I decided to abandon my rat life for the sake of the ever lasting journey.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Wat Chedi Luang


Chiang Mai, or New City, was the crossroads of the Lanna people and the Burmese. Later, part of the Siam kingdom. The construction of this Buddhist temple started in the 14th century.

18.78686,98.986132

Monday, March 25, 2013

Phra Borom Maha Ratcha Wang


In the heart of Bankgok lies the Grand Palace, or Phra Borom Maha Ratcha Wang.

The Ubosoth (chapel) of the Emerald Buddha faces the east, as all Buddhist edifices must face either the east or a body of water.  

13.751161, 100.492316

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Chiapa de Corzo


Astonishing example of the synthesis of three cultures in Mexico: Indigenous, Spaniard and Arab.

The Fountain, the first built in the state of Chiapas (finished in 1562 after the design by Fray Rodrigo de León) is made of bricks, and it comprises Gothic and Mudejar (al-Andalus Arabs) influences.

16.707679,-93.016952

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Montebello


Exactly in the imaginary line that divides Mexico from Guatemala.

16.073872,-91.682996  (Not the exact location bur for some reason Google Maps won't allow to pin point the area)




Saturday, September 22, 2012

New Plymouth



What is now one of the premier botanical gardens in New Zealand began life as a treeless, swampy valley in 1876. The park was named Pukekura in 1907, the name taken from the stream that runs through it.

-39.065298,174.078936

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Kofuku-ji, Nara


In Nara, once the capital of Japan, Maruca enjoys the smell of the sewage at the Kofuku-ji temple, built in 669.

34.682523, 135.834183


Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Ginkaku-ji Temple, Kyoto


Ginkaku-ji Temple, Kyoto

Part of the retirement villa of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the eighth Shogun of the Muromachi Period, who began the construction in 1482.


35.026551, 135.798047