Maybe one of the happiest places on Earth. Buy a ticket at the kiosks at AM/PM the same day, but have a Japanese person help you; there is no English UI.
Buy bananas and pay the guards a dollar or two. They'll let you go right up and feed and hug the elephants.
Get in bus line early to be first 400 pax/day to climb WP. Worth the hike. Only two options - 7 am or 10 am.
TRAVEL FACT: See the "Birth of Venus" by Boticelli and many other Renaissance collections at the Galleria degli Uffizi.
Goya's 'Saturn devouring his son' is one of the most haunting paintings you will ever see.
Look up at ceilings everywhere, not just in Sistine Chapel! And don't forget to look down at stunning floors too!
Visit the S.O.S. Children's Village down the hill.
What I like about this place is that anyone can come here for salvation no matter what the religion. There is 24/7 free food, and they never ask for money. It gives hope to the needy.
They have amazingly-large sets from some of the biggest hollywood movies ever, so you can see full-size fake temples and fighter jets in the desert... wander around a lot.
Go early! The taj is pearlescent and changes colors as the sun rises. It's amazing.
If you are visiting Red Fort, Delhi, India it's better to avoid the hawkers at the main gate.
Go at the crack of dawn (like a bit before 5.30am) any day for the tuna auction, get a bowl of tuna sashimi at a stall, and then go take a nap at the hamarikyu botanical gardens nearby.
Such an incredible Buddhist Temple. It has like a million types of moss, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
bring a flashlight. wake up in the middle of the night and stumble down the catwalk at thirty minutes until dawn. watch the sun rise over one of the seven wonders of nature with no one else around.
