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Holy Trinity Column
Elis - 27-Aug-24
Mixed feelings. I traveled from Prague with the main intention of seeing this monument, only to discover that the column is currently under renovation, obscured almost entirely by scaffolding and white cloths!
From what I could make out through the coverings, the intricate details of the column were barely visible. Despite this, I spent as much time as possible absorbing what I could barely make out underneath the renovation works, reading the displays around the site, and doing additional research online to understand its significance better. Even under these unfortunate circumstances I found the column's history and the reasons for its inscription interesting.
Pirin National Park
Elis - 26-Aug-24
I drove from Sofia because public transport (a bus which doesn’t run regularly and will only take you to nearby Bansko) seemed a bit complicated and I was tight for time. I parked somewhere near the Vihren hut and hiked up from the hut for about 3-4 hours. In hindsight, and of course if I had more time, staying in Bansko would have been a decent option as it looked like a nice albeit probably quite touristy place.
There are colour coded maps all over the park. I seem to remember taking the red coloured path from the hut and came across a lot of the big lakes
Read OnYogyakarta
Elis - 23-Jun-24
The site was a bit of a challenging visit, mostly because of the palace. A significant portion of the front area was under renovation, which made navigating the entrance quite confusing. There was no clear signage and at the ticket purchase point someone dressed as Spiderman along with a local tried directing us to an alternative entrance, it all felt a bit like a fever dream. We did manage to get the right tickets in the end.
Once inside the palace grounds, we saw the main pavilions at the back and the museum. But as Frédéric M mentions the lack of info made it difficult to understand the relevance of the things on display
Read OnSangiran Early Man Site
Elis - 23-Jun-24
I went here on a day trip from Yogyakarta, only visiting the main museum called Museum Manusia Purba Sangiran.
The museum was ok, nothing great, and I would probably be rating this much lower had I already been familiar with the subject matter, but it was cool to go in somewhat blindly and see the skulls, learn about the excavations, etc. for the first time. There are about 3-4 different rooms/halls some of which (particularly the 1st and last) are very focused on homo erectus as well as other animal remains, fossils, etc. I seem to remember the 2nd room being a bit of a mess, my memory fails me a bit but there were a lot of random displays about anything from climate change to Immanuel Kant in here
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