Archive for July, 2009
For eight centuries the Louvre has stood as a unique national monument, central to the people and spirit of France. In 1983, President François Mitterrand requested that it be modernized, expanded and better integrated with the city — all without compromising the integrity of the historic building. The challenge was magnified by the fact that the Louvre was originally constructed, and used for most of its life, as a royal palace; it was fundamentally ill-suited to serve as a museum. Read the rest of this entry »
The City of Petra was hidden in the mountains of Jordan for thousands of years when a young Swiss explorer Johan Ludwig Burckhardt rediscovered it in 1812. Temples, tombs, and other buildings are all carved out of the sandstone cliffs, wich also gives it the name the “rose red city”
In the last scenes of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade the Treasury serves as a secret temple lost for hundreds of year. And that is actually what it is. This place is impossible to capture in a normal still image. You have to visit it, or the next best – You can see it in a cubic QTVR as here in Greg Downings panorama made last year as an assignment for Intel. Another movies use this site is Transformer Revenge of The Fallen. At those film the Petra use as the Tomb of Read the rest of this entry »
Grand Canyon is promoted as one of new 7 wonder nature of the world. Located on the west America it has beautiful scenery. Most visitors come to the South Rim (open all year). The North Rim (open mid-May through mid October only) has fewer facilities and is less accessible (it is over 200 miles one way by automobile from the South Rim to the North Rim, a 5-hour drive for most). North Rim and Backcountry visitors should read the sections below on the North Rim and the Inner Canyon in this guide. When making reservations for lodging and camping remember to identify the rim you plan on visiting. Read the rest of this entry »
The coastal city of Aqaba communicates to the visitors both striking beauty and grace. Touching the Red Sea are a series of peaceful mountains and a riveting desert reflecting onto the clear blue waters. Stretching along the northern right part of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aqaba measures a length of 180 km and expands to a width of 25 km with 27 km of the shoreline belonging to Jordan. A boat ride to the center of the Gulf provides a visitor with an outstanding view of all four shoreline countries! The Gulf of Aqaba is renowned worldwide as a tourist’s paradise overflowing with wildlife and adventure. It hosts about 110 species of soft corals and over 1000 species of fish. The city of Aqaba itself is a natural haven for scuba diving, snorkeling or scientific exploration, and is bound to keep any visitor busy. Aqaba’s average water temperature of 23 degrees Celsius allows the water-activity oriented tourist to enjoy the sea year round. Read the rest of this entry »
Kakek Bodo Waterfall located at Pasuruan, East Java. This fall is located high at mount welirang and has beautiful scenery. Aesthetic Forest is a result of a combination of several factors such as location, vegetative configuration, fauna and environments. This means that we can find harmonious natural life inside the aesthetic forest, full of peace among its supporting factors in the form of vegetative and living natural earth crust. Read the rest of this entry »