Culinary and Curlture
Travel To Myanmar July 19th, 2010
Dining in Yangon can be both pleasurable and exciting. As food is generally inexpensive, one can easily sample different dining options as food choices abound the city. The city’s cuisine is influenced mainly by the neighboring countries and has therefore inspired various dishes:
· Burmese – the local cuisine is an interesting blend of Chinese, Indian and local Myanmar influence. Typical Burmese dishes are curry-based and make use of chicken, seafood, and mutton. As the country is Buddhist-dominated, there is very little use of pork or beef.
· Chinese – the country sits next to Mainland China and since Yangon is inhabited by many local Chinese, various regional cuisines such as Cantonese and Szechuan are available in the market.
· Asian – influence is also very strong in the city’s dining lifestyle. Japanese and Korean restaurants abound the city. Thai, Singaporean and Malaysian dishes are also quite common in many restaurant menus.
· Western – most hotels and restaurants offer a wide variety of Western food. Items are usually available in buffet set-ups as well as in the ala carte menus. Oddly enough, the (Western) fastfood industry has not clearly penetrated the dining market. Worldwide fastfood chains are clearly absent in the city although this has given rise to a few local fastfood establishments and cafes.
Yangon has kept its local touch in terms of dining. Small teashops line up the streets of Yangon where one would find delicious local dishes served with favorite hot beverages. The “mohinga” is the most popular snack item and is served in practically all corners of town. This light, curry-based fish noodle soup is very tasty and although traditionally eaten for breakfast, is now served all-day. This tropical country also offers a wide variety of native, tropical fruits and while there is essentially no season for these fruits, most of the sweet and delicious variety come out during summer months.
Deoksugung (Deoksu Palace)
Travel To Korea July 19th, 2010
Deoksugung (Deoksu Palace) is a complex of palaces that was occupied by various members of the royal family of Joseon Dynasty to the Japanese occupation. Type of buildings in the palace complex enough Deoksu range from wood-based building up Western-style buildings.
In addition to building complex in the area there is also an art museum, botanical garden and a statue of King Sejong.
Deoksu Palace was initially built for the residence of Prince Wolsan, Seongjeong king’s brother. This palace became the residence of the royal family members during the Seven Years’ War between Joseon Dynasty with Japan after the palace burnt down in the Japanese invasion in 1592. King Seonjo was the first king of this dynasty who occupied Deoksu palace. King Gwanghaegun king inaugurated in 1608 in this palace and named it Gyeongun-gung in 1611. After the official palace built Changdeokgung again in 1618, Deoksu Palace isatana used as a side for 270 years and is called “Seogung” (Western Palace).
In 1897, after an incident King Gojong fled to the Russian Embassy, he returned to the palace and named it again with Gyeongun-gung. He reproduce facility and to move in here when he submitted his king to the throne to his son, Sunjong. This palace then called Deoksugung, as people’s expectations for the long life of King Gojong.
'The doors of Heaven' Tianmen Mountain, Tourism New mainstay of China
Travel To China July 19th, 2010
Heaven Door tourism object is a giant oval hole on the top of Tianmen Mountain, (1518 meters above sea level) Zhanjiajie City, Hunan Province, China. With beautiful natural scenery covered with snow, now began to open to foreign tourists, especially to Asia including Indonesia.
Area Door of Heaven is a tourist attraction that could be considered “new”. Just opened in Zhangjiajie in 2001, but has received high attention from domestic and foreign tourists, but it’s also one seed in this city.
Doors of Heaven in the form of an oval hole pointing upward, with a high measure of 131.5 meters, 57 meters wide and the depth reaches 60 meters. The mouth is the door through the top of the mountain, which looks like a beautiful giant hole.
To go to these locations can use the cable car to the track to climb as far as 7.3 kilometers traveled about a half hour drive.
Throughout the trip with a rode a cable car, tourists will pass through the tops of the long line of snowy mountains that are always in the winter. Previous first pass through the villages and the rice field and vegetable garden so wide and looks verdant.
Heaven’s Door hole also was able to be reached on foot up the tens of thousands of steps on the slopes of rocky mountains. Also also, have completed a new roadway that directly approaching the peak. Because across the mountains, the new road was filled with sharp turn conditions on the steep ravine.
Therefore, especially in winter road forbidden to pass the car door to Heaven, because the condition of the roads covered with snow is certain to become very slippery which can result in fatal accidents.
Therefore, more advisable in winter, visitors to the site by using the cable car one way to contain up to 20 people per unit train. Cable car route that will pass through the beautiful scenery and fascinating journey along the rope hanging on the rail along the 7.3 kilometers.
Largest foreign tourists visit the tourist attraction it is from Korea, while the total foreign tourists reached 800 thousand people per year.
Hunan Provincial Government as the manager of the place continues to promote new tourist attraction to the world, including to Indonesia to invite the leaders of direct travel agency to come visit the area.
Local authorities opened the door wide open for the entry of tourists to see the greatness of God’s creation on the door of Tianmen mountian sky seriously stunning giant
Visit the Basilica of St. Thomas in Chennai, India
Travel To India July 19th, 2010
City of Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu, is the last town we visited in India. Tuesday midnight tonight, we soon left India to return to Jakarta.
Many interesting stories on the way in the country with a population of more than 1.2 billion souls. Of whom felt deceived about the bajaj driver in Hyderabad, New Delhi and Chennai and also inaccurate when the Indians, and the simplicity of the leaders of India.
Chennai city we visited three different cities. A city of 6.7 million people is better in terms of infrastructure, more green than the green environment, and give more color pluralism.
There are Churches, mosques, and Hindu places of worship in several places in Chennai. St. Thomas is located at Jalan Santhom is one of the icons in the city of Chennai. He became one tourist destination.
For Catholics, St. Thomas is a holy place for a pilgrimage. Just below the altar of the church, there is the tomb of Saint Thomas, one of the 12 disciples of Jesus.
Pope John Paul II had prayed at the tomb of St. Thomas in the 1980s. St. Thomas became one of the three most important basilica for Catholics, such as St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican and a basilica in Barcelona, Spain.
St. Thomas was built in 1504 and rebuilt in 1893. It is located on the beach and adjacent to the Temple Kapaleeshwarar. Although St. Thomas is one of the icons of Chennai, the promotion of the area is not segencar other destinations.
As one of the point spread of Catholicism in southern India, normal if the Catholic church in Chennai attended seminary. Monks and nuns were present there.
Kaziranga National Park
Travel To India July 6th, 2010
Nested beautifully on the banks of the great Brahmaputra River in the far North Eastern state of Assam in India, Kaziranga National Park is spread across an area of about 430-sq-kms with its swamplands and high thickets of elephant grass making it the idyllic home for the Indian One-Horned Rhino. Beautiful nest on the shores of the Brahmaputra River in the north eastern tip of Assam state in India, Kaziranga National Park is spread across the region around the 430-sq-km with swamplands and high bush elephant grass making it idyllic home for Indian One-Horned Rhino . It was given the status of a wildlife sanctuary in the year 1940. Was given the status as a nature reserve in 1940. The Kaziranga National Park is also an ideal spot for Observing rare species of birds that are found here. Kaziranga National Park is also an ideal place to observe rare species of birds found here. The Naturalists are definitely going to appreciate this place since it has ideal conditions for the survival of a wide-range of flora and fauna. The naturalists who would appreciate this place because it has ideal conditions for the survival of many kinds of flora and fauna.
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