Xunantunich is an ancient Mayan city located in Belize in Central America. Belize is a wonderful country to visit that really does a lot to preserve their Mayan ruins and make them as accessible as possible to the public. We spent a glorious day at this city in the jungles of western Belize.
We parked our car once the road got too rough to drive on, and walked the rest of the way. The road wound past bee boxes, two beaches, with the blue Aegean flanking your right field of vision the entire way. The road turned around a bend and that was when we saw it. The Drakano Tower stood out starkly against the bright blue sky. We finally made it!
There are several little corners in Europe where myth and reality are so intertwined that the lines between them are wonderfully blurred. Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, is one such place. Here dragons (or rather, the Ljubljana Dragon) play into history as much as any other sobering realities. The result is a magical, fantastical, and charming place.
Scotland is, without a doubt, one of my favorite places in the world. There is something incredibly wonderful and comfy about the entire country. To me, it feels like home. I will have to talk about so many of the lovely spots that I had the chance to visit while doing research for my masters thesis, but today, I will talk about just one amazing place. The Ring of Brodgar in the Orkney Islands.
Nothing can quite prepare you for the Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood. Located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, this church looks like it came straight out of a fairy tale. Topped with brightly colored domes that are lit up at night, this magnificent architectural beauty exceeds expectations.