10 World's Cheapest Tourist Destinations

Europe is a dream area for many countries, politically stable and economically well established as seen from their lifestyle community, the cities glow after dark, the roads are smooth, and several large buildings are magnificent.

A report by the chief economist of International Monetary Fund, Olivier Blanchard, who says that the world economy entering a dangerous period. A total of 17 countries using the euro this year is expected to grow 1.6 percent, while 1.1 percent next year.

Europeans are slowly changing as some countries are facing tightening budgets and expenditures. Now it's time to tighten belts, austerity.

Of course this has impact to the world travel, a tourism report issued by the Head of Post Office Travel Money, Sarah Munro cites from Dailymail, Monday, September 29, 2011, which compared the prices and currency values of tourist destinations in the world.

British tourists more closely and carefully select the consideration of all tourist destinations as long-term travel costs, so that tours can be progressing well.

Sri Lanka occupies the best places in the world as a proper destination, the price offered was so cheap so it fits into a tourist destination for travelers who consider the budget for tourism affairs.

Indonesia is ranked seventh after Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Mexico, Malaysia, and South Africa. Ten items are rated if bought in Indonesia will spend 59.20 pounds. When compared to the year 2010, the price in Indonesia is experiencing an increase of 11 percent.

The price factor is determining why Sri Lanka occupies the cheapest places for 10 types of goods worth £ 31.81, down by 38 percent cheaper than Thailand, which is the destination of Sri Lanka's rivals in terms of long-term vacation destinations at affordable prices.

While China has increased prices by 27 percent which means 10 the same goods worth £ 116.43, Singapore became the most expensive if we want a bottle of beer, a bottle of beer on average spend 6.18 pounds, followed by Canada at 5.48 pounds.

What if we want to enjoy wine? Avoid when you are in China because the prices reached 11.04 pounds. Then followed by Singapore at a price of 8.43 pounds.

Items which required a lot of tourists on their way, including one bottle of mineral water, beer, sun protection cream, insect repellent, and three meals for two people including drinks wine.

Although even so, there is always the best way to travel carefully and enjoyable tour.

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(Source Kompas, Dailymail /Images V Saver, F Angela and Prima W Hatmi)

The Shady Place of the Church of Puhsarang

An area of 13.5 acres as a place of worship for Catholics and Christians who visited before the celebration of Christmas day, the Church of Puhsarang has been known for its ancient reliefs buildings church with Europe and Javanese nuanced.

This area became crowded with tourists visiting from the various religions and no longer just a place of worship and pilgrimage for the followers of Christianity, but became the natural attractions with the environment around the Cave of Maria Lourdes that offers the elegance and beauty scenery.

There are churches in this region, was founded at the initiative of Fr Jan Wolters CM with the help of famed architect Henri Maclaine Pont on June 11, 1936 with the beauty of Javanese architecture carved in the church building, while Romo Wolters provide in-depth understanding of the meaning of the spirit of a church building with a lot of symbolism to catechesis of the Catholic faith.

From a distance the church buildings of Puhsarang looks like a boat stuck on a building-like mountain. Buildings like mountain symbolize or depict Mount Ararat where Noah's ark boat was stranded after the flood.

Tourists visiting the church region can enter the Cave of Maria Lourdes and saw the Statue of Virgin Mary which is a duplicate of the statue at Lourdes, France with the height reached 3.5 meters, then the ancient ornament replica of the Cross with 15 symbols trip of Jesus punishment by Pontius Pilate and the Rosario hut.

"The uniqueness of this church lies not only in combination with reliefs of ancient European architecture and its ancient Hindu-Javanese, but also in one location there is a Cave of Maria Lourdes and the statue of the Virgin Mary is said to be the largest in Asia," said Lasio, a tour guide of the Church of Puhsarang area.

Cool region at the foot of Mount Wilis, Puh Sarang Village, Semen, Kediri, East Java increasingly crowded with visitors from different places and countries, like Holland and Germany, enjoying a religious tourist trip back to the past time.

The smell of freshness and peace was felt while visiting the Church of Puhsarang, an oasis, especially for the tourists to see the different religions together to enjoy its natural shade.

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(Various sources /Images Kediri East-Java)

Manado Yellow Rice, It's Delicious!

When we are having the time in the city of Manado, North Sulawesi soon arose in our mind, go to Bunaken Marine Park! But there are always other options in this town.

Not always sea and beach traveling in Minahasa Sulawesi, we also have several options to enjoy the charm of the islands and marine parks around Lembeh, Likupan, white vibrant beaches on the island of Mahoro and natural air coolness of Lake Tondano, even species of Tarsius (the shy smallest monkey in the world with a height of only 10-20 cm) that can be found in the region of Bitung.

What about the culinary in there? Hunting culinary in Minahasa, especially in the city of Manado is a distinct pleasure to try their food creations, as an example of typical Manado porridge dishes, Tinutuan, panada, corn on the cob with spicy sauce and Manado fresh seafood known as obtained directly from fishermen without preservation.

There's something that might be worth to try, namely Manado yellow rice (Nasi Kuning Manado). Typical food in this city are often found in various corners of the city, such as shopping malls, roadside stalls, or we can found at around Pasar 45 market in the downtown.

Talking about yellow rice in Manado, immediately some friends give recommendations, they give suggestions to visit Nasi Kuning Saroja, yellow rice stall typical of Saroja family that has been familiar with the lives of citizens of this city, located at Jalan Diponegoro, not far from the center of the city of Manado, and is easily accessible by public transport .

This yellow rice comes with sliced tuna, beef, chili sauce, and do not forget the fried onions and boiled eggs added. A serving of yellow rice was sold at a price of Rp 11.000 (1,23 USD) and yellow rice with eggs at Rp 14,000 (1,57 USD).

It was no doubt, smell taste of tuna fish fed a mixture of galangal, ginger, brown sugar, and pepper curls. After that fried and added a little soy sauce. Rice is eaten slowly warm into the mouth, accompanied with chili sauce and fried beef, it felt wooww...

Arriving in the city of Manado and do not forget to spare time enjoying this yellow rice, it’s delicious!

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(Source friends from Manado /Images M Woku)

Welcome to the Ghost Town, Ocean Park Hong Kong!

Visitors of this amusement park Ocean Park Hong Kong is not fear with the Halloween nuanced atmosphere, an annual event that lasted until the end of October. Management of the park has prepared all the equipment welcoming event from the past year, they are very serious.

When the visitors’ was inside the park, the Halloween atmosphere’s feel immediately, creepy figure here and there, the skulls looked like posing in various angles. Visible in the distance laughing spooky Halloween pumpkin.

This annual Halloween event has been conducted since 2001 with 39 ghosts characters who adopt western characters like vampires, witches and so on.

In the third year the management has include the local characters in an attempt to attract visitors to a place that has a giant aquarium called Gran Aqua City, which can accommodate 5,000 fish with more than 400 species are equipped with a water screen film presentation rotates 360 degrees, visitors love it , because it can watch from any position around the pool.

Ocean Park Hong Kong is located in the Aberdeen, Hong Kong Island, founded in January 10, 1977 by the then Governor of Hong Kong Sir Murray MacLehose, has grown to about 35 attractions and rides. commonly known as Ocean Park, is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, animal theme park and amusement park, situated in Wong Chuk Hang and Nam Long Shan in the Southern District of Hong Kong.

Each year the theme of the celebration of Halloween in Ocean Park is constantly changing, to make the tourists from various countries keep coming to this park, visitors continue to be scared all-out, they were undeterred and just want to keep returning to this Halloween party.

Entering the final week of September, visitors can "enjoy" 25 performances scented ghost, 444 ghost characters, including the iconic Lady Gwai Gwai that something like Lady Gaga ("Gwai" means ghost by the locals), and a new game rides like Fear Factory, Macabre Studio, Torture Chamber of Dragon Empress, Bloody Workshop, The Paper Doll Paradise, The Last Bus, Zombie Mayhem and Nightmare in 3D.

Visitors really enjoy the atmosphere inside the amusement park, they were gripped by fear and curiosity, unlike any other haunted house where we can not nothing but cried or laughed, be prepared to fight against the ghosts while carrying a weapon equipped with infrared for directions target.

Zombie master the entire arena of the amusement park and visitors continue to scream, happy!

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(Source Ocean Park Hong Kong, wiki and Kompas /Images Ocean Park Hong Kong)

Watching the Paradise Plants in "Cibodas Botanical Garden"

Cibodas Botanical Garden is like a paradise on earth which implies the beautiful scenery in the garden located at the foot of Mount Gede Pangrango, West Java. This botanical garden was established on April 11, 1852 by a curator of this gardens, Johannes Ellias Teijsmann.

Originally named Bergtuin te Tjibodas (Cibodas Garden Mountains), not just paradise for its beauty, Cibodas Botanical Garden is a haven for scientists to uncover the knowledge of the various phenomena in the natural vegetation.

The age of Cibodas Botanical Gardens located in Cipanas, Cianjur regency, West Java has reached 159 years with an sharply increasing tourist arrivals during the year of 2011, in addition to visiting local tourist also come from European countries, America and even Australia.

Various locations offer the beauty of this botanical garden, thematic parks, such as cherry blossom, ferns, moss, or corpse or carrion flower. Collection of 235 types of moss in Cibodas Moss Park which is maintained outside the room more interesting than the moss park indoor location in Germany and Singapore, as well as approximately 395 cherry trees brought from the Himalayas that is able to grow well.

Cibodas Botanical Garden is designed to be the location of the climate adjustment productive plants that imported from another country, one of the most famous is the introduction and domestication quinine tree (Cinchona calisaya).

Rafflesia Rochussenii flower is one of the collections in this botanical garden that blooms for the first time in July, with a diameter of 12 cm and a height of about 4 cm. Rafflesia Rochussennii flower is actually a native and endemic species of West Java, growing at an altitude of 700-1400 meters above sea level, living in a damp forest floor and vegetation dominated by Fagaceae.

Rafflesia rochussenii have a smaller size than other species that grow in the forests of Sumatra island, namely Rafflesia arnoldi and Rafflesia patma, although they are came in the same genus plants. Scattered in the forest of Mount Gede, Mount Pangrango, until it reaches the region of Mount Salak, South Bandung, Garut and Pelabuhan Ratu.

If you're lucky when you visit this botanical garden, as a tourists can watch corpse flower (Amorphopallus titanum) which grows and bloom in May 2011.

Corpse or carrion flowers that have three phases of their growth, vegetative (leafy), generative (flowering) and dormant (resting) - flowered once every four years. Of course, if has the time to visit, this flower will bloom again in May 2015, a special moment that is always eagerly awaited.

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(Source Kompas, National Geographic /Images Eka D.and H. Wiriadinata)

Walini Tea Gallery, Please Try the Real Tea of Bandung..

After most of the products of this state-owned tea plantation companies (PTPN VIII) are exported to almost all parts of the world, especially Europe and the Middle East, now they are trying to market in Indonesia, especially the city of Bandung.

This tea place was officially opened to the public on August 3, 2010 and as a gathering place for tea fans in the city and visitors who come from other nearby cities.

Where is the place to enjoy this famous local tea production? Not hard to find. They have had some cafe outlets in several locations FO (factory outlet) of Bandung, and the easiest place, of course is located in Jalan Dago 92, Bandung, West Java.

Walini Tea Gallery, is the fun place with the unique interior decoration in the cafe with a variety of tea that is inserted into the jar, the place where the Walini tea products display. The cafe is nice and perfect for relaxing, chatting over a cup of tea.

Anytime can visit this place, provided various kinds of dishes of tea, asking for hot tea or cold tea. Starting from the premium product of tea, white tea for health, tea in bottles, even if we just wanted to enjoy the ice lemon tea or the “tarik tea” (teh tarik) there, while enjoying snack, mixed meat or cheese risoles. Uuhh... Yummy!

When you come this ‘tea house’ on a quiet afternoon, this place is ideal to enjoy tea, and feel incomplete if we don’t read the books on display, ranging from the history books related to Walini tea trip, as well as reading other books.

Still another available atmosphere in the room of this casual spot, enjoyed (and if you like can buy) Parahyangan handicrafts and batik cloth in ArtShop. Everything looks great!

Drink the real tea from Bandung and enjoy the cool air of the city, in the afternoon.

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(Various sources PTPN VIII /Images Penggemar Teh Walini)

Don’t Do This in San Francisco, Fined!

San Francisco is home to 7.4 million inhabitants with a population density of around 17.179 people per square mile makes the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, thus saving a lot of past history, including the famous story about the California Gold Rush.

No need to wonder when San Francisco became a city of internationally top tourist destination, ranking 33rd out of the 100 most visited cities worldwide, and is renowned for its chilly summer fog, nature fascinates with steep rolling hills, eclectic mix of architecture.

Tourists certainly have many choices when visiting this city, along the ancient past, old buildings, a mixture of Victorian architecture and modern architecture, and its famous landmarks, including the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, and a lively Chinatown.

The city is also known as a very liberal city, the various movements that are considered odd, or even distorted in other places, it was accepted with open arms in this city. For example, movement of equal rights for gays and nudists, aka a group of people who enjoy nude.

Freedom is apparently wants to be restricted, Scott Wiener, a member of the legislative council of the City of San Francisco from Democratic Party, for example, has proposed draft legislation that would ban the nudists entered the restaurant and requires them to lay or coat a chairs in public places where they are going to sit with a towel .

Someone will be fined $ 100 on the first offense, $ 200 on a second offense, and $ 1,000 plus one year in jail if caught breaking for the third time or more.

Certainly not a common sight for tourists visiting this city, especially when tourists stray into a public park Jane Warner Plaza, near the intersection of The Castro and Market Street. The area is known as a center of nudists activity in San Francisco, which became the center of the gay movement in the 1960s and the 1970s.

Of course this raises the responses, especially from the nudists, as quoted by AFP news agency, Woody Miller, 55, said, "I love to walk around nude on a sunny day because I like the touch of sunlight and free air on my skin," said Miller.

According to Miller, these regulations don’t need to be made into official regulations. It has been stipulated in the 'user guide for nudists'.

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(Sources Kompas, AFP /Images Darmansjah and D Barret)

New Passion in Ancol, "Ocean Ecopark"

Taman Impian Jaya Ancol (Ancol Dreamland) has been known since 1966 as the largest outdoor tourist attraction venues and beach activity in Indonesia with the various events, both nationally and internationally in the beach of North Jakarta.

Serving entertainment with elements of art, culture and knowledge, such as beaches and parks, Dunia Fantasi, Atlantis Water Adventure, Gelanggang Samudra (Ocean Venues), Sea World, Putri Duyung Cottages, Marina Ancol, Pasar Seni (Market Art), Culinary Tour and other.

They complement the extensive park with recreation area of more than 200 hectares to anticipate the tourists excursions that never stopped and continued to increase throughout the year.

On the 484th anniversary of Jakarta, June 22, 2011, this park has a new theme park, Ocean Ecopark, an eco-tourist area of 33.6 ha. Travellers arriving soon from various cities and countries.

Ocean Ecopark (Ecopark) became one of the tourist magnets as a stage celebration of community and family gathering with a green lifestyle content.

Ecopark have the concept of blue, green, and red Ancol, the blue concept of carrying the mission to expand the waters around Ancol beach, the Ancol green concept expand green areas by planting millions of trees and rare animals like brown deer with white spotted, and the red concept by building an edutainment facilities for tourists.

Travelers are satisfied with the new ride, "Fantastique Multimedia Show," which mix with the technological sophistication of the cultural elements of Indonesia, accompanied by music and dance show entitled Ancol Paradis, in collaboration with the artist N. Riantiarno as a director and Djaduk Ferianto as a creator of musical illustration, which raised the Javanese legend, ‘Timun Mas and Buto Ijo’ (Gold Cucumber and The Green Giant).

It was getting dark and visitors ignored it, they cheered the show of about 50 dancer and theater players, the 3D Mapping of animation spotlights, lasers and the effect can anesthetize the visitors all the night long.

Ancol Dreamland did not stop beating with the presence of eco-tourism theme park recently, with many eco-lifestyle based event.

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(Sources Taman Impian Jaya Ancol /Images R Falih and Triyanto)

Where’s the World’s Highest Swimming Pool?

Just prepare money to pay 20 Singapore dollars to enter the arena of this pool, located in Skypark area on the 55th floor in the Marina Bay Sands resort, the new icon of Singapore.

The most expensive resorts in the world that has been opened since the year 2010, the Marina Bay Sands consist of three towers resembles the M letter with a height of 200 meters. At the top of the third hotel tower strung together by a building shaped like a ship which was then called Sands SkyPark.

The wind blows at the height of the building, a little cool air, visitors are already crowded. The view from above the pool looking skyscrapers in the distance, 150-meters swimming pool became the main attraction of this resort. .

Pond water flowing directly downward toward the floor below the building to accommodate the fall of the pool uses two water system circulation. Filter and heat the water in the main swimming pool and make the recirculation reservoir and running it back to the main pool.

Interesting places to swim with the family on a holiday, also available children's pool, family swimming pools and the poll for adults, equipped with rows of chaise lounge for those who want to sunbathe or enjoy a panoramic view of skyscrapers.

With an area of 12,400 square meters, very shady Sands SkyPark pavilion with 250 trees and 650 other little plants.

When the body is tired from swimming, visitors can enjoy a restaurant meal, while watching the 360 degrees angle horizon views of Singapore, ranging from views of high rise buildings up to the port of Singapore, the busiest port in the world.

There are always something new in this tiny country, never loses its appeal.

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(Source V Saver /Images Veronica Saver and W Lim)

1000 Cats in "Cat House on The Kings"

Are you an animal lover, or more specifically a fan of cats? If the answer is 'Yes', then you can go through immediately get into a house in Fresno, California. Cat House on The Kings, thus the name of the house.

Occupants of course the cats of all ages and large and small sizes, young and old, you will be satisfied to see these cats in the house.

Homeowners are Lynea Lattazio, a woman, she began to keep the cat since 1981, there were more than 800 adult cats, 100 deposit cat, and 100 kittens, she assisted by 23 staff to care for her cats.

If not an animal lover, would say all this crazy action, but she said she was not insane, this action may only be categorized as insane.

"I'm not crazy, but what I did was crazy," she said.

What can be said about her action when for all the cats at home, she must pay for maintenance, buying food and medicine that reach 40,260 USD per month?

Sure, if you're an animal lover!

Mrs. Lattazio must pursue all her energy and attention so that all cats be well taken care of, she also holds the cats are not maintained well in the streets, cats will be killed and so on. A noble action.

"The cat was independent, they are funny, and not spoiled like a dog. I really like cats," she said.

She was consistent with her choice as an animal lover, even her property, such as a diamond wedding ring and Mercedes Benz cars have been sold, for the sake of these cats.

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(Source The Sun /Images halopet)

Horseback Riding Tours in Borobudur Temple

When Richard Gere visited Borobudur Temple at the end of last June, he was scheduled to ride an elephant to get around in some tourist villages around the temple. The Management of the temple have prepared everything, so the plan can be implemented for him and other Buddhist monks.

Apparently the idea of riding an elephant is evaluated again by the management of the temple and they think this plan is to be applied to other temple visitors.

"We work closely with the owners of the horse riding around the Borobudur Temple. We prepared 10 horse in front of the Museum of Karmawibhangga," said Pujo Suwarno, General Manager of PT Taman Wisata Candi Borobudur (TWCB).

Horseback riding tours have been going on since Eid Fitri holiday, in cooperation with local residents. In addition to horse riding tours, elephant riding tours are also provided as it had been planned at the time of Richard Gere’s visit to Borobudur Temple.

Horses and elephants travel route ranging from the environment around the temple until it reach the village of Wanurejo about a half kilometers from the Borobudur Temple.

The locals welcomed about the implementation of this tour, some of the souvenirs craftsmen also prepared a demo of their products making puppets and masks such as batik, pottery, and bamboo carved near the TWCB tickets counter purchase.

The management enthusiasm about carrying out the horse and elephant riding tours, so that tourists can get a new experience when they come into this temple.

The tourists visit to this temple become more lively after the Borobudur Heritage Conservation, Thursday, September 22, 2011, reopened the eighth, ninth, and tenth floor of Borobudur temple for tourist visits.

After being closed (due to the eruption of Mount Merapi in October 2011) for the removal of the volcanic ash that stuck to the rock temple, the problems arise due to eruption of the Merapi volcanic ash into the cavity of the stone stupas and temples.

The eighth, ninth and tenth floor that stores many ancient reliefs, that makes tourists visits rising rapidly with the addition of a tour features riding horses and elephants. Great!

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(Source Ant /Images M. Safri and Yudi)

Stop Eating Dogs, Please! Dog Eating Festival Banned in China

Times are changing, especially with the vigorous users of the internet and social media sites, so all the events can be responded to immediately place anywhere in the world. As an example of internet users in China that called on government to immediately prohibit the implementation of a ritual that has become a tradition for 600 years.

A tradition should be continued and maintained when it is really good and inspiring for the people and the world community, of course!

Most people in the world maybe just know this ritual from internet, a celebration based on the horrible history of the Chinese empire during the Ming Dynasty who obtained a military victory, the dog was killed to make sure they do not bark to make the enemy doesn’t know of their arrival.

Tradition that may seem very strange to the world community, but this tradition has been running for hundreds of years without a hitch and has been regarded as something normal, as noted above, thousands of young Chinese who understand the technology certainly began to fail with this tradition.

They loudly protested the continuation of this tradition that torturing animals is cruel and the Chinese government seems to respond well to community protests, as reported by Xinhua News Agency, Wednesday, September 21, 2011.

Dog eating has become a tradition in Chinese society, the dogs were killed and skinned in Qianxi city streets, the east coast of Zhejiang province, during the festival, which is usually held in October.

Do not be surprised if we see a dog seller who is managed by the organizers started to cut the dog in the market near on the public road, offering fresh dog meat to prospective buyers, such as those commonly encountered in the beef, chicken or fish market and others.

Chinese society has been accustomed since the old times and they buy fresh dog meat like buying chicken or beef, sellers and buyers make purchases of meat, the dog was killed, was slammed to the floor so the blood does not come out when the meat is slaughtered. Terrible.

Chinese youths than among younger people can understand the sensitivity of the world communities that puts feasibility of which is proportional to the animal, "I hope the dog eating is no longer a tradition anywhere. That activity was not a festival, but a massacre," written by @junchangzai in a social media site.

Hopefully that happens and immediately stop the slaughter.

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(Source Xinhua, Ant / Images globalNews, care2 and S. Thong)

Singapore included in The Best 5 Marina in the World

In the implementation of the National Cruise Week 2011 event in England on September 18 to 25, 2011 recently, YouGov which represents the Shipping Association (PSA) from Britain conducted a survey of British tourists who travel by cruise ship.

British tourists who choose to travel by cruise ship based on their travel experience to select some of the best marinas in the world as well as the reasons for them why preferred selecting travel by cruise ship.

Travel by cruise ship has several advantages that deserve to be chosen by the tourists, they can visit many destinations in one trip with a variety of entertainment features on board are offered as well as a complete package holiday travel.

Singapore's Marina district deserves to be currently selected in the category of best marina in the third place position together with a marina located in Barcelona and Rome. While New York was selected as the best marina in the world, shifting Venezia to the second place resulting from the survey.

Singapore was selected as the only Asian country that has the best harbor and the preferred marina, because the shining of the Marina Bay Sands region.

Marina Bay Sands (MBS) now becomes a new iconic of Singapore that consisting of hotel, conference venue, theater, museums, casinos, and of course the mall. In September 2011 all parts of the MBS officially been opened, including galleries, boutiques, and several restaurants.

Singapore's population residing in areas of the Singapore River estuary, the more evening, getting increasingly crowded by people who come from work and deliberately choose to walk, people who just hang out, or the people jogging and other exercise.

Travelers who arrive in this island will enjoy the three towers buildings with the height of each of 55 floors above the land, designed by architect Moshe Safdie of Boston, USA.

From a distance the physical form of the building resembles the M letter. At the top of the third hotel tower strung together by a building shaped like a ship which was then called Sand SkyPark, which also became the crown of the building.

People continue to visit this tiny country continues to primp add its beauty, the lion country that never loses its appeal.

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(Various sources Kompas, dailymail /Images Veronica Saver)

Adventuring in the desert with Khadafy's Mercedes Benz

When the Libyan a few years ago before the revolution hit the Middle East that started with Tunisian revolution, Egypt and the countries around it, Khadafy, former Libyan leader at the time, apparently had purchased a great vehicle that has been modified in such a way.

The vehicle type Mercedes Benz ML-Series 2008 production of 3.5 million euros worth of Khadafy’s property has been modified its entire body and glass, bulletproof and able to have the ability to reflect all electromagnetic waves is around 91.4 meters.

So passengers will feel safe from the radar, and is able to detect any missiles fired from a distance.

Moammar Khadafy has accounted for since long before all the needs of this dream vehicle, a vehicle belonging to the category Sport utility vehicle (SUV) was designed to be free from interference from the electric field around it. To facilitate coordination, Khadafy also asked for interior communication systems equipped with the latest and highly sophisticated.

In 2007, when Libyan relations with western countries went well, Khadafy has requested the French company, Amesys, to equip this vehicle with specific capabilities and advanced technology, after obtaining approval from Nicolas Sarkozy as the Interior Minister of France, at that time and supported by chief of staff Claude Gueant.

Changes that occur in the Libyan make Khadafy must leave the country, and he felt safe to adventure in the desert without being monitored by anyone, he ran safely and comfortably wherever he wants.

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(Source kompas, dailymail /Images CarNews)

Taste the Civet coffee Mint flavor from Lampung

We certainly have been known that civet coffee is steeping coffee using coffee beans taken from the remaining dirt mongoose/mongoose palm, it feels different because it has been eaten and passed through the mongoose’s digestive tract. The famous coffee in Southeast Asia, but became well known among enthusiasts of coffee gourmet after a publication in the 1980s.

The process is unique and unusual to make the beans, difficult to obtain, and of course the price is very expensive reaches $ 100 per 450 grams. How does it feel? Not all coffee enthusiasts already tried it, giving rise to curiosity as to what the actual taste of civet coffee.

Creative invented by coffee craftsmen from West Lampung has drawn tourists trips to the coffee location of civet coffee plantations while enjoying nature virgin there.

Civet coffee entrepreneurs in the district of West Lampung, Lampung Province, is developing products with new flavors of coffee, civet coffee mint flavors are very interested in most of the coffee consumer. A new product which adds to the diversity of processed coffee products.

A craftsman of coffee in there, Gunawan, said that the process of making mint Luwak coffee (civet coffee) is not so difficult, they are very focused on the frying process that will determine the quality of the coffee flavor.

Kopi Luwak or civet coffee is the newest product with their Mint flavor of coffee artisan creativity, but its production has not been too much, is limited by an order worth Rp 900 000,- (99.12 USD) per kilogram.

West Lampung has been known as one of the destinations with its virgin beaches, like Tanjung Setia Beach, known by fans of surfing, as well as traveling to the traditional village of Lampung and wildlife tours in the South Bukit Barisan National Park, exploring the forest and beach to Tanjung Mas/Menjukut Lake, adventure to the hot springs valley of the Suwoh and hidden Ranau Lake in behind the mountain.

The presence of new products Civet Coffee Mint makes sense when the curiosity of the tourists adventuring to this area while watching the process of making coffee there.

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- (Source Kompas, ANT /Images G. Santoso and wiki)

Cruise Ship Traveling in Southeast Asia

Cruise ships often stop in Indonesia apparently as part of the cruise ships travel to Southeast Asia, where for most tourists when visiting is a once in a lifetime opportunity.

The first and last experience in a destination country, Indonesia, the distance from the country of origin and the large costs, so the cruise ship tourists feel the need to get a deep impression on their visit to various tourist sites in Indonesia, such as lean at the port of Tanjung Ampo, Karangasem, Bali or Labuan Bajo on the island of Komodo.

In addition to the Galapagos and Antarctica which ranks the best and the most cruises exotic destinations, including Southeast Asia in groups of three large cruise destinations. Generally, cruise ship will navigate the main trip to the Caribbean, Alaska, and Mediterranean.

Remy Choo from Singapore Tourism Board said that the penetration of cruise ships in Asia is still small at around 0.05 percent, the opportunity to attract the market of Southeast Asia cruises to stop at the ports of destination countries, "Cruise ships come most of the winter. They come out of the country are experiencing winter. This is an advantage, because the Southeast Asian region can be visited at any time," he said.

Southeast Asia can indeed provide its own charm for a cruise ship destination, because of cultural and natural, thus providing a different experience for tourist cruises.

Opportunity for countries located in Southeast Asia, like Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Singapore, considering a cruise ship tour is a form of tourism that is different from tourism in general through the air.

Cruise ships are a regional tourism, can not stand alone with a single tourist destination in a country and the need of cooperation, cruise ships docked from one port to other ports in each country in its path.

A survey by YouGov represent the Shipping Association (PSA) in order to start at the National Cruise Week 2011 on September, 18 to 25, 2011 in Britain, said that the majority of tourists (57 percent) prefer to travel by cruise ship with reasons can be visiting a lot of destinations in one trip .

As many as 36 percent of respondents saw a complete tour packages offered by cruise ship to be the main factor of their interest.

What is shown from the results of the survey in the UK, stating that the cruise ship tourism is the potential thing that should be managed seriously to countries of destination.

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(Source Kompas, dailymail /Images V. Saher)

Babakan Siliwangi Bandung, the first "Public Park" in Indonesia

We will not hesitate when witnessing the beauty of Central Park New York, the most visited park in the United States, an average of visitors reached 25 million people per year.

Walking in the middle of this public park, feel the beauty of forests and many forest animals, really makes us feel like in a fairy tale, a large public park in Manhattan, New York City with an area of 3.41 km² with a length 4 km, width 800 m that becomes the lungs of the city.

New Yorkers are willing to share for a green open space, even on the sides there are tall buildings and densely populated (apartments, hotels and office buildings). They are willing and do not want to fool each other, not to take the land in cooperation with local governments to make the wide green open spaces.

Central Park has become one of the famous public parks in the world, because the park is often used as a film location and coverage on television, the park is currently managed by the Central Park Conservancy, nonprofit organization under contract with the city government of New York.

Inspiration may come from this situation, the city of Bandung in West Java, Indonesia since Sunday, September 18, 2011 at the initiative of the wider community, students work to clean trash from the region of Babakan Siliwangi forest area located in the center of Bandung, together with environmentalist organizations, Bandung Creative City Forum (BCCF).

This community event to meet the Tunza Indonesia, the Children and Youth Environment Conference 2011 which will be held during the four days since September 27, at Sasana Budaya Ganesha followed by 1000 youth from various countries including the presence of celebrity tennis world, Maria Sharapova and a famous soccer player, Samuel Eto'o.

Community initiative to make Babakan Siliwangi as urban forest with an area of 3.8 hectares on the recommendation of the Ministry of Environment of Indonesia to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Babakan Siliwangi as public park adjacent to the area of ITB sports, arts and culture, Sasana Budaya Ganesha, Bandung and the catchment areas for Cikapundung River which flows into the Citarum River with various species of birds, recorded 14 species of birds and three species of endemic primates, as well as 48 species rare trees.

If the New Yorkers could jointly maintain an urban forest public park that benefits its people, certainly so for the city which is known with its cool climate and unique culinary. Public park is the lungs of the world of good.

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(Source Kompas /Images C. Damayanti and S. Juang)

Lively “Oktoberfest” celebrations in September

Celebration of the 178th traditional festivals in the city of Munich, Germany and the world's largest festival begins on Saturday, September 17, 2011 when the Munich Mayor Christian Ude opens the first beer keg tap by saying "O'zapft is!" ("It has been opened!" according to the Bavarian language).

An Oktoberfest celebration event that originated from the celebration of the marriage of King Ludwig I of Bavaria on October 12, 1810 to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen, continues to the present, but subsequent developments, the festival was brought forward to the month of September because the weather is better than October.

Celebrations this year will take place at a place called "d 'Wiesn" for 17 days including the first Sunday in October, but if this Sunday falls on the 1st or 2nd, then the festival will continue until October 3 (German Unity Day), very festive!

Visitors can not wait queue since the opening day, quickly to get a quart-sized glass of beer called a Maß at a price 9.20 euros.

There are 14 spot-barrel keg of beer into the center of visitors attention in the form of tents and are also available typical culinary of traditional German foods, such as Hendl (chicken), Schweinebraten (roast pork), Schweinshaxe (grilled ham hock), Steckerlfisch (grilled fish on a stick), Würstl (sausages) along with Brezn (Pretzel), Knödel (potato or bread dumplings), Kasspatzn (cheese noodles), Reiberdatschi (potato pancakes), Sauerkraut or Blaukraut (red cabbage) along with Bavarian delicacies as Obatzda Such (a spiced cheese-butter spreads) and Weisswurst (a white sausage).

Travelers who join the residents of Munich really excited and running around carrying a beer keg into their desks, some had been spilled on the road, quite expensive when the beer is spilled in large quantities. Some more German women in traditional dress dancing happily with their friends, raising their glass of beer, awesome!

It will certainly spent a lot of beer keg, visitors enjoyed this two-week event without stopping to sing along, despite the economic crisis is upon mainland Europe, over six million locals and tourists from a variety of countries will focus to participate at this festival and briefly forget the routines.

What a great tradition and festive celebration!

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(Sources AFP, AP /Images many sources of Oktoberfest 2011)