If you want to see temples that haven't been restored, don't go to Angkor Wat. Most of the main ruins are licensed by South Korean companies. Plus, the area is really, really huge. I'd suggest getting a private guide from Siem Riep and arranging for transportation and everything on your own. Guides will know the more beautiful Wats to see in the area, away from the tourist center. Also, Sorrento is an awesome place. There's a cool place to stay in Capo di Sorrento. It's located near the ruins of the queen's bath house. Anyway, a family owns a complex which contains olive and lemon trees and they press their own oil and make their own limoncello. I rented a small apartment from them with a few friends for about a week in the off-season and had a great time. It was a bit rainy, which was a good thing when we went to visit Pompeii (which is close by) as it drove off the other tourists.
Does anyone know which bit of Germany has terrain like that in picture #6? That place looks beautiful.
I did some sleuthing and it appears that it is in Lake of Berchtesgaden National Park, Germany which is in the South of Germany on the border with Austria. You in Germany?
I'm from London actually but I just had no idea that any parts of Germany look like that. The only bits of Germany I've ever been to are mostly just rolling hills or forested. I might have to make a trip out to Bavaria though, seems like one could combine it with a trip to Vienna quite nicely.
If you ever go there, PM me and I'll send you some Hubski stickers. You can hold one up beside the building and snap a picture. Safe travels, sounds like a very nice plan for a holiday.
Photo #8... There are thousands of places like that all across Ireland; you don't have to go all the way to Sneem to find one. Besides, as my father says, "there's nathin' in Shneem!"
Having these two back to back was a good move. Love the repetition: I was surprised that the train station in Detroit wasn't on the list. It seems to make the "ruin porn" rounds quite regularly:
That pic of the train station screams at my eyes. There's a time and a place for HDR. I don't know when or where.
Binelli has done a lot of writing about Detroit recently. He has a really interesting book called Detroit City is the Place to be. However, I believe the term is credited to James Griffioen, who runs a blog called Sweet Juniper. Never heard of the song.