Marks Travel Notes
Picture of the week - Train station in Antwerp
Sunday, 07 Feb 2010 00:05:00 GMT
Picture of the week - Interior of the Antwerp (Anvers) train station
2012 Solar Eclipse path maps
Saturday, 06 Feb 2010 08:35:00 GMT
Maps of the 2012 total eclipse path across Australia and the South Pacific Ocean
2012 solar eclipse path - Australia map
Saturday, 06 Feb 2010 08:30:00 GMT
2012 total eclipse path across Australia and the Pacific
2012 solar eclipse path - global map
Saturday, 06 Feb 2010 08:30:00 GMT
Global view of the 2012 total eclipse path
2012 solar eclipse path - Northern Territory map
Saturday, 06 Feb 2010 08:30:00 GMT
2012 total eclipse path in Northern Territory of Australia
2012 solar eclipse path - Queensland map
Saturday, 06 Feb 2010 08:30:00 GMT
2012 total eclipse path in Queensland, Australia
Picture of the week - Jesuit Church in Lucerne
Sunday, 31 Jan 2010 00:05:00 GMT
Picture of the week - baroque interior of the Jesuit Church in Lucerne
The Cook Islands
Tuesday, 26 Jan 2010 13:20:00 GMT
The amazing Polynesian paradise of the Cook Islands is not only breathtakingly beautiful but is steeped in rich tradition and history
Zürich - an overview
Monday, 25 Jan 2010 23:43:00 GMT
Things for the visitor to know and do when visiting Zürich
Spain - The English Route (Camino Ingles) to Santiago
Monday, 25 Jan 2010 14:15:10 GMT
A highly provision plan to travel the English Route of the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage in Galicia, Spain
Picture of the week - Zürich by night
Sunday, 24 Jan 2010 00:05:00 GMT
Picture of the week - Zürich by night showing the spires of Fraumünster, Grossmünster and St Peters
Spain - Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage resources
Saturday, 23 Jan 2010 10:35:21 GMT
Online resources an information about the pilgramage route of The Way of St James ending in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain
Zürich Niederdorf - recommended restaurants, pubs and bars
Friday, 22 Jan 2010 14:04:23 GMT
Personally selected and recommended restaurants, pubs and bars from Zürichs Niederdorf area
Zürich - recommended pubs and bars
Friday, 22 Jan 2010 14:04:21 GMT
Personally selected and recommended pubs and bars from around Zürich
Neuchâtel - Collegial Church history
Thursday, 21 Jan 2010 21:24:00 GMT
Facts and figures on and about the Collegial Church of Neuchâtel
Singapore - 5 minute video
19th January 2010
Transiting through Singapore usually involves hanging around for a few hours and, delightful though Singapore Airport is, it can be a bit tedious. Which is why, after our last trip to New Zealand, we decided to take advantage of the free tour of Singapore provided at the airport.
Driving through New Zealand
Driving is one of the great pleasures of New Zealand. New Zealand has one of those great combinations of beautiful landscape and sparse population. Which means you get great expanses of road more or less to yourself. With scenery like this - why would you want anyone else around ruining it for you anyway?
I must goto New Zealand more often.
Neuchâtel - Guggenmusik @ Fêtes des Vendanges 2009
Music is a regular feature of the Fêtes des Vendanges in Neuchâtel - which is an excellent accompaniment to the selection of local wine.
Bands are dotted around the town many playing tents others, like this one, playing on the steps of local buildings through the town. An Irish band played in a tent on the opposite of the street from where this band was playing.
An abundance of music, including Guggenmusik, is an essential, effervescent and highly enjoyable part of the Fêtes des Vendanges and it really adds to the atmosphere of the place.
Leshan - video clip of the Giant Buddha
The Grand Buddha at Leshan is one of the highlights of our trip to China. Standing at 71 meters in height - it's the tallest statue of Buddha in the world after the Bamyan Buddhas were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
Whats amazing, apart from the sheer scale of the statue, is that the statue was carved in Red Sandstone - which is very vulnerable to the elements. An extensive drainage system and that the statue is set in the cliff face (rather than on) it have helped to preseve this wonderful place of pilgrmage.
Several carvings dot the cliff face along the steps to the feet of Buddha - which is where he is most imposing.
From the boat it's possible to really appreciate the size and scale of the project undertaken 1,300 years ago.
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