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Adventures in Queenstown

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Superb views in Queenstown at night Image: holidaysqueenstown.co.nz Do you feel tired from a busy day? You definitely need a break or refresher on your mind, body, and soul. There are many choices such as exercise, yoga, or a holiday to Bali. If you've ever been to Bali, I suggest your holiday to Queenstown, New Zealand. If you look at a map of the world, New Zealand is an island nation located below the continent of Australia.  Fiordland National Park Image: amazingplacesoftheworld.com You will be amazed by the Otago tourist town built around Queenstown Bay. You can watch the spectacular vistas of the mountains around it. Clearwater in the lake will make you spellbound. Remember to enjoy the luge adventure combo. The hustle of the city in the evening you can enjoy in this tourist town.   You will also enjoy the cool scenery and beautiful hills, a lake with a cable car up. This view of the hill in Queenstown will instantly relieve stress. Ski...

Legendary Windmill in Holland

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  The Netherlands is not only famous for its tulips, but also a windmill. The windmill is a fascinating cultural heritage of other nations to become Dutch icon as the "Land of Windmills". Finding the windmills in the Netherlands is not really difficult because typical building windmills that already exist in the Netherlands since hundreds of years ago are still widely spread throughout the Netherlands. Tina and her husband in Holand   Windmills in the Netherlands at the beginning of its existence around 13th century serves to push the water into the sea in order to form a new, more extensive land (polders) given geographical territory Dutch mostly under sea level. With the development of technology, around the 17th century windmill is used also as a tool that helps in agriculture and industries such as the manufacture of paper, wood polish, remove the oil from the seeds, also grind corn. The number of windmills centuries ago around 10,000 and now live about 1000 wind...

Bali The Best Island

Bali is a real tropical paradise. Bali has again received an award as THE BEST ISLAND IN ASIA PASIFIC 2009 from the Hong Kong-based Destin Asia Magazine. It’s for the fifth time Bali received award from Destin Asia as THE BEST ISLAND IN ASIA PASIFIC. Since 1998 Bali already got 25 International awards from international organization from other country. Bali also got award for THE BEST SPA IN THE WORLD from Senses Wellness magazine. Bali is an island that seems to have a magnet that make u feel difficult to understand unless experienced but once visited you are surely compelled to come back and you may even want to stay forever. Y ou can enjoy a lot of attraction for adventure, beautiful landscape, honeymoon, outdoor sports, shopping, yoga, spa, snorkelling, surfing, and hideaway. Bali is a natural resorts island.

Mask Dance in Bali

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Tari Topeng . Image: potretbali.blogspot.com Bali is a very unique tropical paradise. You will find many forms of fine arts in Bali. Bali’s abundant creativity is not restricted to carvings, paintings, textiles, souvenirs, etc. The performing arts such as music, dance, and puppetry are equally as rich.  Balinese arts are can be divided into two major categories. The first is for ceremonial (religious) purposes and the second is for entertainment. However, visitors do not have to wait to see Balinese dance, because many restaurants and hotels hold regular dance performances, and there are many arenas or amphitheaters specially built to hold dance performances for tourists. There are many kinds of Balinese dance such as Kecak Dance, Legong Dance, Topeng Dance or Mask Dance, and Barong Dance.  

Dragon from Ancient Time

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Are you ready for a real adventure? Let's go to Komodo island to see a real Dragon, no t in the movie. Komodo island is beautiful. Seeing is believing. If you have plenty of time in your holiday to Bali, don’t forget to Komodo National Park. While most visitors enter Komodo National Park (KNP) through the gateway cities of Labuan Bajo in the west of Flores or Bima in eastern Sumbawa, the departure point for your trip is actually Denpasar, Bali. Komodo National Park includes three major islands: Komodo, Rinca and Padar, as well as numerous smaller islands creating a total surface area (marine and land) of 1817km (proposed extensions would bring the total surface area up to 2,321km 2 ). As well as being home to the Komodo dragon, the Park provides refuge for many other notable terrestrial species such as the orange-footed scrub fowl, an endemic rat, and the Timor deer. Moreover, the Park includes one of the richest marine environments including coral reefs, mangroves, sea...

Nusa Lembongan: A Little Paradise

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Bali is a fantastic tropical Paradise. You can go to Kuta Beach or Legian for a great night life. Why not travel o ver to the island escape of Nusa Lembongan and get away from the hectic lifestyle of Kuta and Legian? Fewer than 4000 people are fortunate enough to call Nusa Lembongan home. This small island, just 20km off the east coast of Bali, survives on the proceeds of fishing and seaweed farming.- the water is crystal clear which makes for excellent diving and snorkelling, and with fewer visitors than the main areas of Bali, surfers can enjoy a less crowded surf at the breaks on Lembongan. The unspoilt and relaxed atmosphere of the island has been maintained and is the islands greatest asset. The protected island measures 4 x 3 kilometres, has good surf, crystal-clear waters for snorkelling and diving and is very relaxing. There is not much traffic, no big hotels or pollution. It has two villages, Desa Lembongan and Jungut Batu, the latter offering the island’s best accomm...

Family Holiday in Paradise

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Bali safari. Image: explorebalitours.com Everyone needs a vacation that will make someone's life happier and more meaningful. If you have children, wife or family then there is time to take them on vacation with you. You'll make them happy; your family will be closer to each other. You can accompany them on vacation to another city, even to a tropical island, which lies between Java and Lombok. If you look at a map of the world, this beautiful island is located between two continents, Australia and Asia.     Bali has a unique art and culture to know especially by your children. They would have been happy to get new knowledge about the culture of other nations, not just read about it in books or watch on television.