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Singapore is not just a place for shoppers. Countries with a typical white lion statue symbol also has a number of museums for art lovers and history. One of the highlights and the latest, is a museum located in the region ArtScience Marina Bay Sands.
In addition to permanent exhibitions, the building with the shape ‘10 fingers’ which is also held an exhibition of iconic periodic changing in some particular period. If you happen to be in Singapore and interested in visiting museums renowned architect Moshe Safdie, it is worth visited two exhibitions that take place within a limited time only.
1. Dali: Mind of a Genius – The Exhibition
Museum visitors will enter the mind ArtScience surrealist Salvador Dali, one of the artists of the 20th century’s most famous. This exhibition displays over 250 works of art of Dali is divided into three themes; Femininity and Sensuality, Religion and Mythology, and Dreams and Fantasy.
Dali, famous for his works are always linking the conscious and unconscious. Dali was always into account the philosophical, such admiration for women. Even the fear of the insects also poured in a unique blend of art. Read the rest of this entry »
WHEN a vacation to Thailand, try to stop at the Wat Mahathat is one of the oldest temple in Bangkok and the headquarters for the life of the nation’s largest monastic orders in Thailand. Historically, Wat Mahathat was built in the early eighth century before the founding of Bangkok (in 1782). However, newly renovated after the young Prince Mongkut became King Rama IV.
Wat Mahathat temple complex consists of a cell equipped with a convent, schools, offices and other buildings. There is also a quiet garden setting and a few palm trees in the back. Also a house that is actually the Vipassana Meditation Center at the University of Buddha, the most important centers for the study of Buddhism and meditation. Wat Mahathat also offers several courses in English.
It Was Spires Lubeck (Lubeck Tower) are listed in the Unesco World Heritage Site in the City of Hamburg, Germany. To get to this place, you can use a train or a car about 40 minutes. Here there are 1300 buildings Gothic, Baroque, Renaissance and Classical. From a row of old houses and is also surrounded by the River Trave Canal which empties into the River Elbe. But do not rush, because there are medieval churches.
Lubeck was founded in the 12th century, as a city that exudes the air itself. Maybe the city is also a maritime heritage product that serves as major Baltic port. Uniquely, in this place there is also a bunch of Turks and other immigrants who settled. Nuances of music, theater and various art became a dynamic life in Lubeck.
Although there are many entertainment venues and cafes, but the main attraction remains the architecture of the building. A good place to start is the Holsten Gate made ??to the 15th century. Later, ancient churches, like St. Mary’s Church (the third largest church in Germany), Lubeck Cathedral featuring about 400 feet high tower. Lubeck is known as Tower Seven Cities of gothic churches. From Hamburg main station, you can ride the train with a rate of about $ 21 to $ 28
FLORES is a beautiful island. A variety of natural attractions have also spread here, but unfortunately until now, the tourists only knew a small port of Labuan Bajo on the western tip of the island or the island of Komodo, Rinca and Padar.
In the land of Flores tourists can travel to mysterious caves, coastal mangroves, go with the kayak and dive boat in one of the 50 spectacular dive sites For diving (diving), you can do in the vicinity of pure sea dragons. And the most interesting are some of life’s most exotic underwater world. Nearby there are lots of dolphins, whales and dugongs (a type of dolphin).
If you want to see a lake with three different colored lake, visit to Mount Flores near the town of Maumere. Color lakes here may change from time to time. The island has an ancient history which may have not been touched for centuries. One is the Liang Bua cave. In this place recently been discovered homo floresiensis hobbit of Flores or this place. Read the rest of this entry »
Kiyomizu Dera or Kiyomizudera is the name of the famous Buddhist temple in Otowasan Kiyomizudera, Eastern Kyoto, Japan. The temple was built since 798 and was continued in 1633. The name of this temple is taken from the name of the waterfall within the complex Mizu kiyoi which flows directly from a nearby mountain. Uniquely, the end to lure the fish in the pond-no-Taki Otowa located within the temple area.
The main hall of Kiyomizu dera has a size too large and is supported by hundreds of pillars that stand out over the hills, so that the beautiful city of Kyoto can be seen from a distance. At Kiyomizu dera temple complex there are also Jishu-Jinja shrine dedicated to the god of love Okuninushino-Mikoto. Jishu-Jinja has a pair of “love stones“ placed 18 meters apart and myth, each visitor can take it with your eyes closed and meet in the middle of the intersection. If successful, meaning they mate.
Other activities popular in this temple is the provision of amulets, incense, and o-mikuji (get a big fortune from scraps of paper) and take pictures at the main temple platform. At Kiyomizu dera there is also a beautiful view of the flowers are blooming cherry on cherry blossom festival (mid-April to early May).