Travel Guides: Amazing Barcelona

Posted in: Featured, Travel by Theo Grigore | October 26th 2010 | no comments

Being the second largest city in Spain and having a population which exceeds 1,620,000 inhabitants, Barcelona is certainly one of the most beautiful tourist attractions in Europe. Holding some of the most interesting sights to be seen in the world’s oldest continent, Barcelona is a destination [...]

Where to go, what to visit: New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum

By Silvia Mutis | June 30th 2010 | no comments

New Orleans had always been considered a place where the oddities and the mystery reside, and for the admirers of the supernatural New Orleans has to offer a wide range of unusual places worth visiting such as the Historic Voodoo Museum. This museum was founded by Charles Massicot Gandolfo in 1972 with the sole purpose of attracting tourists with the occult, especially with the Louisiana [...]

Travel guides: Chiang Mai and its cultural attractions

By Silvia Mutis | June 30th 2010 | no comments

Chiang Mai is the second largest city of Thailand and the most culturally significant one, being the capital of the Chiang Mai Province, located in northern Thailand and on the Ping River. Administratively, the city is divided into four khwaeng or wards: in the north side the Nakhon Ping district, Mengrai in the southern part, the Srivijaya ward comprises the center and the west and [...]

Bizarre locations from around the globe: The Guatemala sinkhole

By Silvia Mutis | June 30th 2010 | no comments

On May 30, 2010, on a not so ordinary Sunday an extraordinary geological oddity was reported in the center of Guatemala city: an enormous earth hole of 30 stories deep and 60 feet wide opened, swallowing at least 100 people and a three-story building. The fact is that in Guatemala city the sinkholes are not an uncommon sight but it never happened for a hole to have such a large surface; [...]

Eyjafjallajökull is dormant…for the moment

By Silvia Mutis | June 30th 2010 | no comments

Ever wondered what happened with the enraged volcano Eyjafjallajökull which erupted on 14 April 2010? Well, vulcanologists say that for the moment the volcano “seems to be dormant” while the heat camera footages indicated that the temperature inside the crater had dropped to 100C so no significant ashfall is expected. The officials from the Icelandic Met Office and Institute of [...]

Traveling guides: Hiroshima and its cultural attractions

By Silvia Mutis | June 29th 2010 | no comments

Whenever we hear the name Hiroshima we immediately imagine something related to the Second World War, especially the first atomic bombs ever tested on large scale terrestrial areas. Hiroshima was practically wiped out from the face of the world but after years of constant economical increases, obtained with huge efforts and lots of hard work, the Japanese people have succeeded in [...]