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10
Dec

Bali Island

Posted in Asia  by visit on December 10th, 2009

Bali Island is an exotic paradise, a tropical island known for its majestic volcanoes, spectacularly terraced rice crops, especially for its complex culture and traditions preserved for thousands of years. Bali houses many ceremonies and festivals, and from the sightseeings there are remarked the Pura temple, Tanah Lot temple, Tirzah Empul, beach Kuta. Bali Island belongs to Indonesia and is famous for the beauty of tropical beaches and volcanic, with huge palm trees and flowers, its original art making the whole landscape through sculpture, painting, dance and ceremonies dedicated to the gods. Bali combines the image of a tropical island with sun, sand and sea.

The Bali Island is located between Java, Sumatra and Lombok  and became one of the largest tourist attractions in the world.The capital of Bali Island is in Dempasar.

Bali is considered a small island with 140 km length and about 80 kilometers in width. It has a mountainous relief, and here it can be found the Agung volcano which is located to a height of 3142 meters. Because of the relief, the irrigation are naturala and most are in the form of waterfalls which greatly help to the cultivation of cereals, especially rice.
The little Island is surrounded by the Indian Ocean to the South, Java Sea in the north, and by the Bali Straits in the west, which makes the connection between Bali and Java Island.

Because in Indonesia there are spoken more than 300 different languages, the island’s official language is Bahasa Indonesia which is taught even in school, but the older only speak Balinese language, which is completely different to the official one.

Other interesting things come more from tradition and faith, for example Keris is a dagger with great spiritual value which is known to have magic powers. Its making requires a lot of attention every year it needs to be clean, embalmed in a specific ritual.

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14
Jul

Manila Bay

Posted in Asia  by visit on July 14th, 2009

There is said that Manila Bay could possibly have an aquarium in the hotel, food museum and even exhibits with jellyfish.

In the interior of the Manila Ocean Park there is launched the Sunset quay which is a floating shooping.

Maybe in future several attractions will be opened.These tourist destinations arekno0wn to be the Jellyfish Bar, Makansutra, Hotel H2O and Open Marine Habitat.

This important attraction was opened one year ago, as a project released by the Philippine Tourism Authority and it have already had investors fromMalaysia and Singapore.

The Hotel H2O will become an aquarium-themed urban hotel with a lot of aquarium walls. While it hosts toruists from all oer the world,but only creative travellers.
Guests have the chance to choose from 3 types of 127 rooms and 20 suites.The views of this landscape is well pronounced by  the Rizal Park, the Bay View overlooking Manila Bay.

If tourists want to eat something, they have as a landmark the Makansutra Asian Food Village,  a kind of museum and restaurant in the same time.

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8
Jul

The Shanghai Museum

Posted in Asia  by visit on July 8th, 2009

Shanghai Museum is situated near the center of the Shanghai city where is another important tourist attraction, Nanjing Road. There are many other places to visit besides this: The Shanghai Grand Theatre, the Urban Planning Exhibition Hall , etc. The Shanghai Museum is considered one of the largest museums from China with other 3 museums: in Beijing, Xi’an and Nanjing.

The Shanghai Museum has started to be built in 1952 and completed 44 year later, in 1996. Around this magnifique museum there is a small square representing the traditional belief of China. It has around 11 special galleries and 3 exhibition halls. The museum also houses several collections of bronzes, even paintings and calligraphies. Some of the most important exhibitions are coins, furnitures and handicrafts.

Tourists who come here also benefite of several exciting services through which computers perform as multilingual interpreters in most of galleries. Some of the shop are trying to reproduct different cultural relics and a lot of souvenirs which are unique in the world. As concluded, the Shanghai Museum has even traditional and special restaurant and a tea house where travelers could eat.

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6
Jul

Taj Mahal, “symbol of love”

Posted in Asia  by visit on July 6th, 2009

Taj Mahal is a monument in Agra, India. It was commission by Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Mahal. The building was built between 1630 and 1653.

It is located on the bank of river Yamuna, which served as a means of defense of the fortresses of Agra.
The Taj Mahal was built by the fifth mogul emperor, Shah Jahan in memory of the second wife Mumtaz Mahal, the Muslim Persian princess. Empress died after the birth of the 14 th child.

Before the last breath Mumtaz asked the king four things: to build him a tomb, to remarry, to love his children and to visit the grave to anniversary. So the king swore that he would build a grand edifice funeral and without equal in the world.

The construction of Taj Mahal began in 1631 and lasted 22 years. Designed by Iranian architect Ustad Isa, the Taj Mahal has become “the symbol of eternal love.

” Building “rises” in a red landscape, is situated on a terrace of white marble which emphasize huge dome and the four minaret.

Ensemble closes inside a very beautiful garden with fountains and wells main alley, which is based on the imposing entrance is guarded by ornamental trees. Inside the coffin domului empress was inlaid with precious stones.

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