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Asia, Northeast Asia, SouthEast Asia, Thailand, Play

Bridge on the River Kwai

‘Bridge on the River Kwai’ is a bridge located in Changwat Kanchanaburi (Thai: จังหวัดกาญจนบุรี), Thailand. The original name of Bridge on the River Kwai should be ‘Bridge 277’, which is part of the Siam–Burma Railway, now it becomes a popular tourist attraction due to fiction and movie.

Asia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Play

Snowfall in Shirakabako

Shirakabako (Japanese: 白樺湖) is a reservoir at the height of 1416 meters above sea level, it is located in Nagano Prefecture (長野県), Japan. Shirakabako is a popular tourist attraction, you can do rowing and camping in summer and skiing in winter, the snowscape here shouldn’t be missed.

Asia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Play

Winter in Shirakabako

Shirakabako (Japanese: 白樺湖) is located in Nagano Prefecture (長野県), Japan. The lake is 1416 meters above sea level and the deepest is around 9 meters. There are many ski resorts around the lake, but even though you don’t ski, you can still enjoy the beautiful scenery.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Tibet, Play

Buddha light above Potala

Potala Palace (Tibetan: པོ་ཏ་ལ) is located in the city of Lhasa (ལྷ་ས་གྲོང་ཁྱེར), Tibet. Potala Palace has been a World Heritage Site since 1994, it is the religious center of Tibet and a popular tourist attraction. Blessed by Buddha, Choumeizai sees ‘Buddha Light’ (halo) while climbing to Potala Palace.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Tibet, Play

Potala the Tibetan sanctum

Potala Palace (Tibetan: པོ་ཏ་ལ) is a dzong fortress in the city of Lhasa (ལྷ་ས་གྲོང་ཁྱེར), Tibet. It was the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas from 1649 to 1959, and also the religious and political center of Tibet. Potala Palace is a must go of every tourist who visits Tibet.

China, Asia, Xinjiang, Northeast Asia, Eat

Kuqa’s couple who make naan

Kuqa (Uyghur: كۇچار شەھىرى) is a county-level city in Aksu Prefecture (ئاقسۇ ۋىلايىتى‎), Xinjiang (Chinese: 新疆), China. Besides its glorious history as an ancient Buddhist Kingdom, Kuqa is also famous for homemade naan (نان‎).

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Fujian, Play

The story of Fujian tulou

Fujian tulou (Chinese: 福建土樓; literally 'Fujian earthen buildings') are Chinese rural dwellings unique to the Hakka in the mountainous areas in southeastern Fujian, China. They were mostly built between the 12th and the 20th centuries.

China, Asia, Northeast Asia, Fujian, Play

Zhaojiabao the royal descendant

Zhaojiabao (Chinese: 趙家堡, literally ’Zhao family castle’) is fortified family residence located in Zhangpu County (漳浦), Fujian Province (福建), China. The construction of Zhaojiabao began in 1600, the enclosing wall is around 5 meters tall in average.

Italy, Europe, Play

Arch next to the Colosseum

Situated next to the Colosseum, the Arch of Constantine (Italian: Arco di Costantino) is a triumphal arch in Rome dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great. The arch was commissioned by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine’s victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in AD 312.

Italy, Europe, Play

Inside the Colosseum

The Colosseum is located in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. The Colosseum was the largest amphitheatre ever built at the time and could hold an estimated 50,000 to 80,000 spectators at various points of its history over the centuries, having an average audience of some 65,000.

Italy, Europe, Play

Colosseum under the sun

The Colosseum or Coliseum also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre (Italian: Colosseo), is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. Construction began under the emperor Vespasian in AD 72 and was completed in AD 80 under his heir, Titus.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Myanmar, Play

Market in Bagan Empire

Mani Sithu Market (Burmese: မဏိစည်သူဈေး) is located in Nyaung-U (ညောင်ဦးမြို့), Mandalay Region, Myanmar. The market is Nyaung-U's main market and is quite close to Shwezigon Pagoda (ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား), a local morning market rather than tourist market.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Myanmar, Play

The rest of Shwezigon Paya

Shwezigon Paya (Burmese: ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား) is a Buddhist stupa located in Nyaung-U (ညောင်ဦးမြို့), Myanmar. The pagoda has almost 1000 years of history and is deemed to be the prototype of Burmese stupas. Besides the golden stupa, there are many other things worth seeing.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Myanmar, Play

Shwezigon Paya: Mother of stupas

Shwezigon Paya (Burmese: ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား) is a Buddhist stupa located in Nyaung-U (ညောင်ဦးမြို့), Myanmar. The construction of the Shwezigon Paya began during the reign of King Anawrahta (အနော်ရထာ, 1044–1077), the founder of the Bagan (ပုဂံ) Empire, and was completed in 1102, during the reign of his son King Kyansittha (ကျန်စစ်သား). Shwezigon Paya is deemed to be the prototype of Burmese stupas.

North America, United States, Play

Aboriginals of Pier 39

Pier 39 is a shopping center and popular tourist attraction built on a pier in San Francisco, California. At Pier 39, there are shops, restaurants, aquariums and even an amusement park, but for Choumeizai, the most impressive is the special aboriginals here.

Asia, SouthEast Asia, Eat, Malaysia

Seafood Bak kut teh in Sandakan

Bak kut teh (Chinese: 肉骨茶) is a pork rib dish cooked in broth popularly served in Malaysia and Singapore, many people have eaten Bak kut teh before, how about seafood Bak kut teh? There are two restaurants in Nam Tung of Sandakan which serve this kind of different Bak kut teh.

China, Asia, Inner Mongolia, Northeast Asia, Play

Black mirror of Inner Mongolia

Lake General (Chinese: 將軍泡子) is located on the plateau of Ulan Butung (Mongolian script: ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠪᠤᠲᠤᠩ) , Hexigten Banner (ᠬᠡᠰᠢᠭᠲᠡᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ), Inner Mongolia, China. In 1690, the Battle of Ulan Butung between Qing (Chinese: 清) and Dzungar (準噶爾) forces took place here.

Asia, Taiwan, Northeast Asia, Play

Secret spot of North Coast: Nanya Rocks

Nanya Rocks (Chinese: 南雅奇岩) is located in Ruifang District (瑞芳區), New Taipei City (新北市), Taiwan. Weathered by the northeastern monsoon and gigantic sea waves over the years, the rock formations in Nanya Rocks are strange and beautiful, and look like natural sculptures in an outdoor museum.

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