Sealion watching at Islas Ballestas in Peru

The coast of Peru is a great place for animal watching. A 3 hours drive down the coast from Lima is the bay of Paracas. Here your take the boats on a two hours tour out to the Islas Ballestas. These islands is a paradise not only for birdwatchers but anyone that wants to see fantastic colonies of birds, penguins and sea lions. The boats takes you up close to the animals without interfering with their life. At very few places in the world you get this close to sea lions that covers the beaches. You can not only hear their screams but also fell what they smell like. Maybe that is not the nicest smell but this is animal in real. Don't miss Islas Ballestas on a tour to Peru!

Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto is a city that is full of temples and shrines. One of my absolute favorite shrines to visit is the Fushimi Inari. It is located southeast of Kyoto but easily reached by local trains from Kyoto Station to Inari Station on JR Lines in 5 minutes.
The Fushimi Inari was first established 711 but the main structure was built 1499. The shrine is located at the foot of a mountain and the orange tori gates donated by companies and families for greater fortune covers the path that takes you up the mountain. There are over 10.000 orange tori gates and walking under them is great thing to do.  The big walk in the mountain that takes about 2 hours to walk makes a fantastic and almost religious experience. It is beautiful to come in the late afternoon so that you walk under the tori gates that are lit up in the dark forrest.
All over the mountain you find small shrines with small tori gates as well as guardian foxes. These foxes also called Kitsune are regarded as the gods messangers. As an attribute the hold a key in their mouth that is supposed to be the key to the rice granary. Rice used to measure your fortune!
There is no entrance fee to the shrine!

National Museum - Phnom Penh

This year over 3.000.000 visitors with visit the great temples of Angkor. If you really want to get a great understanding of what those temples and the city of Angkor Thom as well as other places in the former Khmer Empire you have to visit the National Museum in Phnom Penh. Here you can find all the beautiful statues and stone decorations that were made for the temples. This museum is a small gem and a must see in Phnom Penh. The only other place to see these things are at Musée Guimet in Paris and in the museum in Siem Reap. The entrance fee is 3 US dollars foreigners and 500 riels for Cambodians. Its open daily from 08.00-17.00. Last entrance at 16.30. It located on Street 13 next to the Royal Palace. They also have a great small shop with nice statues and books among  other things. The garden is worth a stroll.
http://cambodiamuseum.info/en_information_visitors.html