Why go to Sicily? Beyond some clichés that sometimes have a hard life, the largest island of the Mediterranean is above all a land at the crossroads of history. Greeks, Arabs, Byzantines and others have left traces that can still be discovered here and there through the rich local heritage.And if we add to this quite beautiful landscapes, including inland, some volcanoes among which Etna remains the most famous, remarkable islands (Aeolian, Egadi …) and a coastline that attracts, Sicily appears as a complete destination for all audiences … Sicily and Unesco With more than fifty sites listed as Unesco … Read more

Where is the Midwest? The Midwest is that huge region between the East and the West of the United States. Flat and monotonous as a whole, it is at best for many people only a transit area, even if here and there some places (starting with Chicago) ask to be visited. Which American states make up the Midwest? Twelve states make up the Midwest. They are North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin. What to see or do in different states? North Dakota Located on the Canadian border, it is one of … Read more

Swarming and lively, the Thai capital remains more interesting by its inhabitants and its districts than by its museums and monuments – mainly temples and palaces – finally quite few for a megalopolis of this size. Nevertheless, one will take pleasure in visiting about twenty sites of which here is the list… What to see, what to do and visit in Bangkok ? Baiyoke Tower IIWhat was for a long time the highest skyscraper of Bangkok (309 meters) offers as often for this kind of building a superb panorama from its top. Chatuchak Week-end MarketIt is the largest market of … Read more

With its white sandy beaches, its nightlife, its diving spots, its varied landscapes, its fishing villages, Phuket is the most famous seaside resort-island of Thailand with, in return, a mass tourism in some places and prices accordingly. Phuket, Phuket or Phuket? Phuket… everyone has already heard about this place.Except that the name designates as well the Phuket province which is essentially the island of Phuket, Ko Phuketthat the capital of the latter which is obviously called… Phuket. Where is Phuket located in Thailand ? The island-province of Phuket is located almost 900 km south of Bangkok, on the western coast … Read more

With Machu Picchu, the Incas, Atahualpa, the Temple of the Sun, the kingdom of Cuzco, plus innumerable sites dating from well before the arrival of the Spaniards of Pizarro in 1531, Peru accumulates to him only all that one can imagine, of real as well as of “fantasized”, of this “Andean America pre-Columbian”. Then, beyond this Machu Picchu that we do not present any more, we go back up time here with the vestiges of the cities of Caral, Chan Chan, Choquequirao, the temple of Huaca, the funeral sites of Sillustani close to the lake Titicaca, the one of Sipan … Read more

Where is Macquarie Island? This Australian island, uninhabited except for the rangers who manage the place, is halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica, in the south-west of the Pacific Ocean. It is 34 kilometers long and 5 kilometers wide, with a surface area of 128 km2, and is attached to Tasmania. Discovered in the early nineteenth century, in 1810, by seal hunters, it was named after the then Governor of New South Wales, Colonel Lachlan Macquarie. Since 1978 Macquarie Island is a State Reserve, and since 1997 it is listed as a World Heritage Site for its setting and environment. … Read more