Seoul was home to Korea’s emperors making it home also to impressive imperial architecture. Unfortunately, some of it is not so old because just like Beijing’s Summer Palace foreign powers invaded and destroyed some of it. After visiting Seoul palaces, … Continued
Beijing World Heritage Of the 48 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in China, seven are in Beijing. They include the obvious like the Forbidden City and Great Wall, but they also include the Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, Ming Tombs, Peking Man … Continued
Eight of the hill forts in Rajasthan are part of a serial UNESCO World Heritage site including Kumbhalgarh Fort where we made a pit stop on the way from Udaipur to Jodhpur. This fort is hidden in the mountains away … Continued
Summer Palace Our next big group adventure, planned by China Horizons, was an adventure at the Summer Palace in Beijing. This massive complex was originally built hundreds of years ago but due to wars and fires, it was destroyed several … Continued