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Prague’s Iconic Peach Chicken: A Rainy Day Treat along the Vltava

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ALONG THE VLTAVA RIVER – A Photo Essay on a Journey to Prague Berlin Central Train Station The location is the Berlin Central train station, also known as Berlin Hauptbahnhof. It looks more like an international airport than a railway terminus. There are several tiers of platforms, both above and below the main concourse; everything is shiny and spotlessly clean, large shafts send streams of sunlight in, and there’s the smell of coffee in the air. From here, you can take the express train to Prague. The coupes are cosy and comfortable, and we had only one co-passenger—an immaculately dressed elderly person who seemed to have emerged out of the sketches found in nineteenth-century novels like Charles Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers. He sat quietly like a statue throughout the journey (perhaps because he did not speak English, and we did not speak German) and got off at Dresden, a picturesque border town in Germany famous for farmers’ carnivals, like the melas at Pushkar in R...
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ISTANBUL WAS CONSTANTINOPLE

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THE LOST KINGDOM

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The Lost Kingdom - Khmer Empire Visit Timeshares 9 th Century AD. Angkor was the largest city in the world. For the next 500 years, it was the capital of the Khmer Empire. The city witnessed the construction of hundreds of world famous temples built by the Khmer rulers. This sprawling complex of Angkorian ruins lies north of a safe, friendly and pleasant town of Siem Reap on the shores of Tonle Sap Lake. Siem Reap earned its name after the Khmer empire defeated and took over the Thai kingdom in the 17 th century. It literally means ‘Siamese defeated’. Because of its proximity to Angkor Archaeological Park, it has turned out to be one of the lively and touristic cities of Cambodia over the last decade. We stayed at Hotel Visoth Boutique, which is very conveniently located in Siem Reap. It is truly a boutique hotel. Homely with a warm and hospitable staff. We started off for Angkor Wat early in the morning when it was still dark outside. We did not want to miss...
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