Hello.. Hello.. Hello…. First of all, wishing you and your family a very happy, healthy, and prosperous 2023! Sorry for being MIA for the past couple of years… No surprises there.. I guess.. Especially for a travel blog! 🙂 Well, I take my December vacations pretty seriously as I see it as my core family…
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Exploring Japan: The Great Buddha of Nara
Todaiji (東大寺, TĹŤdaiji, “Great Eastern Temple”) is one of Japan’s most famous and historically significant temples and a landmark of Nara. The temple was constructed in 752 as the head temple of all provincial Buddhist temples of Japan and grew so powerful that the capital was moved from Nara to Nagaoka in 784 in order…
Exploring Sweden: The Stockholm Globe
Ericsson Globe, originally known as Stockholm Globe Arena and is commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen. The Ericsson Globe is, since it’s inauguration in 1989, one of Stockholm’s most iconic buildings. The Globen is the largest hemispherical building on Earth and took two and a half years to build. Shaped like a large…
Exploring Japan: Tempozan Ferris Wheel
The Tempozan Ferris Wheel at the Tempozan Harbor Village in Osaka, Japan soars 112.5 meters into the air and has a diameter of 100 meters, making it one of the world’s largest Ferris wheels. One full circuit on Japan’s biggest Ferris wheel takes about 17 minutes. It was opened in 1997 and the designs on…