The official language is Nepali. Currency — Nepalese rupee (1 NPR ≈ 0.55 RUB). Local time — GMT +5:45 (difference with Moscow 3 hours 15 minutes). I have visited many cities, but the capital of high mountain Nepal will be remembered for a long time. Unique color, many old temples, silent Buddhist monks, pesky rickshaws […]
The ancient Chinese city appeared before our era – it was founded about three thousand years ago. At that time, it was the center of the Ba Kingdom and was called Jiangzhou, until the city was renamed Chongqing in 1189. There are many historical monuments and beautiful natural places in the city and its surroundings,
If Bangkok is the financial and tourist center of the country, then Chiang Mai is the cultural and intellectual center. There are more than 300 Buddhist temples here, the oldest of which date back to the 13th century. But the main thing that attracts tourists to Chiang Mai is not even the excellent examples of
The island’s railway routes are considered among the most beautiful in the world. Imagine: you are standing on a step in an open vestibule, and the bright green jungle and foggy tea plantations of Ceylon float past you. Then the train enters a tunnel and drives straight into the cloud that has covered a mountain village…
In Armenia, in search of ancient architecture, it is customary to go to monasteries lost among the mountains. But there is an entire city that has preserved its pre-revolutionary appearance and can surprise tourists with its color and originality. Gyumri is the second largest settlement in the Transcaucasian country, a city of artisans and humor.
A small port city is located in the north-west of Turkey, on the coast of the Dardanelles Strait, which connects the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea. In Çanakkale, you rarely hear Russian spoken; a random person you meet is often an archaeologist, a museum employee, or the owner of a ceramics shop, and
The ancient city of Bursa was once the capital of the Ottoman Empire. The city has preserved a historical district with attractions, including mosques, a mausoleum, the ruins of a fortress, as well as many museums. In addition, Bursa is located near the Uludaga ski resort. It’s worth going here to spend a vacation away
Bodrum is a small and very picturesque town in southwestern Turkey. This is the capital of the country’s nightlife: there are many bars, nightclubs and discos, and often young people come here, from all over Europe. But there are also plenty of attractions in Bodrum. We tell you what to do on the weekend. Rules
Of the 21 million people living in Mumbai, 62% (or approximately 13 million people) live in slums in different parts of the city. Most of the slum dwellers have to subsist on $1 a day or less, spending 10 hours working hard under the scorching sun, using the local river as a shower or toilet,
Bhutan, a unique country that seems to live in two parallel worlds. The culture of Bhutan is rooted in antiquity and has hardly changed over centuries of complete isolation, but at the same time, many of the laws adopted in the state are so progressive that they are ahead of the laws of the most