Lake Bled

Lake Bled and its castle, Slovenia Picture of the day -  Lake Bled and its castle, SloveniaLake Bled and its castle in Bled, Slovenia.Photography by Schah. Source: www.schahryar.com/photoblog/565

London hit by record 20 per cent slump in visits

Leading visitor attractions in London lost out as the double impact of the Olympics and the wettest summer in 100 years caused a calamitous slump in tourism. The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions said...

Dubai Highway

Dubai Highway - photography by Schahryar

Dutch whacked the arts

Isn’t art one of the only reasons to go to Holland? I just heard about the Dutch whacking the arts this week. I was astonished because that is one of the main attractions, I think. How many times can you visit...

Ruthin Castle, King Arthur’s Tale

King Arthur’s Tale I King Arthur invade the writer who sits before me, himself a descendent from Wales, to share with him a story about why I so loved Ruthin. It is a place to which I once escaped to meet my love...

Welsh Hospitality

I have a dream speech In the 1780’s, Welshmen departed Talgarth, Brecon for the Northwest Territory in the USA to establish a Welsh community which they did. Henry George and Mary Bevins were among the leading...

Photography: Pisang Goreng

Image of the day: Pisang goreng (Fried banana) crumbs at the Tanjong Pagar Railway station. One of the most favorite snacks of Singapore at the old Singapore-Malaysia railway station. After the closure of...

Indian Prayer

Image of the day: Seen at Grand Palace temple, Bangkok.(C) Copyright: http://www.schahryar.com/photoblog/476

Beach Volleyball at Sentosa

Beach volleyball at Sentosa island in Singapore.Source: Image of the Day

Singapore

Singapore photos - Slideshow Source: image of the day photoblog

Vietnam is born again  while America slogs on brink of disaster

You can’t keep great people down. Vietnamese are spirited from fishermen, farmers to entrepreneurs of all kinds. We nearly destroyed them for fear of communism. We said we were at war on their behalf because...

Newfie Jokes: Why a plea to visit the Rock might ruin everything

Growing up, any thoughts I had on Newfoundland usually began with it being extremely far-away and ended with the knowledge that whatever TV show I was currently watching would, as a rule, have premiered a half-hour...

The progress of humankind: Stonehenge benchmark

http://www.stonehenge.co.uk/ How long did it take to build Stonehenge? If you Google search the question you will get some people answering it that may or may not be consistent with the official Stonehenge...

No rapper present for my afternoon tea

Not that there is anthing wrong with having high tea with a rapper. This is officially Boxing Day, the day after unwrapping day. I had my tea at the British Museum atop the mummies.   "   “Taking afternoon...

Ran into Sam Morse today

I was walking along in London and noticed a sign in front of a residence: Samuel Morse lived here. I was sporting my new cochlear implanted listening device and could not resist showing it off in front of the...

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