365 Places: Bath
Day 64: Bath, England When I went to Europe in 1999, there was a very small window of time where I was in England. I landed in London a 6am in the morning,… Continue reading
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365 Places: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Day 62: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, United States of America Today I build on my earlier posts about iconic NYC sites, Times Square and the Guggenheim Museum, by exploring… Continue reading
Who was Evliya Çelebi?
Contributed from Gerald Maclean Evliya Çelebi The seventeenth-century Ottoman travel writer known as Evliya Çelebi was born in 1611. His father, Derviş Muhammed Zilli, was a master goldsmith at the imperial Ottoman court… Continue reading
300 Followers – Thank You!
This morning I woke up to see that we now have over 300 WordPress followers to our Geokult Travel blog – how exciting! Over the 3.5 months since we started we have achieved:… Continue reading
365 Places: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Day 60: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York, United States of America Today, I want to share a favourite place from a journey I took many years ago – to New… Continue reading
Evliya Çelebi Way 2014 Ride
In invitation to join the ride in 2014 Contributed by Gerald Maclean The Evliya Çelebi Way is open all year and welcomes walkers, cyclists, and equestrians and travellers of all kinds. Please join… Continue reading
365 Places: Queanbeyan
Day 59: Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia Today, I am writing about a place I love which is very close to Canberra, but over the years has been much maligned by Canberrans, who… Continue reading
Introducing: The Evliya Çelebi Way Project
We are very excited to announce that we are featuring a new project on Geokult Travel – the Evliya Çelebi Way Project. In 2011, we met one of the project team, Gerald MacLean… Continue reading
A Buddhist in Bali
Text: © Garry Benson 2014 Images: © Garry Benson 2014 Honouring the Gods is such a long-standing tradition in Bali that the island is named after the native word for ‘offering’ – Bebali.… Continue reading
The Soul of Nature: Alam Jiwa
Images: Garry Benson Text: Garry Benson Nyuh Kuning (Yellow Coconut Village) For the 10th year I’m home – at blessed Alam Jiwa in the traditional Balinese woodcarving village of Nyuh Kuning. It’s just… Continue reading