More from Londonist, and these I love. Called Alternative London Tube Maps, the first maps Ghost Stations, the disused and abandoned stations. The other, maybe a bit more useful as we can actually visit these, Coffee Shops,…
As some may be learning, I love old photos and how things appear at the same locations now. Here are a few from Londonist, London of course. Some old and some fairly recent, some things utterly changed and some, remarkably, pretty much the…
On the second day of a 2-day tour of Fujian tulou clusters, begun with a large Chinese group on a bus and finished the next day alone on foot, I walked along a road with my non-English speaking guide and came upon this beautiful house.
Londonist again. For you who enjoy gleaning a sense of what came before in places you visit, have a look at Londonist’s Anglo Saxon map of London. In their words, “a map showing the London area in Anglo Saxon times (roughly speaking, 500-1066AD). It’s pieced together from many resources, showing our guess at the roads, rivers, forests and marshland that characterised the region. The main purpose was to highlight the many villages, hamlets and farmsteads whose names are still part of modern…
Very near where the Thu Bon River flows into the South China Sea, it passes through the delightful town of Hoi An, about halfway down the length of the country between Hanoi and Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Welcome to my gallery of photographs from a day spent wandering among the stalls at the big Fuli market. The market isn’t for the tourists but is a farmer’s market for the people of the area, near Yangshuo.
On a grouping of hilltops, in the countryside outside Yangshuo in Guangxi Province in the south of China, I spent a day wandering in a misty tea garden with no one in sight except the young woman who accompanied us.
From Airfarewatchdog’s fare alerts today, a terrific sale from Aeroflot, RT, LAX-BCN, $682. Haven’t seen a fare like this for some time.
More from Londonist, and these I love. Called Alternative London Tube Maps, the first maps Ghost Stations, the disused and abandoned stations. The other, maybe a bit more useful as we can actually visit these, Coffee Shops,…
As some may be learning, I love old photos and how things appear at the same locations now. Here are a few from Londonist, London of course. Some old and some fairly recent, some things utterly changed and some, remarkably, pretty much the…
On the second day of a 2-day tour of Fujian tulou clusters, begun with a large Chinese group on a bus and finished the next day alone on foot, I walked along a road with my non-English speaking guide and came upon this beautiful house.
Londonist again. For you who enjoy gleaning a sense of what came before in places you visit, have a look at Londonist’s Anglo Saxon map of London. In their words, “a map showing the London area in Anglo Saxon times (roughly speaking, 500-1066AD). It’s pieced together from many resources, showing our guess at the roads, rivers, forests and marshland that characterised the region. The main purpose was to highlight the many villages, hamlets and farmsteads whose names are still part of modern…
Very near where the Thu Bon River flows into the South China Sea, it passes through the delightful town of Hoi An, about halfway down the length of the country between Hanoi and Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Welcome to my gallery of photographs from a day spent wandering among the stalls at the big Fuli market. The market isn’t for the tourists but is a farmer’s market for the people of the area, near Yangshuo.
On a grouping of hilltops, in the countryside outside Yangshuo in Guangxi Province in the south of China, I spent a day wandering in a misty tea garden with no one in sight except the young woman who accompanied us.
From Airfarewatchdog’s fare alerts today, a terrific sale from Aeroflot, RT, LAX-BCN, $682. Haven’t seen a fare like this for some time.