Chile sounds good, sounds exotic enough right now. But what do know already about Chile? Maybe Pinochet, the former cruel dictator. But he is not anymore at power, Chile is democratic now!
Since a short time, the biggest world swimming pool was put in function, and it happened to Chile.
Maybe you heard about the capital, Santiago de Chile, and about the Galapagos Islands, who are chilean and were explored by Charles Darwin. Or you maybe you heard about Eastern Island, with its strange huge statues, explored and described by Thor Heyerdahl.
Salvador Allende, a former president, is very well known, as his Nephew Isabel Allende. Pablo Neruda and Gabriela Mistral are two important chilian writers.
Chile is a loooooooong country! It is rich in cooper, guano, and salpeter. Chile is also a mountain country, and is strong influenced by Humboldt Stream, caying cold water from South Pole. Punta Arenas is at the same longitude as Hamburg, and in sommer the medium temperature is here only 12 degrees celsius.
Maybe you can travel, maybe you dont. Maybe you are happy, or an idiot boss makes you bad days. travel, therefore you live!Quit your job, if you can afford it, and go away! You need changes, you need new horizons.
Tell me what do you think about these news:
1. In Germany will operate soon a regular flight for naked tourists. They come with clothes, take them off in the plane. The crew does not take part to the party!
2. Sex tourism is flourishing in Kenya!
3. The former german chancelor Helmut Schmitt, 89,an addicted smoker, smoked at a theatre representation and is possible to be prosecuted and found guilty. I think it is too much! But the law is law and german are german!
4.Griefly tourism is trendy-what do you think about it?
I am waiting for you opinions about all these things!
India is a place to live. Populations waere here since milleniums. Many invaders came and were assimilated.
Taj Mahal is in my opinion a temple of love. In other specialists opinion it is a funeral monument.
Let them believe what they want, that is why they are really specialists! Taj Mahal is simply a wonderful monument of hindu art. It lies in Agra,India on the river of Jumna and was build by the emperor(maharajah) Shah-Jahan in the memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. It is build from white marble, and decorated with inclusions of colored marble and versets of the Quran. A huge building on a eight sided plane, dominated by a huge arch(47 meters diametre)
There are lot of legends about Taj Mahal. According to one of them, it was build with blind people, who could not see how beautiful it is. Rabrindanath Tagore, the greatest indian poet and Nobel prized, said about Taj Mahal: it is a tear on the mankind nice pillow!
So, remember: you are deep in love and you decided to go during your honeymoon in the strange, fascinating and unbelievable India.
India is before of all a state of mind. You will never be abble to understand India if you are not prepare for it, and you do not allow it to penetrate you.
There are no more heavy rains in Australi and there are no more fights in Pakistan. Enjoy your journeys to these countries!
