mathampson's 'attraction' entries

Past events

DateUserEvent typeEvent descriptionRating
1 DecemberDr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden - Fascinating evening seeing the gardens for the first time while attending a Shark-fin awareness fundraiser.  
6 October 2010The Harbour Center Lookout - A fun escalator ride up to amazing views of Downtown and beyond - totally recommended Rated 5 out of 5.
3 October 2010Van Dusen Gardens - Beautiful and peaceful botanical gardens - lovely place for a city stroll  
1 October 2010Eye of the Wind in Grouse Mountain - Introducing the folks to the bears, and climbing the turbine for a beautiful view of the back country. Fascinating to see the blades that close up too.  
4 August 2010Bristol Zoo - Introducing Diego to gorillas, lions, snakes and so on, in a really well designed and maintained zoo. Some lovely pics to follow.  
24 June 2010Vancouver Aquarium - Great day out, with backstage passes courtesy of Hilary  
15 June 2010Lions Gate Bridge - Finally directed one of my biking jaunts to the north shore, albeit for about 5 minutes  
7 March 2010Atomium in Brussels - Just as enjoyable for a second visit - and (bonus) I hadn't just had my camera nicked this time.  
6 March 2010Cantillion Brewery in Brussels - Interesting tour of a very traditional brewery, with a certifiable guide.  
7 February 2010Hatshepsut's temple - Totally different to the other temples, it makes a great spectacle from a distance, although there's not a lot to see when you get close up Rated 3 out of 5.
7 February 2010Valley of the Kings - One of my favourite visits. A spooky place, with amazingly vivid colours inside the tombs giving it a different feel to any of the temples Rated 5 out of 5.
6 February 2010Karnak - The big daddy of temple complexes, including the amazing pillared Great Hypostyle hall, and several detailed obelisks Rated 4 out of 5.
6 February 2010Edfu - Like a supersized Philae, accompanied by some rightly famous beautiful granite statues of Horus Rated 4 out of 5.
5 February 2010Kom Ombo temple - A typical temple, this time in its original position though, with large expanses of hieroglyphs spared from the ravages of time and Christians Rated 4 out of 5.
3 February 2010St Simeon's Monastery - A fun camel ride to a remote and dilapidated monastery, enlivened by an insane guide with barely any English and lots of miming Rated 3 out of 5.
2 February 2010Nag Gharb Siheil - A wonder round a Nubian village, accompanied by dinner in one of the houses.  
2 February 2010Abu Simbel - A 2:30am start to cross the desert to two temples for Rameses II and his wife. Again relocated, but superbly done. Rated 4 out of 5.
1 February 2010Philae Temple - Defaced by Christians (a running theme it turned out) but impressive nonetheless. All the more so for having been relocated from a submerged island.  
1 February 2010Aswan High Dam 
31 January 2010The Pyramids in Giza - Amazing start to the trip, a wonder of the world on the first morning. Rated 5 out of 5.

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