Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) is a fascinating country. As a whole and in the imagination of every traveler the place is an exotic, unknown and distant country. In reality not all of these definitions correspond to reality: Turkey is much closer than you have ever thought dear lazy penguin, a country that is bordered by three…
Slovenia (Slovene: Slovenija) is a country that belongs to the European Union, despite bordering with Italy, Croatia , Hungary and Austria, (surprisingly) the country is not among the most sought when making a getaway trip, perhaps because they were relatively independent from Yugoslavia Recently, in 1991, and they did not join the EU until 2004….
Quite surprisingly today we present a Chicken Church! Or as natives call it, Gereja Ayam. This building is located deep in the Indonesian jungle in central Java. What is amusing about the architecture of this building is that it’s shaped as a clucking chicken. It was built in 1990 but has decayed greatly in recent years to the…
Thailand (/ˈtaɪlænd/ TY-land or /ˈtaɪlənd/ TY-lənd; Thai: ประเทศไทย, rtgs: Prathet Thai) is a wonderful country; the friendly gateway to the Asian exoticism. It has good tourist infrastructure, many interesting things to see, great beaches, fine dining places, historic ruins, jungle mountains, large luxury hotels reasonably priced, cheap accommodation for backpackers and friendly people who seem…
We all like traveling, but most of all we would love to travel the world after graduating. The couple Christian LeBlanc and Laura Reid (both Canadians) went around Asia (covering 10 countries) for the past 7 months. LeBlanc (not Joey from Friends) cited the original inventor of “follow me” hand-style as being his inspiration (where…
If you’re still thinking about your vacation this summer, why not consider one of the pink beaches around the world? Today we present you only the best. Why is the sand pink? This phenomenon happens because the beach along with its sand has millions of tiny crushed shells from little pink sea creatures. If you…
Because robotic technology is advancing at a rapid pace, humanoid robots with advanced systems of coordination and vision soon will take over every position of the humblest works. However, other experts believe that a technological revolution will mean that computer programs also replace those with “white collar workers ” in fields such as management, accounting…
Today fellow lazy penguins, we will travel away to the Pacific Ocean, reaching an exotic country you may know from their food, animation movies, gardens and cherry blossoms. In the Land of the Rising Sun, you can be captivated by the great architectural legacy of the feudal era, the impressive Mount Fuji or the fragility…
Recently, the Moscow Museum of Architecture in Russia launched a series of posters for a project called “Discover the Full Story“. The posters show what could potentially be underground important architectural masterpieces of Moscow and some of the most well known buildings in the world. You might get quite a eerie sinister feeling by looking…
Not so long ago, we wrote a post about the top 5 places to visit in Portugal, but since this wasn’t enough for you fellow Lazy Penguins we are going to go for top 10 selection of places in this beautiful Southwest European land called Portugal (República Portuguesa). Just take a look at a map….