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Awesome Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh

Awesome Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh

  Overlooking Princes Street and facing the Castle Rock, the awesome Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh is one of many beautiful buildings of the Scottish capital. Built as a ‘Railway Hotel’ by North British Railway and opened in 1902, the Balmoral got its current name

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The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence

The age of innocence… That’s what I thought when looking at this Peruvian child while slowly flowing along the Titicaca Lake on a local totora boat. I was seized by the expression of these beautiful, deep brown eyes, and couldn’t help

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Exquisite Details of Barcelona Modernisme

Exquisite Details of Barcelona Modernisme

Besides the most famous architectural gems by Gaudì, Barcelona Modernisme displays a large number of interesting buildings which can be seen following the ‘Ruta del Modernisme‘ path. This house stroke me for the exquisite details of the balconies, with the finely

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The Spectacular Drakensberg and a Confession… I Didn’t Make it to the Tugela Falls…

The Spectacular Drakensberg and a Confession... I Didn't Make it to the Tugela Falls...

After I left Johannesburg, I started my journey down to Cape Town by the BazBus with no specific itinerary yet. I just decided that my first stop would be in Northern Drakensberg, to see the spectacular Amphitheatre. The view on the

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Traditional Jukungs

Traditional Jukungs

With their brilliant colors Bali traditional Jukungs - the double outrigger canoes used for fishing - nicely decorate the beaches with their prows shaped and painted to represent a marlin. Share and Enjoy

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Cape Town Waterfront

Cape Town Waterfront

All right, it’s posh and touristy, still Cape Town Waterfront is a very pleasant spot to spend some time, especially at sunset while sipping a drink on the terrace of one of the many fashionable bars overlooking the harbor. Along the

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The Alhambra and the Court of the Myrtles

The Alhambra and the Court of the Myrtles

With the palace reflecting in the central pond, the Court of the Myrtles (called Patio de los Arrayanes in Spanish) is one of the many highlights of the Alhambra, in Granada. The Court, dating back to the 14th Century, owes its

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