Thursday, August 7, 2014

Van Long, Natural Beauty of Vietnam

In Vietnam, not only women that beautiful. Van Long National Park also offers beautiful scenery rocks ala Halong Bay. At noon, the weather can be very hot but surreal scene is still beautiful perfect.

In Gien Vien, Ninh Binh Province tourism objects, there is a beautiful that could be said more mysterious than Halong Bay. Because what we have here is not the sea but lake. And the atmosphere in here more calm.

Van Long
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One of the way to enjoy the scenery here is to were in the boat traditional. Boat is very simple. Made of bamboo with the base boat is covered with cement. Maximum passengers in the boat was only make up 3 people, so 4 people with drivers. 

The cost to rent a boat is calculated per person. One are usually charged with tariff 45,000 Dong (Rp 25,000 ).  Tourists most crowded come when morning or evening. 

They went along the edge lake by the scenery background rocks karst topography is increasing. Is not less beautiful with that is in Halong Bay.

By chance detiktravel with Caldera Tear Coorporation also tested around Van Long with the boat. It's just that, we went around when day was fairly hot.

The temperature times, reached 40 degrees Celsius. Just Imagine how burn the sun in there. But after a boat to move forward, the hot weather can easily be replaced by a landscape that beautiful.
 
Van Long
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Rocks coral reefs soar on the sidelines with trees selanya. Green and gray combined such a beautiful. But when it is rare afternoon wind blow. So if you want to be around Van Long at noon, ready to bring a hat or umbrella.


If you want to be more cool, you can choose morning or evening. But many tourists also that will go around with you in there.

Hoa Lo Prison, Prison Museum in Vietnam

If Americans have Alcatraz Island, Vietnam also had a tour around the prison,  Hoa Lo Prison. In this museum, tourists are served the story of how people Vietnam have been tortured with brutal.

Hoa Lo 1
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Hoa Lo Prison is prison, full of stories dark Vietnam. Various oppression there. Now, the story You can see in the National Museum Hoa Lo Prison. This Museum is located in Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Hoa Lo Prison original built by France at the end of 1896. This is one of the prison for communists in Vietnam and give death penalty.
Hoa Lo 1
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Want to give the impression eerie, this museum is made with the nuance is dark. The lights faint vague enough to fill museum. Tens statue that tells oppression in the national museum displayed.


Hoa Lo 1
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Starting from stocks to a death sentence is shown here. Not only that, wall painting that tells cruelty is also there.
  
In fact, film clips from the battle scenes to how the prisoners were arrested. These were furnished with excerpts from the punishment.
 
Hoa Lo 4
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Sadistic indeed, but in fact, that want to be shown Hoa Lo Prison, which is Actually want to show what punishment at that time. Dare to come to go there?

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

There is a Hello Kitty Kingdom in Japan



Hello Kitty is well known in Japan. Tourists can watch the attractions of this pink cats from Tokyo.

A Japanese companies that have been  figures of Hello Kitty to make theme park is funny to its fans who make a trip to Japan. They are brave enough to bring capital market around 70 million dollar to make a theme park sekeren.

telegraph.co.uk

Sanrio Puroland is popular destination for travelers. It is Designed with pink color, with mascot Hello Kitty, and latest technology that make life more theme park. This indoor theme park located in Tama New Town,Tokyo, Japan that attracts over 1.5 million visitors per year.

Opened on December 7, 1990, the theme park is run by the Sanrio company, and hosts various musicals, restaurants, attractions, and theme rides using popular characters such as Hello Kitty, My Melody, Cinnamoroll, Jewelpet and many more. While many of these attractions are only in Japanese, Puroland attracts many visitors from overseas as well as Japan because of the worldwide popularity of these characters. Puroland also has an extensive gift shop selling Sanrio character merchandise. Tourists visiting during the summer will be able to see fireworks on a daily basis. It includes a boat ride similar to It's a Small World in which Cinnamorroll leads riders to a party being held by Hello Kitty, passing through the homes of several Sanrio characters, including Kerroppi's pond and Badtz Maru's cave. Visitors can also tour Kitty's house which includes Renaissance style portraits of her family, fancy furniture and a bath-tub shaped like her face, and displays of her purses and jewelry. Her computer and television are also in her head shape. There are three live theaters and one film theater. It also includes attraction areas themed to candy, ice cream, bread, juice, and chocolate factories.


In 2012, this theme park was build in Malaysia. Sanrio Hello Kitty Town, The Little Big Club and LAT’s Place are located conveniently at The Little Red Cube, in Nusajaya Johor, just 20 minutes’ drive from Johor Bahru and the Malaysia-Singapore Second Link, 25 minutes away from the Senai International Airport, only 10 minutes away from LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort and a 90 minutes ferry ride from Batam, Indonesia.





source: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanrio_Puroland
http://www.playtime.com.my/

Top 10 Exotic Islands In Indonesia

1. Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua

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To be able to achieve Raja Ampat Islands, you must buy the ticket to Sorong from Jakarta to the time flight 6 hours, transit in Makassar or Manado. After arriving in Sorong, you must go to ship that took 3 hours.

You will be faced with two choices when we want to enjoy natural tourism Raja Ampat Islands archipelago. The choice to stay in a resort or lived in a ship are pinisi schooners that has been modified. To be able to enjoy Raja Ampat tour for a week by using Phinisi ships , you just have to pay not more than US$ 10.000 with the capacity of 14 people, which means a person just spend less than $1000. For a choice hotel, you can stay in Aston Niu Manokwari with rates from IDR 600.000.

2. Derawan Islands, East Kalimantan

There is no way to better to get the beauty of Derawan than dip to under the sea, both with diving or simply snorkeling. Complete rest, you can enjoy spread of the sands in Scorched, located only 5 minutes from going to Derawan Island.


Life under the sea here extraordinary, you will find turtles, dolphins giant, the fish pari, manatee, barracuda, and a jellyfish stingless. Shark Derawan here is one of the biological diversity is worthless. And it is not only that, some of the species unique and protected is here, crab head, the whale, dolphins, and mermaid.

3. Togean Islands, North Sulawesi

In The Islands Togean, not only offers packages dives. But, You can also do trekking in the island to see tapir togean, deer, bats, and crab kenari. Despite a little business to achieve the islands, you will not feel bored. Remember along the way, You will also surrounding scenery that it is an exceptional. Ever travel, beauty of mount You will be accompanied by a garden coffee and beautiful beach in the equator.


4. Karimun Jawa, Central Java

This Island has several label, island holiday, Paradise of Java, or Carribean van Java. There are three options weather that can bring you to the place where this tour, the weather motor quickly Kartini; don't beat 4 hours, the ship Bahari Expres; don't beat 2 hours, and ships motor passengers Muria; don't beat approximately 6 hours from the Port Kartini.

The activity that you can carry out at Karimunjawa, not only scuba diving, snorkeling, swimming, and fishing. You can also enjoy, around islands, see around sharks, trekking mangrove forests.

5. Wakatobi Island, Southeast Sulawesi


You can use plane from Jakarta to Wakatobi with the aim Kendari, then continue with ships directly to Wanci on the Island Sweet fragrance. Weather regular toward Island Sweet fragrance went up every morning at 10.00 and will arrive in the approximately 10 to 12 hours later. Of Sweet fragrance, travel to other islands can be achieved by boats were rented or boat regular simple, but safe enough.

Best Time to visit Wakatobi National Park is from April-June and October-December every year. Some activities in what is certain is that you can do here from diving, snorkeling and swimming to see a coral reef that are beautiful and various sea biota.

6. Tidung Island, Jakarta

Tidung Kecil Island has now become prestige for the tourists both foreign and domestic. This is nothing because its beauty, hiss wind, however nan breeze, blue water nan clear, and especially coral reefs him nan breathtaking.


To achieve the Tidung Kecil Island, the only transport infrastructure enables is through the sea, namely using any means weather. There are At least three different weather, Ferry (from destruction Angke) and Boat (from destruction Kaliadem area in Angke).  Of the whole, tourism facilities Tidung Kecil Island which now is a favorite is coral reefs tour with the activities Watersport Tidung Kecil Island, snorkeling and diving.






7. Gili Terawangan Island , Lombok


Enjoy the beauty world under the sea in the islands egg on it is not always cheap. So when planned holiday, make sure you memersiapkan special budget to hire equipment and instructors diving. During holiday season that many of June-August, islands on the Sidewalk full, so make sure you make a reservation at least four months earlier. Before going to this island, it is better if you check this site hotelscombined because this site has 235 property hotel and resort that you can compare with ease.

Explore the beauties of the life under the sea, and snorkel corals in the color blue. This type of Coral can only be found in the islands Dike and Caribbean Sea. Made bold and greeted them Try you explore movie Point in Earthen Meno, a best place to see the sea turtle. Ceburkan yourself and scuba diving is on The wall Meno in Earthen Trawangan in the depth of 18-20 m, then you will find shark white, mantarays and turtle.




8. Kepa Island, East Nusa Tenggara

Coast to protect is located in Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Island to protect itself is a small island which is located about 30 minutes from the City Kalabahi, the capital city Alor Island. This Island is also known by the nickname "a Pettite" to ask that means to protect Small. A, however that offers clarity water, excessive white discharge sand, and tranquillity nature.


In addition to enjoy the scenery exotic from this beach, tourists can also conducted snorkling and diving. Snorkling activities can be less than half a day. Does it cost is quite an affordable price, which is less than more of Rp 50.000 per person. Price per person diving for around 26 a per dive or can choose package price offered, which is around € 56 for two people (during the course of a day).




9. Tulamben, Bali


Tourism Objects Tulamben located in the village, Sub-district Tulamben Stronghold, Karangasem, Bali. The distance is around 80 km from the City Denpasar and can be taken in the 1.5-2 hours. 

The uniqueness of tourism object is dead, there was a ship wreck United States that called for USS Liberty that go down in the second world war, but there are also said that an earthquake, and Mount Agung at the end of 1963. Apart from which one is right or wrong, Tulamben remains a favorite location for diving.

10. Bintan Island, Riau


In this island, you can enjoy history and cultural tours, including local Palace City plate which is located on the island Biram Gods. Visiting Bintan will be complete only if you have to look in Tanjung Pinang city, where you can see the life of society and local visiting a temple 300 years old in the area Senggarang.