after the ancient romans built the castrum the fortified part of the city facing what is now called mount saint peter, erbe square became the main market square in the city. it's been used as a market for the past 2000 years. on three sides, erbe square is protected by respectively several medieval buildings and one baroque palace. the fourth side of the square open up to via cappello, where you can see first Juleit's balcony and then the Lions' gate and several ancient roman ruins.

Moreton island is a very nice place to visit. It's a very big sand island, there are some huge sand dunes where you can sand-board, a relatively large fresh water lake (though i am not sure the water is drinkable), nice beaches and the lighttower.
From the lighttower you have terrific panorama and with some luck it's the perfect spot to see some whales passing by

There is a boat that can take you from the Atlantic to the Paicifc Ocean through the Panama canal. it's a great experience, if you ever go to Panama, that's one thing you have to do. And for those who ask, they give a little certificate that you can proudly show your friends back home

The story goes more or less like this: Melaka was the second major port run by the Portuguese, it supplanted the previous one, in the same way it ended up being supplanted and surpassed by Singapore.
The city has a lot of history: the Portuguese and the Dutch have been there and left traces of their presence, but the city is most important as the capital of the Pranakan--or at least that's what a famous Pranakan writer once told me.

Bandiagara is the capital of the Dogon countries, not far from the border with Burkina Faso. The road to Bandiagara will show you some amazing views. teh city itself is phenomenal: the mud houses ahave round shapes and they seem to be designed by Gaudi. Dogon are great artists and Western collectors usually buy their masks and doors

The place is special. A city in the middle of the desert.  There is only one hotel in the city--and that used to be a French fortress You can fly there from Bamako or you can get there by renting a boat (in Bamako) and sail your way there on the Niger river. Sailing on the Niger is nice and you can get a chance to see a hyppo an lots of zebu.

Djenne is really nice. We had to cross teh river to get there, it looks like a medieval city-fortress. There is a small market full of spices and there is one of the great African wonders: the Great Mosque.

I liked Bamako. They have a nice casino and some very good restaurants. Discos can be fun. For those who are interested in cultural stuff, there is a museum of African art where one can see a lot of tribal art--from Bambara, Dogon, Malinke', and so on.

I went to Santa Maria (in the Ilha do Sal, capo Verde) in 1992. The place is awesome. You can go scuba diving, you can visit the salt mines in an abandoned Volcano, you can go fishing. I had some of the best food of my life

Bolama is in the Bissagos islands, in Guinea Bissau. It used to be the old capital. There are some abandoned (palm) oil factories that i believe had been used by the Germans in the 1930.