The Land Of Smiles: Thailand
(Part 1 - Bangkok)
Coastline View
Bordered by Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Malaysia, the Kingdom of Thailand, popularly known as the Land of Smiles lives up...
Discover China: Temple of Heaven & Xi’an – The Terracotta Warriors
The Temple of Heaven was built in 1420 A.D. during the Ming Dynasty to offer sacrifice to Heaven.
In the center of the Temple...
Lake Taupo & Mt. Ruapehu
Lake Taupo is in the central north island of New Zealand. Only 1 hour drive from Rotorua and approximately 3 hours drive from central...
Discover China: Ming Tombs, Drum & Bell Tower
Hutongs are alleys formed by lines of Seheyuan, traditional courtyard residences. Many neighborhoods were formed by joining one Siheyuan to another to form a...
The Wadi And The Wahiba
Oman is a land of beautiful mountains and a large expanse of dry arid land. But where there are mountains there are bound to...
Jog Falls
I am visiting Jog Falls after almost 40 years and on my way all I could do was try and remember what I saw,...
Republic Day – 2006 Illuminations
I was asked by the webmaster, if I could send some photos of Republic day parade to mangalorean.com. I had been attending Republic day...
Ruins of St Augustine Church at Old Goa
Old Goa has the credit of having a number of churches which have been included in UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Among these...
Swiss Delights – Album 1
Author: Joyce Alvares- Qatar
Jordan: The Kingdom of Treasures (Part II)
MADABA
6th century Byzantine mosaic map
'City of Mosaics', is what Madaba is known as to most people. The earliest surviving original map of Jerusalem is...
