Travelling is something everyone would like to experience from a very young age, including me of course. We are introduced to other countries first by watching television programs held to inform us about the different cultures, languages, food and sights other places have. Visiting countries other than your own is extremely interesting. Some travel on business, some on a holiday. Students also travel to study, to take a post graduate course in a well-known University. Others travel to educate themselves, to learn more about the country they are visiting, like art and history museums, and also to experience their culture. It is important to savour other nation's culture, experience first hand the way they live, cook and do things in everday life.
Yes, These are all true but i am more into famous historical venues from all around the world like Colloseum, Great Wall of China, Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp etc. To visit to these places are my dream ever since i was a primary school kid. For some of you, history is the most boring thing ever, but for me, history is amazing. If i can get to accomplish it, that would be awesome because it's a kind of satisfaction that i couldn't describe in words, a life accomplishment indeed.
Travelling is always my main aim in life but i feel sad at the moment because i've never been to other countries so far in my life ( although i'm going to further my studies in US next year ). I tend to get jealous easily when some of my friends get the chance to visit to other countries and took a lot of meaningful photos while i am staying in malaysia and do nothing. This feeling sucks seriously.
By the way, speaking of travel. I can't wait to leave Malaysia for USA next year. Sorry for saying this but I'm not a hot blood patriotic person, i dont like the government, i don't sing negaraku, i dont fancy voting for either BN or the opposition party when i get to 21 years old, in other words, i dont give a fuck. These words might offend some of you, so i would like to apologise, but you know, this is just me, i have my own thoughts too, and also rights to express my thoughts. Hopefully you guys can understand.
I was supposed to visit to Beijing during this holidays but failed to make it at the end because of the hardcore weather currently undergoing there. I don't exactly know wtf is the chinese government doing but Chinese scientists ( presumably ordered by the chinese government) tinkered with the weather there and caused millions of tons of artificial snow to fall on Beijing. This artificial snow can has its own negative effects. It caused building with bad structure and bad engineering to collapse easily. And the most adverse one, flight delays and also massive traffic jam (caused by the snow blocking the road). You obviously don't want to encounter problems like this when you are going there for vacation because it wastes money and also the mood of vacationing. So i missed the chance to visit to forbidden palace and great wall of china, sien.
Visiting to historical venues can be amazing if you know the origin of a particular historical venue well. This is because you can imagize what had actually happened there. Like for example, err, Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. When you are visiting there and walking past all the crematoriums, prisons, barracks, gas chambers etc, you can actually feel and imagine how the jews felt when they were being sent there because most of them didn't know that they were going to be killed. You can feel how clueless and scared they actually were when they were ordered to strip off their own clothes and go into the so called "bathroom" ( gas chamber actually ). What you can imagine after that is the shouting and screaming of the victims which can be heard through the opening and it was clear that they fought for their lives, but of cause none of them survived. Besides, you can also feel how the prisoners felt when they were thrown into the crematorium alive.
Imagination is one of the very few ways to make yourself comfortable and entertained during a trip to historical venues. The others are being curiosity to explore and also the urge to learn more local historical knowledge. Most people find that trip to these kind of historical venues are super boring and meaningless because they want to visit to some other places where they can get themselves MORE entertained rather than staring at all these bullshit historical monuments. Well, you can't expect to find entertainment in historical venues because there are no restaurant, no shopping centre, no good facilities provided etc. Sometimes the weather can be harsh to you too when you are visiting historical sites like Giza Pyramid, Petra etc because these sites are located in super hot zone.
Historical sites are not boring and meaningless. It actually showed how human civilization and culture have evolved over thousands of years. This can be explained in many aspects, like economic relations between one continent and the other, cultural exchanges between 2 countries with different cultural background, political/diplomatic/military relations between two countries and a lot more. There are so many aspects that relate each other, of cause i will not list all out here. Archeologists gathered information from historical sites and monuments by conducting research and experiments on them.
Photos below here are some of the historical venues that i want to visit desperately. I always try my best to search for articles regarding these historical venues on the internet, particularly wikipedia to know more about them. (wikipedia-ing is one of my favourite past time).
The front gate of Auschwitz Birkenau Concentration Camp ( Poland ). Jews, Ghettos, Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, people with disabilities arrived here on daily basis during 1940s. Most of them were going to be killed as to support the racial policy introduced by adolf hitler.
The electrical fence in Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp. This was built to prevent the camp inmates from escaping. Inmates who tried to escape usually were eletroculated to death when their body touched the fence.
Chichen Itza, the unique Pre-Colombian site famously built by the Mayan civilization. Located in Yucatan, Mexico.
The Forbidden Palace in Bejing. It served as the home of the Emperor and his household, as well as the ceremonial and political centre of Chinese government from the Ming Dynasty to the end of Qing Dynasty.
Everyone knows this. The Great Wall Of China.
Machu Picchu, one of the most notorious and familiar symbols of the long lost Pre-Columbian Inca Empire. Located above the Urubamba Valley in Peru.
The Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing.
Colloseum, the largest building ever built in the Roman Empire. Capable of hosting gladiatorial contests and public spectacles.
The Old City of Jerusalem, Israel.
Petra, which is located in Arabah, Jordan was the capital city built by the Nabataeans around 100 BC. You can see this building in the movie -- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Of cause there are a lot a lot more historical sites that i want to visit. But of cause i can't post everything out here.
If God were to give me two choices, Marriage or Travelling. I would choose Travelling without a doubt. Marriage was never a top priority in my life. To be able to travel around the world is always my number 1 to do list in my life. This dream will never change as it has already cemented a place in my heart.
But of cause travelling needs a lot of money. And i desperately need some money now. Any kind soul mind donate some money to me??
boon han, the 人妖... hahahaha
