Sabtu, 20 November 2010

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The Burren

This place is truly unique place to look. This is a place where there are no trees to hang a man. A place where there is not enough water to drown herself. And if you finally managed to kill him, was too rocky to bury him. This place occupies an area of approximately 300 square kilometers.

Burren's landscape is a special place. Everywhere the former Megalithic Tombs (like this famous Poulnabrone), ring forts, souterrains, monument, holy wells and stone rows. There are relics of human habitation for almost 6,000 years. In this area alone there are more than 60 wedge tombs and the densest concentration in Ireland.

Burren lies south of Galway in County Clare, Ireland. Burren means "rocky place." Large amount of stone work on the imagination of people. Not only 3000 years BC, but even today stones are piled in good shape, maybe even with some (unknown) destination.

There are also different rock formations in this place. This area is also rich in historical ecclesiastical sites.

Sabtu, 13 November 2010

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The Chocolate Hills

Chocolate Hills is the most famous tourist attraction in Bohol, Philippines. This popular tourist attraction is currently ranked number 6 in the list of New Seven Wonders of the world. Chocolate Hills consist of about 1268 haystack perfectly cone-shaped hill with a height ranging from 40-120 meters. The Chocolate Hills is a natural wonder The Hills is considered as a Philippine National Geological Monument.

During the summer, the dome-shaped, grass-covered limestone hills dry up and turn brown changing area into rows of chocolate "kisses," hence the name.

There is no natural formation like this in the world. From a distance, they looked like half a ball grown from the soil. The molehill-shaped and almost uniformly sized hills dot the landscape green and brown.
Truly exotic scenery, right?

Kamis, 11 November 2010

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Salar de Uyuni


It is the world's largest salt flat at 10,582 km ² or 4085 square miles. It is located in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, 3650 meters. The major minerals found in the salar are halite and gypsum.

Because of their large size, smooth surface, the reflection of the high surface when covered with shallow water, and a minimum altitude deviation, Salar de Uyuni makes an ideal target for testing and calibration of satellite remote sensing instruments are used to study the Earth’s orbit.

Salar de Uyuni is estimated to contain 10 billion tons of salt, which is less than 25,000 tons year is extracted. Every November, Salar de Uyuni is also the breeding grounds for three species of flamingoes South America: Chile, James and Andean flamingoes.

Senin, 01 November 2010

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MADAKARIPURA WATERFALL

Madakaripura waterfall located in Probolinggo area, near the Sapeh village of Lumbang district. Mount Bromo tourist area was kept a unique tourist sites and charming. Location not far from the sea of sand Bromo, only about 45 minutes to the Probolinggo. To reach this resort is not too dificult, visits should be done if we are going to Bromo, Probolinggo direction because the direction of travel or while in Bromo and conducted morning. Location can be reached by private vehicle or rental car.
This waterfall is known as a place of meditation known Patih Majapahit, Gajah Mada and the place to spend the rest of his life. This resort is situated at an altitude of 620 M above sea level and the water that falls from a height of 200 meters it creates incredible feeling to see her. The best time to visit this waterfall is approximately at 10:00 to 14:00 WIB where we can sometimes see a rainbow from sunlight and water mix there. If we bathe in water from the waterfall is also believed to be rid a rheumatic diseases and also young.