Archive for December, 2010
NIGHT New Year be the most important thing for every person in the world. 
Some of them have seen perform the ritual prayer, some are having fun with the family or make a wish. Here are 10 New Year’s Eve activities occurring around the world:
1. Fuel fire
Almost every country in the world do this at New Year. In Ecuador, bonfires lit for the new year and burning effigies of the people who have died.
While in Paulista Avenue, Brazil, bonfire lit at midnight to an explosion of firecrackers and fireworks.
2. New Year’s Bread
Unique activity in Greece is making a special bread “Vasilopita” which is always served during New Year’s Eve alone. To be more attractive, in the bread that is ready to put a coin baked ripe. For those of you who get a piece of the coin reward, it is believed will have good luck in the coming year. Read the rest of this entry »
Create the shopaholic the curious, here are five other cities in various parts of the world from shermanstravel.com that can satisfy your shopping desires.
1. Los Angeles, United States
Ever wonder where your favorite celebrities get clothes? You can go to Melrose Avenue (Nicole Richie, Paris Hilton) or high-end Rodeo Drive (Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones). However, you do not need to spend a lot of money to dress in Los Angeles, because downtown is filled with counterfeit goods at affordable prices.
If not hunting apparel, LA is also renowned as one of the few big cities with its outdoor shopping center. There’s The Grove is filled with specialty shops that sell everything from fresh vegetables to your iPod accessory. While the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica has a famous brand shops are interspersed with funky boutiques. Read the rest of this entry »
SOLO known as the city that never sleeps. There’s always something interesting on every corner. By the Christmas holidays and New Year, you who have relatives in the Solo can visit her at once on holiday, enjoying a variety of fun activities there. When set foot in the city of Solo, it helps you get around town with his old horse-drawn carriage ride (horse cart) or a rickshaw, looking at old buildings and a maze along the whitewashed walls of the palace.
You can stop by the Palace of Surakarta Kasunanan which has an area of about 500 x 700 meters, surrounded by a defensive wall (fortress) called the bastion. The wall surrounding the palace with a height of 3-5 meters and about 1 meter thick.
Kasunanan or called Keraton Keraton Surakarta Sultanate which was built in 1745 by King Pakubowono II has various tourist facilities, such as guides, borrowing clothes Javanese, tourist brochures, as well as a toilet. For the purposes of prayer, tourists can take advantage of the Great Mosque of Surakarta is located not far in front of the palace. Read the rest of this entry »
Travel to Pienza, Italy, try to experience staying in a 15th-century monastery. Want to know what it’s like, you can spend the night at Relais Chiostro in Pienza (www.relaisilchiostrodipienza.com), a charming hotel located right in the heart of Pienza. Located just 100 meters from Pienza Cathedral, this historic hotel has a private garden terrace that offers the following manicured beautiful views of the Tuscan countryside.
The rooms at the Relais Chiostro in Pienza overlooks the Old City and rural Val d’Orcia. All are equipped with tea and coffee making facilities, minibar, satellite TV and a few wall paintings featuring the original ceiling. When looking for an internet connection, you can go to the reception hall. After passing the night in peace, you can start exploring the old churches and monuments nearby. As the day went in the afternoon, there is nothing better than swimming in the hotel pool while enjoying the sunset.
After a tired feeling adventurous, will surely feel hungry stomach, you can direct to the hotel restaurant La Terrazza del Chiostro. This restaurant serves Italian dishes. For a different atmosphere, you can order food at the hotel terrace while enjoying the surrounding natural panorama. Read the rest of this entry »
Banda ISLAND which was about 132 kilometers southeast of Ambon is a remote but very beautiful with colorful coral reefs, warm waters, exotic marine life and stunning natural expanse. Both above and below the sea, can be equated with beauty Banda Raja Ampat in Papua, a paradise of other maritime tourism in Eastern Indonesia. Underwater beauty makes Banda became one of the most popular tourist destination for divers.
Both expert and novice divers, all can dive from the shallow lagoon between Bandaneira and Gunung Api to the vertical walls of Hatta Island. Scuba diving is still relatively new here, but divers who are experts do not have to work hard to find beauty. Underwater around Ambon and nearby islands Saparua has several dive sites with a worldwide reputation.
When exploring underwater, you’ll see everything from sharks, big turtles, fish, napoleon wrasse, giant grouper, tuna, rays mobula, cepluk redtooth, various species of whales, spinner dolphins, and close relatives of lobsters, to tame reef fish or fish endemic lepu ambon. Read the rest of this entry »