John Booth

During a brief visit to Austria last year I managed to find a few more pile dwelling sites:

Attersee: On the lakefront at Seewaldchen there is a mock-up of a …

The bus journey from Sarajevo to Visegrad is slow but scenic. About half of the 3 hours was spent on smoko stops. But reaching the Lukavica bus station requires an …

I recently travelled through Albania by bus from Ulcinj (Montenegro) to Sarande stopping in Skodra, Tirane, Berat and Gjirokastra along the way.

The road to Berat from Lushinje was the …

I reached Sarande by bus along a modern highway from Tirane, about 80% complete. From Sarande a local bus took me to the gates of the site. In exchange for …

From 1874, when Fiji was ceded to Queen Victoria, until 1879 Levuka was the capital city of Fiji. Actually it was little more than a village, one kilometer from end …

I travelled to the islands of Komodo and Rinca by boat from the port of Labuanbajo on Flores Island.

Before landing on Komodo I spotted three dragons marching along the …

I recently spent two days touring the Subak areas.

On the first day I visited the Pura Taman Ayun, a very neat compound which can only be seen from across …

Despite external forces of corruption there are still people in Sumatra that are dedicated to halting further encroachment by farmers, loggers and poachers on the remaining areas of tropical rainforest.

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I reached this site travelling by bus from Kuala Kangsar to Lenggong. From there I took a taxi to the museum.

This site was the most disappointing of the three …

I succeeded in reaching six of the listed locations forming part of this site :

Cividale del Friuli - Longobard temple. Reached by train from Udine

Brescia - St Salvatore/Santa …

After catching the 08.15 bus from Ljubljana station to Idrija, I reached the Antony Mine in time to get kitted up for the 10.00 tour of the mine shafts.

The …

Finally I have succeeded in finding my way into the Po Delta area. I took a FER train from Ferrara to Codigoro to see the flood protection structures in the …

I knew that finding the locations of the WHS pile dwellings in a featureless wilderness like the Ljubljana Marsh would be difficult on my own. As anticipated there was no …

Besides the guided tour of the caves described by several people here, there is now a second route with an unguided tour which I followed. This can be done at …

The citadel of Sighisoara compares well with other medieval hilltop towns. Surrounded by defensive walls and towers its colourful streets and squares are full of interest. The covered bridge to …

I found the reward for reaching two of the locations somewhat underwhelming given the amount of effort expended reaching them. The were both located at thev tops of vcery steep …

I took Klaus' advice and took a cruise along the Danube between Melk and Krems. The majestic architecture of Melk Abbey and Durnstein were awe insiring. But the relaxed atmosphere …

This monastery is attractively located in the hills 4km north of Horezu village. Els' pictures accurately depict the buildings and frescoes, but I liked the small chapel beside the cemetery.

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This is a site where the journey reaching it is more exciting than the destination. I travelled from Septemvri to Bansko on the slow narrow gauge railway that winds its …

I reached five of the villages to visit the fortified churches :

Calnic - by taxi from Sebes station

Prejmer - by train to Ilieni, returning by bus direct to …