If you like ship cruises, if you like sailing, if you like sea, if you like Hamburg, if you like shows and entertainment, then you must visit Hamburg until the 6th of August!
Boris Becker opened yesterday the Hamburg Cruise Days which are lasting a week. 100 000 people, locals and tourists, took part to that spectacular opening in the big hanseatic city of Hamburg, one of the world’s biggest ports. And the legendary cruise ship Queen Mary II was there also! And other prominent cruise ships are waited to come during this week
All the city turned blue due to a spectacular breathtaking light show.
Yesterday, by the big opening, the rock legend Roger Cicero gave a convincing concert, and other stars will come each day of the mentioned week.
A few time ago, while visiting Canada and reporting about Banff, I also visited Calgary.
I loved Calgary from the first sight, and very soon I wanna go back. I would also recommend to you a visit there.
Calgary lies in the western Canada, being the largest city of the Alberta Provincion with its 1000000 inhabitants. Calgary Alberta hotels and resorts are in good shape and have excellent conditions. Calgary was the first Canadian city hosting the winter Olympic Games in 1988.
Beside winter sports and ecotourism, the petroleum industry, agriculture and hi tech are contributing to the fast growth of the city.
I wish a nice trip and a nice time in Calgary!
In 2007 Calgary was ranked as the world’s cleanest city.
Nowadays, as a modern multicultural city, Calgary still retains much of its traditional culture of hotel saloons, western bars and night clubs.
If you watch the sky during night, with your lover aside, think a little about this outrageous photo!
What we got here? Two galaxies simply making love!
To be scientifically correct ( which I don’t like always ) : these are two remote galaxies, namely NGC 5426 and 5427, who are passing each other tail. This phenomenon has a strong destructive potential. The photo was made to the Gemini Observatory, Chile.
I recently had the opportunity to review their services on my circuit to Holland [stories from my trip coming soon..] and ugh…they own every other network out there. More and more people travel now (contrary to US dollar going MIA) and an absolute necessity is communication with those who are home. The costs are reasonable, far better than what I have back home, where Orange and Vodafone rule the market, charging a lot for average services. They cover over 200 countries some of which I never knew they existed like Mayotte or Gambia, and 20+ cruise lines.
Thinking to London shall not mean only old buildings, obsolete citymarks. Not at all, this huge city has also a modern touch.
The London Eye is one of them. But what is London Eye actually? First look, and then read further.
London Eye, also named Millenium Wheel, is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe, measuring 135 metres.
The London Eye is located on the western end of Jubilee gardens, on the south bank of River Thames. When former Prime Minister Tony Blair opened it to public on 31.12.1999 it was supposed to become one of London’s citymarks and major attractions. Which the London Eye did succesfully: it is the most popular paid tourist attraction in the U.K. (3 600 000 visitors former year)!
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By Travel Advisor
You need some time to understand and visit London. Hard to say how much time. Some cities accepted me fast, other much more difficult. I can’t name the reasons.
London accepted and swallowed me very fast, in 4 days (personal record). But for that I filled the following necessary steps, which I am recommending to you now, as you can do them cheap or free:
1. Catch and make photographies of the well known citymarks: Palace of Westminster and Big Ben; Westminster Abbey; St. Margaret’s Church; Tower bridge; Tower of London.
2. Visit the Royal Botanical Garden in Kew, which is superb and huge. Besides very many plants (it is one of the leading Botanical Gardens in the world) you can see many exotic ore old constructions (pagoda, Japanese house, etc)
3. Greenwich Observatory, which sets the time worldwide.
London is huge, London is old, but very dynamic. For 200 years (up to 1925) London has been world’s biggest city and the capital of the British Empire, which was a huge mix of people and covered fast the half of the planet.
London was founded by the Romans, under the name of Londinium. Today London counts 8 000 000 inhabitants, being the most populous city of the European Union, and the second in Europe after Moscow.
London is a megacity, and remains one of the world’s most important cities. The London City with its Stock Exchange decides many destinies.
Lying on the Thames mouth, London port has been for centuries world’s biggest. Heathrow airport, one of the London’s five airports, is the world’s busiest. The opening of the 5th Terminal made it even bigger, but did not solve all the problems.
While Phuket remains Thailand’s most popular island destination, there is one area of the island that visitors have a love-hate relationship with. That area is, of course, Patong Beach.
Patong Beach was the first area of Phuket to be heavily developed. As a result, it is an absolute mess, with concrete everywhere. The beach is filthy, the people are an unwholesome bunch and the whole vibe of the place is decidedly uncomfortable. Yet because it was the first area to be developed, it remains the most popular place for tourists, who are usually ferried to Patong Beach straight from the airport.
What Patong Beach has going for it is that it’s easy. There are budget accommodations, exotic nightlife and cheap booze all around. The nightlife at Patong Beach is its primary draw, but it is also the reason why many people hate the area.
