The Gur-e Amir is the mausoleum of the Asian conqueror Tamerlane (also known as Timur) in Samarkand (now in Uzbekistan). It occupies an important place in the history of Islamic Architecture as the precursor and model for later great Mughal...

Since today I am starting to share our trip impressions to Uzbekistan, where we was in July 2009. As a first introduction port - a bit about one of the central highways in Uzbekistan, heading from Tashkent to Samarkand. View Larger...

Yehliu (野柳) is a cape on the north coast of Taiwan in the town of Wanli between Taipei and Keelung. View Larger Map It's another yet choice for a visit, while you are in northern Taiwan. Most interesting here of course is so called hoodoo...

For those, who live in Taipei, or Taoyuen, and not yet visited this place - try to get there once you have a time. Besides night market (of course, what else), there is pure charm of those Japanese era architectures and houses. Jioufen was only...

It's not yet even Hengchun yet, but's where the road already goes near the sea and you already can start enjoy gorgeous views of South Taiwan seaside. While it maybe be interesting to look at this from a window of your car, here I want to suggest a...