War Tour
Travel to Vietnam December 13th, 2009
In addition to selling the beautiful natural scenery, the Vietnamese government offers to the tourist attractions of war. Two main object is the Cu Chi Tunnels in Cu Chi Province, which is about 60 km north of Ho Chi Minh City, and the War Remnant Museum in the city.
Cu Chi Tunnels are one of the destinations visited by many people want to see evidence of persistence of the communist Vietnamese against foreign troops, especially during the French, during the independence war and U.S. troops invaded the country.
Entering the Cu Chi Province, which was a peaceful village atmosphere and shade. Unlike true with the atmosphere of Ho Chi Minh City is busy and frenetic. Invisible traces showing this area as the battleground of the most all-out bombardment of U.S. forces during the Vietnam War. Unlike Ho Chi Minh City, there are not many old buildings visible on either side of the road. The houses are still relatively young age. Similarly, the existing plant. Not looking trees with large diameter as in other areas.
According to Phi, our tour leader who refused to mention his full name, this area at the height of the ground war by incessant bombing. In fact, the trees are all gone either due merangas bombed, napalm or die due to flushing agent orange so poisonous and deadly.
But the story in the Cu Chi tunnels are not initiated during the Vietnam War. The tunnel had been built by local people as a form of resistance against French colonialism. At that, the colonial develop rubber plantations in the region. For workers, the managers of the garden wearing men from villages around to work camps. This is what ultimately generate resistance and hatred of the Vietnamese people against the French. Finally, while doing resistance, residents build tunnels near their homes to hide when the French soldiers came to search for the men. This underground tunnel that led to French colonialism ended.
HO CHI MINH CITY
Travel to Vietnam December 13th, 2009
Not many of us who visited Vietnam and recognize the new country to war in 1975 over this. Our knowledge of Uncle Ho’s country may be limited to the films made in Hollywood Vietnam War, starring Chuck Norris or Sylvester Stalone. The thought of entering a sensible country of socialism that was it scary.
That’s what I imagine during the trip from Jakarta-Singapore-Ho Chi Minh City, following the first flight with Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-300 owned by Garuda Indonesia. The shadow seemed close to reality as we landed on the runway International Airport, Tan Son Nhat, part of the building relics of the past still visible here and there.
But the shadow was dispersed, when he saw the airport rooms neat, clean and cool. The immigration officer greeted us warmly. “No visa, no visa for Indonesia,” the officer said with a friendly smile, the Vietnamese government in December and had just applied for visa-free policy of ASEAN. It takes time to check our passports, and they enter data into the computer.
Exit the immigration hall, on the set of goods, there is only one of the exchange would only accept exchange of foreign currencies, primarily the U.S. dollar, the dong (Vietnamese currency) and not vice versa. Outside the airport, bustling atmosphere and similar Polonia airport in Medan. However, that was exactly it safe until we could not worried one bit. International airport Tan Son Nhat now receive flights from various parts of the world, especially from Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong.
On the way to town, we see that the streets are relatively clean, here and there is still installed signs former SEA Games. Even before Christmas, when it was, the city government put shelves fir tree-shaped pots containing ornamental plants. The scenery was beautiful and interesting, especially when considering a new city outside the war 25 years ago.
Ho Chi Minh City is very dense population of approximately 6 million inhabitants. Walking the streets of this city that feels it smells capitalists. Just imagine, outside advertising space seem big along the way that promotes all things-from consumer products such as beer until the state propaganda.
Our event on arrival in Ho Chi Minh City are having lunch at a restaurant in District No. 1, center of town and tourist area. This region is highly nuanced French accent. Old buildings of European architectural style is still very well preserved. Even the iconic is the number of buildings like the Cathedral of Nortedram the red brick (is said to imitate the original cathedral in Paris) or the post office building, and city hall. In some areas even found the parks with a large mahogany tree-large. Jakarta residents for us or the big cities in Indonesia, jealous to see the areas that are still intact. Compare this with the city area in Jakarta that have been destroyed and the helter-skelter is not maintained, so that its authenticity has not looked back.
The Vietnamese colonized by the French from 1867 until 1957. Saigon became the capital of the French occupation covering an area of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam in the 19th century. Saigon City is built like a model cities in France. The characteristics that still seems to present such a wide boulevard, buildings French architecture, the majority Catholic population. Even on the outskirts of the way many vendors who offer a delicious iced coffee. Saigon River which divides the city also provides the added nuance of this vibrant city.
Night Safari Singapore
Travel to Singapore December 13th, 2009
At sunset, there was a different world. In the Night Safari, you can come face to face with rhino, heard the shriek of striped hyenas or watch giraffes walk gracefully in the meadow, under the silence of the night.
First-class zoo features over 900 animals of 135 exotic species in eight zones are created to simulate geographic zones like the Southeast Asian rainforest, African savanna, Nepalese river valley, desert Pampa of South America and the jungles of Burma.
Explore yourself in the pedestrian lane, or to relax in a tram ride – whatever you choose, Night Safari is a wild adventure that you should not miss.
Tourism Awards Winners 2004, 2003, 2000, 1999, 1997 and 1996 – Leisure Attraction of the Year.
Merlion statue and the Esplanade
Travel to Singapore December 13th, 2009
This is the place to visit if to Singapore. This is the symbol of Singapore. esplanade every tourists who come to Singapore will compete for the photos here. In this place there are many good objects to be photographed as a memento. If guns here and photos here at to Singapore. In the opposite direction the Merlion statue was there Esplanade building, which is often called the building fly’s eye or durian. Do not forget to also take photos with make this building .
The way to the Esplanade / Merlion Statue / Merlion Park: The nearest MRT is Raffles Place (EW14). Then you live walking distance while enjoying the scenery-building skyscrapers in downtown Singapore. For more complete guidance please look at the map of the Merlion Park.
The Lake Garden – Malaysia
Travel to Malaysia December 10th, 2009
Taman Tasik Perdana or the Lake Garden is a garden area of 104 ha located in the city of Kuala Lumpur. Taman Tasik Perdana he is a British legacy that has existed since before 1880. In this park you can picnic, jogging, rowing a boat on the artificial lake or simply enjoying streets of shady trees.
Some decent places you visit in this park include:
Birk Park
Going to Bird Park is almost the same as we enter into a bird nest, bird’s nest only will we enter this amounted to 21 are. So Bird Park in gembar often heralded by tourism Malaysia as the largest bird’s nest in the world. Bird Park also is home to 3000 birds of 200 species of birds both local and foreign.
With the concept of ‘free flight’nya this, we can see different types of birds without having to see it from the cage. So do not be surprised if we walk in the Bird Park we could see another bird hanging out at the curb or free bersliweran halfway. Only birds in the wild category are usually available only in a cage, like ostriches and wild birds other. Read the rest of this entry »
