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Europe, Spain, Eat

Lard and Rice in Madrid

Madrid is the capital and most-populous city of Spain, it is also the political and cultural centre of the country. Madrid has so many restaurants which provide good Spanish cuisine, this restaurant is one of them. This restaurant has English menu, you can still order even if you don’t know Spanish.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu, Play

Legends of Jiayu Pass

Jiayu Pass (Chinese: 嘉峪關) is located at the narrowest point of the western section of the Hexi Corridor (河西走廊) , 6 kilometres southwest of the city of Jiayuguan (嘉峪關) in Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. The splendor of pass earns the name ‘First and Greatest Pass in the World’ (天下第一雄關).

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu, Play

Jiayu Pass: Frontier of the west

Jiayu Pass (Chinese: 嘉峪關) is located at the narrowest point of the western section of the Hexi Corridor (河西走廊) , 6 kilometres southwest of the city of Jiayuguan (嘉峪關) in Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. Jiayu Pass is the first frontier fortress at the west end of the Ming dynasty Great Wall.

Asia, Laos, SouthEast Asia, Play

Temple of Luang Phabang: Wat Mai

龍坡邦(寮語:ເມືອງຫຼວງພະບາງ)位於寮國北部湄公河畔的南堪河口,已有千餘年的歷史,曾是寮國的首都,在公元13至14世紀時開始成為寮族文化中心,於1995年被聯合國教科文組織列為世界文化遺產。龍坡邦市內佛寺眾多,這裏粗眉仔會介紹一下邁爾窟(ວັດໃໝ່ສຸວັນນະພູມາ)。

Asia, Laos, SouthEast Asia, Play

Temple of Luang Phabang: Wat Xieng Thong

Luang Phabang (Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ/ຫຼວງພະບາງ) is a city in north central Laos, it was listed in 1995 for well preserved architectural, religious and cultural heritage. Buddhist temples are everywhere in Luang Phabang, Choumeizai will talk about Wat Xieng Thong (ວັດຊຽງທອງ).

Asia, Laos, SouthEast Asia, Play

Temple of Luang Phabang: Wat Visoun

Luang Phabang (Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ/ຫຼວງພະບາງ) is a city in north central Laos, it was listed in 1995 for well preserved architectural, religious and cultural heritage. Buddhist temples are everywhere in Luang Phabang, Choumeizai will talk about Wat Visoun (ວັດພະເຈົ້າວິຊຸນນະລາດ).

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu, Play

Yueyaquan the spectacle of desert

Yueyaquan (Chinese: 月牙泉) is a crescent-shaped lake located at 5 kilometers south of the city of Dunhuang (敦煌) in Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. The lake had several names in the past, it was named Yueyaquan in the Qing (清) Dynasty (17th century).

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu, Play

Mogao Caves the treasure of Buddhist art

Mogao Caves (Chinese: 莫高窟), also known as the Thousand Buddha Grottoes (千佛洞), is located 25 kilometers southeast of the city center of Dunhuang (敦煌), Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. The caves contain some of the finest examples of Buddhist art spanning a period of 1,000 years.

Stay, Oceania, New Zealand

Motel in Mount Cook Village

Mount Cook Village is located within New Zealand's Mount Cook National Park, only 15 kilometres south of the summit of Mount Cook, the highest mountain in New Zealand. Choumeizai has stayed two beautiful nights in a motel here.

Oceania, New Zealand, Play

A blue lake named Pukaki

Lake Pukaki is located in the central South Island of New Zealand, occupying 169 square kilometers of a valley dammed by glacial debris. The lake is around 500 meters above sea level, receives its water from melting glaciers east of the Southern Alps.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu, Play

Ghost Town in Dunhuang

Dunhuang Yardang National Geopark (Chinese: 敦煌雅丹國家地質公園), also dubbed Ghost Town (魔鬼城), is a national park in Dunhuang (敦煌), Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. The geopark is located about 180 kilometers northwest of Dunhuang's town center.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu

Great Wall on Gobi Desert

The Great Wall relic of Han Dynasty (Chinese: 漢代長城遺址) is located 5 kilometers west of Yumenguan (玉門關), Dunhuang (敦煌), Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. The relic has almost 2,000 years of history but is still well preserved.

Asia, Northeast Asia, Play, Korea

Mysterious stone pagodas in Maisan

Tapsa (Korean: 탑사) is a small Korean Buddhist Temple complex found in the Maisan (마이산), a mountain in Jeollabuk-do, (전라북도), South Korea. Tapsa literally means ‘Pagoda Temple’ in Korean, which has around 80 stone pagodas.

Asia, Northeast Asia, Play, Korea

Autumn breeze in Maisan

Maisan (Korean: 마이산) is a mountain in Jeollabuk-do, (전라북도), South Korea. Maisan has an elevation of 686 metres, its name means ‘Horse Ears Mountain’, which refers to two extraordinary rocky peaks as they appear from the town of Jinan.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu, Play

Yumen Pass: Gate of the Silk Road

Yumen Pass (Chinese: 玉門關), also Jade Gate or Pass of the Jade Gate, is located around 90 kilometers west of Dunhuang (敦煌), Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. During the Han (漢) dynasty (202 BC - AD 220), this was a pass through which the Silk Road passed.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Gansu, Eat

Delicacies in Dunhuang

Dunhuang (Chinese: 敦煌) is a county-level city in Gansu (甘肅) Province, China. Dunhuang was a major stop on the ancient Silk Road and is best known for the nearby Mogao Caves (莫高窟). Besides their abundant cultural relics, don’t miss the delicacies in Dunhuang.

China, Asia, Traffic, Northeast Asia, Gansu, Play

Midnight express of Hexi Corridor

Hexi Corridor (Chinese: 河西走廊), also known as Gansu Corridor (甘肅走廊), is an important historical region located in the modern western Gansu (甘肅) province of China, referring to a narrow stretch of traversable and relatively arable plain west of the Yellow River.

Bhutan, Asia, South Asia, Play

Memorial of a good king

National Memorial Chorten (Dzongkha: དགོངས་རྫོགས་མཆོད་རྟེན།) also known as the Thimphu Chorten, is a stupa located at Thimphu (ཐིམ་ཕུ), Bhutan. The stupa was built in 1974 to honor the third Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་ འཇིགས་མེད་རྡོ་རྗེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་མཆོག་) and dedicated to World Peace.

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