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Hiii!!!! There is a Horror Mall in Bangkok
May 18th
Thailand is famous for its horror films. If you are planning to Bangkok in a long weekend this time, test your guts in the horror mall in Bangkok, Mansion 7.
Most shopping centers have a cozy atmosphere, relaxing, and full of joy. However, recently the Mansion opens 7 which is a mall with a concept full of creepy atmosphere, as quoted by CNN, Tuesday (15/05/2012).
Mansion 7 is located in the middle of Bangkok city center, exactly at the Ratchadaphisek street. If the MRT, you can get off at Station Huaykwang and simply by walking for five minutes. Once there, you will find a building with unique architecture of the horror. The gate resembles a creepy hand will welcome you.
Eits, although the outside looks like an ancient building, in fact this is a shopping mall that recently opened. A deserted haunted house was deliberately made as mall background.
Mansion 7 offers everything that is not owned by the mall in general. Mystique is not just there on the outside of buildings, but also every room in it. Uniquely, all the outlets that sell food and drinks in the mall also has the same concept.
To add the feeling of horror, almost all outlets open at 5 pm to midnight until 2 am. This mall is perfect to be use for weekend destination. It is also good for your culinary destination. Many unique foods serve at the mall. Of course almost all served in horror-themed menu.
Satisfied walking around, you should try to get into the Dark Mansion which is located in one corner of the mall. By paying for 180 baht entrance fee of Rp 50,000, you can walk around a haunted house for 15 minutes and found a mystical sensation.
4 Tips to Get Cheap Plane Tickets
May 17th
To attract many customers, many airlines now offering cheap tickets promo. You can use this opportunity. Tickets promo you can know with diligent open the respective airlines website.
Typically, almost every month there is to offer airline ticket promo. Only, the number of seats offered for this promo is quite limited. So, who quickly he can.
3. Messages from far-away days
Here it is that you should not be considered trivial. Avoid sudden or reserve tickets closer to the day of vacation if you want to get a cheap ticket. Book ahead of time before D-day, at least 3 months before departure. There’s even a 1-year hunt for tickets prior to departure.
This strategy is necessary because if you book close to the day of departure, the remaining tickets are the most expensive ticket prices. By ordering from far-away days, you can still likely get the promo or tickets at low prices.
Peak season or the peak holiday season is a time where many people vacation out of town or overseas. At that time, almost all tickets are sold at inflated prices.
Well, if you want to get tickets at a fairly oblique, avoid traveling at holiday season, like the month of July-August, December-January. When it coincides with school holidays, get a cheap ticket promotion or would be extremely difficult.
Da Vinci and Monalisa on Louvre Museum
May 16th
If you are a fan of The Da Vinci Code novel by Dan Brown, then traveling to Paris, France should not be forgotten. You can directly down the secret code of Leonardo Da Vinci in the Louvre Museum.
Da Vinci code trace can be started from the court of the Louvre Museum. In the vicinity of the famous glass pyramid, there are some Arago medallions mounted on the streets. This medal is the zero degree meridian line marker Paris called the Rose Line.
when you enter to the Louvre Museum, you can see the two paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci which are mentioned in the novel. The most famous Mona Lisa of course surrounded by the most visitors. While in the next room there is Madonna of the Rock which rejected the Vatican.
Do not forget to buy the painting of Mona Lisa repro as souvenirs. But before the exit, you can see La Pyramide Inversee or inverted glass pyramid at the nearby souvenir shops. Dan Brown claims under an inverted pyramid tomb of Mary Magdalene was there.
Diego Maradona Exists in a Hotel
May 16th
In Buenos Aires, Argentina, there is a hotel for football lovers, especially the team of Boca Juniors. The Hotel has a special room for fans of football legend Diego Maradona.
Boca Juniors opened his hotel in Buenos Aires on April. Football club with its distinctive blue and yellow colors, make the hotel special for the fans of the club, supporters, and of course for fans of Diego Maradona. The hotel will also be used to stay for Boca Juniors players before the match.
From the official website Hotel Boca has 89 bedrooms. In addition, other services such as spa, restaurant, fitness center, and others will spoil visitors. Several special packages you can try such as wedding to celebrations.
Interestingly, in each of the walls on corners of the room, there were trinkets and paintings of Boca Juniors players. One of the most expensive rooms in this hotel is a room with a picture of Diego Maradona at the front door. The rooms have luxurious amenities.
Not only that, the hotel also offers a package of visit to the Museum of Boca Juniors. You can get around the museum and learn the history of the triumph of Maradona’s club whom he ever played in. The price of hotel rooms’ fix prices is 90 to 370 pounds a night, or about USD 1.4 to 5.5 million per night.
Enjoying a Luxurious Versailles Palace
May 15th
Palace of Versailles is the evidence of luxurious life of King Louis XIV of France. There are 700 room, 6123 paintings and 800 acres of parks. You can imagine how beautiful it is!
Palace of Versailles is a tale a luxurious King Louis XIV of until the tragic story of Marie Antoinette. French Revolution on 1789 made their fate ended up on the table Guillotine. Versailles remained as silent witnesses of the magnificent palaces from the past.
Versailles has 700 special rooms. There is a Chapel of Versailles, where the royal families were at mass and place the marriage of King Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette. There is also La Galerie des Glaces or Glass Gallery, where a dance palace of Versailles treaty and space.
Do not forget the paintings of King Louis XIV and Queen Marie Antoinette and their bedrooms. Finally you can enjoy 800 acres of beautiful gardens behind the palace, complete with the Grand Canal, an artificial canal.
Enjoying Amazing Paris from Montmarte Hill
May 14th
Before there existed, Parisians more often enjoyed up the hill to see the view of Montmarte’s City of Love. Tourists can go and sit down together at the Montmarte hill.
Montmartre is a hill on the north side of the City of Paris. The high of 130 yards becomes the highest land in Paris. At the top of hill there is a church Sacre-Coeur Basilica which is very famous. Usually people go to Paris Montmartre hill to enjoy the sunset.
Subway station or the nearest Metro Anvers is situated at the foot of the hill. At the foot of Montmartre hill area is a mix of residential, food stores, clothing, and cafes.
Moreover with the Basilica of Sacre-Coeur as a tourist destination, it makes this area more crowded. The only main road to the hill, Rue de Steinkerque, was transformed into souvenir shops on the right and left.
Apart from the Rue de Steinkerque, church Sacre-Coeur Basilica is standing majestically on a hilltop. There are two ways to go top of the hill. The traveler can climb hundreds of steps, or take a train or train Funicular which sounds more like an elevator to climb up into the hills.
Simply, you only pay for 2 Euro once if you want to go uphill. But if you’ve bought a daily ticket for all transports in Paris, you just waltz up Funicular. This train will take you to the top of the hill, in front of Sacre-Coeur Basilica church.
It will be a great view of Paris awaits you. Visible from the City of Paris Montmarte hill area extend. Unfortunately, the Eiffel Tower is not visible because of blocked trees and buildings around Funicular.
The tourists sit side by side on the stairs to the courtyard while enjoying views of Paris from the heights. Most of them also all bask in the sun. A harpist singing in the middle of the tourists played melodious music. The hawkers were selling souvenirs around.
From the front of the church, the Basilica of Sacre-Coeur looks very big with three towers dome. Visitors also can visit the Sacre-Coeur, but should not be photographed in the church. Sacre-Coeur is a Catholic church which is already 98 years old. The church was built in honor of the French people who died in the war against the kingdom of Prussia (Germany) in 1870.
Arc de Triomphe, a Huge Monument of the French
May 13th
Before there was the Eiffel Tower, the famous landmark of the City of Paris France is a monument Arc de Triomphe. Napoleon Bonaparte established this heritage monument right in the middle of the road intersection 12. Wow!
Monument Arc de Triomphe in the form of the gate facing the Champs Elysées, luxury shopping district. Both seemed to be a couple of must-see tourist attraction for tourists. Napoleon’s Arc de Triomphe was built in 1806 in the middle of the road intersection 12, Place Charles de Gaulle.
Arc de Triomphe walls are decorated with the names of the generals of Napoleon’s troops and a variety of beautiful ornaments. Arc de Triomphe is standing in the size 45 x 22 meters and 49.5 meters high. This monument also becomes monument to the war in France modern history from World War.
Selat Pantar, The Most Beautiful Beach After Carribean
May 8th
Want to see the beauty and uniqueness of the underwater world? Pantar Strait is the place. Nature under the sea is its appeal, supposedly the most beautiful marine park after the Caribbean. Many foreign tourists who had to Alor are in awe. Because, besides the beautiful sea garden spoiled, they also discovered the phenomenons of sea parks are rare and very interesting. So, it’s normal marine tourism with a panoramic view of Alor specific submarine in the Strait of Pantar be excellent and the teaser for the world-class diver from the United States, Australia, Austria, Britain, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Canada, New Zealand, and several countries in Asia .
Recorded, there are 26 diving points charming tourists there. To-26 point of diving that is, the Half Moon Bay, Peter’s Prize, Crocodile Rook, Cave Point, The Edge, Coral Clitts, Baeylon, The Arch, Fallt Line, The pacth, Nite Delht, Kal’s Dream, The Ball, Trip Top, The Mlai Hall, No Man’s Land, The Chatedral, School’s Ut, and Shark Close.
Diving the last point is particularly interesting because the shark is a collection of seabed that is friendly to the diver. Underwater beauty found in Alor Besar, Alor Small, Dulolong, Crocodile Island, Kepa island, Pulau Ternate, Pantar Island, and Temple Island, also invited the admiration of professional diver from Jakarta and Bali to come there.
In fact, the acknowledged world-class diver, that Alor marine park is one of the best in the world. Just look at Ken Parker recognition from the United States, More big fish, swarming Prolific Masses of schools than anywhere I’ve seen in 20 years of diving.
In addition to the potential for marine tourism, Alor also store a number of attractions that appeal is culturally and historically that is rarely touched and visited both by locals and tourists. Despite having very limited accessibility, but for adventure lovers of nature would be a challenge and uniqueness.
One of them, from the bark of old Quran written in ink traditional herb that has an estimated age of more than 800 years, the historical evidence of the existence of Islam in Alor. Other glamor Takpala the village, a traditional village, inhabited by tribes Abui with linear settlement pattern with a row of traditional houses.
Communities that still adhere to customs and cultural traditions will show the typical attractions of welcoming travelers, making the name of this village soar up to foreign countries.
For those who are fond of mountaineering challenges in a place that is a virgin, Mount Delaki Sirung Pantar Island and Mount Koya Koya-Alor Island, is the place. Exhausting fatigue disappear immediately brings coolness and freshness of spirit after witnessing the volcanic geological phenomena in the village of Hot Springs and Waterfall on the island of Pantar, Tuti Adagae natural park on the island of Alor. While the mini ranch deer farm (the best in eastern Indonesia) do not miss to visit. Coolness and freshness in the Forest of nature Nostalgia will also greet any visitors who want to relieve fatigue.
Before heading back home, do not forget to plant a tree at Nostalgia Forest as a sign you have ever visited the island of Alor. Name and address will be immortalized on the trees planted and memorable of all time.
Vienna, The Real City of Music
May 8th
Do you know where the music of the world? The answer is Vienna, the capital of Austria. Not a single city that can rival any rebound classical music, jazz, waltz, pop, rock, progressive until that resonates in every corner of the city.
For the City of Vienna, the music is like oxygen. Vienna without music is the earth without rain, the beach without sunshine. First-class musicians and composers have lived here, let’s call it that Ludwig van Beethoven spent the rest of his life in a state of deafness. Vienna is a mandatory destination, as well as a dream, the traveler of music lovers.
Mention me your favorite music genre, the Viennese have a place for each type and flow. Music ranging from classical to pop, rock, and progressive, the music coming from first to last month. In fact, quoting the official website of the City of Vienna on Friday (5/4/2012), there are about 300 performances of music, held every year. That means, musical performances take place almost every day.
For classical music lovers traveler, the City of Vienna is set in stone. Vienna Musikverein and the Konzerthaus are two places to enjoy classical music concert-style European royalty. Or, VienneseConcert Cafe where you enjoy the strains of piano Waltz King Johann Strauss and sipping tea and scoop Apple Strudel.
Much like classical music, opera performances were scattered throughout the city. The traveler can be visited the Theater an der Wien or Vienna State Opera is luxury. One show that should not be overlooked is the Marionette Theater, you know, like a wooden puppet Pinocchio’s? You can watch the Marionette Theater at the Schonbrunn Palace, presenting songs and Mozart’s Magic Flute On The Beautiful Blue Danube Johann Strauss’s work.
Jazz music lovers traveler would find the city’s pulse. Vienna to host international jazz festivals such as the Vienna Jazz Festival and the Vienna Blues Spring. Friedrich Gulda hometown pianist and composer Joe Zawinul it has a jazz club Jazzland is the oldest, which has been open more than 30 years ago.
Meanwhile, fans of pop music and rock concerts will be presented with an unforgettable live music. Two places are unstopable pop-rock musicians are The Vienna Stadthalle and Flex. Called the first place it has a minimalist-modern buildings are magnificent, and had been a place of “perch” Bryan Adams, Diana Krall, also David Garrett. While the Flex is a full indoor concert venue artistic lighting. This place is so choice and Alice Cooper Jamie Cullum singing in front of an audience when the City of Vienna.
To fulfill the musical tour in Vienna, the last thing to do is spending a cassette or CD music. Certainly not a difficult thing, considering the number of music stores spread across the city. Starting from a small shop, to the outlet of the super complete.
Record Shack, located in Vienna-Margaeten, 5th District, have various genre collections. Teuchtler and Tongues have a complete collection of progressive music, rock, and reggae. While techno music and disco on Substance Recordstore equipped with a collection of DVDs and books about music.
Happy adventuring in the heart of the music world! If the musicians said, “Happy eargasm!”
Myanmar, the New Flower ‘Blooms’ in Southeast Asia
May 6th
Since the military junta came to power in 1962, Myanmar isolated from outside the country for nearly half a century. But recently, the country where Aung San Suu Kyi comes is to open the door of tourism. Is Myanmar ready to bloom?
Yangon, Bagan, and Mandalay. Although quite rare to heard, that three places become a favorite tourist destination in Myanmar. Local governments seem optimistic traveler incursion into the country to welcome the first isolated. Addressed in a variety of infrastructure, accommodation and transport, reproduction, and the Kyat currency changed to U.S. Dollar.
Citing CNNGo site on Monday (4/30/2012), in 2011 and around 340 thousand foreign tourists go to Burma. This year, the local governments to increase tourism target from 30% to 500 thousand of tourists. It is considered possible by many, given the local Tourism Office launched an electronic visa that allows entry of foreign tourists.
But, there are some concerns behind this traveler incursion. On December 2011, approximately 48 thousand foreign tourists go to Yangon. Until now, the city had only 187 hotels and guesthouses. Even in places like Bagan and Mandalay tourist hotel is less than that amount.
The question is whether accommodation in Myanmar is sufficient for the tourists? What about the isolated communities now accept traveler incursion?
Some travel agencies destinations deflect from Yangon to Bagan or Mandalay, where hotel rooms are still available. Both places, plus the Irrawaddy, may enter without any permission. But at some point you have to include a license that is usually processed within 5-7 days.
In addition to fears of a conflict between the military and ethnic minorities, it is also caused by the circulation of marijuana is widespread in Myanmar. In fact, many tourists expect more. They want to see the unspoiled beaches, green mountains stretching, and of course also the history of cultural tourism.
In fact, injection of dollars into the country is not only a positive fruition. The numbers of incoming tourists are feared to have a negative impact on the environment, culture, and social life.
“After the Nargis cyclone disaster, many women who came to Yangon are to find a job. But, they were instead forced into the sex industry,” said Aung Myo Min, executive director of Human Rights Education Institute of Burma.
In fact, during the visit in Myanmar on 1996, Bagan is considered as a holy city which also destroyed by the military junta.
“They painted the building without paying attention to sustainability. Kicking the local villagers so that a direct impact is on human rights abuses,” said Aung Myo Min.
But, though many doubt, Myanmar government’s intention to reopen the tourism sector, shows many signs that indicate optimism on the future of this country. Hotel with star rating will begin to be introduced. Public transport will be addressed. Foreign investors will soon enter. Some of the hotel zone will be developed in Naypyitaw, Mandalay, Bagan, as well as several areas including the Myeik Archipelago in the southern and mountain snow to the north.
Also recently, the President of Myanmar, Thein Sein stressed the elimination of forced labor in the country. When British Prime Minister David Cameron came on Friday (13/4), it is the first time since Myanmar’s military occupation. Cameron greeted by Thein Sein, who called the visit a “historic moment for Myanmar.”
While the government tried to deal with the new popularity in the country, natural and cultural wealth of Myanmar is still not perfect bloom. Many things are hidden behind the beautiful sunset reflected off the golden temples of Bagan. We still have much of a stretch of untouched forest that stretched when viewed from the top of Mount Popa. There are many noble traditions that have dived at once honored as Myanmar’s rich culture.
Responsible tourism considered to be the only way to visit the beauty without damaging the value of local wisdom. One way is to contribute positively to the conservation of natural and cultural heritage. Besides that, the responsible Traveller also increases revenues in the respective economies, and thus promotes the welfare of local residents.