Middle East Alexander Great Path
Travel To Arabian December 24th, 2009
Visiting: Visiting: Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Turkey Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Turkey
Highlights: Highlights: Istanbul, the Bosphorus, Gallipoli, Anzac Cove, Selcuk, Ephesus, Pamukkale, Fethiye, Dalyan, Olympos, Antalya, Cappadocia, Kahta, Mt Nemrut, Aleppo, Hama, Krak des Chevaliers, Palmyra, Damascus, Amman, Petra, Wadi Rum, Bedouin Desert Camp, Camel Ride, Aqaba, the Red Sea, Dahab, St. Catherine’s, Mt Sinai, Cairo, Great Pyramids and the Sphinx of Istanbul, the Bosphorus, Gallipoli, Anzac Cove, Selcuk, Ephesus, Pamukkale, Fethiye, Dalyan, Olympos, Antalya, Cappadocia, Kahta, Mount Nemrut, Aleppo, Hama, Krak des Chevaliers, Palmyra, Damascus, Amman, Petra, Wadi Rum, Bedouin Desert Camp, Camel Ride, Aqaba, Red Sea, Dahab, St. Catherine, Mount Sinai, Cairo, Great Pyramids and the Sphinx
Follow in the path taken by Alexander the Great and traverse the Middle East all the way from Istanbul to Cairo. Follow the path taken by Alexander the Great and across the Middle East all the way from Istanbul to Cairo. Discover hidden gems and come face-to-face with the iconic highlights such as Ephesus, Pamukkale, Cappadocia, Aleppo, Damascus, Petra, Mount Sinai and the Great Pyramids – all reminders that this region was one of the cradles of Civilization. Discover the hidden gems and face to face with icons such as highlighting Ephesus, Pamukkale, Cappadocia, Aleppo, Damascus, Petra, Mount Sinai and the Great Pyramids – all reminders that this area is one of the cradle of civilization.
Moderate – A moderate level of fitness is required. Moderate – A moderate level of fitness is required. These trips generally involve some physical activities and occasional long traveling days. This trip usually involves some physical activity, and sometimes a long journey today. Accommodation and travel conditions may be more basic. Accommodation and travel conditions may be more fundamental.
Itinerary Itinerary
Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Turkey Map
Day 1 – Day 1 Istanbul – Istanbul
Day 2 – Istanbul – Çanakkale (Gallipoli) Day 2 – Istanbul – Çanakkale (Gallipoli)
Day 3-4 – Selçuk (Ephesus) Day 3-4 – Selçuk (Ephesus)
Day 5 – Pamukkale Day 5 – Pamukkale
Day 6 – Fethiye – overnight coastal cruise Day 6 – Fethiye – a night coastal voyage
Day 7-8 – 7-8 Day Dalyan – Dalyan
Day 9 – 9 Days Olympos – Olympos
Day 10 – Antalya – overnight bus Day 10 – Antalya – overnight bus
Day 11-12 – 11-12 Day Cappadocia – Cappadocia
Day 13 – Kahta Day 13 – Kahta
Day 14 – Mt Nemrut – Urfa Day 14 – Mt Nemrut – Urfa
Day 15 – Urfa – Aleppo Day 15 – Urfa – Aleppo
Day 16 – Aleppo Day 16 – Aleppo
Day 17 – Hama – Krak des Chevaliers Day 17 – Hama – Krak des Chevaliers
Day 18-19 – Palmyra Day 18-19 – Palmyra
Day 20-21 – 20-21 Day Damascus – Damascus
Day 22-23 – 22-23 Day Amman – Amman
Day 24 – Amman – Petra Day 24 – Amman – Petra
Day 25 – Petra – Wadi Rum Day 25 – Petra – Wadi Rum
Day 26 – Camel Trek – Aqaba Day 26 – Camel Trek – Aqaba
Day 27 – Nuweiba – Dahab Day 27 – Nuweiba – Dahab
Day 28 – Dahab – St. Catherine’s Day 28 – Dahab – St. Catherine’s
Day 29 – Mt Sinai – Cairo Day 29 – Mount Sinai – Cairo
Day 30-31 – 30-31 Day Cairo – Cairo
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Travel To India December 24th, 2009
Set along the Bay of Bengal, 65 km from Bhubaneswar, the small town of Konark in the state of Orissa has a significant history and adds a lot to the Indian cultural scene on the whole. Set along the Bay of Bengal, 65 km from Bhubaneswar, the small town of Konark in Orissa state has a significant history and add a lot of Indian cultural scene as a whole. Mostly famous for the Sun Temple, it sees the advent of several tourists and Historians at various points of the year from various parts of the world. Most famous Sun Temple, it saw the emergence of some tourists and historians at various points in the various parts of the world. Located near the holy city of Puri and believed to have been built by Narashimhadev I in the mid-13th century, the temple is devoted to the Sun God or Surya and is an extraordinary work of art “Reflecting Orissa’s medieval architecture, designated as a (UNESCO ) World Heritage Site by the United Nations. Located near the holy city of Puri and believed to have been built by my Narashimhadev mid-13th century, this temple dedicated to Sun God or Surya is a work of art and incredible architecture reflects the mid Orissa, designated as (UNESCO) World Heritage Site by the United Nations.
Surya Temple of Konark The massive structure of the eminent temple of Konark, now largely dilapidated, has been structured in the shape of a chariot bearing the Sun God across the heavens. Large structures leading Konark temple, now largely destroyed, has been structured in the form of a train bearing the Sun God in the sky. The huge intricately carved wheels of the chariot, around the base of the temple, are the key attractions of the temple. Intricate carvings large wheels, around the base of the temple, is the main attraction of the temple. The spokes of these wheels act as sundials, and the shadows formed by these will give you the exact time of the day. The radius of these wheels serve as sundials, and shadows formed by these will give you a good time today. The pyramidal roof of the temple, made of sandstone, rises up to 30 meters in height. The pyramidal roof of the temple, made of sandstone, up to 30 feet high. Like the temples at Khajuraho, the Sun Temple at Konark is full of erotic Sculptures. Like the temples at Khajuraho, the Konark Sun Temple is full of erotic sculptures.
In the medieval era, when the temple was situated on the shore, it was actually used as a navigational aid by The European sailors on their way to Calcutta. In the medieval era, when the temple was located on the beach, it was actually used as a navigation aid by European sailors on their way to Calcutta. They used to refer to it as the “Black Pagoda” to differentiate it from the “White temple”-the Jagannath Temple at Puri. They often call it “Black Pagoda” to distinguish it from the “White temple”-the Jagannath Temple in Puri. However, a former Surya temple in Konark existed as early as the 9th century but most of the present structure dates from the 13th century. However, the former temple of Surya at Konark since the 9th century but most of the structure is now derived from the 13th century.
Apart from the above, there are other tourist attractions in Konark that will make your tour to Konark all the more exciting. In addition to the above, there are other tourist attractions in Konark that will make your tour to Konark all the more interesting. Konark Archaeological Museum, Konark Beach, Ramachandi Math temple and Konark are amongst them. Konark Archaeological Museum, Konark Beach Konark temple and Ramachandi Mathematics is one of them. Situated on the northern part of the Sun temple, the museum preserves a large variety of antiques. Located in the northern part of the Sun temple, the museum maintains a large variety of antiques. The museum has four galleries that display nearly 260 Antiquities, collected from the complex of Sun Temple. The museum has four galleries featuring nearly 260 antiques, collected from the Sun Temple complex.
Konark Beach, located at a distance of three km from the famous Sun Temple, is one of the most visited tourist attractions of Orissa. Konark Beach, which lies at a distance of three km from the famous Temple of the Sun, is one of the resorts most visited of Orissa. The amazing views of the lovely sunset and sunrise are extraordinarily Enchanting. Stunning scenery beautiful sunset and sunrise are very attractive.
Positioned towards the Southwestern part of Sun Temple, the temple has been Ramachandi thus named after Goddess Ramachandi. Positioned towards the southwestern part of the Sun Temple, the temple has been so named Ramachandi Goddess Ramachandi. Some people believe that the temple is devoted to Goddess Ramachandi and so it is known as Ramachandi temple. Some people believe that this temple dedicated to Goddess Ramachandi and so Ramachandi known as the temple.
Visits to the above mentioned various places of interest on your tour of Konark will make your trip a memorable and fulfilling one. Visits to various places of interest mentioned above Konark tour you will make your trip a memorable and satisfying one.
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Travel To Indonesia December 22nd, 2009
Temple at the southern tip of the island of Bali. Approximately 1 hour drive from Kuta. Here there is a very important temple for the Hindu community, especially in Bali. A towering temple on the rock, directly opposite the Indian Ocean, providing incredible views. Not to mention if the atmosphere is enjoyed at dusk, when sunlight was walking toward the contest. The scene will be more compelling, because the red-gold color that prepared setting sun bounced off the Indian Ocean, providing a combination of colors and scenery sunset (Sunset) dead beat.
This place is usually much dikujungi in the afternoon between the hours of 5 to 7 pm. Why? Because in the afternoon you will be served:
- Sunset view
- Kecak
- Watch out kecak dance, you generally will be delivered to enjoy a variety of seafood at Jimbaran Beach.
Well, it fit?
Information:
- Tickets to watch the current kecak Rp. 50.000 / person
- Be careful with a lot of monkeys hanging around the temple. Should not use: sunglasses, earrings, hats, necklaces and the like are easily stolen by a monkey.
Oh yes, this is a little story about the dance kecak and Pura Uluwatu.
Kecak (paper sourced from here)
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Kecak (pronunciation: / ‘ke.tʃak /, roughly “KEH-chahk”, alternate spellings: Ketjak, Ketjack, and Axilla), is a performance art Bali created in the 1930s and played mainly by men. This dance performed by many (tens or more) male dancers who sit in a circle and lined with a certain rhythm called “top” and raised both arms, depicting the Ramayana as Rama’s line of apes help fight Ravana. However, Kecak from ritual sanghyang, the dancers dance traditions will be in unconscious condition [1], to communicate with God or the spirits of the ancestors and then convey their expectations to the community.
The dancers in the circle is wearing a plaid cloth like a chessboard their waist. Besides the dancers, there were other dancers who portray the characters Ramayana as Rama, Shinta, Ravana, Hanuman, and Sugriva.
Kecak dance songs taken from the ritual dances sanghyang. Also, do not use musical instruments. Kincringan used only imposed on the feet of dancers who portray the characters Ramayana.
Around the 1930s Wayan modulus worked with German painter Walter Spies to create a tradition based Kecak Dance Trance and parts of the Ramayana story. Wayan modulus at popularizing this dance around the world in the entourage of his Balinese dancers.
Pura Luhur (text taken from here)
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Pura Luhur is one of the six-status temple heaven Sad Jagat. This temple stands majestically on the southwestern tip of Bali on the bridge of rocks high and steep and overhanging the sea.
Pura Luhur is one of the six-status temple heaven Sad Jagat. This temple stands majestically on the southwestern tip of Bali on the bridge of rocks high and steep and overhanging the sea.
This temple located in the area Pecatu Village, Kuta District, Badung – from Denpasar to south about 31 km.
Uluwatu Temple is situated at an altitude of 97 meters from the sea surface. In front of the temple there is a small forest called kekeran base, serves as a buffer temple sanctity.
Uluwatu temple has some pesanakan, the temple is closely related to the main temple. It is pesanakan Bajurit, Pererepan Pura, Pura toadstool, Pura Dalem Selonding and Pura Dalem Pangleburan. Each temple is closely related to Uluwatu Temple, especially on the days of his piodalan. Piodalan at Pura Uluwatu, Pura Bajurit, Pura Pura toadstool Pererepan and fell on Tuesday Kliwon Wuku Medangsia every 210 days. Manifestation of God who worshiped at Uluwatu Temple is the god Rudra.
How the history of this foundation?
To get to the temple jabaan, we have to climb stairs. In the temple there jabaan clamps sedahan buildings, kulkul bale, bale and bale sakenem murda. Jabaan into a compound of the moment we pass the temple-shaped wings that curved. To reach the temple offal, we passed the temple wearing braces Dwarapala shaped Ganesha statues. The main theater at the temple there is a palinggih Prasada and Meru Tumpang Three, palinggih canopy, piasan chess pandaka. On the left side of the Pura Luhur jabaan is Pura Dalem soldier (Bejurit) are among others Prasada, Danghyang Dwijendra moksanya place alongside monuments of two boats used to sail when coming to the island of Bali.
Other buildings in the Pura Dalem Gedong soldier is an overlap of two, paibon, and bale clamps sedahan Rsi asta. Around the location of Pura Luhur also inhabited ape
Luhur History
In some sources mentioned, around the year 1489 AD came to the island of Bali a purohita, writers and clergy named Danghyang Dwijendra. Danghyang Dwijendra was a Hindu priest, the birth of Kediri, East Java.
Dwijendra at Danghyang named Danghyang Nirartha walaka. He married a princess of Daha, east Java. At the same place he studied and in-diksa by-law. Nirartha Danghyang endowed with bhiseka kawikon Dwijendra Danghyang name.
, Danghyang Dwijendra dharmayatra given the task of carrying out as one of the requirements kawikon. Dharmayatra this should be implemented in the island of Bali, with the addition of a very heavy task of arranging in-law of customary and religious life, especially in the island of Bali. If necessary dharmayatra it can be forwarded to the Sasak and Sumbawa Island.
Danghyang Dwijendra come to the island of Bali, first set foot on the southwestern coastal region of Jembrana for a moment to rest before continuing the journey dharmayatra. This is where Danghyang Dwijendra left pemutik (there is also mention pengutik) with shaft (starch) wood rack. Starch wood shelf life and it turned out to be a tree thrives shelf. Until now the leaves are used as a wood shelf banten completeness in Bali. As a reminder and tribute to him, built a temple named Purancak.
After a dharmayatra the Sasak and Sumbawa Island, Danghyang Dwijendra towards the southern tip of the southwestern island of Bali, which is in arid regions, full of stones called the hills.
After some time living there, he was getting calls from Hyang Creator to get back amoring acintia Parama moksha. This is where Pedanda Ida Rauh recalled Wawu Sakti (icang eling) with Samaya (promise) himself to return to his home. That’s why this place is called Cangeling and gradually became Cengiling until now.
Hence, Ida Rauh Pedanda Wawu ngulati Sakti (find) a place deemed safe and appropriate to do Parama moksha. Therefore deemed ineligible, he moved again to another location. In this place, then built a temple called Pura toadstool. The name was derived from the word ngulati. The temple is located in the village of Pecatu.
As he walked to get a new location deemed eligible for Parama moksha, Ida Rauh Wawu Pedanda Sakti very sad and crying inside her. Why? Because he was not willing to leave this world because the scale has not felt completely swadharmanya, namely the Hindu life together in the Sasak and Sumbawa. In place of this mengangis he then founded a temple called Pura cry (tears of origin of the word). This temple is located in tears Middle Village Banjar Adat Pecatu.
Ida Rauh Pedanda Wawu Sakti have not found a place that is appropriate for Parama moksha. He then arrived at a place full of big stones. He was just alone. In this place, and erected a temple called Pura Batu Diyi. Also in this place Dwijendra Danghyang feel less safe for Parama moksha. With a fairly exhausting journey of hunger and thirst, he finally arrived in the hills area who always got the hot sun. For the umbrella away, he took a piece of leaf beetles and try to get drinking water sources. After the tour did not find the source of drinking water, Dwijendra Danghyang finally stuck his stick. Amertha water came out. In this place and built a temple called Pura Umbrella with springs used Tirtha means until now.
Ida Rauh Pedanda Wawu Sakti then moved again to another location, to amuse themselves before carrying out the seconds back to the origin. In this place and built a temple called Pura Selonding located in Banjar Kangin Desa Adat Pecatu. After amusing himself satisfied, Danghyang Dwijendra feel tired. So he was looking for a place to rest. I was so tired to the point that he was quiet (overslept). In this place and built a temple called Pura Parerepan (parerepan means pasirepan, the inn) is located in the village of Pecatu.
Approaching the final seconds to Parama moksha, Dwijendra Danghyang cleanse themselves and mulat sarira first. In this place until now stands a Hindu temple called Pura Pangleburan located in the village of Banjar Adat Pecatu Kauh. After purifying himself, he went on his way to the location of the southwestern tip of Bali. This place consists of the cliff rocks. If the note from below sea level, looking at each other joins, shaped head perched on the cliff rocks, with a height of between 50-100 meters from the sea surface. Thus called Uluwatu. Ulu watu mean head and means stone.
Before Danghyang Dwijendra Parama moksha, he called the boat owners who had brought it from Sumbawa to Bali. Boat skipper named Ki Pacek Nambangan Boat. The Pandita for help to skipper a boat carrying clothes and his staff to his fourth wife in pasraman Griya Sakti Mas in Banjar Pule, Mas village, Ubud, Gianyar. Clothing was a green silk robe and a wooden stick young. After Ki Pacek Nambangan pasraman boat headed in Danghyang Dwijendra Mas, Ida Rauh Pedanda Wawu Sakti immediately to a large rock pile east of stone relics of the former Royal temple of Sri Wira Dalem Kesari. On top of that rock, Ida Rauh Pedanda Wawu yoga Sakti mengranasika, like the keris off so urangka, disappeared without a trace, amoring acintia Parama moksha.
Thus, since Danghyang Dwijendra also called Ida Rauh Pedanda Wawu Sakti Parama moksha or called Ngaluhur Temple, this temple is called Luhur.
Honeymoon and Koh Samui
Travel To Thailand December 18th, 2009
Koh Samui Island Thailand travel to the island of Lombok or Bali? If yes, then you can easily imagine also traveled to the island of Koh Samui in Thailand. Yes, first landed on the island one of Thailand’s tourism flagship, was swish-swish of similarity with the island resort or the island of Lombok.
The hills and beautiful beaches to decorate around Koh Samui. The streets of the island looked more deserted and quiet. Unfortunately, the evening at the end of the trip in June and a little less friendly because it covered a bit overcast and drizzle.
However, why not for all paid off with a trip to spend all day splashing around on the beach, joking with a monkey, enjoy the waterfalls, riding elephants, to enjoy the typical cuisine of the sea food fresh. The journey was less a day, let alone get the best facilities of Thai Airways. Read the rest of this entry »
greatness of God worship in Corcovado
Travel To USA December 18th, 2009
Only took about 15 minutes from Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro is incredibly beautiful, I arrived at the entrance to the area of Jesus Christ the Redeemer statue in the Tijuca Forest National Park Corcovado Mountain, Brazil.
Actually, small cars can go straight to the top near the statue with the smooth road high steep enough. As for the group who rode the bus provided two tram cars that will lead to the top. Red tram that runs up splitting the dense forest into a unique experience that is difficult to find elsewhere.
Not far away, I walked toward the ticket booth at the same time in the tram for a ride 36 real Brazil, or about 16 U.S. dollars (equivalent to USD 192,000 with exchange rate Rp 12,000 per U.S. dollar) per person round trip. Quite expensive, but it becomes less expensive when compared with the price of beauty can be witnessed, and upon arrival at the later.
I then wait in line with the other visitors who come looking overseas for up tram with departures at 9:30 am. Not long tram arrived, ordered the passengers to fill the seats of two cars each with 40 person capacity, which was soon to be moving slowly toward the top of the hill. Read the rest of this entry »
