The current Sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said Al Said, took over his country in 1970. With planning and support from Britain, Qaboos seized power from his father, and enthusiastically […]
The Big Buddha, on Lantau Island, sits at the top of a long flight of steps. The first to greet you as you catch your breath after the climb, are two […]
And the views were good. Though I’m sure the avian crowd had food, not beauty, in mind. This 240m-long crossing, the Khor Al Batah Bridge, links two suburbs of Sur. […]
Любовь зла, полюбишь и козла Lyubov’ zla, polyubish’ i kozla I’m trying to pull my Russian back out of extinction, so that I can use it on a couple of […]
Come burrow with me! I’m back to the topic of BBC’s Race Across the World: the second checkpoint in the show was Baku, so I thought I’d show you around […]
– This 52-storey building was the tallest building in Hong Kong, in fact the first true skyscraper, when it was built in 1973. It has since been dwarfed by many, […]
