"The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed" ... Nah, I will stick with the common and well-known name: "Saint Basil's Cathedral" ... 🙂 St. Basil's Cathedral, in my opinion, dominates the Red Square. It is also probably the most easily recognized landmark in Russia. On a sunny day, the various colours will just blind you ... …
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Mongolia has no dearth of open land ... 🙂 When you travel to Ulaanbaatar from Beijing, you cross the Gobi desert. One can note a lot of wild camels, horses Etc. The Gorkhi-Terelj National Park is around 40 Km from Ulaanbaatar by road. During my 3-4 hours in the park, I was very impressed with …
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Other than the fact that it was an extremely hot and sunny day, I had a great time at the Forbidden City. It is huge and very crowded. My recommendation would be to visit as early in the day as possible ... Also, bring a lot of drinking water! Adios!
I love travelling and I have explored 36 of the US states, so far. 14 more to go ... 🙂 The pending ones are: (1) Alaska (2) Nebraska (3) Minnesota (4) North Dakota (5) West Virginia (6) North Carolina (7) South Carolina (8) Kentucky (9) Alabama (10) Mississippi (11) Rhode Island (12) Maine (13) Vermont …