Tag: travel
Machu Picchu – Lost City of the Incas
High in the Peruvian Andes, the citadel of Machu Picchu appears suspended in mountain mists. Perched precariously on a rocky outcrop with huge drops...
Copan – Royal City in the Jungle
After it was abandoned in the tenth century, Copan lay forgotten for 500 years, claimed only by the advancing jungle. Yet even in ruins...
Teotihuacan – City of the Gods
An ancient religious capital of Mexico thrived a thousand years before the height of the Aztec Empire. In spite of more than a century...
The Great Wall of China
Both a barrier and a gateway to the wealth and enigma of the Chinese Empire, the Great Wall of China is a man-made work...
The Forbidden City
At the heart of China’s capital, Beijing, lies the Forbidden City, one of the finest palace complexes in the world and a symbol of...
Angkor – City of Temples and Mystery
Hidden for centuries in the depths of the Cambodian jungle, the venerable crumbling stone temples of Angkor, capital of the medieval Khmer Empire, are...
The Shwedagon Pagoda
In shape and form the magnificent Shwedagon pagoda, one of the most sacred Buddhist shrines in the world, is like any other pagoda. What...
Potala – Jewel of Tibet
Once a palace, a fortress and a site of divine pilgrimage, the Potala, topped with shimmering gold roofs, rises through the Tibetan mist like...
Taj Mahal – A Symbol of Love
The love of a man for his wife is preserved in the gleaming white marble of the Taj Mahal. A vision of symmetry and...
Samarkand – The Shimmering City
The fabled city of Samarkand, at the hub of the old trade routes of Central Asia, has attracted poets, pilgrims and plunderers across deserts...
