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Discover UNESCO in Cuba: Trinidad and the Valle de los Ingenios Founded by Spanish colonizer Diego Velasquez as the third settlement of the island, the colonial gem of Trinidad is nowadays one of the best preserved towns of the Caribbean and the second in Cuba to earn a UNESCO listing after Havana. After Hernan Cortes set […]
Panorama of Paraty’s Capela de NS das Dores in Brazil – click photo for enlargements – With its stunning coastal location somewhat midway between Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the colonial gem of Paraty makes a perfect destination and not just a stopover. Crystal clear water with white sand beaches on the one side […]
Travel Day 1164 – Kalaw to Yangon, MYANMAR The 28 day time clock on my visa was running out quickly and there was only one last thing to do for me, discovering a bit of former British colonial Yangon… Initially when I had entered Myanmar my impressions of Yangon on my more than Underwhelming Arrival […]
Travel Day 1154 – Mandalay to Pyin Oo Lwin, MYANMAR Visiting Shwebo had been a very special experience, but arriving in the British colonial hill station of Pyin Oo Lwin simply felt outlandish and surreal… After my extremely nice lunch invitation yesterday in Shwebo, I had left town on the last bus departing for Mandalay. While […]
Travel Day 1135 – Galle to Bangkok, THAILAND It was already my last day in Sri Lanka but I still liked to see and learn a little bit more about the amazing UNESCO Fortress City of Galle… Initially I had wanted to venture a little bit around Galle and maybe see some stilt-fishermen along the […]
Travel Day 1134 – Galle, SRI LANKA After exploring all of the defensive fortifications and looking for Portuguese traces of Galle yesterday, today I much rather focused on the Dutch colonial houses… Obviously there were still a lot of colonnaded Dutch colonial houses within the UNESCO enlisted Old Town of Galle and it almost seemed […]
Travel Day 1133 – Galle Fort, SRI LANKA After just being able to go on a short stroll along the sea-walls yesterday, today I was finally able to fully appreciate the UNESCO enlisted Dutch fortress city of Galle… Galle city had been, as any other place along the coast of Sri Lanka, a Portuguese settlement […]