LandScope: Travel Diary of An Explorer

Here was a really "Sacred Valley" When we departed from autobahn to the local roads of Dinant, I hadn’t guessed to face with such a beautiful city. City was located in lower side of the area and we were driving to downward. When you enter the city, lots of old and traditional houses welcome you and city seems such a ghost town. I...

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Cultural and natural sites listed in World Heritage will be accessible to people around the world in internet now. I read about this new alliance today. Unesco and Google make an alliance to provide virtual visits to these sites. Internet users can visit 19 sites via "Google Street View" interface. All the other sites on the list will be shown on the "Google...

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Ghent is a historical city with its art, culture and events. The city's name means 'river mouth' or confluence. Until the 13th century Ghent was the biggest city in Europe after Paris; it was bigger than London, Cologne or Moscow. During my short trip to Ghent, I stayed in one of my friends’ place and I had a chance to learn about city,...

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These summer, I and my fiance had thought about his military service very much. We tried to guess some interesting places about the place where he would go. The most interesting place that came into our minds was Belgium. Because one of NATO's two strategic commands was there and people from all Nato countries go this military base for their military services. If...

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Mons was the city where my travel started and I stayed during my trip to Belgium. When I first arrived to Mons, I felt a little bit confused. Because there were a few people around and I couldn’t see people strolling in the street. In addition to that, the house that I stayed was far away from the city center and there were...

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I was in Belgium to make a research about historical cities and sustainable transportation in them two weeks ago. I had a chance to stay both in Flemish and Wallon regions of the country. There was a big difference between these two regions in terms of life styles and city characters. I would like to make a contribution to these differences according to...

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Sapanca is getting one of the most important “ecotourism” areas in Marmara region in Turkey day by day. You can reach Sapanca from Istanbul in less than 2 hours. Sapanca provides opportunities for “green tourism”, “nature tourism”, “adventure tourism” and “cultural tourism” . This nature based region aims to use local resources and traditional architecture. Samanli mountains and Sapanca lake are two important...

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