The Smithsonian’s are just a tourist’s (and likely also a resident’s) best friend when visiting Washington DC. The US capital has such an amazing set of top class museums driven by the Foundation – which all have free entry. On…
Berlin Zoo
During my Covid-19 day trip to Berlin, I spent some time in the Berlin Zoo. Berlin is quite famous for its two zoological gardens, the former Western Berlin Zoo or Zoologischer Garten Berlin (“Zoological Garden Berlin”) and the Tierpark Berlin (“Animal Park…
Green Planet – a Small Rain Forest in Dubai
It is very hard to really describe The Green Planet in Dubai. It is something like a compact and artificial rain forest model, which is majory used to illustrate the flora and the animal life of this biosphere. During our December…
Monkey Park Tenerife
When you think about Zoos and similar parks on Tenerife, you of course think about the Loro Parque, which is one of the best rated animal attractions in the world. However, there are also some minor locations, some of them…
S.E.A. Aquarium Singapore
The S.E.A. Aquarium is one of Singapore’s key tourist attractions and likely the people magnet on Sentosa Island apart from Universal Studios. From its opening in November 2012 until 2014, it was the world largest aquarium. During my stay in…
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
During my March 2019 stay in Oxford, I also had the chance to explore at least some sights of the famous English city. One of the best rated places in town is the Museum of Natural History driven by Oxford…
Singapore River Safari
Singapore River Safari is one of four Wildlife Reserve Singapore Parks offering differently themed animal parks. Thereby, River Safari is themed around life in and around water. However, it is much more than a huge aquarium. Their key attraction, however,…
Aquaria KLCC Kuala Lumpur
Right next to Petronas Towers and the lovely KLCC park, the Kuala Lumpur Convention City also hosts an aquarium in its basement: the Aquariua KLCC may be rather hidden to most tourists. I happen to come along and decided for…