Archive for April, 2011
Afternoon sun seemed to bite kulit.Namun, benta temptation with the degradation of mangrove forests with beautiful green is so challenging to visit. A speedboat is ready to deliver me in a tour of Mangrove Discovery Tour. Actually, there was no difference in Bintan de mangrove forest with mangrove forests that exist in other areas.
At least, because it was nicely laid out, maintained ecosystem, mangrove tour is very interesting. Visitors can enjoy the scenery and mangrove forest conditions are more relaxed.
Before boarding a speedboat, guests are required to wear a life jacket safety vest. Upon entering the mangrove forest, the guide explains in detail about the mangrove forest located in Sebong River Lagoon, Bintan Island, Riau Islands.
At the beginning of the journey towards Bintan Mangrove forest, the guide explains jenisjenis mangrove trees. Forest has 12 species of mangrove, which is the most complete kind in Indonesia. Before used as tourist sites, the region had been a land clearing of mangrove wood for making charcoal. Traces still exist in the form of kitchen making charcoal. Read the rest of this entry »
Japan is one country that has many places of worship. One place you can find in Kyoto, Kansai is Adashino Nenbutsuji with 8000 display statues of Buddha and the temple. In the main room of this place also contains a large statue of Amida Buddha that was built since the Middle Ages (1712). Adashino Nenbutsuji itself is made from the Heian period of 794-1185 years to the Edo period in 1603-1868.
To get to Adashino Nenbutsuji, you only have to walk 30 minutes from Saga Arashiyama to the Nison-in and end up on a hill. Uniquely, at the entrance to Temple Adashino Nenbutsuji there are many bamboo trees that adorn the green line.
Festivals and events
On 23 and 24 August at Adashino Nenbutsuji there is also a Buddhist religious ceremony called a sento-kuyo. More than 1,000 candles lit in Adashino Nenbutsuji to honor their ancestral spirits. Every soul of the dead honored in the form of statues of Buddha.
OLD does not see things ancient? If you are in Germany, try to stop by the Bode Museum, located at the northern end of Museum Island, Berlin. The museum was designed by architect Ernst von Ihne and completed in 1904. Bode Museum was originally known as the Kaiser-Friedrich Museum after the reign of Emperor Frederick III, and then converted into Bode due to honor the first curator of Wilhelm von Bode in 1956.
In this place, you can find a diverse wealth of art and artifacts from the Byzantine period and Middle Ages who came from European countries like Germany, Holland, Italy, France and Spain. In the northwest corner of the museum there is also a large Baroque dome and smaller domes located at the other corner. From this small dome, you can see the railway line which is the main transportation throughout the island.
Bode Museum consists of three houses major collections of National Museums (Staatliche Museum). Starting from the living collections of sculpture, the Museum of Byzantine Art, and numismatic collections space. Read the rest of this entry »
AFTERNOON, when the sky is clear and slightly cloudy always be friends who are friends when enjoying leisure time. Many fun activities usually done in the daytime, but night also offers natural beauty and activities that are no less fun.
Want to know? Here are some places of interest in at night as we have quoted from the page Independenttraveler.com.
1. Sea Turtle Nesting Grounds, Costa Rica
Turtles spend most of his life at sea, but when the female turtles ready to lay eggs, they will drag themselves to the beach at night and dig a hole in the sand with their fins. Then the female turtle will lay eggs in the hole, cover the nest with sand and retreated back into the sea.
Spending the night to see rare creatures who painstakingly prepare their young generation is coming once in a lifetime experience. Well in Costa Rica there are a variety of nesting sites on beaches where the turtles can be seen is making a nest in the evening, including Corcovado National Park and Tortuguero National Park. The best time to see turtles nesting usually between October and March. Read the rest of this entry »
MAY difficult to describe it, but before the oil discovered in the 1960s, the bay area is not only an uninhabited desert. This region has a long history, and one of the best places to learn about it is Al Ain.
Just one hour east of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Al Ain sat on the border with Oman. And what is initially most striking about this city is green. The roads in Al Ain is filled with palm trees and parks abound. Because of this, Al Ain is known as the Garden City of the Gulf.
Reasons for feeling like an oasis of Al Ain which is its natural water supply. The city is famous for its falaj system of underground water channels in which some of them have been around since 1000 BC. Some waterways are still in use and the best place to see it is in one of six city oasis.
Visit one of oasisnya and you will see small farms that still harvest dates today. Take a stroll through the oasis, you will find a small path that will lead foot away from the hustle and bustle of big cities like Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Read the rest of this entry »