the Eiffel Tower

After having been picked up from the lobby of your parisian hotel, you will be chauffered to the boat to enjoy an hour cruise and discover Paris, the charm of its bridges, its monuments from the Seine river. A very nice way to take a different look at Paris, the "City of Lights". At your return, our driver guide will escort you to the foot of the eiffel tower where you will take the elevator (

Lushan Hot Spring travel

Lushan Hot Spring is one of the four famous Taiwan hot springs, located in Nantou County. Mahaipu River and Taluowan River are the two sources of Lushan Hot Spring, separated by the suspension bridge. Both for drink and for bathing is the characteristic of Lushan Hot Springs, the carbonic sodium spring is up to 87 degree centigrade and is ideal for heat hydrotherapy. Lushan Hot Spring was named

Coban Rondo Waterfall

The Coban Rondo waterfall (we called The Wana Wisata Air Terjun Coban Rondo) is a beautiful waterfall and gives peacefull impression. The experiences never forget is The way to the waterfall, on the right and left side you can see the beautiful of aligment cypress and pine trees. The coban rondo waterfall was located 12 km from the Batu City, or to be precise in the Pandansari Village. Pujon. In

Spain see first bank bail-out

(Please see UPDATE at end)Spain's banking system seemed to be relatively secure, compared to some (e.g. the UK and the US), but the Spanish government has now had to bail out its first banking institution in recent times, one of the regional savings banks - Caja Castilla la Mancha (CCM) (thru Barcepundit).The Spanish cabinet met today in emergency session to approve Treasury guarantees of upto

Quick Regional Update

The wet season is loosening its grip on the Kimberley. Warm, sunny days and sea breezes are again more prevalent with just the odd thunderstorm in between. The landscape is lush and green, waterfalls gushing and the swarms of dragon flies reminding us that the 'dry' is only weeks away.With the recent flooding rains experienced in the Pilbara region as a result of a couple of passing cyclones, the

Kawah Ijen

Kelimutu

Kelimutu is a volcano, close to the town of Moni in central Flores Island of Indonesia containing three summit crater lakes of varying colors. Tiwu Ata Mbupu (Lake of Old People) is usually blue and is the westernmost of the three lakes. The other two lakes, Tiwu Nuwa Muri Koo Fai (Lake of Young Men and Maidens) and Tiwu Ata Polo (Bewitched or Enchanted Lake) are separated by a shared crater

The Colorful Bunaken

Panca Wali Krama, Holy Celebration at Besakih Temple every 10 years

In March this year a large ceremony will be held in Bali, ceremony name Panca Wali Krama which concentrated at Pura Besakih Temple in Bali, and the ceremony was held during 10 years once. The procession of ritual such as this.March 18, 2009, Hari Raya GalunganMarch 19, 2009 Ceremonial ascent to Mount Rinjani and Mount Semeru (East Java) for holy water as a sacred ceremony in Pura Besakih, and

Nusa Dua - Bali on Picture

New Views of Martian Moon and Surface

New images from two observations of the Martian moon Deimos and more than 600 observations of Mars, acquired by the high-resolution camera (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, became available for viewing Monday.

Meru Betiri National Park

Meru Betiri National Park represents mangrove forest, swamp forest, and lowland rain forest ecosystems.This Park is a natural habitat of the rafflesia flower (Rafflesia zollingeriana), and various other plants such as mangrove (Rhizophora sp.), api-api (Avicennia sp.), waru (Hibiscus tiliaceus), nyamplung (Calophyllum inophyllum), rengas (Gluta renghas), bungur (Lagerstroemia speciosa), pulai (

Ujung Kulon National Park

Ujung Kulon National Park is located on a peninsula at the extreme west part of Java, it was ndonesia's first national park and by many still considered as the finest. Gunung Honje (620 m) is the highest point, at the center of the park there is a plateau called Telanca with an altitude of about 140 m. The rest of the park is mostly lower land and a shifting coastal landscape, in total it covers