Beautiful Place of Costa Smeralda

Pictures of Costa Smeralda

The beauty of Costa Smeralda is an ideal holiday location with its stunning beaches, superb scenery and great sports facilities. The Costa Smeralda lies on the North-Eastern coast of the isle of Sardinia, which is one of the main Italian islands, right in the middle of the isle of Sardinia, which is one of the Mediterranean Sea, just one or two hour’s flight from the main Italian islands, right in the world has such a large resort, of over 3000 hectares, been so well developed by only one person, with an overall Master Plan, contemplating a 50 year development and has received so much loving care for detail. All properties are protected by the efficient organisation of the investment. All properties are protected by the world's most famous architects and built by Sardinia's finest craftsmen. All properties are protected by the world's most famous architects and built by Sardinia's finest craftsmen. On the Costa Smeralda you will find the most spectacular villas and apartments, designed by the world's most famous architects and built by Sardinia's finest craftsmen.

Enjoy the Punaluʻu Beach

Punaluʻu Beach known us called Black Sand Beach, is a beach between Pāhala and Nāʻālehu on the Big Island of the U.S. state of Hawaii.Punalu'u Beach Park is the most expansive and most accessible black sand beach is the most famous black sand beach is the most expansive and most accessible black sand beach, watch the sea turtles, and swim or snorkel.The white tips of cresting waves against the deep blue Pacific are beautiful, but it's the astonishing black sand beach that will take your breath away. You can also spread out a blanket under a towering coconut tree for a midday picnic or afternoon siesta, or sit for hours watching the action in the park's beautiful freshwater fish pond. The white tips of cresting waves against the deep blue Pacific are beautiful, but it's the astonishing black sand beach is the most famous black sand beach, watch the sea turtles, and swim or snorkel. You can also spread out a blanket under a towering coconut tree for a midday picnic or afternoon siesta, or sit for hours watching the action in the park's beautiful freshwater fish pond.enjoy the Punaluʻu Beach Hotels, travel and others..

Little Palm Island Resort & Spa

Little Palm Island Resort & Spa is a beautiful island place. For those that can’t afford an overnight stay on Little Palm Island, you can save up, you won’t For those that can’t afford an overnight stay on Little Palm Island, you can save up, you won’t be disappointed. For those that can’t afford an overnight stay on Little Palm Island, you can save up, you won’t be disappointed. It isn’t easy on the pocketbook, but if you can save up, you won’t be disappointed. Children under the age of 16 are not permitted on the island.

Children under the age of 16 are not permitted and the only television is in one of the most romantic places I’ve ever visited. It is quite possibly one of the most romantic places I’ve ever visited. I enjoyed exploring this luxurious island retreat, listening to the waves lap the shore. The onsite SpaTerre is a tree house of relaxation and Zen. It is quite possibly one of the common areas.

I enjoyed exploring this luxurious island retreat, listening to the waves lap the shore. The onsite SpaTerre is a tree house of relaxation and Zen. Children under the age of 16 are not permitted and the only television is in one of the common areas. It is quite possibly one of the most romantic places I’ve ever visited. I enjoyed exploring this luxurious island retreat, listening to the waves lap the shore.
The onsite SpaTerre is a tree house of relaxation and Zen. This one has to be at the top of the common areas.Little Palm Island Resort & Spa are welcomed into the elegant Shore Station where bags are whisked away, cars are parked (you won’t need them where you’re going) and hands are filled with a glass of champagne or a refreshing Gumby Slumber—the resort’s signature rum punch—made from coconut rum, spiced rum, pineapple, orange and cranberry juice topped with a “shot" of shredded coconut that’s been marinated in 151 proof rum.

Dubai : The Best Backstreets

Not far from Dubai's gritty Karama and Satwa 'hoods is Al-Musalla Rd, Bur Dubai, the city's ‘Little India’. The side streets are lined with Bollywood tape shops and boutiques selling bejewelled and sequinned numbers modelled by kitsch mannequins. There are cheap Pakistani, Azerbaijani and Russian eateries, and Indian sweet shops. There's a tea shop one block from Al-Fahidi roundabout with plastic stools on the pavement out front. On Fridays big groups of expat workers from the Sub-Continent gather outside to share stories from home and, in season, watch cricket on the black and white television. Equally as interesting, in the nearby neighbourhood of Mankhool, near Al-Adhid Rd, local families live in big villas with half a dozen cars out front, there are diminutive white mosques on the corners, and children ride bicycles down the quiet street. This is as close as Dubai gets to an ordinary middle-class 'burb. If you're staying at a beach resort, it's worth wandering around Umm Suqeim, between Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Umm Suqeim beach. In this low-key Emirati neighbourhood of whitewashed single-storey houses and bougainvillea-filled gardens, you'll be sharing the sandy lanes with straying chickens and scrawny cats. Don't worry, it's okay to help yourself to a cup of water from the coolers out front. That's what they're there for.

Best Travel of Peter Island Resort

Peter Island is exclusive luxury resort. Peter Island zresort as one of the "Best Places to Stay in the World" and "Top 20 Islands of the World". The Peter Island Resort in the British Virgin Islands.

The Peter Island resort lies a few miles across the Sir Frances Drake Channel, directly opposite Road Town on Tortola. Given that the British Virgin Islands are some of the most glorious chunks of paradise on earth it would be hard to imagine anything more breathtaking than a resort spread over a privately owned 1800 acre island.Simple open walled architecture houses the lobby and public areas to make the most of the steady tradewind breezes that cool the rooms and villas naturally, should guests prefer not to use air-conditioning. Hidden between swaying palms and overlooking stupendous views of land and sea, the resort is clustered around the pristine sands of Deadman's beach and the neighbouring bay. Stunning mountainous terrain, exquisite beaches, secluded coves and an inherent tranquillity. Peter Island Resort fulfils the most extravagant of expectations with its low-key perfection.

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Bhangarh: The Most Haunted City in India

The city with a history full of mystery, so the right word to describe the city in the Rajasthan region, this region north of Jaipur.


According to legend, never happened in Bhangarh mass murder. After the massacre, was never an additional population in the city this mystery. After that incident also, a city founded in 1630 was left abandoned for 10 years.

Of course, though now the city has been opened, but the mystery and horror still smell to this day. No one living in the city. Even the local archeological office is located outside Bhangarh. A warning message at the entrance of the city had indeed explain everything.
"Staying here after sunset is Strictly prohibited," strictly forbidden to live in this city after sunset, the smell of the warning message reads. Instead, visitors can stay in super luxury resort Amanbagh located about 10 km from Bhangarh.

Marina Bay in Singapore

Marina Bay in Singapore



Marina Bay is the most exciting new focal point in Singapore, the place to live, work and play. 360 hectares of dramatic new development, stunning water views, landscaped parklands and spectacular cityscapes. At its heart is Marina Bay Financial Centre, the purpose-built financial district of the new downtown. Standing on a site of more than 380,000 square feet is a breathtaking blend of three office towers offering nearly 3 million square feet of prime Grade A office space, two residential towers of approximately 1 million square feet comprising of 649 luxury apartments and subterranean retail space close to 80,000 square feet – all clustered around a beautiful waterfront park. MBFC is the new masterpiece from Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects.
Dramatic crystalline forms deliver a striking addition to Singapore’s skyline. MBFC is simultaneously prestigious and contemporary, a development that is central to the future of business in Singapore and the region. MBFC has been called Asia’s Canary Wharf. It is quite simply Asia’s best business address.

Location

As well as its unmatched location, Marina Bay Financial Centre enjoys superb infrastructure and excellent connections to the rest of Singapore and the world.

By Road
The East Coast Parkway and the newly announced Marina Coastal Expressway will provide swift access to and from Changi Airport (within 18 minutes) and Eastern and Western Singapore.

By Public Transport
A superb public transport service, including the Mass Rapid Transport system, buses, taxis and river taxis, guarantee easy efficient access to and from Marina Bay Financial Centre.

By MRT
Marina Bay Financial Centre will also benefit from close proximity to both Raffles Place MRT and the upcoming Landmark and Bayfront MRT stations at Marina Bay.

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Venice River The Romantic River in Venezia Italy

Venice River The Romantic River in Venezia Italy

Venezia Italy, Town of water, this may be an appropriate designation for Venice. The town is located in the northeastern part of Italy is directly reminiscent of a name, origin of the Venetian merchant Marco Polo.Nama who wanders into a number of Asian countries is easy to remember because it listed in various history books that taught since elementary school. The name Marco Polo can not be separated from Venice. Even the name immortalized as the name of Marco Polo airport in the city.

Venezia, better known as a tourist town and industrial city. Heritage of fame makes trading city of Venice as one of the famous tourist spots on the shores of the Adriatic Sea. With the nickname The Queen of the Adriatic which is still attached. You can use the fast trains such as Eurostar and train-like economy class to visit Venice. From various cities in mainland Europe there are some trains which, directly or have to change trains. The train stopped at Santa Lucia Station.

In some places you can find 24-hour cafe, so you need not fear starvation. Want hot coffee to drink tea available in the corners of the station. After that for around the city that was built from the small islands that we use the vaporetto or water bus from the station named Ferovia, not far from the station. From here visitors can surround a number of places in Venice. There are a number of routes that can be passed from this base. One popular route is Ferovia-San Marco. Magnificent buildings hundreds of years old and have been directly adjacent to the sea. Palaces, churches and museum-style Ghotic, Venezia, Byzantine and Lombardesque are also small-island. The island of more than 100 that are connected with canals. In this channel operates a traditional boat called a gondola.

This is a vehicle which is used if you want to surround the villages on the island. While the bus is only used water outside the canal. Water bus stop in some places and to route Ferovia-San Marco taken within half an hour. On the water bus station in San Marco, you will meet with the vendors of souvenirs, ranging from Venetian crystal, necklace, or a replica of the gondola.


Some tourist sites frequented by tourists, such as the Academia Gallery, Campo Santo Stefano and the Church of San Moise. There's San Marco Square, the Basilica of San Marco and the Ducal Palace as the next destination. Channel San George, a Geto, the Palazzo Rezzonico, estuaries, littoral, Torcello, Burano, Murano, Lido and several churches that have historical value, including Antonio Vivaldi manggungnya place next to the Basilica of San Marco. It took several days to be able to visit all these tourist sites. No need to worry about lodging. Hotels in Venice offers the usual fare in three seasons, the low season (January 3 to January 31), middle season (February 13-March 14) and high season (November 10-December 27).


When Venice became a tourist destination you, do not forget to buy a souvenir glass crystal. Venice is known as a regional producer of high quality crystal souvenir in Europe with a variety of forms. When you come to Venice to coincide with a holiday, you should come somewhat early, so no need to queue long to get the water bus.

Krakal Beach : The Beautiful Beach in Java

The beach is located at Village Krakal Krakal, Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta or 37 kilometers south of downtown Wonosari.

Krakal beach is a beach area and longest beaches among others, and is located 2 km east Coast Drini.

Sparkling white sand that stretches along the coast is perfect for enjoying the sea air while doing sports activities, while enjoying the beauty of the sea and look for marine life with a small nets are sold there.

At certain times there is a treat at the tourist attraction open stage at the seaside.

The Most Beautiful Oasis in Libya

Ubari Oasis is one of the beautiful oasis in the world. This oasis is located in southwest Libya, precisely in the Targa valley. Situated between the highlands and deserts Idhan Messak Sattafat Ubari, around 2 villages namely Germa, and In Garran. Water in is salted like the dead sea, but unfortunately you can not swim in it because it is very dirty.

Dubai: best backstreets vol 1

Travellers to Dubai tend to come for sun, sand and shopping. Few seem interested in exploring anything more than the hotel beach and nearest mall. Yet, like Hong Kong, Dubai's backstreets are endlessly fascinating. While the city's critics complain that Dubai has no culture or soul, they only need to get out of their five star resorts or luxury apartments and wander the backstreets to find the 'real' Dubai. On weekends we like to stroll around Satwa, a laidback neighbourhood of vibrant-coloured houses with gates painted with palm trees. Only a block behind the sleek skyscrapers of Sheikh Zayed Rd, Satwa has a narrow main street lined with second-hand stores, Indian sweet shops and Pakistani eateries, and in the evenings it's just as bustling as the busiest souqs. In the side streets you'll find hole-in-the-wall Afghani bakeries and on Fridays the expat Filipino workers play volleyball on the vacant sandy lots just behind the plush luxury hotels. Not far away, Karama's gritty backstreets are some of Dubai's poorest and yet some of the city's friendliest. Shopkeepers chat on the footpath outside their stores and neighbours stand around on street corners sharing news from home late into the night - the guys, freshly-showered and relaxed, with just a sarong wrapped around their waists. Nowhere in Dubai will you find such community spirit. And such great Goan curries.

Travel by postcards: A Little Beijing

I receive a lot of emails offering to send me products to review... travel books, CDs, language-learning tools, you name it. I'm halfway through several books which I dip into before I drift off to sleep each night, and I'm trying to learn Italian again. And I will get around to writing those reviews soon, I promise. But there's one special product I received from Singapore yesterday which I couldn't resist placing at the top of the reviewing pile that I'm itching to tell you about - something that appeals both to my fondness for postcards and my constant search (and desire to dabble in) new forms of travel guides...

The Accidental Traveler, Linzy Q, who blogs at My Impromptu Travel Journal emailed: "I came across your blog about Postcard Stories and I really like what you wrote. I'm wondering if you would be interested in something that I've published. Entitled "A Little Beijing", it is a publication that stitches together photographs, maps and descriptions of quaint destinations throughout the city in the form of 60 postcards + 1 map of the itinerary. Each day, travellers follow pre-determined routes (outlined on a color coded map) and carry with them approximately 10 corresponding postcards. Upon visiting a place, travellers scribble down their thoughts and mail them back home. Once they get back, a complete documentation of their trip should be waiting for them in the post."

Not only is 'A Little Beijing' a novel concept, but it's every bit as enchanting as it sounds! I'm sure I squealed with delight as I opened the packaging. The postcards come in a handy box, the instructions are easy to understand, the off-the-beaten-track itineraries are well thought-out (intriguing neighbourhoods, quirky points of interest, well-paced) and easy to follow, and the postcards themselves are gorgeous - fabulous photography and beautifully designed (Linzy has won awards for the design). They are the kinds of interesting, arty postcards you only wish they sold in Beijing, the kinds of postcards you would buy if you could anyway, indeed, they're the kinds of images you'd happily gaze at on the wall of an art gallery and wish they also came in postcards.

And while I adore Linzy's idea of following the itineraries on the cards and jotting down your reflections of the places you visit and sending the cards home to yourself as a keepsake, I also love the idea of sending them back to your family members or to a close group of friends who can share what you're up to with eachother while you're away, piecing together the narrative of your journey like a jigsaw puzzle. I told you in Postcards to my Mum about my mother's accident a few years ago and how when she was in hospital in Perth and I was on the road researching a book in Greece I used to send her a postcard a day. I can see 'A Little Beijing' having similar uses... how wonderful to share your journey to Beijing with an invalid grandmother or another family member or friend who can't travel but who travels precariously through you... think of the possibilities.

You can buy A Little Beijing at Linzy's blog or bookstores in Hong Kong and Singapore, which she lists on her blog. Well, if anything, isn't it just a great excuse to go to Beijing?

4WD-ing Campervanning for Beginners

Going on that great Aussie road trip and planning on doing it all? Making the wrong choice when considering which vehicle to hire can leave you missing out on some of Australia's most spectacular scenery — or even stranded in the outback. As part of the three month road trip through four states of Australia which Terry and I recently completed while researching guidebooks, we tested out several different 4WD vehicles and in our story Campervanning for Beginners published recently on NineMSN's travel site, we explain the pros and cons of each vehicle and how to decide on the right one to suit your style of travel and type of journey. Essentially, there are two main vehicle choices for this kind of trip, a 4WD campervan and a motorhome. But while motorhomes are spacious and comfortable and allow you to stop anywhere and make a meal or take a nap, they're generally 2WD, rendering many of the country's most scenic bush tracks (especially those we wanted to tackle) off-limits to travllers. As Terry writes in the story: "Any feelings of envy for those decked-out homes-on-wheels with onboard bathrooms would soon be forgotten as we passed them turning around at the start of tracks signposted "high-clearance 4WD only". A motorhome may get you to the Blue Mountains but it's not going to take you along the Birdsville Track!" And we know where we'd rather go.

Mud Volcanoes in Azerbaijan

A mud volcano may be the result of a piercement structure created by a pressurized mud diapir which breaches the Earth's surface or ocean bottom.In 2001, one mud volcano 15 kilometers from Baku made world headlines when it suddenly started spewing flames 15 m high. Seeps have temperatures up to 2–3 °C above the ambient temperature. In Azerbaijan, eruptions are driven from a deep mud reservoir which is connected to the surface even during dormant periods, when seeping water still shows a deep origin. It is estimated that 300 of the planet's estimated 700 mud volcanoes are found in Gobustan, Azerbaijan and the Caspian Sea. The term mud volcano or mud dome is used to refer to formations created by geo-excreted liquids and gases, although there are several different processes which may cause such activity.
They are also often associated with lava volcanoes; in the case of such close proximity, mud volcanoes emit incombustible gases including helium, whereas lone mud volcanoes are more likely to emit methane. They are also often associated with petroleum deposits and tectonic subduction zones and orogenic belts; hydrocarbon gases are often erupted. Mud volcanoes are often associated with petroleum deposits and tectonic subduction zones and orogenic belts; hydrocarbon gases are often erupted.

All about the backstreets hongkong

It's all about the backstreets, isn't it? Whether it's Hong Kong (pictured), Shanghai or Dubai, it's the backstreets of those cities that are the most fascinating. That's where I like to think we find what's 'authentic' - a term in itself that's up for discussion, right? But to really see how people live, we need to get off the high streets and stylish boulevards. I'll admit I love my galleries, restaurants and shops, but I also like to leave the chic streets and get lost. The more I travel the more inclined I am to leave the guidebook at the hotel and just take a map and phrasebook. I'm bored with the term 'off the beaten track' (can we try to find another?) but getting off the tourist trail and wandering around an everyday neighbourhood, even an unfashionable suburban mall, can be just as compelling, don't you think? My favorite big cities to get lost in would have to be Hong Kong, Beijing, Dubai, Damascus, Mumbai, Marrakesh, Milan, Venice, Antwerp and Amsterdam. What are yours?

Hong Kong: local colour, part 2

On the subject of 'colour', I still think of Hong Kong as the classic 'vibrant cosmopolitan Asian city'. Don't you? Bangkok and Tokyo may share that title, but Hong Kong has something special, an effervescence other cities don't have. The city may not have the flamboyance of Shanghai or the audacity of Dubai but Hong Kong has a certain sizzle all its own. Once a city other Asian cities aspired to be, a city every traveller wanted to see, I wonder now if Hong Kong hasn't lost its appeal to some. Revisiting Hong Kong a couple of years ago, the city's biographer Jan Morris said: "Not long ago Hong Kong was one of travel's absolutes - history's absolutes, too. A city-state like no other, spectacularly unique, with the tallest buildings, the most extravagant shops, the grandest hotels, the busiest port and the most terrific airport - a marvellous anomaly, a historical epitome, a boast, a marvel and a show, whirling away night and day in the South China Sea. Traveller, just look at it now!" Her description of Hong Kong could apply to Shanghai or Dubai, but is that still how we see Hong Kong?

Bangkok: local colour, part 1

I'm always looking for colour when I travel, whether it's that sense of vibrancy, energy and immediacy of life on the streets, or a sense of 'local colour', that the neighbourhood I'm exploring is real, gritty and authentic, or simply the riot of colour and sound that can be experienced in cities like Hong Kong, Tokyo and Bangkok. Like this street in Bangkok's Chinatown. Do you know what I mean?

Thailand: as imagined

Don't you love it when you travel and arrive at a place that's exactly as you had imagined? Do you think to yourself "this is exactly how I imagined"? This image of little houses shaded by palm trees against a backdrop of limestone hills near Khao Sam Roi Yot national park was the Thailand of my imagination. My Thailand had nothing to do with hammocks on white sand beaches. Nor blue skies obviously because it was drizzling and moments later the rain was pelting down. The thing I find fascinating about travel is that, like a good film, it's as much about having your expectations met as is it is about the incongruities, chance encounters and serendipitous moments. What do you think?

Thailand: the missing palm trees

I located my missing palm trees. I knew I hadn't imagined them. They're in Thailand, on the coast somewhere between Hua Hin and Khao Sam Roi Yot national park. We'd hired a car in Hua Hin and driven down to the park to see the limestone hills, the monkeys, and the amazing bird life. On the drive back, we followed the coast as much as we could, stopping at creamy sand beaches and tiny fishing villages. It started to rain. I remember thinking at the time that the dramatic contrast between the gray-blue sky and the rust-red soil reminded me of Broome in the north-west of Australia. That's why I took this picture. So how did this memory converge with my Moroccan one? Does that happen to your travel memories?

Plitvice Waterfalls The Beautiful Fall in the World

Waterfall located at The Lakes Plitvice, it can not be imagined as Niagara waterfall. This is is a national park in the highlands of the eponymous Plitvice, Croatia, to the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sixteen separate lakes (clusters of 12 lakes and clusters below 4 lakes), composed tiered naturally start from a height of 636 m to 503 m. Water coming out of the lake is the lowest form Korana river.
Plitvice Lakes which is located on the basin karstic rock, mainly dolomite and limestone, which form the special features. The lake is naturally fragmented by dams travertine, which is a deposit of moss, algae and bacteria. Formation of travertine dams increases about about 1 cm per year. The lake is also famous for its color changes, ranging from sky blue, green, blue or gray. These color changes depending on the amount of minerals or organisms in the water and sun elevation.

Park has been listed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1979. Opertion After the Storm, UNESCO listed the park is in the status of 'danger' on the List of World Heritage in Danger. With a variety of considerations, the Croatian government set the status of de-mining Efforts. In December 1998 UNESCO issued a list of endangered sites. On this day, Plitvice Lakes are one of the largest tourist attractions in Croatia. In 2000, the park has been expanded by over 102 km ².