Cusco in Peru
Cusco, which is located in the valley of the east Andes with 3410 meters above sea level, is recommended by the famous British travel magazine Conde Nast Traveller as one of the top ten places worthy of tourism in America except the United States. At the same time, it is also listed in Travel + Leisure for the reason of twenty cities worthy of tourism in the global. In Cusco, you can enjoy the pleasant climate, steep mountains and lush forest. As for the culture, with the laudatory name of the crown jewel of the Andes, Cusco is one of the oldest cities in America and culture center of the Inca and archaeology. In the past, it was a Spanish colony. Nowadays, there are historical building such as ancient palace, temples, churches and archaeological museum. In 1692, a university was established at here specially for studying the nature buildings like the Saksa Huaman circular castle and the cathedral.
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Fez in Morocco
There are 785 mosques in the heyday of the 12th century and 360 ones are still at here nowadays. If you want to study the culture of Islamic, Fez in Morocco is the city you need to go. Two good preserved castles built in the 16th century SaADe dynasty are at the north and south side of the hill. An armory museum was rebuilt from a deserted castle at the north side and many swords and guns are exhibited at here.
Beirut in Lebanon… Read the rest
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For the modern traveller, the world is your oyster. Okay, maybe you’re not prioritising a summer visit to currently war-torn countries such as Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq or Sudan. Likewise, tales of drug-trafficking, kidnapping and armed muggings might put you off a two-week sojourn in Venezuela or Colombia. But perhaps you are considering something a little more off the beaten track – a holiday that will test your nerves a little, or that will embed you in a completely different culture or environment?
Many a modern traveller now explores further afield, with Australasia, South America, Asia and Africa proving very popular for those with an adventurous spirit (who don’t mind long plane journeys). But for any such trips, there are known – and unknown – dangers that you may want to research before you leave. Visit Australia and you’ll probably be bombarded by people listing its dangerous creatures – box jellyfish, crocodiles, redback spiders, taipan snakes, sharks, and so on – together with a litany of tales surrounding those backpackers who never came back… But go to ‘safe as houses, no dangerous animals/plants here’ New Zealand and you may not realise that its capital city, Wellington, sits on a major earthquake fault line that is well overdue a ‘big one’!
Indeed, in a Norwich Union survey of last year, several places were highlighted as potential danger areas, including Thailand, Mexico and South Africa, where illness, accidents and crime are common. Again, not terribly surprising, perhaps, but… Read the rest
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