Best Places to Travel: 2008

Best Places to Travel | Hongkong Tourist Spot | Ocean Park

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Hongkong Ocean Park:

The Ocean Park is the amusement and entertainment center of the broadest scale in the whole south-east Asia. There are motor-driven recreation games stimulating one's feeling, super-momentary feeling cinema house and the exploration of maze in ancient countries etc.

You may take the cable car across the hill top to find the world largest scale Marine Park of coral reef aquarium where there are more than 4000 kinds of tropical fishes, blazing with colours. If the time allows, you may see divers feeding and playing with sharks in the shark aquarium. At the same time, you can enjoy the excellent performances by ocean animals in the ocean theater and play wonderful and exciting motor-driven recreation games, such as frenzied crossing hill car, swing-to-sky pendular boat and somersaulting flying eagle. In the ocean sky-scraper tower which is the tallest in whole Asia, there is revolving cabin to look down at the beautiful scenery of the ocean area and islands. You may take the out door mountain-climbing escalator, which is the second longest in the world, down to Middle Kingdom. It is the village in the style of ancients which is a tourist center.

Inside the village, all huts, bazar, workshop, temple and Buddhist pagoda are all built moddelling the ancients, with five thousand year old Chinese history reappeared at present. Inside the village, there are also demonstration making of different kinds of traditional arts and crafts and street performances. The Panda Park which was inaugurated in last May, is the new item of the Ocean Park which occupies about 2000 square meters with the cost of 80 million H. K. dollars. It has been built in accordance with the natural environment of panda's living conditions, with the temperature at 20C all weather and moisture at 50-60%. Inside the park, there is viewing veranda for visitors to see the living activities of two national treasures "An An" and "Jia Jia".

Japan Attraction: Cherry Blossoms

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Cherry blossoms, sakura, is the national flower of Japan. Cherry blossom viewing has been a Japanese custom since the 7th century when the aristocrats enjoyed looking at the cherry blossoms and wrote poems. If you never seen cherry blossoms, plan a trip to Japan in spring.

Cherry blossoms usually begin blooming in January in Okinawa, and they are at their peak in late March to April in Honshu region. In Hokkaido, sakura usually become in their peak in late May. But, cherry blossom flowering dates change every year, and Japan Meteorological Agency announces cherry blossom flowering forecast in early March.

In spring, cherry blossom festivals are held all over Japan. In the festivals, traditional Japanese dances, tea ceremonies, and other events are often held. It's fun to eat various food from the vendors, viewing the cherry blossoms. Visit castles, parks, temples, or shrines near your destinations. Here are lists of great places to visit for cherry blossoms.

Here are over four hundred varieties of cherry trees in Japan. Yama-zakura, Shidare-zakura, Higanan-zakura, Kan-zakura, and Miyama-zakura are very popular.

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Tourist Spot: Eiffel Tower: Paris

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

A Bit of History

The Eiffel Tower was built for the International Exhibition of Paris of 1889 commemorating the centenary of the French Revolution. The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII of England, opened the tower. Of the 700 proposals submitted in a design competition, Gustave Eiffel's was unanimously chosen.

However it was not accepted by all at first, and a petition of 300 names - including those of Maupassant, Emile Zola, Charles Garnier (architect of the Opéra Garnier), and Dumas the Younger - protested its construction.

At 300 metres (320.75m including antenna), and 7000 tons, it was the world's tallest building until 1930. Other statistics include:

2.5 million rivets.
300 steel workers, and 2 years (1887-1889) to construct it.
Sway of at most 12 cm in high winds.
Height varies up to 15 cm depending on temperature.
15,000 iron pieces (excluding rivets).
40 tons of paint.
1652 steps to the top.

It was almost torn down in 1909, but was saved because of its antenna - used for telegraphy at that time. Beginning in 1910 it became part of the International Time Service. French radio (since 1918), and French television (since 1957) have also made use of its stature.

During its lifetime, the Eiffel Tower has also witnessed a few strange scenes, including being scaled by a mountaineer in 1954, and parachuted off of in 1984 by two Englishmen. In 1923 a journalist rode a bicycle down from the first level. Some accounts say he rode down the stairs, other accounts suggest the exterior of one of the tower's four legs which slope outward.

However, if its birth was difficult, it is now completely accepted and must be listed as one of the symbols of Paris itself.

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Best Place to Travel: Philippines: Boracay

Friday, October 10, 2008

Since I'm a Filipina, better post up something first from my very own country. Representing our very own Boracay, which is one of the most visited beach of tourists around the world.

Boracay Island

Widely known as one of the finest swimming destinations in the world, Boracay is blessed with unsullied fine talcum powder-sand beaches. Its tranquil crystal clear waters are perfect for swimming, sailing, fishing and sunbathing. Boracay also boasts of sapphire seas and spectacular sunsets. Countless hidden coves dot the island and tall coconut trees line up along the beaches.

Boracay lies at the northwest tip of Panay, in the west Visayas region, off the Sibuyan Sea. The island is made up of little communities: Yapak in the north, Balabag in the middle, and Manocmanoc in the south. Hilly elevations up to 100 meters above sea level characterize Yapak and Manocmanoc. Intertwining trails link the small villages together but many sometimes lead to lush tropical jungles.

To get to Boracay, one has to book a flight to Kalibo, the capital of Aklan province. Air-conditioned coasters or public buses offer one-hour-and-a-half drive to Caticlan where one can board a motorized banca for a 30-minute trip to Boracay.

I feel so Much Okay!!!

Thursday, September 4, 2008

-i feel okay tag-

My quote: Travel- If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home. ~James Miche

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