http://travel-cities.com Travel to understand the world Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:31:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 http://travel-cities.com/2012/02/myanmar-travel-i/ http://travel-cities.com/2012/02/myanmar-travel-i/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:31:09 +0000 admin http://travel-cities.com/?p=3447 Myanmar Travel I Myanmar Introduction Myanmar is a country surrounded by Thailand in the east, India in the west, China in the north and Gulf of Martaban in the south. The main river, River Ayeryarwaddy(1,348 km), flows from the mountainous region in the north to the Gulf of Martaban in the south where it forms a large fertile delta [...]]]> http://travel-cities.com/2012/02/myanmar-travel-i/feed/ http://travel-cities.com/2012/02/myanmar-travel-ii/ http://travel-cities.com/2012/02/myanmar-travel-ii/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:28:56 +0000 admin http://travel-cities.com/?p=3540 Day 4     3 December 2011 Loke Chantha Abhaya Labhamuni(Largest Marble Statue of Lord Buddha) After breakfast at Thaxin Garden Hotel, we left for the Bagan airport and flew by Yangon Airways to Yangon via Mandalay at 8.40 a.m.. On arrival at the Yangon airport at 10 a.m., we went to Mindhamma Hill to see the world’s largest marble statue [...]]]> http://travel-cities.com/2012/02/myanmar-travel-ii/feed/ http://travel-cities.com/2011/10/japan-travel-i/ http://travel-cities.com/2011/10/japan-travel-i/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:40:20 +0000 admin http://travel-cities.com/?p=3243 Japan Travel I Japan: Introduction Japan, located in East Asia, is an archipelago of over 6,500 islands. Among them, Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku are the large ones. 70% of the country is mountainous and the highest mountain is Mt. Fuji with a height of 3,776m in the west of Tokyo. It is a Japan’s landscape icon. The [...]]]> http://travel-cities.com/2011/10/japan-travel-i/feed/ http://travel-cities.com/2011/10/japan-travel-ii/ http://travel-cities.com/2011/10/japan-travel-ii/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:39:21 +0000 admin http://travel-cities.com/?p=3313 (continued from Japan I) Day 4 Saturday 10 September 2011 After breakfast we left Okura Hotel in Hamamtsu at 8 a.m. Our next destination was the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. While travelling on the busy Tomei Expressway, we saw the scenic country-sides. Owakudani Valley Two hours later, we reached a volcanic valley known as Owakudani Valley which is also known [...]]]> http://travel-cities.com/2011/10/japan-travel-ii/feed/ http://travel-cities.com/2011/08/singapore-heritage-trail-i/ http://travel-cities.com/2011/08/singapore-heritage-trail-i/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:30:12 +0000 admin http://travel-cities.com/?p=3067 Singapore Heritage Tarail I On a Singapore Heritage Trail In 2006, I paid a visit to Singapore, a tiny nation, to learn about her rich history and diverse cultures.  It took me a few days to visit four heritage places which are rich in histories and cultures.  The four places are Chinatown, Little India, Kampong Glam-Malay Village and Civic District. Located [...]]]> http://travel-cities.com/2011/08/singapore-heritage-trail-i/feed/ http://travel-cities.com/2011/08/singapore-heritage-trail-ii/ http://travel-cities.com/2011/08/singapore-heritage-trail-ii/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:20:37 +0000 admin http://travel-cities.com/?p=3134 (continued from Singapore Heritage Trail I) Singapore Travel II 3.  Malay Heritage To learn about the Malay heritage, I visited two places, viz. Kampong Glam and Geylang Serai. Kampong Glam Located at the mouth of the Rochor River, Kampong Glam was originally a Malay fishing village. It is named after a tree by the Malays. Its scientific name is melaleuca [...]]]> http://travel-cities.com/2011/08/singapore-heritage-trail-ii/feed/ http://travel-cities.com/2011/08/yunnan-travel-i/ http://travel-cities.com/2011/08/yunnan-travel-i/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:29:23 +0000 admin http://travel-cities.com/?p=2783 Yunnan Travel I Yunnan Attractions Yunnan is a mountainous province in south China and an interesting region to visit. It is a place where visitors will be amazed by its numerous awesome landscapes, diverse cultures of over 20 ethnic minorities, well-preserved old towns and rich histories. My wife and I had wanted to visit the province very [...]]]> http://travel-cities.com/2011/08/yunnan-travel-i/feed/ http://travel-cities.com/2011/08/yunnan-travel-ii/ http://travel-cities.com/2011/08/yunnan-travel-ii/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:27:59 +0000 admin http://travel-cities.com/?p=2928 (continued from Yunnan Travel I) Yunnan II Day 4      Wednesday, June 2011 The Landscape Hotel served two types of food: Chinese and Western. As we had been eating Chinese food the last few days in Yunnan, we took a western breakfast for a change at the hotel. Then we left and went to a Bai village.   Bai Village In the [...]]]> http://travel-cities.com/2011/08/yunnan-travel-ii/feed/ http://travel-cities.com/2011/08/yunnan-travel-iii/ http://travel-cities.com/2011/08/yunnan-travel-iii/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:27:04 +0000 admin http://travel-cities.com/?p=2994 (continued from Yunnan Travel II) Day 6 Friday, June 2011 Travelling Back to Kunming City At 8 in the morning, we travelled from Dali City back to Kunming City. After over four hours of sitting in the moving bus and rocking inside whenever it travelled on bad roads, we, finally, reached the city. We, immediately, went to a restaurant [...]]]> http://travel-cities.com/2011/08/yunnan-travel-iii/feed/ http://travel-cities.com/2011/01/china-relatives-and-ancestral-places-iii/ http://travel-cities.com/2011/01/china-relatives-and-ancestral-places-iii/#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:19:40 +0000 admin http://travel-cities.com/?p=2379 (Continued from China Realtives and Ancestral Places II) An Old Man on a Float     At 2 p.m. we left the island in the same old boat that it had brought us to the island in the morning. When the boat was going to leave the pier for the mainland we were shocked to see an old man, [...]]]> http://travel-cities.com/2011/01/china-relatives-and-ancestral-places-iii/feed/