Travel BlogArchive for June, 2013
The Petronas Towers in Malaysia.
The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, with a height of 452 m, were the world’s tallest building until 2003. These gigantic twin towers are the headquarters of the Malaysian oil company “Petronas”. Petronas is the acronym for the National Oil Corporation of Malaysia, incorporated on August 17, 1974. Full government ownership, the corporation handles all […]
The Nile in Africa.
The Nile is one of the largest rivers in the world and perhaps the most important with regard to the birth of civilization. Its channel runs along seven nations coming to travel the 6,700 km. to its mouth at the Mediterranean Sea. The word Nile (Arabic ‘ni-l) comes from the Greek word Neilos, meaning “river […]
The Badshahi Mosque in Pakistan.
Lahore is the capital of the province of Punjab, in northeastern Pakistan, besides being the second most populous in the whole country, and has several architectural gems to visit. One of them, which is also all a religious symbol, is the Badshahi Mosque, which is also known as the Royal Mosque, the second temple of […]
The Alhambra of Granada in Spain.
The Alhambra. Declared a World Heritage Site, is undoubtedly the most emblematic monument of the city and one of the most visited in Spain. It consists of a defensive side, the Alcazaba, the Nasrid Palaces and the Generalife Gardens. Welcoming more than 2,200,000 visitors a year. Watching her from the Mirador de San Nicolas, Bill […]
The Banaue Rice Terraces in Philippines.
The Banaue Rice Terraces in Luzon and considered World Heritage by UNESCO, are ancient buildings to cultivate this cereal in the slopes of the mountainous provinces in the Philippines, with plantations above 1,500 meters above the sea. Banaue, with a population of around 21,000 people, comprising 19 small villages, where people do not live surprisingly […]
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