In Seoul there are historical attractions worth a visit of the tourists, namely Gyeongbokgung Palace. In antiquity, this place used as a means of government activities. In this palace there are also several beautiful parks and an interesting stone structure. Traveling in here, can spoil our eyes and hearts.
For shopping enthusiasts, can visit Dongdaemun market. Dongdaemun area to visitors is always crowded, because this market than are sold clothing, also sells the animals. Usually, shops are open for 24 hours or some are just beginning to open at 09.00pm. This market is a semi-traditional, but do not have to worry about cleanliness. Cleanliness is very up market.
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2.10.09
Korean Ginseng Spectacular
23.9.09
10 Beautiful buildings of the world
1. Mezquita de Cordoba, Kordoba, Spanyol
Mezquita or Mosque is C0rdoba ancient cathedral which is a mosque. Resolution of complex construction of the cathedral took more than two centuries. Curved pillars with pinto colors, dazzling mosaics and rows of endless and made of onyx and marble are a few reasons why we must stop to this place.
2. Hoover Dam, Black Canyon, Colorado River, (AS)
The dam that restricts the state of Arizona and Nevada this is a miracle of modern architecture. The building is famous for its art deco design was beautiful and emphasizes simplicity. Not only the exterior, the inside of this building is very beautiful. The reason, floors made of marble and patterned terrazzo was very fond of Indians to pass up.
3. Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar
4. Majolica House, Wina, Austria
Appropriate description for this one building is a strange, striking, and really amazing. Invented by Otto Wagner, Majolica House is one of the best masterpieces from the Art Nouveau movement.
5. Opera de Arame, Curitiba, Parana, Brasil
Unlike theater building in general, Opera de arame surrounded by steel poles and very transparent. This theater is also often the venue for several important plays in the country. Although very beautiful if you visit during the day, this building was even more spectacular with the light the lights at night.
6. 30 St. Mary Axe, London, Inggris
Modern skyscrapers in the City of London, England, is shaped like a missile or a cucumber. While some people ridicule the strange design, some are struck by its authenticity. With the size of three times higher than Niagara Falls, the building is also called The Gherkin is not the place for those who are afraid of heights.
7. Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Planetarium of the 17th century it played an important role to predict astronomical and meteorological events in the area. The most amazing locations is a tool whereby the clock or the sun are also called Samrat Yantra.
8. Golden Pavilion, Kyoto, Pulau Honshu, Jepang
Dramatic effect of the gold-colored leaves around the building is reflected by the water that surrounds the pool pavilion. So from this pool that is worthy of Mirror Pond. Though quite "bright", this one building provides a very peaceful atmosphere.
9. Wiblingen Abbey Library, Jerman
Grandeur and luxury of Rococo art style buildings are located in the category of "you must see it to believe it was new". Even the critics had to admit his admiration for the quiet library, but "lively" is.
10. TWA Flight Center, Bandar Udara John F. Kennedy
Airport terminal futuristic Eero Saarinen's work is very neat and reminds us of the cartoon The Jetsons. This place also represents the glittering luxury air travel American past. TWA Flight Center went in one direction location filming Steven Spielberg, entitled Catch Me if You Can.
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Mezquita or Mosque is C0rdoba ancient cathedral which is a mosque. Resolution of complex construction of the cathedral took more than two centuries. Curved pillars with pinto colors, dazzling mosaics and rows of endless and made of onyx and marble are a few reasons why we must stop to this place.
2. Hoover Dam, Black Canyon, Colorado River, (AS)
The dam that restricts the state of Arizona and Nevada this is a miracle of modern architecture. The building is famous for its art deco design was beautiful and emphasizes simplicity. Not only the exterior, the inside of this building is very beautiful. The reason, floors made of marble and patterned terrazzo was very fond of Indians to pass up.
3. Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar
Tradition of donating gold to the pagoda in the 15th-century ago it produced a satisfactory result. Decorated with thousands of diamonds and rubies, the exterior of art masterpieces that one can not be defeated. With the exception of interior design with the ceiling a very nice and ornaments of ancient Buddhist relic.
4. Majolica House, Wina, Austria
Appropriate description for this one building is a strange, striking, and really amazing. Invented by Otto Wagner, Majolica House is one of the best masterpieces from the Art Nouveau movement.
5. Opera de Arame, Curitiba, Parana, Brasil
Unlike theater building in general, Opera de arame surrounded by steel poles and very transparent. This theater is also often the venue for several important plays in the country. Although very beautiful if you visit during the day, this building was even more spectacular with the light the lights at night.
6. 30 St. Mary Axe, London, Inggris
Modern skyscrapers in the City of London, England, is shaped like a missile or a cucumber. While some people ridicule the strange design, some are struck by its authenticity. With the size of three times higher than Niagara Falls, the building is also called The Gherkin is not the place for those who are afraid of heights.
7. Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Planetarium of the 17th century it played an important role to predict astronomical and meteorological events in the area. The most amazing locations is a tool whereby the clock or the sun are also called Samrat Yantra.
8. Golden Pavilion, Kyoto, Pulau Honshu, Jepang
Dramatic effect of the gold-colored leaves around the building is reflected by the water that surrounds the pool pavilion. So from this pool that is worthy of Mirror Pond. Though quite "bright", this one building provides a very peaceful atmosphere.
9. Wiblingen Abbey Library, Jerman
Grandeur and luxury of Rococo art style buildings are located in the category of "you must see it to believe it was new". Even the critics had to admit his admiration for the quiet library, but "lively" is.
10. TWA Flight Center, Bandar Udara John F. Kennedy
Airport terminal futuristic Eero Saarinen's work is very neat and reminds us of the cartoon The Jetsons. This place also represents the glittering luxury air travel American past. TWA Flight Center went in one direction location filming Steven Spielberg, entitled Catch Me if You Can.
22.9.09
Most lovely library
1. Jay Walker's Private Library
2. Melk Monastery Library, Melk, Austria
3. Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada
4. Wiblingen Monastary Library, Ulm, Germany
5. Central Library, Seattle
06. George Peabody Library, Baltimore
07. National Library, Belarus
08. Sansovino Library, Rome
09. Library of Congress, Washington
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19.9.09
most comfortable cities in Indonesia
1. Yogyakarta
The city was once the capital of Indonesia during the revolution. Also this town is the capital city of Yogyakarta Special Region, led by Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X and Prince Sri Pakualam. The food is typical of this city gudeg. Yogyakarta is known as student city because almost 20% of the population is productive there are 137 students and universities. Yogyakarta is a city that characterized the dynamics of school and university students from various regions in Indonesia. College owned by the government is the State University of Yogyakarta, Indonesia Institute of the Arts and the State Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga.
Yogyakarta had become the center of the Mataram kingdom between 1575-1640. Until now the Palace (Palace) was still functioning in the real sense. In addition to the cultural heritage, Yogyakarta has beautiful natural panorama. Green rice field surrounding countryside with Mount Merapi appeared as a backdrop. Beaches unspoiled easily found in the south of Jogja. The people here live in peace and have a unique hospitality. So was the atmosphere of art in Yogyakarta. Malioboro, which is the artery of Yogyakarta, was flooded with handicrafts from all over. Street musicians were always ready to entertain visitors lesehan stalls. Not infrequently also found the hotels, from the lower classes until the star hotels, which classified certain of a comfortable hotel, should the city of Yogyakarta to be comfortable.
2. Bandung
Bandung City is the capital of West Java province. The city was anciently known as Paris van Java (in Dutch) or "Paris of Java". Since lies in the highlands, Bandung was known as a place cool weather. This makes Bandung as one tourism destination. While the existence of public universities and many private universities in Bandung make this city known as one of the students in the Indonesian city.
3. Semarang
The city of Semarang is the capital city of Central Java Province, Indonesia. The town is located about 466 km east of Jakarta, or 312 km west of Surabaya. Semarang is bordered by Java Sea to the north, east Demak district, Semarang regency in the south, and the District of Kendal in the west.
4. Solo
Solo City is a city in Central Java province, Indonesia. In Indonesia, Solo is ranked the tenth largest city (after the Yogyakarta). Solo has a motto which is an acronym beam of Clean, Healthy, Neat, and Beautiful. For the purposes of tourism marketing, tourism slogan Solo Solo took the Spirit of Java that is expected to build the image of the city of Solo as a center of Javanese culture.
5. Bogor
Bogor City is a city in West Java province, Indonesia.Bogor city known as the rain, because it has a very rainfall tinggi. In Dutch colonial era, Bogor is known as Buitenzorg (pronounced: boit'n-zôrkh ", bœit' - ) which means "no worries" or "peaceful". Today a city of Bogor and Bogor commemorated every year on June 3, because the date is June 3, 1482 coronation of King Siliwangi day as the king of the Pajajaran. Bogor (meaning "palm") has long known to be centers of education and the national agricultural research. It was here that the various institutions and halls of agricultural and biological research stood since the 19th century. Institut Pertanian Bogor, established since the early 20th century.
14.9.09
Seven big hole in the world
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Ten Of The Longest River In The World
1. Nil River in Africa (6650 km)
2. Amazon River in South America (6400 km)
3. Yangtze/Chang Jiang River in China (6300 km)
4. Mississippi - Missouri River in North America (6275 km)
5. Yenisei-Angara-Selenga River in Rusia and Mongolia (5539 km)
6. Kuning/Huang Ho River in China - Asia (5464 km)
7. Ob - Irtysh River in European and Asia (5410 km)
8. Kongo River in Africa (4700 km)
9. Amur River in European and Asia (4444 km)
10. Lena River in European continent - Rusia (4400 km)
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2. Amazon River in South America (6400 km)
3. Yangtze/Chang Jiang River in China (6300 km)
4. Mississippi - Missouri River in North America (6275 km)
5. Yenisei-Angara-Selenga River in Rusia and Mongolia (5539 km)
6. Kuning/Huang Ho River in China - Asia (5464 km)
7. Ob - Irtysh River in European and Asia (5410 km)
8. Kongo River in Africa (4700 km)
9. Amur River in European and Asia (4444 km)
10. Lena River in European continent - Rusia (4400 km)
26.8.09
7 Airport Dangerous in The World
1.Princess Juliana International Airport (Saint Martin)
The airport was started as a military airstrip in 1942. Was transformed into civil airport in 1943. In 1964 the airport was renovated and relocated, with a new terminal building and control tower. Upgrading facilities in 1985 and 2001.
The airport is named from Juliana of the Netherlands, which is the crown princess when the airport opened. This is the third busiest airport in the Eastern Caribbean, after Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico and the Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The airport serves as a hub for Windward Islands Airways and is the main gateway for the Leeward Islands is less.
2.Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (Saba)
This is the only airport on the Caribbean island of Saba, in the Netherlands Antilles. It's well known among experienced fliers for the way to approach or takeoff from the airport.
Some aviation experts from the general opinion that the airport is one of the most dangerous in the world, even though no major tragedies have happened at the facility.
Hazards arise from the physical position of the airport. This is on one side of a hill flanked by high hills, and on the other side and at both ends of the runway by cliffs down to the sea. This creates the possibility that the plane would overshoot a runway during landing or takeoff and end up in the sea or on cliffs.
Though the airport is marked as non-commercial facilities, airlines can land there to get relief from the Netherlands Antilles' Civil Aviation Authority.
3.Courchevel (France)
Courchevel is the name of a ski area located in the Savoie French Alps, and part of Les Trois Vallées, the largest linked ski area in the world. Courchevel has an airport (Airport Courchevel) and highways that connect it with the whole world.
This name chosen for marketing reasons to compete with rival Val d'Isère. Courchevel valley also includes the town of La Tania, built as a competitor accommodation for 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. Le Praz hosted the Olympic ski year.
4.Gustaf III Airport (St. Bart)
Gustaf III Airport, also known as Saint Barthélemy Airport or St. Jean Airport (French: Aerodrome de St Jean), is a common use of airport located in the village of St. Jean on the Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy. Both the airport and main town of Gustavia are named the island to King Gustav III of Sweden, under Swedish island acquired from France in 1785 (it was sold back to France in 1878).
The airport is served by small regional commercial aircraft and charters. Most visiting aircraft carry fewer than twenty passengers, such as the Twin Otter, common sights around Saint Barth and throughout the northern West Indies. The short airstrip is at the bottom of a gentle slope ends directly on the beach. Descendants of arrival is very steep at the top of the hill roundabout and left the aircraft just above the head of sunbathers (although small signs advise sunbathers not to lie directly at the end of the runway). The airport is located on the island's second largest city, St. Jean.
Although the airport has a great reputation to become one of the most dangerous in the world, there have been very few accidents there, most recently on May 23, 2009 when a Piper Aztec ran out of runway on landing and fell on the departure end of Runway 10. There were injuries.
5.Barra International Airport (Barra)
Barra Airport is the only airport in the world where the plane landed on the beach. BRR is situated in the coastal area Traigh Mhor, on Barra island, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. If you want to fly here commercially you want to book with British Airways, which flies to Barra from Glasgow and Benbecula.
The airport is completely washed away by the tide once a day, and if you come to the afternoon flight, you might see some cars in the parking lot with their light, which provides pilots some added visibility, the airport is naturally lit. Needless to say you may not want to join at Barra Airport beach, unless you are an addict flight, in which case Barra Airport has a fool proof system, as a sign that read: "Keep away from the coast. When the windsock is flying and the airport is active. "
6.Madeira Airport (Madeira)
Madeira Airport (informally known as Funchal Airport, and formerly known as Santa Catarina Airport), is an international airport located near Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. The airport controls national and international air traffic from the island of Madeira.
The airport was opened on July 18, 1964 with two 1,600 m runways.
The airport was once famous for its short runway, surrounded by high mountains and the sea, making a hard landing for even the most experienced pilots. Original runway is only 1600 feet long, but was extended by 200 meters 8 years after the TAP Air Portugal Flight 425 incident in 1977 and was rebuilt in 2000, almost doubling the size of the runway, building on the ocean. Rather than using a landfill, the extension is built on a series of 180 columns, each about 70m high. The airport is also considered to Kai Tak in Europe as a single approach to the runway
7. Lukla Airport - Nepal
Lukla Airport is a small airport in Lukla town in the Khumbu, eastern Nepal. In January 2008, the government of Nepal announced that the airport be renamed in honor of Sir Edmund Hillary [1] and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary died on January 11, 2008. Tenzing Norgay died in 1986. The airport is now officially named Tenzing-Hillary Airport.
Characteristics include runway 527m asphalt runway. 20m wide and sloping ground is a startling 12%. Apron has 4 feet and there is a heli-pad is located 150m below the TWR (tower air traffic control). There are no landing aids are available and the Air Traffic Service is limited to the AFIS (Aerodrome Flight Information Service) only.
The airport is quite popular as Lukla is the place where most people begin their journey to climb Mount Everest.
There are frequent daily flights (ie no night service) between Lukla and Kathmandu, weather permitting. Despite the short flight distance, can easily rain in Lukla while the sun shines in Kathmandu, or vice versa. Siren blast mountain airport personnel to inform the incoming flight. Asphalt paved accessible only by helicopter and small fixed wing takeoff and short landing (STOL) aircraft like Twin Otters or Dornier Do 228. There are about 700 meters (2000 feet) drop at the end of the runway side into the valley below. The airport is contained in the chain fence and guarded by armed police or civilian police Nepal around the clock.
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The airport was started as a military airstrip in 1942. Was transformed into civil airport in 1943. In 1964 the airport was renovated and relocated, with a new terminal building and control tower. Upgrading facilities in 1985 and 2001.
The airport is named from Juliana of the Netherlands, which is the crown princess when the airport opened. This is the third busiest airport in the Eastern Caribbean, after Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico and the Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The airport serves as a hub for Windward Islands Airways and is the main gateway for the Leeward Islands is less.
2.Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (Saba)
This is the only airport on the Caribbean island of Saba, in the Netherlands Antilles. It's well known among experienced fliers for the way to approach or takeoff from the airport.
Some aviation experts from the general opinion that the airport is one of the most dangerous in the world, even though no major tragedies have happened at the facility.
Hazards arise from the physical position of the airport. This is on one side of a hill flanked by high hills, and on the other side and at both ends of the runway by cliffs down to the sea. This creates the possibility that the plane would overshoot a runway during landing or takeoff and end up in the sea or on cliffs.
Though the airport is marked as non-commercial facilities, airlines can land there to get relief from the Netherlands Antilles' Civil Aviation Authority.
3.Courchevel (France)
Courchevel is the name of a ski area located in the Savoie French Alps, and part of Les Trois Vallées, the largest linked ski area in the world. Courchevel has an airport (Airport Courchevel) and highways that connect it with the whole world.
This name chosen for marketing reasons to compete with rival Val d'Isère. Courchevel valley also includes the town of La Tania, built as a competitor accommodation for 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. Le Praz hosted the Olympic ski year.
4.Gustaf III Airport (St. Bart)
Gustaf III Airport, also known as Saint Barthélemy Airport or St. Jean Airport (French: Aerodrome de St Jean), is a common use of airport located in the village of St. Jean on the Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy. Both the airport and main town of Gustavia are named the island to King Gustav III of Sweden, under Swedish island acquired from France in 1785 (it was sold back to France in 1878).
The airport is served by small regional commercial aircraft and charters. Most visiting aircraft carry fewer than twenty passengers, such as the Twin Otter, common sights around Saint Barth and throughout the northern West Indies. The short airstrip is at the bottom of a gentle slope ends directly on the beach. Descendants of arrival is very steep at the top of the hill roundabout and left the aircraft just above the head of sunbathers (although small signs advise sunbathers not to lie directly at the end of the runway). The airport is located on the island's second largest city, St. Jean.
Although the airport has a great reputation to become one of the most dangerous in the world, there have been very few accidents there, most recently on May 23, 2009 when a Piper Aztec ran out of runway on landing and fell on the departure end of Runway 10. There were injuries.
5.Barra International Airport (Barra)
Barra Airport is the only airport in the world where the plane landed on the beach. BRR is situated in the coastal area Traigh Mhor, on Barra island, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. If you want to fly here commercially you want to book with British Airways, which flies to Barra from Glasgow and Benbecula.
The airport is completely washed away by the tide once a day, and if you come to the afternoon flight, you might see some cars in the parking lot with their light, which provides pilots some added visibility, the airport is naturally lit. Needless to say you may not want to join at Barra Airport beach, unless you are an addict flight, in which case Barra Airport has a fool proof system, as a sign that read: "Keep away from the coast. When the windsock is flying and the airport is active. "
6.Madeira Airport (Madeira)
Madeira Airport (informally known as Funchal Airport, and formerly known as Santa Catarina Airport), is an international airport located near Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. The airport controls national and international air traffic from the island of Madeira.
The airport was opened on July 18, 1964 with two 1,600 m runways.
The airport was once famous for its short runway, surrounded by high mountains and the sea, making a hard landing for even the most experienced pilots. Original runway is only 1600 feet long, but was extended by 200 meters 8 years after the TAP Air Portugal Flight 425 incident in 1977 and was rebuilt in 2000, almost doubling the size of the runway, building on the ocean. Rather than using a landfill, the extension is built on a series of 180 columns, each about 70m high. The airport is also considered to Kai Tak in Europe as a single approach to the runway
7. Lukla Airport - Nepal
Lukla Airport is a small airport in Lukla town in the Khumbu, eastern Nepal. In January 2008, the government of Nepal announced that the airport be renamed in honor of Sir Edmund Hillary [1] and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary died on January 11, 2008. Tenzing Norgay died in 1986. The airport is now officially named Tenzing-Hillary Airport.
Characteristics include runway 527m asphalt runway. 20m wide and sloping ground is a startling 12%. Apron has 4 feet and there is a heli-pad is located 150m below the TWR (tower air traffic control). There are no landing aids are available and the Air Traffic Service is limited to the AFIS (Aerodrome Flight Information Service) only.
The airport is quite popular as Lukla is the place where most people begin their journey to climb Mount Everest.
There are frequent daily flights (ie no night service) between Lukla and Kathmandu, weather permitting. Despite the short flight distance, can easily rain in Lukla while the sun shines in Kathmandu, or vice versa. Siren blast mountain airport personnel to inform the incoming flight. Asphalt paved accessible only by helicopter and small fixed wing takeoff and short landing (STOL) aircraft like Twin Otters or Dornier Do 228. There are about 700 meters (2000 feet) drop at the end of the runway side into the valley below. The airport is contained in the chain fence and guarded by armed police or civilian police Nepal around the clock.
