{"id":2039,"date":"2007-07-31T08:58:29","date_gmt":"2007-07-31T06:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/google-sightseeing-asia\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:49:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:49:57","slug":"google-sightseeing-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-sightseeing-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Sightseeing: Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TouringOK, so I crossed over Europe<\/a> to Asia but I then realised it’s a really, really big continent and got worried I might get a bit tired. Then I remembered I don’t need to move anywhere because my trip will all be conducted via Google Earth<\/a>. Phew. I decided to start by going to the place everyone else seemed to be headed for. It’s called Mecca<\/a> and it’s mega. As it’s strictly off-limits for anyone who doesn’t follow Islam, this was probably my only chance to see it and I wasn’t disappointed.<\/p>\n

Next up, I paid a visit to the only man in the world who earns more than a Softonic content editor, the Sultan of Brunei, and was pretty impressed with his crib<\/a>. Another nice little abode was the Taj Mahal<\/a>, which was built by an Indian man to the memory of his dead wife. I think I’ll just stick with flowers.<\/p>\n

I also discovered that Asia is full of boats, which aren’t always where you expect them to be. After checking out the hundreds of vessels in Victoria Harbour<\/a>, Hong Kong, I trekked to Uzbekistan where I clapped eyes on this huge ship<\/a> stranded in the middle of the desert. Spooky. To take my mind off this eerie discovery I headed for the world’s biggest indoor theme park<\/a> in South Korea before jetting over to Dubai, where they have created the whole world<\/a> in the form of a series of islands off the coast. Hmmm, maybe I can just stay here instead of carrying on my global Google Earth tour. We’ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OK, so I crossed over Europe to Asia but I then realised it’s a really, really big continent and got worried I might get a bit tired. Then I remembered I don’t need to move anywhere because my trip will all be conducted via Google Earth. Phew. I decided to start by going to the … Continue reading “Google Sightseeing: Asia”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2340],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-2039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongoogle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t