Republic of Singapore. National Museum of Singapore. A city-state grew after Thomas Raffles established the Port of Singapore. Thomas Raffles was a secretary of the British East India Company, known for the Raffles Hotel. Singapore was originally a British colony, […]
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Montenegro – The old fortified city Budva.
Montenegro – The old fortified city Budva. Old fortified city Budva is in Montenegro facing the Adriatic Sea, and it a part of the former Yugoslavia, with a fortress wall history of about 2500 years. There is also a theory […]
Hierapolis, Pamukkale in Turkey.
Hierapolis, Pamukkale in Turkey. Turkey Hierapolis – cotton castle Pamukkale. It looks like a pile of pure white snow shaped like terraced paddy field, but it is actually limestone. Since hot springs containing calcium carbonate (lime) gushed out from the […]
Antiparos island – Aegean Sea, Greece.
Antiparos island – Aegean Sea, Greece. The small island of Antiparos in the Aegean Sea of Greece in 1987. I was at a loss as to which island to go to at the Piraeus Harbour, a port town about 10km […]