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Indonesia is a beautiful country that I regularly fly to. Whether it’s for the bustling city life in Jakarta or the serene Balinese islands that constantly lure my physical and spiritual self to visit, I love Indonesia and never fail to recommend it to people who want an experience of a lifetime. But for seasoned travelers who have been to Indonesia and want an out of the ordinary vacation, why not take an hour’s flight from Jakarta to Yogyakarta and visit the Borobudur Temple?

Also known as Candi Borobudur, this magnificent temple was literally carved out of volcanic stones during the reign of the Sailendra dynasty, which is estimated to be around 700-850 AD. Historians are clearly awed at the majestic structure but was baffled as to how and why the temple was erected. They were also puzzled how the temple was abandoned and was consecutively covered by thick layers of ashes (there were lots of volcanoes in the area). The Borobudur temple was rediscovered by the British as they came to Indonesia for the first time in the 1800’s.

Lets face it when you work hard everyday, eventually boredom and being tired (both mental and physical) set in. Its at that point that you notice how previous your vacation time is, its also why most people try to make the best use of their limited freedom before joining the rat race again! To help with that goal you have lastminute.com! we wake up every day thinking of better ways to make your free time go even further.

LastMinute.com is a travel and lifestyle website that allows you to search and book   exclusive deals on travel, hotels, flights, holidays, restaurants, and theatre attendances anywhere in the world!

With a reach spanning from the exotic islands of the Maldives to the lively hustle & bustle of the UK, LastMinute.com aims to help you have an exhilarating experience while brushing off any signs of monotony that you may have collected over time!

Parkr.info has to be one of the best utilities to use on a vacation ever seen! Ever tried searching for a park that you’ve always wanted to visit but never had the time to? Its not easy!

Parkr.info is a website dedicated to helping you find all the park locations, around the world!

It basically has a Googlemap that pinpoints parks in a selected region (show with a blue `KR’ logo). Clicking on a marker will give you the address of the park, as well a link to an info-page of the park. The info page primarily contains information about how other people have rated a park and allows them to their comments. If you’d like to leave a comment about your park experience then you’ll need to sign up but its free , so not much of a hassle there.

Advantages and Features of Parkr.info

It can be quite tricky traversing a car dominated city by bicycle, particularly when you need to travel an unknown route to a new destination. But the chances are, someone has cycled that way before you. I have discovered a website that makes it easy to show you the best possible way to your destination.

For those of you who are into cycling and would like to discover new routes and places in United States, Europe and other countries need to check out Bikely. A free web-service that allows you to browse bicycle routes that are shared by other cyclists from around the world.

Bikely allows you to browse up to 100,000 bicycle routes. You can even add yours if it isn’t mentioned on the website yet. To narrow down your search you can also search for bike trails by country, by specific location and filter results by length of the route.

It is pretty normal for anyone to plan their trip and book hotels online. Infact it’s best if you book hotels online rather than reaching your destination and run around to look for the best affordable hotel that suit your needs.

This is where HotelCalculator comes in action. A free hotel search engine that lets you save time by searching multiple travel websites. I used it in the past, and can tell you that I found some pretty good budget hotels. HotelCalculator allows you to easily check the availability of hotels with just a click on a button.

To get started simply choose your dates, number of guests and rooms that you require. Once done hit the “search and Compare multiple travel sites” button to start your search. The website will hardly take 15 to 30 seconds before it shows a well organised list of hotels options available for your requested dates.

Thanks to the Internet we get to do anything we want online. Recently I’ve come across a few traveling websites that can not only help you arrange your trip but also book hotels/public transport and do more.

1. TripIT

TripIt offers the best way to organize and share your travel plans. All you have to do is simply forward your individual booking confirmations, reservation emails etc. TripIt will recognize these emails and create a master itinerary that puts together all the individual pieces, provides extra information.It also enables the user to add notes and ultimately share and collaborate on this master itinerary with others.

2.  ATMLocator

ATMLocator is a free service provided by Visa that allows you to instantly locate ATM cash machines in your vincinity. All you have to do is select the country and city name along with the pin code and it will provide you address details and map for each ATM. Currently, it covers over 170 countries worldwide.

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Cool Capitals is a fresh new alternative to the usual travel agents and sites.
It specializes in travel to the less trodden European cities of Vienna, Valencia, Amsterdam, Antwerp and Zurich.
They all possess a cool mixture of old and new culture that is a breath of fresh air against the typical touristy European destinations.
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