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Peru. So, what’s generally known about this South American country by the average general-knowledge pub-quiz buff? I’d say: the mysteriously extinct Inca civilization/empire, the ancient cities of Cusco and Machu Picchu, the high-altitude Lake Titicaca, and, of course, the mysterious Nazca Lines (also known as the geoglyphs of the Nazca Plateau). As to the latter, […]

What is an Auto-Woodpecker, and what does it have to do with AI?… We live in the age of AI hype. Artificial intelligence is here, there, and everywhere – so promising, slightly mysterious, but undeniably guiding humanity toward a brighter future of technological singularity that’s still somewhat incomprehensible and potentially a black hole. Some readers […]

Some cities in the world are located amid exceptionally picturesque landscapes. For example, Rio de Janeiro, Istanbul, Hong Kong, and Sydney are all surrounded by scenic mountains and/or unique coastal formations. In this regard, Lima, the capital of Peru, is also rather lucky: The city center is situated on a high oceanfront cliff, offering absolutely […]

So how do you go about planning and preparing for complex vacation on the other side of the world, with a complex route for getting there, and then a complex itinerary once in situ?… And I don’t mean the simple “jump in a taxi, train or plane, and travel where you’re going and figure it […]

Everything must come to an end – and that included our China-2024 trip… The final stop on our itinerary was Binggou Danxia Landform and Geopark – located about 12km from the famous rainbow-colored Zhangye Danxia mountains. The scenery here is totally different – not the undulating multicolored-stripe landscapes, but massive rock formations of all shapes […]

Our fall trip around northern-central China was literally coming full circle on the big rock-desert loop from Xining to Xining. Our final must-see tourist spots were near the city of Zhangye, with the first one being the Zhangye Danxia Geopark… So what is this place? Well, it’s just over 500km² (if the internet is to […]