A tribute to Paris, and the romantic metaphors that remain as a reminder of hope.
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In Search of Dracula
Hunyadi Castle, in Eastern Transylvania, is the major sight in the town of Hunedoara, which is studded with abandoned factories that date back to the Ceausescu era of the 1970s and 80s. Hunyadi’s origins echo 15th century masonry, and Vlad Tepes, it is suspected, might have been imprisoned within its walls at one time.
Searching for Life in the Stars
By pledging $100 million towards a new SETI research project, famed physicist Stephen Hawking has reinvigorated the search for extraterrestrials. Backed by the Russian tech billionaire Yuri Milner, Breakthrough Listen will be the biggest scientific enterprise yet to seek signs of intelligent life outside our solar system. Do we dare disturb the universe? What if our celestial neighbours don’t want to play nice? Soon we may find out for sure.
Pluto
After a 9 year voyage, most of it spent in hibernation, on January 15, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft began its final approach phase to Pluto. The images it has sent back are simply amazing!
Ang Thong: A Marine National Park Unlike Any Other
Ang Thong National Marine Park is one of those sights you just shouldn’t miss if you go to Koh Samui, Koh Phang or Koh Tao in the Bay of Thailand. The price was not exorbitant, the ship was suitable and the lunch was nutritious. If you go to southern Thailand, you definitely need to put this park on your list of places to see.
Moroccan and a’rollin’
Arms outstretched, my palms lay flat against 1200-year-old mud brick walls, defining the width of cobblestone laneways through Fes’s ancient Medina – but here comes a donkey caravan, laden with plastic water drums and bolts of cloth, and it is my obligation to scuttle into a doorway and allow them clear passage.
The Long Neck Karin Women of Northern Thailand
National Geographic Magazine came alive in flesh and blood for me when I visited a Long Neck Karin village in northern Thailand. I felt like I was at a zoo, but a zoo of women – they were smiling and welcomed the other tourists and me. I had my camera hanging around my neck so it was pretty clear I qualified as a gawker!
The Black House: An Artist Having Fun
The Black House is a campus of 8 or 10 buildings that holds an eclectic collection of macabre, sombre and surreal art. The artist certainly brought out the dark side of humanity when he furnished the place with his art. Thought provoking, entertaining, amusing, sensual, primitive – good fun. Take your camera!
Five Places You Haven’t Visited But Should
From the eternal glow of New York City to cloud-defying mountain peaks, deciding on a trip can be tough. Today, however, I am going to share with you five amazing places situated in Europe. You probably haven’t visited them, but you definitely should. Don’t be alarmed if, half way down, you feel an urge to begin booking your plane tickets!
The Thrombolites Of Flower’s Cove
With a population of a few hundred souls it may not seem a lot different from other small communities dotting the island – except for one small detail: 650 million-year-old mega-fossils that grace the shoreline.
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