Archive for December, 2008
Unpretentious Melbourne: Australian Football Heartland of Australia
As so often in Australia’s history, Melbourne was founded through fraud when explorer John Batman, an Australian who spoke in several aboriginal languages, made a “deal” with aborigines to lease land on behalf of investors.
While offering the Aborigines any compensation at all was progressive in a colonial culture that preferred to simply run them [...]
Exciting Taipei: Capital of the Republic of China
After climbing 508 metres up the Taipei 101 tower, the highest structure in the world, it can be seen easily from anywhere in the city, one can look down on the genuine Taipei amidst all the modern buildings: temples, markets, the National Palace Museum and in between them, the many old streets and lanes where [...]
The Wonderful Lithuanian City of Vilnius
The Lithuanian city of Vilnius exudes southern charm under the northern sun. Positioned in the natural amphitheatre of the surrounding Lithuanian hills, Vilnilus has much to offer visitors besotted with classical buildings.
Vilnius, which can look back on a thousand years of Lithuanian history, can boast one of the largest historical town centres in Eastern [...]
Bustling Mumbai: Home of Asia’s Oldest Stock Exchange
Mumbai, once known as Bombay, is one of the most populated cities in the world. In 1533, when the Portuguese set up Bom Bahia, which means “good bay”, no one could have thought what Mumbai would end up like.
In India there is no official system in place to register people and addresses. This makes [...]
Vienna: Beautiful Baroque Centre of Europe
Located in the centre of Europe, Vienna is both a bustling city and a city known for its coffee houses, historic districts, beautiful parks, elegant squares and romantic courtyards.
Vienna means cafe culture, music and wine. Where else can one so happily spend all day sitting in a cafe, reading a magazine, sipping a Viennese [...]
Copenhagen: Capital of Denmark and Home of the Little Mermaid
Almost everyone who comes to Copenhagen visits the little mermaid harbour. Hans Christian Andersen’s popular fairy tale is about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince.
Love is capricious. In the end, [...]
Tehran - Capital of Iran - City Profile
Tehran is currently among the most densely populated capitals on the planet, yet for many centuries Tehran was nothing more than a small, insignificant city on the stage of world history.
Aga Muhammed Khan, founder of the Qajar dynasty, chose Tehran as the capital of the Persian Empire in 1795, largely because of its location on [...]
Want an SEO Training Course, Here’s What to Look For ?
Now that search engine optimisation is a mainstream marketing activity for a lot of online and offline businesses, demand for formal classroom training courses from sales and marketing professionals, web designers and small business owners is increasing. But how do you know if you are getting value? How do you choose the best local SEO [...]
