Blog Entries tagged 'monastery'
Travel Blogs Entries tagged 'monastery'
- Mongolia : Palaces and shows[img=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/748226/large_5c57c720-7769- Posted by PetersF in Mongolia by horse | Feb 25, 2021
- Mongolia : Manjusri Manjusri Monastery [img=https://photos.travellerspoint.co Posted by PetersF in Mongolia by horse | Feb 25, 2021
- Mongolia : Tovkhon and Red Waterfall[img=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/748226/large_047eb3b0-7755- Posted by PetersF in Mongolia by horse | Feb 25, 2021
- Temples and traditions in Luang Prabang[center] Window detail, Wat Souvanna Khiri[/center] Our first full day in Luang Prabang had started with a visit to the morning market, followed by th Posted by ToonSarah in Travel with me ... | Apr 4, 2020
- Village Explorer[center] Village street[/center] With a more civilised start time of 8.00 am we were able to have breakfast at the hotel this morning. We were offered Posted by ToonSarah in Travel with me ... | Mar 28, 2020
- A Moment of TimeBefore transferring to Hotel Sportforum I went for another, longer walk round town. My first destination was the Kröpeliner Tor, the tallest city gate, but to get there I walked through a park with a stream which followed the path Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Dec 19, 2019
- Day thirty-two - last day on the road....for now==The road to Yerevan== [img=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/296 Posted by Cath_Greig in Caucasus adventures | Oct 2, 2019
- Day twenty-nine - back into Armenia==Monastery overload== Our itinerary for the day included visits to two monasteries - Dadivank and Gandzasar but before first we stopped at the statues that have become the symbols of the region Papik Tatik - named ‘We are our mountains’. Posted by Cath_Greig in Caucasus adventures | Sep 26, 2019
- Day twenty-six - on the road==Leaving Yerevan== Although I’d packed the previous evening, I still got up early to have a slow start before the arrival of the apartment’s owner and the driver who would be taking me around the regions. Armed with my Armenian Posted by Cath_Greig in Caucasus adventures | Sep 24, 2019
- A fortress, a monastery and a stormy evening![center] A sneak preview of today's highlight, the Cathedral Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary at Bachkovo Monastery[/center] Another early Posted by ToonSarah in Travel with me ... | Jun 27, 2019
- Hiking through the hills; Preobrazhenski MonasteryToday was another beautiful, sunny day, so I decided to take full advantage of it with a visit to Preobrazhenski Monastery. It lies a few kilometres away, on one of the hills near to Veliko Tarnovo. 'R' and her friend Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Jan 27, 2019
- Frescoes, baklava and more strawberriesGoing to Arbanasi today was a priority for Mum, as she was really keen to see it and we hadn't managed to go there when she visited me last October. We arrived at about 9 o'clock because the weather forecast Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Jan 25, 2019
- UNESCO World Heritage Site: Rila MonasteryRila Monastery is worth every superlative I can muster! The journey there was a smooth one through the mountains south of Sofia. We went in a minibus organised by our hostel; a group of young Japanese guys were with us. We Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Jan 22, 2019
- Back to ArbanasiThis morning I took Kate and Andrew to Arbanasi, a place Kate had been wanting to go ever since I first mentioned it last autumn! Our first port of call was the wonderful Church of the Nativity; just as I thought, Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Jan 22, 2019
- Basarbovo Rock MonasteryAfter Ivanovo, Basarbovo Monastery also proved to be a very interesting and picturesque destination. This monastery grounds were quite small, with a white cliff on the left hand side and a narrow road next to a river on the right. Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Jan 21, 2019
- Bulgarian Orthodox Good FridayToday was a gorgeous spring day with hardly a cloud in the sky, so a perfect day to go to Arbanasi. Our plan was to get a taxi there to arrive shortly after 10 am, look round various interesting places Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Jan 21, 2019
- Beautiful ArbanasiI went on a lovely trip to Arbanasi today, taking a taxi there and then walking back downhill through a partly wooded gorge to the River Yantra and Veliko Tarnovo. Arbanasi is 3km away from the centre of VT, on Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Jan 21, 2019
- Into the Rhodopes: Bachkovo Monastery & Asenovgrad FortressIt turned out that I was the only guest who wanted to go to the monastery and fortress on Monday, so I had to pay a bit more than if there'd been more people, but it was worth it! The Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Jan 20, 2019
- Dryanovo Gorge & MonasteryIt was around two o'clock by now so after lunch in Tryavna we headed straight off to the monastery. It is dramatically set in Dryanovo Gorge - apparently most of the monasteries in Bulgaria were deliberately built in geographically dramatic Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Jan 18, 2019
- Last full day in QuitoToday in total I visited two churches, three museums, a Republica del Cacao shop, two bookshops with English sections, and a tiny little traditional restaurant underneath the cathedral where I had some very tasty seco de chivo for lunch. The Posted by 3Traveller in Teaching and Travelling Abroad | Jan 13, 2019
- Portugal Day 10: Belém Me! We started our day by going to mass at São Sebastião church near our hotel. It was very small on the inside... [img=https://photos.travellerspoint.com/681070/3F153 Posted by danielcatherine in Daniel and Catherine's Adventures | Jul 31, 2018
- Bosjökloster private tour, sort ofHallsjö Church ruin After leaving Torsby I went to Nässjö, just a layover on my way south. Only exciting thing: I saw my second elk, and again no photo option (damn!) Coffee Posted by Stefmuts in Adventures by Stef | Jul 29, 2018
- Night Bus to Arequipa and onwards to Colca CanyonThe night bus was pretty comfortable. Note: thanks to our small group. Had we been with more people we would not have traveled first class, no leather seats with lots of space Posted by Stefmuts in Adventures by Stef | May 29, 2018
- What happened to our lovely made momos?==Day 5 Gangtok > Rumtek Monastery== Along a narrow winding and very bumpy road it was a morning trip to Rumtek Monastery. Thank goodness it was only 24kms away. Trouble we had to take the same route back. [center][img=https://photos.travelle Posted by bruceontour in Kiwi Bruce | Mar 21, 2018
- Exotic and rare collections of cactus plants==Day 3 Jalpāiguri > Kalimpong== Was awake around 5.30am / 05:30 after a restless night’s sleep as several times during the night the fellow passengers in my compartment changed. Apparently sometime during the night the train was stationery for an h Posted by bruceontour in Kiwi Bruce | Mar 20, 2018
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