Alex on Camel, Egypt
Butchers in Moshi, Tanzania
Remarkable Rocks, Kangaroo Island
Summer Palace, China
Dorota on Brighton Beach
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Auschwitz & Birkenau camps/museum in Oswiecim, Poland

I remember going to the Auschwitz museum for the first time when I was about 10. It was a horrible experience; I had nightmares for a long time after. I would never recommend anyone taking there children there. Later on, I visited Auschwitz a few more times and still it was very difficult each time. [...]

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Nurse Sharks at Fish Rock Cave

What is really sad is that these magnificant mammals are nearly extinct. There are only belived to be around 300 Nurse Sharks and will be extinct within 7 years. This documentary preview looks interesting. I will post some photos later and talk a little bit more about our trip to Fish Rock Cave at South [...]

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Sydney in colour, Brian Eno’s Luminous Festival

Sydney is an impressive place. Now imagine Sydney being even more impressive… We’ve had a chance to experience Brian Eno’s Luminous – an amazing light festival, taken place between May and June 2009, using several buildings in Sydney to express the art. It was quite surprising and amazing to watch the Opera House changing colours [...]

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About this Site

Being adventurous I love to try everything, I learned to Skydive many years ago, have scuba dived in many countries and countless ship wrecks, participated in one of the first ever parabungies and had a shot at paragliding. I train in Shotokan Karate, have trained for the 1-day, 100-mile South Downs Randonnee Challenge, and summitted [...]

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I'm Alex Asigno and this is my travel blog from my trips around the world. On my travel blog I speak about many places I have been to and include my travel photos from each part of the world on my travel blog. If you have a travel blog or have travel photos you want to share please contact me. Or if you have travel photos or would like to write a travel article for my travel blog, or would like to share travel tips or advice to publish on my travel blog please let me know.