Blog entries tagged 'travel'

Otaru Snow Gleaming Festival 2008

Chris

The Otaru Snow Gleaming Festival as the name suggests is held in a small town called Otaru, about 30 kms from Sapporo. This festival is held concurrently with the more famous Sapporo Snow Festival. Despite the reknown of the larger Sapporo Snow Festival, the Otaru festival offers a much more magical experience with thousands of lanterns dotted around Otaru.

Batu Caves

Chris

Batu Caves is a system of caves found in a large limestone hill near Kuala Lumpur. It was first discovered in the late 1800s with the first Hindu cave temple built in 1891.
The largest cave (100m high ceiling) is known as Temple Cave as it contains a number of Hindu shrines and temples.

Pyramids of Giza

Chris

The three main pyramids of the Giza plateau and the Sphinx can be seen here - The Great Pyramid (right), Pyramid of Khafre (middle) and the Pyramid of Menkaure (left). These pyramids are the only remaining wonders of the Ancient world.

Stir Fry Samurai

Stevo

Cooking up a stir fry storm at the open air markets in Sydney's Rocks district, this Stir-Fry Samurai feeds a hungry line of salavating customers.