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Tag : UNESCO World Heritage
December 30, 2011

Ancient Jerusalem: the Tower of David

Israel / Jerusalem

To learn the history of Jerusalem, the Tower of David Museum is a must-see attraction. The medieval fortress bears testimony to 4,000 years of the city’s history with archeological remains. It’s our first stop to visit when we arrived in Jerusalem – one of the oldest cities in the world that has been destroyed twice, [...]

October 22, 2011

Bahá’í Gardens @ Haifa, Israel

Haifa / Israel

Ranked as 152nd smallest in the world out of 236 countries (fyi, Singapore is #189), Israel is the holy land for three major religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam since the biblical era. A country that has been the setting of religious freedom, the five officially recognized religions include the above-mentioned, Druzeism and the Bahá’í [...]

October 4, 2010

Hadrian’s Wall, Northern England

England / UK

Along the way to Edinburgh-Scotland, we stopped at Hadrian’s Wall, a fortification that stretches 118-km across the Roman-controlled Britain in the frontier zone to defend the Celtic warriors from the north in AD122. It takes a while to walk up gentle slopes to the English Heritage museum at Housesteads Roman Fort where Hadrian’s Wall climbs [...]

July 3, 2010

Mandarin’s House

Macau

The diverse collection of old buildings, colonial churches, monuments and temples enlisted in the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Historic Centre of Macau” is the evidence of a modernized city packed with a multicultural mix of the East and the West. Among the architectural legacies of Macau, a very large private residence with more than 60 [...]

July 3, 2010

Dancing with the Drunken Dragon

Macau

I’ve seen Jackie Chan wallowing in alcohol until he started to sway and stagger, unleashing his drunken Kung Fu strokes in “The Legend of the Drunken Master”. This time, it was a group of intoxicated men that were already dancing their way to Senado Square early in the morning around 9am, leaving us agape! The [...]

May 19, 2010

Randomly Penang

Malaysia / Penang

Purple lily. I like this shot. When you see this signboard on the heritage trail in Georgetown, Khoo Kongsi is just 200 metres ahead on the heritage trail, after Cheah Kongsi. Do drop by Cheah Kongsi along Armenian Street. The Cheah ancient property is one of the oldest Chinese clan associations in the UNESCO World [...]

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