Actually I had booked another hotel near Wellington Railway Station to ease me when I need to take a bus to another city. But then I changed my mind, a place in the city centre would ease me to shop, get food, and walk around. Aura Hotel seemed a good …

Do you know the southernmost capital in the world? Correct, the answer is Wellington in New Zealand. Last March I had an opportunity to visit this city. This capital of New Zealand is a beautiful small town. Along the way from the airport to city centre, you will enjoy panoramic …

Usually a place to hike a mountain is not very near from a town. But “Xiangshan” is very special. This place, which literally means Elephant Mountain, is located within the city of Taipei. And certainly you will be able to see the scenery of Taipei city from the height of …

Perhaps the best English translation for the name of this place is the Transportation Museum. As the name suggests it is a good place for those who love anything related to transportation such as cars, bikes, trains, flights, airports, railway stations, etc. They claim that it is the largest and …

Walls have been, and remain, an effective way to keep things in or out, but some are bigger and last a lot longer than others. Hadrian’s Wall for one. It’s a Roman wall running across the north of England roughly from Carlisle in the west to Newcastle …

I think this is a good place if you love to see a Korean palace but have no much time to spend for most you want to see in other Korean palaces you can see them here. The size is also small so you can explore it in less than …

Do you have only 30 hours in Busan? Do not worry, I still could enjoy this second largest city in Korea during that short period, you may follow my way. I arrived at 10 am and left this city at 4 pm on the next day and managed to visit …

Smoo Cave is located on the outskirts of Durness, which is the most northern village on the western coast of mainland Scotland. It boasts one of the the largest entrances of any British cave with a diameter of over 15 metres (50 metres) and it is free to visit.
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I came upon the Laidhay Croft Museum by chance whilst driving to John O’Groats in Scotland, which is the most north westerly point of the British mainland. It is an example of a typical 18th century farmer’s croft house known as a Longhouse, which were once common throughout this part …

Robert Burns is Scotland’s most famous poet and Tam O’Shanter, written in 1790 is one of his most famous poems. Souter Johnnie, lived in the the Ayrshire village of Kirkoswald and was one of the inspirations behind this poem. Owned by the National Trust for Scotland since 1932, Souter Johnnie’s …