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Tamil Nadu. The Coloured World of the Tamil Temples

Madurai Temple in India

Elephants in temples and cows on the streets, colourful and faithful barefoot Gods, spicy , but vegetarian food, impeccable roads and something I had never thought I would ever see in India – cleanliness in the streets … Welcome to Tamil Nadu!

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Chengdu – Between Pandas and the Sichuan Opera

Chengdu: Panda bear

It is no longer a secret for anyone – China is becoming a greater economic, political and military power by the day. Many of you may have seen (even only on TV) or heard about the incredible cities that are being built in Shanghai, Guangzhou or Beijing, but there is also the image that everything west of the coast is in decay, extreme poverty, third world country. A few years ago, on the way to Tibet, I visited the capital of the southwestern province – Chengdu, a “town” of several million inhabitants, the capital of the Sichuan province. I was expecting hovels and poor people, but, in exchange, we were surprised in this part of China, too… Unfortunately, in the spring of 2008, the Sichuan province was hit by a strong earthquake. Although more than 4,000 people died in Chengdu, and situated only 50 kilometers away from the epicenter, Chengdu did not suffer major damage.

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Travelling through the ashes of the Empire from Chisinau to Odessa

Odessa: Visiting ODessa by train

I have not been to the Republic of Moldova for a long time. Uh, since 2003, it has been nine years already… I guess a lot has changed since then… but, probably, not the  very sweet way of speaking of the Moldavians, the good food, the excellent wine and the Bucuria candies (even if you can now find the latter also in my hometown, in Bucharest).

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Tana Toraja – where the living live for their dead and the dead live among the living

 Tana Toraja

Somewhere, far away, among the thousands of islands of Indonesia, there is an island with the profile of a contortionist – Sulawesi. And, as the island looks weird, it is the perfect place to discover a unique culture which many people would regard it as weird… somewhere in the central areas of the island, surrounded by green mountain massives … Welcome to Tana Toraja!

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Angkor Wat – the jewel in the Cambodian jungle

Angkor Wat at dawn

 Somewhere, far away, in the middle of Indochina, there lies one of the most remarkable architectural treasures of mankind. Perhaps the largest religious complex in the world, Angkor Thom brings together more than a hundred temples in the Cambodian jungle, among which the most important is the one who gave its name to the entire complex – Angkor Wat.

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