Old City Tour in Cebu
Travel To Phillipines March 1st, 2010
Cebu – Cebu is known as the place where Ferdinand Maggellan which is the first Spanish sailors who set foot in the Philippines in 1521. Maggellan also killed in Cebu by local residents named Lapu-Lapu. This Maggellan landing at the same time as the initial milestone of the Spanish colony in the Philippines, so many old buildings such as churches and relics of the Spanish fort. So incomplete that it did not tour the old city during a visit to Cebu. Icons historical tour of the most prominent in Cebu is the Cross Maggellan (Maggellan’s Cross), Fort San Pedro, and the Church of Santo Nino. The cross is a cross Maggellan first planted as a symbol of the beginning Maggellan spread of Catholic Christianity in the Philippines. According to the story, the Philippines believed that the first cross was carried miracles, so the wood is often plucked out to be a drug. Thus, the cross on display today is a replica of the cross, because the original cross to stay small pieces of wood that is now planted in the replica. A few steps from the Cross Church of St. Maggellan standing Nino (Basilica Minore del Sto Nino) established another sailor from Spain Miguel López de Legazpi in 1565. Inside the church there is a wooden puppet Santo Nino (the infant Jesus) which is a gift from King Maggellan to Humabonon wife, Queen Juana, who became a Catholic. Catholic visitors from all over the Philippines to come to this church to pray before the statue of Santo Nino. Every Sunday, the Catholic Church also came to attend mass held in the large churchyard. Miguel López de Legazpi also founded Fort San Pedro in the same year, 1565. Triangle-shaped fort was the first and oldest fortress in the Philippines which was built as a protection area of the pirate attacks that often came. Initially, Fort San Pedro was built with wood, but then the fire was built with the hard rock. The fort was also used as a defense by the Japanese army during the Japanese occupation in World War II. This castle was originally located beach lane, even before the surf beach is said to touch the walls of the fort. Unfortunately, coastal areas around the fort reclaimed and built as part of the harbor. Overlooking the beach so that should be visible from the castle building was blocked. To get to these locations, from Cebu airport, travelers can use a Jeepney, Philippines special transportation such angkot or can also use a taxi. There are also other transportation modes such as tricycles and motorized rickshaws. Rickshaws and motor rickshaws in the Philippines carrying passengers in addition to the driver. Rate Jeepney 6 pesos for the first 5 miles and about 1.5 pesos to the next mile. While 35 pesos taxi fares when open door and an additional 2 pesos per kilometer. Highway in Cebu quite empty, because the vehicle is still quite a bit. Meanwhile, traffic lights are rarely found at a crossroads.
The Chao Phraya River Trip
Travel to Thailand February 24th, 2010
The trip along Chao Phraya River is a very exciting and
enjoyable thing to do for visitors either in the day time or in
the evening with dinner served on the river cruise. The most famous area to start is from Royal Orchid Sheraton – Oriental – Shangri-La hotels. Of course the river cruise can be made
from hotels on the opposite side such as the Penninsular,
the Marriot and some others.
During the day, a trip can be made with small long-tail boat,
taxi boat (slower), and with group tour. Mostly, they take
tourists into Bangkok Noi and other canals where you can
see typical and a completely different life-style along the
canals. These scenes are the old way of living in the past
that people depended mostly upon river and canals transportation. Now, the front access is the modern roads,
but canals are still used a lot. Typical old houses, temples, shops, and the way people buy and sell things can still
be seen, especially when you visit the “Floating Market”,
such as Bangsai Floating Market, and Taling Chan.
Glory Doi Inthanon
Travel to Thailand February 24th, 2010
Chiangmai-doi.at 8,500 feet above sea level, Doi Inthanon is the highest mountain in Thailand. This is the best location for the sights and atmosphere offers visitors forests, bird life and waterfalls.
During the winter peak of Doi Inthanon is usually cool and dry, but in the last few years the air temperature fell lower and lower. Now you have a very rare opportunity to experience temperatures below freezing. This area is famous for fog when the temperature begins to decline and the image of a misty mountain beauty and the iconic look.
Chiangmai-doi4Dua large pagoda was built for the King and Queen of Thailand is located at the top of the mountain. Doi Inthanon forest has been designated as National Park. The trip to the mountain is often combined with a trip to Mae Klang waterfall, Wachiratan and Siriphum. With more than 400 species of birds, Doi Inthanon is the main objective to observe the birds.
Details: Various sites in and around Doi Inthanon provide varying ticket prices. However, a visit to Wat Phra Mahatat Naphamethanidon would cost 200 Baht and this gives free access to most of the other sites that are available here.
How to get there: Given the scale of the mountain of Doi Inthanon, join one of the many tour companies in town may provide the best path for you. Alternatively, take the bus to Chom Thong destination from Chiang Mai Gate (south city) and then take a bus to the destination Mae Klang waterfall, and then another bus to the mountain.
This is Heaven Dive and Snorkel in Phuket
Travel to Thailand February 24th, 2010
Donald Duck Bay Phuket
donaldduck1Ini location is well known and much photographed parts of the island. “Donald Duck Beach” located in “Similan Island 8″. Gulf became a very popular stopping point for visitors on their trip. Not only the most exciting diving in this area, but at night the animals mollusks, gastropod, crustaceans come out for dinner and a show night diving into a very interesting activity.
Sea life offers a variety of crabs and octopus and their derivatives and a large number of fish species. This location also provides the presence of a very common turtle seen here.
Lucy’s Reef Phuket
Located on the east Racha Yai, Coral Lucy or Lucy’s Reef is naturally protected from the wind and this is the location of a fairly shallow dive to depths slightly more than 25 meters. Therefore, this location is ideal for beginner divers. Reef in the underwater world offers hard and soft corals of different species of fish. Leopard sharks can also be seen at this location at any time.
Racha Islands – The tip of the North At Phuket
rachanoi1Salah one the best dive sites in Phuket Racha Islands, the northern end of Racha Noi offers underwater scenes dramatic.
Although this location is a relatively shallow dive (a dive start from 5 meters to a depth of about 35 meters), the current is very strong which means that only the most expert divers and can dive experience here.
This area is famous for big fish and coral reefs are incredibly beautiful. The islands are located 35 kilometers south Phuket and you need to rent a boat to get here.
Racha Noi Phuket
Racha Noi is uninhabited islands featuring coral reefs, rock hard and huge granite. This location has the best visibility in the Phuket area and offers the opportunity to see manta rays and whales.
Southern part of the island both for divers with a little more experience. Marine life including a large group of tuna and stingrays resting on the rock was in the midst of a rock formation that is very good. Racha Noi has some of the richest reefs in the Phuket area.
fantaseaFantasea Reef Phuket
Starting from the depth of 6 meters and down to depths of 40 meters, the mass of large rocks with fish swimming around a large soft corals to be typical of this location. Marine life exhibit themselves here, including Lion fish, eels and angel fish or angelfish.
Fantasea Reef became one of the best dive sites but only for expert divers only – is due to very strong currents make the potential risks and dangerous enough for the less experienced diver.
East of Eden Phuket
This is one of the best dive sites in the country. Depths ranging from 3 meters to 36 meters down to reveal the mass of fish and coral sand along the hamparannya. This site also offers a series of interesting caves, some offer a path to swim. Strong water currents make this location an ambitious target divers obsession, which can only be done by mid-level divers.
staghornStaghorn Reef Phuket
Located on the East coast of Racha Yai, Staghorn Coral Reef Staghorn or offers exceptional diving for all levels of diving and snorkeling sites are amazing. This location is very good especially for beginners.
As you can imagine from its name, there are many types of Staghorn coral on the seabed. Rock formations create underwater scenes to be dramatic. Dive begins at a depth of 5 meters and came down to a depth of about 25 meters.
Staghorn Reef location approximately 25 kilometers south of Phuket and chartering a boat is the best route to the location.
Bungalow Bay in Phuket
A location where the environmental conditions so calm and rarely change, Bungalow Bay offers a suitable dive site for beginner divers and those who do snorkeling or snorkellers. This location has some good rock on the seabed with boulders and sand.
Beginning at a depth of about 5 meters, the location down to a maximum depth of 30 meters. Location approximately 25 kilometers south Phuket, to achieve the best access is by boat or charter boat.
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Philippines, Not Just Manila
Travel To Phillipines February 18th, 2010
Cebu – Philippines If tercetus name, for which Indonesia may direct thought is Manila, which is similar Jakarta. But, not interesting for a tourist destination. Try, liriklah Cebu. Your impression, not just Manila Philippines. As Miss Philiphine during the Miss Universe pageant last year, by 7107 the island when the sea receded and the island in 7100 when tide, the Philippines offers a variety of alternative tourism attracted both tourism history, culture, natural attractions and complete enough water. Island of Cebu and Bohol Island is located south of Manila. “People Indonesia are rare here, far more tourists from Europe, Japan and Korea, even some time ago a group of Russian tourists had come straight over here to rent a plane,” said Myra, one of the local tour guide who accompanied the journalists as a group a visit to Cebu last weekend. This trip to Cebu as part of product launches ABN Amro, said earlier this week. To get to Cebu, it takes approximately 4 hours flight from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Manila and continued with domestic flights for about an hour or can be via ferry from Manila to Cebu which takes 19-22 hours. Drowsiness that attack because the early morning flight from Jakarta to Manila direct flight disappeared from Manila to Cebu. From the plane window, see the blue expanse of the island and the sea turns. Shades of the sea presents a dazzling blue for coastal islands each region are generally decorated with extensive coral reefs are shallow blue-brown. Some look like a road connecting inter scattered. “If it falls, people usually use to cross the shallow reef between islands, most only stay a few meters that require people to swim,” said Myra. Outskirts of the shallow coral reefs were then lined with dark blue deep ocean. Some of the Philippine Sea region is deep enough that it is often crossed by a whale. Landscape land area was no less miraculous. When the plane passed over the island of Bohol, seen thousands of green hills like skup known ice cream named after the hill brown (chocolate hills), because the color changed to brown during the dry season. That we were riding the plane finally landed at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport around noon. Actually, the airport is located on Mactan Island, the island was connected to Cebu Island by two bridges of Mactan-Mandaue Bridge, 864 meters long and B Marcelo Fernan Bridge, also known as the Mactan-Mandaue Bridge II along 882 meters. The boats with medium size can pass under the bridge so that the view from the top one is a beautiful bridge at night time with lights from other bridges and light vessels passing.
