palace. We paid 100 dirhams (about 9 euros) per person to enter. Although it’s a magnificent mansion built in…
Marrakesh
He wasn’t a frivolous guy, he was a good guide
In Marrakesh, Morocco, we also had a local guide. The second day was dedicated to this guided tour. He arrived at our riad on time, and waiting for us was a tall man…
About Tanjia and how immediately we were taken advantage of
In Marrakesh, Morocco, after leaving our luggage at the riad, we went out for lunch. Our driver, Yousuf, had told us about a Marrakesh specialty dish called Tangia, so we searched online for…
Manicure and massage
On the last day in Vietnam, we went back to Hoi An by shuttle bus. The early part of our holiday it was a little cold, but the latter half was as…
Matchmaking Shrine
The next place we went to in Taipei was a matchmaking shrine called Xia Hai Temple. I just took some photos, thinking this tour was for young people and we did…
Something we learned in Como (part 2)
On Easter day, we took the funicular up from Como in northern Italy and wandered around the village of Brunate in search of a restaurant. The village itself didn’t have much character, but…
The Meijijingu
This is my friend, Bangly’s posting. In this photo you can see Meiji shrine, one of the most important and typical tourist destination in Tokyo. It is always full of foreign tourists but...
buying a saddlebag from a Bakhtiari family
We had a long drive in the hilly terrain from Daran, a small town in Iran to the area called Marboreh. On the way, there was a dam and we were checked...
American Airlines
On the morning of April 15, 1926, a young aviator named Charles A. Lindbergh stowed a bag of mail in his little DH-4 biplane and took off from Chicago for St. Louis. Later that day,...
The Last Place Was a Sake Brewery in Akita
The last place we visited during our family holiday in Akita prefecture, Japan, was a sake brewery. It was called Suzuki Sake Brewery, which makes Japanese sake called “Hideyoshi“. We chose...
Staying in the special room in the mansion
In Osuna, in the Andalusia region of Spain, we stayed at a hotel called Palacio Marques de la Gomera. This is housed in a mansion that itself is also a tourist attraction. It’s...
Delicious salmon
We went to a restaurant called Casa Valdes in Puerto Varas in the lake district in Chile. This restaurant is supposed to be the best in the town for seafood. The location...
The bread
Altamura in southern Italy is famous for its bread, though I did not know until I read that in my guide book when I planned this short holiday.It is recognised as Protected designation...
chaos of the port
The last destination of our holiday in Colombia was Isla Grande, one of the Rosario Islands which is about 35 km south west of Cartagena. This archipelago is made up of 27...
