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After long years of historic wars and giant revolutions, Vietnam is finally enjoying the lure of its opulent heritage, burgeoning cultural life, and splendidly detailed landscapes.

Anyone who thinks the British weather is getting wilder with each passing year should cast their mind back to this day 60 years ago.  On the night of 31st January to 1st February 1953 the east coast of Britain experienced one of the most catastrophic weather events in the nation's history when it was pummelled by violent storms which resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives.  Many of those whose lives were spared found themselves on rooftops awaiting rescue.

The trouble began over on the other s

Costa Rica’s amazing natural attractions make it an incomparable vacation destination. You’re in paradise here in the tropics with lush rainforest, active volcanoes, spectacular mountain ranges and valleys, and endless beaches on both Pacific and Caribbean coasts.

Domestic flights are the perfect option for travelers who want to visit as many places in Costa Rica as possible in a short amount of time. Plus, you get a beautiful aerial view of the landscape. Costa Rica is a rugged country of peaks

Flight delays are frustrating and time consuming. They send stranded passengers on a mad cycle of phone calls, emails, texts, Facebook messages, overpriced bottled water, lots of Starbucks and Auntie Annie's salty pretzels.

Pho Hien - Hung Yen is a bustling ancient commercial port with unique architectural complex of 60 historical remains, 100 engraved stelae as well as many temples and pagodas.

Pho Hien is located 60km from Ha Noi. To go there, take National Highway 5 to Pho Noi, then road 39A through rice fields and luxuriant gardens of longan trees.

From the 13* to the 15* century, Hien was a bustling commercial port with boats coming from China, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Great Britain and France. But

Traveling to Sam Son beach, tourists in Vietnam travel not only are strongly impressed by a long coastline of white sand beach, plentiful scenes, and historical vestiges, but also are always welcomed by friendly and hospitable people here. Especially, don’t miss the chance to enjoy delicious famous specialties of the northern province of Vietnam.

A funny thing happened on the way to the movies.

Forty million international movie-goers opted to travel to a place where a movie they loved was shot.
Travel Daily News (TDN) reports that these travelers made their travel plans and chose their destinations based on a movie they saw in 2012. Obviously, as TDN says, filming in a destination is "clearly a very efficient driver for attracting new visitors."

Makes sense. As Mashable reported, old Hollywood had its star system and magazines. New mov

Estuve recientemente en Machu Picchu, la ciudad perdida de los incas y una de las siete maravillas del mundo moderno. No pude quedar más que encantado ante tanta belleza pues es verdaderamente majestuoso lo que uno tiene ante los ojos cuando visita la ciudadela inca.

1.  Viajar a Cusco y Machu Picchu por su cuenta es seguro. Obviamente como en toda ciudad turística, siempre es necesario estar atento cuando se camina en las calles, sobretodo de noche. Nunca faltan los carteristas, que aprovechan e

If somebody asks you which of them monuments in India you’d prefer to see, you certainly name Taj Mahal that is one in every of the Seven Wonders of the world and famous for its incredible white beauty. For Taj Mahal there are numerous tour packages on the market for you which of them can offer you heaven like expertise. But one of the most proffered Taj Mahal tour Package is “same day Taj Mahal Tour”. You can enjoy this tour in different ways like Taj tour from Delhi to Agra by Car, Taj Mahal T

Shwebo is a city in the Sagaing Region of Myanmar, located 64 miles (103km) north-west of Mandalay on the eastern bank of the Chindwin River. Shwebo was the native town of King Alaungpaya, the founder of the Kone Baung Dynasty. Shwebo was royal capital of Myanmar from 1760-1764. King Alaungpaya fought against the rule of the Mon Monarchy in 1752, and his dynasty lasted over two centuries. He used the city as a base from which to conquer Innwa and Lower Myanmar, establishing the Third Myanmar Emp

Shwebon Yadana Mingalar Palace is a royal palace in Shwebo, Myanmar. It was built by King Alaungphaya U Aung Zeya who was the first founder of the Konebaung dynasty, in 1753 A.D. The palace was decorated with ten kinds of Art in detail. There were totally 54 apartments and halls. The original palace was destroyed in 1766 A.D. The Department of Archaeology started to excavate at the site in 1994. The excavation revealed the hidden palace platform underneath the ground. Although the palace were

Pantai Kuta. The coastline of Kuta Beach in Lombok curves into the form of small bay; and the sand grains here are bigger than your average beach sand. Photo by Tekno Bolang.

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The Shwemawdaw Pagoda (also written Shwemawdaw Paya) in Bago is the tallest pagoda in Myanmar. The Shwemawdaw is 14 m higher than the Shwedagon of Yangon. The name Shwemawdaw means Great Golden God
. The Shwemawdaw can be seen from as far as 10 km outside the city, a fact which I could verify when I saw the Shwemawdaw from the window of the train for a long, long while, as we travelled passed Bago from Yangon to Mandalay.

According to legend, the Shwemawdaw was built by two merchant brothers,

The Shwezigon Pagoda in Bagan is one of the real highlights among the classic Myanmar pagodas. This Buddhist temple can only be matched by the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. The name means (golden Land of Victory) and the pagoda was built from 1084 to 1112. The proportions and the nature of the decorations are in the classic Bagan Pagoda style.

The massive proportions as well as other upper Myanmar or Burma pagodas , the are characteristic. This is the most venerated pagoda in Bagan and together w

If you want to step back in time and experience a sophisticated slice of the Argentinean life, a part of Buenos Aires bygone era, simply slip in to the regal neighborhood of Recoleta. The largely residential neighborhood hit its stride at the end of the 19th century and in to the roar of the 1920’s when the architectural boom caused the construction of a number of chateau-like residences built that were reminiscent of those in the Loire valley in France. Everything from fixtures to chandeliers,

Located about 8 km from the centre of the capital city of Hanoi, Trieu Khuc Village launches its spring festival on the 9 th day of the first lunar month of each year.

The focal points of Trieu Khuc Village’s festival are the two communal houses, i.e. Dinh Sac and Dinh Dai, the former housing the imperial honours conferred on the village genie by different dynasties and the latter, a little bigger, being the place of worshipping Bo Cai Dai Vuong Phung Hung as the titulary genie (the 8th century).

Vietnam’s five intangible cultural heritages of humankind were performed in Da Lat on January 25.

It was the first opportunity for local people and international visitors to watch art troupes perform the cultural rites of five world intangible heritages. 

Hue Royal Court music performance (Source: VNA)

They are “nha nhac” (Hue Royal Court music), “quan ho” (Bac Ninh love duet), ceremonial singing, xoan singing and gong from the Central Highlands. The heritages were recognised by UNESCO in the 2003-

In recent years, the house owned by Huynh Thuy near Tien River in Sa Dec in Dong Thap Province has become a popular destination for both domestic and foreign tourists.

The house is famous for its unique architecture which is the harmonious combination of Vietnamese, French and Chinese styles. It is the place that witnessed the romantic love between Marguerite Duras, a well-known French writer, and Huynh Thuy Le, the son of the Huynh Family who is the house’s owner.

When we arrived at the house, w

Tantric Yoga is kind of touchy.

The ancient Hindu practice gets a lot of press for its sexual image. However, if you delve deeper than the popular hype, you find that the 1,600-year-old ritual is not concerned with sexuality, but rather the goal of Tantric Yoga is to awaken and harmonize the male and female aspects within each person on a spiritual level, according to Yoga World.

There are so many different elements and schools of thought on Tantric Yoga that I started researching and was quickly