The architecture is a photographer’s dream with blue, pink, red and green buildings piled up upon each other as Salvador is very hilly and has many laderias (ladders) which are steep climbs on the way up and slippery cobbled streets on the way down. There is a higher and a lower Salvador. Higher Salvador is […]
Read MoreI travelled to Laos as everyone had raved about Luang Prabang and how much I would like the place. It is an Unesco World heritage listed city.I found Laos very much under French influence with delicious food and baking.The people are lovely, very gentle and kind and a nice place to cycle round. Unfortunately I […]
Read MoreBen took me to the wild wall of the Great Wall- this is the name for the wall that has not been improved. The Wild Wall is not restored and is dangerous in places. Looking down from a great height into the vegetation below you can only marvel at what a feat it was to […]
Read MoreThe Forbidden City is a walled city and was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty—the years 1420 to 1912. It is a Unesco world heritage site. It got its more common name because no-one could enter or leave the city without the emperor’s permission. With the […]
Read MoreQuito is a Unesco world heritage city and has a lovely historic centre dating back to 1534. It is a really hilly city and on Sundays I used to love to cycle up and down the hills to get good exercise as one of the main streets, Amazona, is closed and allows a 40 kilometer […]
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