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2011 Taiwan Lantern Festival – A Real Success

2011-02-23 by Aleksandr Shatskih

2011 Taiwan Lantern Festival - inauguration.

The biggest event in Miaoli County in six decades, the 2011 Taiwan Lantern Festival is one of the three major traditional festivals in Taiwan.

Tags: Miaoli, Taiwan Lantern Festival

Wizz Air Strengthens Its Markets

2011-02-23 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Wizz Air aircraft.

Wizz Air announced a number of new flights and new operating bases for 2011.

Tags: low-cost carrier, low-cost flights, Wizz Air

New Zealand Earthquake Travel Update

2011-02-23 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Christchurch, after the quake

Christchurch International Airport is open for domestic flights and international flights, the Lyttelton Port is operational, railways remain closed.

Tags: Christchurch International Airport, Lyttelton, New Zealand earthquake, travel alert, Travel Update

Sun Plaza – Romania’s Guinness Book Poster Child

2011-02-21 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Sun Plaza in the Spring season

Located in Bucharest, Romania, the Sun Plaza shopping center is an indoor shopping complex that landed a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in November of 2010, when it displayed an indoor Christmas lights decoration featuring 449,658 light bulbs.

Tags: Baumax, Bucharest attractions, Bucharest Christmas, Bucharest travel, Flanco, Guinness Book, Mobexpert, Romania tourism, Romania travel, Romanian records, Sun Plaza Mall

Serbia’s Formidable Golubac Fortress

2011-02-21 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Golubac fortress, Eastern Serbia.

Golubac Fortress is a medieval fortified town with a tumultuous history. Located on the right side of the Danube River, it is just four kilometers downstream from modern-day Golubac, Serbia.

Tags: Golubac, Golubac Fortress, Mihailo Obrenović III, Serbia, Serbia tourism, Serbia travel, Serbian Knez, visit Serbia

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