Singapore Have World Largest Floating Stadium
Travel to Singapore August 12th, 2010
The construction of Marina Bay Floating Stadium is expected to host the opening and closing ceremony of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games in 2010. This is the only stadium in the world’s largest float in Singapore.
The Marina Bay Floating Stadium will be one of the most prominent place during the Youth Olympic Games take place. With all sophistication, the stadium will be very amazing, in addition there will be a visual feast for the athletes and supporters.
Located in the heart of the Marina Bay area, a stadium that was built in 2007 that provides an innovative place for various activities including sports, music concerts and cultural performances.
The whole area has MarinaBaymemang long-term commitment to bring the spirit and all activities can be recognized globally, such as around harborfront to Sydney Opera House in Australia.
The stadium itself is made of steel and can accommodate up to 1070 tonnes, equivalent to 9000 people. A length of 120 meters and 83 meters wide, seating capacity reached 27 000.
The first major event held at The Marina Bay Floating Stadium is the National Day celebrations of Singapore in August 2007 which is an annual celebration to celebrate the country’s independence.
Other activities that never took place at the stadium is the Singapore Fireworks celebration and launch of Waterfest Singapore 2007 for six weeks featuring water skiing and acrobatics performances.
Pattaya Temple Wood Finish 2025
Travel to Thailand August 12th, 2010
FEW sights in Thailand is synonymous with the temple buildings that are considered sacred by local residents and also attractive to foreign tourists. Likewise, if you witnessed the splendor of the temple sanctuary of truth existing buildings in the city of Pattaya.
The sanctuary of truth is Pattaya wooden temple buildings are made with architectural styles of ancient Khmer kingdom of Cambodia since 1981 and is scheduled for completion in the coming year 2025.
Although impressed by the unique, the wooden temple sanctuary of truth which has a height 105 meters features a fantastic contemporary religious art. Especially if it gets big funding from an eccentric millionaire and patron Viriyaphant Lek Thai culture, of course no doubt the end result of building the temple.
Design the sanctuary of truth has four towers religious (gopura) and the double character in which Buddhist and Hindu religious teachings brought by China, India, Cambodia and Thailand together in one dynamic concept.
According to the official site of the temple, making intended to become one of the cultural heritage and artistic philosophy of Pattaya which contains a very high value. Starting from the reflexivity of ancient history, ancient knowledge and philosophy of the east. The benefit of being taught from multiple textures of buildings, such as the existence of past lives, the responsibility of every human being, the basic thinking about the wheel of life, human relationships with the universe and life overall goal of Utopia.
The temples are interesting attractions, such as typical dances of Thailand, dolphin show, train horses, elephants and game menukangi ATV motor. Tariff enter the temple sanctuary of truth is only 500 baht or about Rp140 thousand per person.
Pink Sunset on the Mekong River
Travel to Vietnam August 12th, 2010
WORD people, browse the City Vientiane, Laos, kuranglah complete if it does not hunt on the banks of pink twilight Mekong River. I included the curious with that opinion. Some time ago, I trace the river Mae Nam Khong named by local residents.
Seventh longest river in Asia that offers a unique scenery. We can see the traditional trade between Thai society (land) and Lao (s) above the canoe. That is what strengthens Mae Nam Khong as one tourist attraction Affairs Thousand `Elephant ‘.
Tipped in the highlands of Tibet, the Mekong River flows approximately 795 thousand kilometers and pass through six countries, namely China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. In the city of Vientiane, the tourists can enjoy this watershed. Because local government has been managing the conservation area for this tourist attraction.
There are several cafes selling typical food, like grilled fish, grilled chicken, pickled till lao. The price also varies from 30 thousand kip (about Rp30 thousand) up to 70 thousand kip.
Lovers of beer or vodka is also no need to worry. Every shop or cafe there was legally served drinks, ranging from 10 thousand kip for a beer, and 20 thousand kip to vodka. At that location, there are also souvenirs peddled goods on the sidewalk.
Occasionally seen the monks who walk in groups down the river edge. They highly appreciated the local population. As the `sacred ‘, the monks often get donations from donors who happen to pass away.
The atmosphere and unique scenery that is what seems to be the reason for the arrival of the tourists. Since 2003, traffic on the free tourist attraction is high enough. According to data from the Inter Lao Tourism (ILT: 2006), foreign tourists per year who come to the Mekong River about 437 059 inhabitants, whereas regional amount to 300 462 inhabitants.
Density tourists around the Mekong River area is clearly visible. Especially at dusk. Too dense, pedestrians brushed each other.
The dominance of French tourists As one of the French colonies, Vientiane (Laos) many tourists visited France. They seemed to dominate the Mekong River region. According to the ILT data in 2006, people visit Europe to reach 59 756 inhabitants per year. Approximately 70% of them were French tourists. The rest, such as Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.
Their goal was to visit different. There is a pilgrimage to the tomb of the family, there are merely in transit, and some even do research.
“Also visit the tomb of opa, I often spend time on this river while enjoying the sunset,” Wagnon said Geraldine, tourist French nationals.
Intention to visit her 21 years was similar with mostly French tourists. Which trace their history. However, the nights are getting late to make a brief conversation with the French woman had to be terminated. The night air was getting colder. The lights in the country is still clearly visible from the Thai Mae Nam Khong. The tourists began to return to the lodge look. It was 22:00 pm, curfew in communist countries that have been enacted
Cycling encouraged Coming to the Climate Change Conference
Travel to Brunei August 12th, 2010
Cycling began activated the Government of Bogor city, West Java, in order to meet the first of the conference on the actions of Muslims to address the challenges of climate change to take place in Buitenzorg, 1-2 March.
said it took the clerk’s range of activities to promote healthy bicycles and bicycle relaxed surrounding area.
“To the entire work unit area (SKPD) and wider community we intensify again appealed for cycling,” he said.
In the ordinary bicycle, participants pedaled through the streets with the protocol in the city of Bogor. After two hours of cycling, they return to the courthouse to do activities kedinasannya.
According to him, in fact cycling events each Friday has been held in 2009 in the city of Bogor. Sadly, he said, the movement does not continue, so that the conference ahead of the Islamic countries to climate change, the institute urged and reminded to all employees for the declared Friday as a day of cycling.
He acknowledged that the current climate conditions have changed, in which the air temperature was less cool in Bogor. “This is one of the worst impacts of environmental preservation,” he said.
Therefore, it invites people to cut the use of motor vehicles on certain occasions, especially on Friday.
He said the municipal government has undertaken various efforts to make preventive Bogor on climate change, such as through programs shift the public transportation (public transportation), to take to reduce emissions generated an increasing number of vehicles.
In addition, the original angkot use fuel oil (fuel), will switch to gas fuel.
For the initial stage, as many as 1000 units should use its public transportation fuels gas. “Because, angkot largest contributor to carbon monoxide, because the number angkit at Bogor is overwhelming, ‘he says.
“Other efforts have been made that the utilization of used cooking oil into biodiesel that will fuel buses for Traspakuan,” he said.
In the meantime, R Diah Sulistiowati of the Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation (KEHATI) describes the city of Bogor was chosen to host the first Conference of the Muslim action to face the challenges of climate change to be held in March 2010 1-2.
According to him, that activity is a continuation of the declaration agenda ‘Muslim Seven Year Plan for Climate Change action’ (M7YAP) or ‘Seven Year Plan of Action for Climate Change Muslims’ which was declared in Istanbul, Turkey in early June 2009.
Conference which was held thanks to the cooperation several nongovernmental organizations such as Muhammadiyah, Nahdhatul Ulama (NU), the Indonesian Ulema Council, KEHATI and Conservation International Foundation (CI) of Indonesia, supported by Ministry of Forestry, Ministry of Environment, City Government, Ministry of Religious Affairs, and National Council on Climate Change (DNPI).
‘Conference also gained the support of’ Earth Dialogues Mate Centre ‘(EMDC) based in London, England,’ he said.
He said the conference followed 150 people from among environmental experts, scientists and scholars of the 30 Muslim populated country like the United Arab Emirates, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, India, Africa, Saudi Arabia, Iranians, Kuwaitis, Egyptians, British and Indonesian.
According to him, the meeting will also be formed Muslim Community Association for the Action on Climate Change (Association of Muslim Action for Climate Change-MACCA).
This association is expected to become an umbrella organization that will guide activities and implement the action plans for seven years in various countries and Muslim communities in the world.
“Climate change has been a challenge all of mankind, and therefore everyone’s responsibility to take action and take action in overcoming it, not even the Muslims,” she said.
10 Endangered Places Tour
Travel to Brunei August 3rd, 2010
VERY ironic, in this era when transportation to be a very easy, stunning the number of places in the world that can be seen even on the wane. These sites had been untouched by the increasing number of world population, global warming, and the construction of which was not sensitive to nature.
With the growing endangerment these sites, we suggest you’d better put them in the top list of your holiday destination before its too late.
One. Alps Glaciers
Glacier mountains stretching from Alaska to Greenland and are threatened to New Zealand will soon melt. The researchers from the University of Innsbruck predicted if the liquid ice continues, glaciers will disappear by 2030.
2. African lion population in the Kruger National Park, South Africa
In 2006, the number of ‘the king of the Forest’ in the Dark Continent estimated fewer than 50 thousand, whereas 30 last year the number reached 200 thousand heads. There are several factors that caused the killings by farmers because they feel the lion had eaten their livestock and hunters made the lion as a sport hunting. Yet again, by lions at national parks is threatened by disease, coupled with little funds and corruption by the park administrator.
3. Fog forest Monteverde, Costa Rica
A result of deforestation and change in climate, beautiful forests located in Central America is increasingly losing his charm. In fact, cloud forests are home to 30 bird species and 420 kinds of orchids. Several types of frogs have also been lost, the most unfortunate is the type of Monteverde Harlequin. In fact, the fog which become an attraction for the place while providing moisture is decreased gradually from deforestation.
4. In the Orang Utan Tanjung Putting, Kalimantan
Opportunity to see wildlife is also diminishing their own country. A total 50 thousand people scattered orangutans in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and threatened Darussalan now nearly extinct. Not only illegal loggers, oil palm farmers have also been destroying tropical rain forests. Unfortunately, the government do not act decisively against them. Though the world’s third largest island, is not only an orangutan, in Borneo is also home to the Asian elephant and Sumatran rhinoceros.
5. Everglades National Park, Florida
The area is also dubbed as the ‘river of grass’ is diminishing in size annually due to irrigation, agricultural, and development regardless of water ecosystems in the area. In fact, other than riveting, the Everglades is home to various animals, especially birds. Now it threatened to disappear beautiful scenery. More than half the Everglades has been destroyed land. Let’s hope her name does not turn into Neverglades.
6. The Taj Mahal, India
Just thought you should prioritize the tour to visit this building because of the beauty of this world’s most popular tomb in danger lost due to environmental degradation. Soot, particulates, and acid rain from factories and refinery nearby causing the color of the front of the tomb are white to pale yellow. It ironic that the tomb of kings in those days was established to commemorate his wife dearest can not be maintained well presented.
7. Polar Bears in Antarctica
Big bear white and funny we used to see advertised Coca-Cola was being threatened because of global warming. Animals that live in Canada and Alaska sea ice is experiencing shortages of food supplies. Geological Agency estimates that if the effects of global warming continues to occur in the region, estimated the polar bear will be extinct by 2050.
8. Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia
Australia’s favorite tourist destinations at the same time only one set of living things which can be seen from outer space, the Great Barrier Reef, are slowly drying due to the level of acidity and higher water temperatures. Rising water temperatures could cause the largest collection of coral reefs in the world to dry up. Researchers worried about heating water temperature is going to create the reef dries at least within the next 20 years.
9. Salt in Louisiana swamps
Maybe you will ask, what is it salty marsh? And what is its usefulness? Salt marsh in coastal Louisiana and Mississippi serves as a buffer that protects New Orleans and other coastal regions of the disasters such as hurricanes. Aside from being protective, swamp it also looks beautiful and the exotic presence of a variety of unique bird species. But due to the logging of fir trees by the army, Louisiana estimated lost more than 25 square miles of wetlands every year.
10. Snow in the Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
Kilimanjaro is the only one of seven tallest peaks on each continent that could climb. Alas, the snow on Kilimanjaro is now on the wane, despite global warming belun identified as main causes. Therefore, many people are eager to climb this mountain before the snow disappears, but it actually causes pressure on the mountain was more severe compared to the Serengeti plains in the nearby
