Archive for junio, 2010

Places to visit in Cairo, Egypt

Sábado, junio 19th, 2010

Cairo is an ideal destination for cultural tourism, visit the old town, museums, mosques and bazaars. You can even visit the Pyramids of Giza by camel. Enjoy a remarkable journey in time through the different stages of its history, is a museum where they mingle the ancient and the modern, cosmopolitan city cradle of civilizations.

Places to visit in Cairo, Egypt

Photography by Peter Shanks

Cairo is considered the Jewel of the East, the fusion of ancient Egyptian civilization and the modern. It is known to Egyptians as the “mother of all cities” and the “city of a thousand minarets.” Considered the largest city in Africa and the most populous on the African continent, its metropolitan area includes a population of about 17.285 million people, making it the thirteenth most populous city in the world. (más…)

Salar Uyuni, a natural wonder in Bolivia

Viernes, junio 18th, 2010

The Salar de Uyuni, located between the provinces of Potosi and Oruro, in Bolivia, near the town of the same name, is the largest salt deposit in the world. Has an area of 10.582 square kilometers and is located 3.650 meters over sea level. It was part of Lake Minchin, 40,000 years ago, but on drying it, two lakes were formed, the poop, and Uru Uru, and two deposits of salt, Salar de Coipasa, and Uyuni.

Salar Uyuni, a natural wonder in Bolivia

Photography by Peter Shanks

It is an area of great economic importance for Bolivia. It contains an estimated 10 billion tons of salt, which draws less than 25 thousand a year. Can you believe it? The salts are more common than are those of halite and Gypsum (which has different uses, from fertilizer to clotting in the development of tofu). It also has a large deposit of lithium (half the global reserves of lithium) which has a wide range of use, including battery manufacturing, manufacture of medicines, and fuel for satellites and rockets). (más…)

Cajamarca and the Incan Baths

Viernes, junio 18th, 2010

Cumbemayo

Photography by morrissey

You are going to the mountains of Peru, do not decide the specific location you will visit, you think will be a hard choice, of course it is. However, look at a guidebook at the airport and read: The Inca Baths. You wonder if that can exist, if that ancient Inca culture that spread across South America may have done in a city the center of relaxation, which is enjoying their hot-water baths. Read carefully: Cajamarca, where the land until Atahualpa traveled during his reign to be a therapeutic bath. You choose, this will be your destination. (más…)

Hotels in New York: Something for everyone

Jueves, junio 17th, 2010

In New York sure there is a hotel for every taste and need, whether you seek a budget hotel as if we are one of five stars that offer discounts guaranteed, it is possible to take a business trip and enjoy spa services and treatment rooms massage, in addition to the gym. For a family holiday is a good choice a hotel with babysitting or child care.

Hotels in New York: Something for everyone

Photography by Peter Shanks

Guests will find all the finest services in the rooms. Newspaper, wireless Internet, safe, etc.., In a perfect blend of attentive care and modern amenities in hotels in the heart of New York 4 stars. (más…)

Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá

Jueves, junio 17th, 2010

The Salt Cathedral in Colombia Zipaquirá

Very close to the north of Bogota is a place that combines history, the work of man and nature. Ideal combination that makes the salt cathedral Zipaquirá, is one of the great relics of modernity.

Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira born in 1995 and is before the Salt Mine, which for years was one of the main sources of income for the town of Zipaquira, located 48 kilometers from the majestic capital of Colombia. One of the oldest municipalities in Colombia even referring to the period before the conquest. (más…)

The Acropolis emerge in the cradle of democracy: Athens

Miércoles, junio 16th, 2010

The cradle of Western civilization and democracy today, Greece is still practicing as a tourist destination worldwide thanks to the wonders of the world still continues to stand in the capital: the Acropolis and Parthenon colossal. But Athens is not only vestiges of the past. In this cosmopolitan city travelers can also enjoy its delicious food, well priced, romantic walks through the neighborhoods of Plaka and Monastiraki.

Plaka beach in Greece

Photography by freddie boy

The trip to Athens can never be one more. It is always exciting to see new places and cities, especially those who are endowed with a singular beauty and historical significance of relief, but the Greek capital is more than that. (más…)

Sydney Aquarium

Miércoles, junio 16th, 2010

Sydney is a city that lives and mingles with the sea, it has allowed him to have one of the largest aquariums in Australia and in the world. By leveraging its coastline has been the most beautiful areas of the city are there, making it one of the major tourist destinations: “La Joya Austral Pacific.”

Sydney Aquarium and Wildlife World

Photography by Joe Brockmeier

Sydney Aquarium (Sydney Aquarium) has more than eleven thousand species of marine animals. Located in the port area of Darling Harbour (one of the best seaside resorts in the world), near the National Maritime Museum and the Chinese Garden of Friendship, among others, is divided into four zones: (más…)

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