Bora Bora, the island in the middle of the Pacific, was called by many as the most beautiful place on Earth. The island is a mixture of shades of blue, from azure to dark blue of the ocean after the barrier reefs, all surrounding emerald mostly conferred by abundant vegetation of the Otemanu volcano.
The island of volcanic origin, Bora Bora, is actually a complex of small islands, formed along a barrier reef around the main island.
Bora Bora is the main favorite destination for honeymoon and also a visit in family which will be a unique experience.
Bora Bora is part of the French Polynesia and is located to the tropics, near Tahiti, from where air you can arrive in about 45 minutes. One trip here from Romania for example takes about 24 hours, and requires a stop somewhere in the United States of America.
Bora Bora Island, located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean 225km northwest of Tahiti, has 6.5 kilometers long and 4 kilometers wide. Bora Bora is an island of volcanic origin which was formed about 3 million years ago.
The climate is tropical, pleasant at any time of year, sunrise and sunset of the sun are impressive, and water’s clarity crosses the limit. Certainly, this would be one of the most splendid holiday ever happened to any of us. Those who had the opportunity to visit this land remained with a strong nostalgia even if this was just a visit, but it remained in memory the most beautiful place on earth, the so called Heaven on Earth.
In 1977 this island was named by Captain James Cook, Bola Bola which means “First Born”, and then, after the Americans arrived, this place was named Bora Bora, an island which is now visited by people from the most remote corners of the world.
Posted on December 11th, 2009 by admin | No Comments »
On the eastern shore of Sicily are rising three large rocks, caressed by the waves. They
have volcanic origin and they don’t seem to be like the other rocky formations from the shore. Rocks, they are said to have been thrown by a monster in the footsteps of Odysseus’s ship, the hero of the Trojan wars hero of the Greek mythology.
Homer, the Greek poet of the seventh century before Christ said in Odyssey that the hero of Ithaca and his comrades were held in Sicily by some giant man eaters. Their leader was Polifem more hideous than the others because he had only one eye, sitting in the middle of the crowd. While Polifem was sleeping, Odysseus and the others have sharp a piece of olive wood, then they flushed into the fire and burning, stuck it into the only eye of the monster, then they fled to the ship with which they came.
Blind and tormented by pain, Polifem tore rocks from the mountains coast and threw them on the tracks of the fugitives. He did not hit them, but even today boulders are still being there where he throw, thing which still remember the terrible power of the monster.
As for the legend’s truth, if we look carefully to the inside of the island at about 20 km, we can see the conical tip of the Etna volcano. Its single crater, blind and deep, is like the monster’s eye.
Not once, but many times during the centuries Etna has demonstrated its ability to spout boulders on large and long distances, and it still gives today such dramatic proofs of its anger from depths.
Its eruptions are fed by a reservoir of lava, of 30 km long and 4 km deep, located under the mountains and fed by huge quantities of molten material filled with gas, located in the depths of the Earth. You might think that place is not at all favorable for human settlements. However, the Etna slopes makes one of the most densely populated regions of Sicily. The rivers of lava that flow are slow and not very numerous, rarely killing someone. People collect even five harvests of vegetables per year and fruits are growing in abundance.
Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by admin | No Comments »
Beyond the gray plains of pebble, in northwestern South Africa,
land is slightly inclined to lay open one of the timeless masterpieces of nature: a large old sand appearing as a baked apricot, which stretches like forever. This is the Kalahari, a vast territory on the African plateau. Surreal beautiful in its immensity, prehistoric culture and structure, the Kalahari Desert covers almost the whole Bostwana, continuing to the west in Namibia and north in Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe. People who live here call it Kgalagadi, meaning “wilderness” – a region so vast, so impenetrable, as it hides secrets of ancient civilizations that disappeared a long time ago. Its sands are home and hunting territory of the oldest populations in the world, the tribes of Bushmen or San, who live today as they did 25,000 years ago. Their amazing adaptations in scorching heat, to the lack of the water and insufficient food, allowed people to survive where others would surely not. Although there is currently no longer than a few thousand bushmen in the Kalahari , their ancestors have left behind them numerous paintings in caves and on rocks in the region. For example in caves and on cliffs of the Tsodilo Hills, in the north-western desert, there are no fewer than 2750 pictures in 200 sites. These subjects vary from simple geometric designs to various groups of people and animals.
Even today, large groups can be seen as marching along the dried rivers of Auob and Nossob, throwing gold dust in the air. Here, lions are often hidden under the foliage of trees, waiting for night to start hunting.
Posted on November 30th, 2009 by admin | 2 Comments »
Innumerable tributaries feed the Congo river along the arc of a
circle which is being crossed from its sources, to the border between Zambia and Democratic Republic of the Congo, until flowing into the Atlantic. On the road or 4700 km, the river winds through dense jungle and mangrove forests accumulating so much power that flows into the sea 41,700 tons of water per second, its debit being exceeded only by the Amazon’s one.
When the river estuary was discovered, in 1482, by the portuguese explorer Diogo Cao, he could not cross the cataracts upstream of the river mouth, today named Livingstone Falls, so the river has remained unexplored for nearly 400 years. For Europeans of the nineteenth century, this area was known as the “darkest Africa”.
The upper Congo River is partially navigable. Initially, it flows to the north through a narrow, steep and rocky gorge, then winds through swamps covered by reeds and flowing into Lake Kisa, a paradise of egrets and seagulls, but the fishermen in the area. Further, navigable portions alternates with thresholds before Nyangwe, where the river enters into the dark jungle which frightened Livingstone in 1871, preventing him from going forward to the north. The river crosses 7 waterfalls along the 90 km, with the largest flow of water in the world, approximately 166,850 tonnes per second.
Posted on November 25th, 2009 by admin | No Comments »
It’s great to be in a vacation as this one, in Paris, Monmartre. There, tourists are having a fantastic time, staying in some of the greatest apartaments in Paris, which is perfectly situated,right by the park,right above some beautiful
caffes,and is very peaceful when tourists go to the park in spring here and then they go downtown, come back and love the piece of serenity. Another important target of a Paris vacation could be the Sacre Heart Church which is just wonderful to visit as many other attractive places. Monmartre is a quite place in this big city,it’s a very interesting place of streets that are all up and down, and the stairways that are historicaly famous and romanticaly famous for this area.Here tourists would prefer to stay and live right in this area. You can turn left or right, to go straight, outside of your apartment you will find something new everywhere they turn.As a conclusion, some of the best chioces a tourist could have is an apartment from the whole list of paris vacation rentals.
This is really beautiful. Is nice to be in an apartment, then they don’t have to stay in a hotel, tourists will cook for themselves.Surrounding they will find some minimarkets from where they could buy meat, cheese, vegetables and cookies, so this is a lovely place for most of them, be sure of that. But also the majority is inspired by the sound inside the other restaurants, the caffes downstairs. We could say even starting with the studio, apartment in which tourists are staying, it could be felt the presence of something artistic. The apartments are designed so elegantly, so beautifully. Every detail is just really amazing, wonderful and makes you feel like living in a very loved home. It’s like your goal in a travelling when you feel like the locals and when you try to live like them.
The Paris vacation rentals today are completely renovated with wonderful furnishings. Specially those from the Monmartre district are offering the most spectacular sights which will remain in your mind for a good period. Surrounded by those buildings mentioned before, tourists will never forget this staying in a large furnished studio or apartment entirely equipped.
Try to explore the Montmartre quartier from the hill, overlooking the rooftops of Paris, which is known to be one of the most favorites in Paris.
Posted on October 14th, 2009 by admin | 2 Comments »
The Devil’s Bridge is located in Toscana, Italy. This bridge is one of 30
marvels which are found in Europe and which throughout the centuries have spawned a lot of legends.
This bridge is found in the mountainous Lanzo area being known as the “Ponte del Diavolo”.
The Devil’s Bridge was also built in the 1300s and it also is rising above the level of the water with 15 meters hig. This thing is creating travelers around the world a sturdy passage from Mount Buriasco to Mount Mombasso.
There are many legends about this bridge that have swirled around it. When you see it, you will think of the legend of Dracula and many thing in your mind will ask you how the name of this bridge has come out.
Most of the stories claims the devil himself has built this bridge which wears his name. It was even built only in a single night in exchange for the sacrificial soul of a local resident.
In that moment, the authorities have decided to put a tax on wine to help the bridge being paid. The wine tax was known to remain in effect for around 10 years. Then the locals said “To hell with this bridge.”
Since then, the legend has stood along the years, even today…
Posted on August 27th, 2009 by admin | 1 Comment »
The Christ Church from Jerusalem started to exist when several people were in the good place at a good time. As the Book say, men and women came at church each day and finally they were practically a part of it. The Church Of Christ was built in 19th century, preciselly in 1849 and it is also the oldest church from the Middle East. Along the years, the church needed help for serious repairs to maintain the reputation of the Lord clear as well as His house.
The Christ Church from Jerusalem has in its origins the needed to educate the Jewish people, to learn them about the life of Christ. The church is trying to eliminate all anti-Jewish forms, things against christian people.
This beautiful Church from Jerusalem is preciselly situated at Jaffa Gate from the Old City. The hrist Church was also the 1st Protestant church from the Middle East. 
Known to be an Anglican church, it attracts annually a lot of tourists, christian visitors who are very excitied to see such an old building and also to learn something from its history. The majority of people around the city are praying for the peace of Jerusalem. The beautiful Church also houses many different Messiah Jewish congregations.
Posted on July 12th, 2009 by admin | No Comments »
Nanjing Road situated in Shanghai and is kown to be the most important tourist streets from here. It is considered the best place where visitors have the chance to learn something about the history of Shanghai City.
Tourists should also know that Nanjing Road is the first commercial road ever built Shanghai. At the beginning of this century, there were only 4 stores along the Nanjing Road.
But in time, the street has become the most visited shopping center in Shanghai and now beside departament stores, there are several restaurants, shopping malls, souvenir shops, and even an incredible night scene and different hotels where every tourist can spend his night.You wil never be sorry to visit this place, it is a must-see tourist attraction for every traveler who comes to Shanghai.
The road which is situated to the east part of Tibet Road is practically the East Nanjing Road and the road to the west part of it is called the West Nanjing Road.
Around this famous street, there are a lot of cultural buildings as Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Theatre, People’s Square, etc that you can visit all day.
Posted on July 7th, 2009 by admin | No Comments »
The Palais Garnier is practically a opera-house which is situated on the Place de l’Opéra from Paris, the capital of France. The Palais Ga
rnier has also a second and a third name, the Paris Opéra and Opéra Garnier.
Also designed by Charles Garnier, the building is known as one of the architectural masterpieces of the Neo-Baroque style. It was also taken in front of the Opera Garnier construction. It is not as easy as tourists think if they want to photograph the interior of the Palais Garnier building.
The Palais Garnier is used for concerts and other performances since it was opened, in 1874 and inaugurated in one year later, in 1875. On the southeastern part of the Palais Garnier you will find the Louvre museum.
Seating 2,130 people, the Paris Opéra or the Opéra Garnier is an architectural treasure for the classical opera of the city and several ballet scenes. On the the inside there is a big hall with a grand staircase.There are even several rehearsal rooms, a library and a museum which hosts many famous exhibits. It is believed to have one of the largest hall from all over the world.
In the 20th century, in 1964, Marc Chagall had decided to paint the ceiling an he got inspired by some of the most famous operas.
Posted on June 24th, 2009 by admin | No Comments »

Tokyo Tower is a famous tower situated in the capital of Japan, Tokyo. It was built after the Eiffel Tower model, with a height around 333 metress, higher than the Eiffel Tower.Tokyo Tower had become famous through its appearance in many movies.It is a must-see attraction of Tokyo, something you don’t have to miss it.The Tokyo Tower is different from the Eiffel Tower because it is situated in the middle of a city block, painted in white and orange. Sometimes the tower is illuminated in orange, specially when
there are some important events.
The Tokyo Tower is the best known as a tourist destination and it can be seen from many points as the Roppongi Hills complex and the Toky Bay.
Built in 1958, the Tower has mantained its fame for decades, attracting annually millions of tourists from all over the world.
Posted on May 7th, 2009 by admin | No Comments »