Russia (Hermitage Museum), Moscow Metro

Russia or also normally known as Russian Federation and it is a country located in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic which comprise of 83 federal. The capital of Russia is Moscow and the president is Vladimir Putin. In Russia the official language used by are the local Russian language. The population is around 141, 930,000.

Hermitage Museum

This is the appearance of Hermitage Museum and it look attractive.

The State of Hermitage is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. This is one the largest and oldest museum in the world and it was founded in1764 by Catherine the Great and it museum are opened to the public since 1852. The time to visit this recommend museum is about three hours. State Hermitage is one of the famous art museum in the world, this museum is housed in the Winter Palace, and it contains over 2.7 million exhibits which including some of the world greatest works of art.

This is parts of the art and graphic that can be seen at museum.

Moscow Metro

Architecture Metro Station

The Moscow Metro is not the oldest one in the world, its stations welcomed the first passengers in 1935. However, the architectural style and wide scope of the stations’ design deserve the name of the "Underground Palace". Nearly all stations are revered with various natural stones having unique structure and beauty. Currently, there are over 150 stations of the Moscow Metro. The Metro stations were designed and embellished by prominent Russian architects, artists and sculptors. Their great talent and decorative skills created not only one more transportation facility, but a peculiar underground network of great artistic value.

Moscow Metro is fulled of passengers from day to days

Passenger patiently waiting the transportation in a fresh and clean environment

This is the seat on the transportation

Moscow Metro is a suitable place to visit because the architecture are unique and the design are very attractive and charming.


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Australia (Bondi Beach), Fraser Island

Australia is officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia where is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The capital for Australia is Canberra. According to the World Bank the population is about 22,620,600 while the official language that used by Australian to communicate is English. The government policy is divided into three part which are Parliamentary system, Constitutional system and federation. The area of Australia is 7,692,000km².

Bondi Beach is the beach which are most famous in Australia and it located in the suburb of Bondi in the Municipality of Waverley, seven kilometers from the center of Sydney. Bondi Beach is approximately one kilometers long, the width of Bondi Beach is averages 50 m at the north end, widening out to 100m at the south end. The average water temperature at Bondi Beach in summer is 21 degrees while in the months of September and October the water temperature is 16 degrees.

This is one of the activity where can be carry on at Bondi Beach.

At the southern of the beach is the Bondi Baths, which are over 100 years old and have been used by the Famous Bondi Iceberg for many years. At the Northern end of the beach there is the Children Wading Pool and Wally Weekes Pool so Bondi Beach is suitable especially for family member because the pool are nearby each others. Beside than taking a bath, swimmer can also swim in the swimming areas. While the swimming areas are designated by red and yellow flags which moved according to surf conditions. The northern center of beach usually is the safest for swimming.

Fraser Island

Fraser Island is the world’s largest sand island. You can call it hidden natural treasure. It is host of an endangered species of wild dogs, Dingos, and several types of fish found only in Australia. With the beaches that looks like haven, it is very popular holiday destination for people all over the world.

Fraser Island's of World Heritage Listing ranks it with Australia's Uluru, Kakadu and the Great Barrier Reef. Fraser Island is a precious part of Australia's natural and cultural heritage, it is protected for all to appreciate and enjoy.

Fraser island is a place of exceptional beauty, with its long uninterrupted white beaches flanked by strikingly colored sand cliffs, and over 100 fresh water lakes, some tea-colored and others clear and blue all ringed by white sandy beaches. Ancient rainforests grow in sand along the banks of fast-flowing, crystal-clear creeks.

Fraser Island is the only place in the world where tall rainforest are found growing on sand dunes at elevations of over 200 meters. The low "wallum" heaths on the island are of particular evolutionary and ecological significance, and provide magnificent wildflower displays in spring and summer.

The largest island on East Coast of Australia

Events can be carry on at Fraser Island

Fraser Island Map

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Indonesia (Prambanan), Lake Toba, North Sumatra

Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 17508 islands. It has 34 provinces with over 238 million people and Indonesia is the world fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic with an elected legislature and president, the nation's capital is Jakarta. The official languages use to communicate is Indonesian. The currency used in transaction is Rupiah.

Prambanan

Prambanan temple is extraordinarily beautiful building constructed in the tenth century during the reigns of two kings namely Rakai Pikatan and Rakai Balitung. Soaring up to 47 meters (5 meters higher than Borobudur temple), the foundation of this temple has fulfilled the desire of the founder to show Hindu triumph in Java Island. This temple is located 17 kilometers from the city center, among an area that now functions as beautiful park.

There is a legend that Javanese people always tell about this temple. As the story tells, there was a man named Bandung Bondowoso who loved Roro Jonggrang. To refuse his love, Jonggrang asked Bondowoso to make her a temple with 1,000 statues only in one-night time. The request was nearly fulfilled when Jonggrang asked the villagers to pound rice and to set a fire in order to look like morning had broken. Feeling to be cheated, Bondowoso who only completed 999 statues cursed Jonggrang to be the thousandth statue.

Prambanan is the most beautiful Hindu temple in the world.

Candi Prambanan is a 9th century Hindu temple and compound in Central Jaya, Indonesia, dedicated to the Trimurti , the expression of God as the Creator, the Preserver and the destroyer.This temple is started construct in 850 AD and the height is 47 meter and the style is based on Hindu temple architecture style.

Lake Toba, North Sumatra

Lake Toba is a volcanic lake with a length of 100 kilometers and 30 kilometers wide (the largest volcanic lake in the world). In the middle of this lake there is a volcanic island called Samosir Island. Lake Toba has long been an important tourist destination in addition to Bukit Lawang, North Sumatra and Nias, attracting domestic and foreign tourists.

Lake Toba lies in the northern part of Barisan Mountain Range, which is volcanic and traverses Sumatra Island from northwest to southeast as its backbone. The lake through is surrounded by precipitous cliffs 400-1,200 m high. Based on the topographic feature and the wide distribution of volcanic ejecta around the lake, some geologists and vulcanologist have considered it to be a giant caldera or cauldron. The water surface of L. Toba is 905 m above sea level and about 1,100 km2 wide. The total area of the lake, including the areas of Samosir and Paradapur Islands, amounts to 1,780 km2. The mountains around the lake are called Batak Highlands.

Indonesia Lake of Toba

The lake is 100 km long, 30km wide and up to 505 meters deep

The lake is big and surround by mountains.

Amazing view and fresh air at Lake Toba, North Sumatra.

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Japan ( Tokyo Tower, Mount Fuji 富士山 )

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. It located in the Pacific Ocean, its lies on the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia. The capital of Japan is Tokyo. The currency use in business transaction is Japanese yen. All the Japanese used the Japanese language for communication. In the year 2011, the number of population was 127,817,277.

Beside that, Japan is an archipelago of 6852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shokoku which together comprise about 97% of Japan's land area. Japan has the world's ten largest population with over 127 million of people in now a days.

Japan Tokyo Tower

 People use Tokyo Tower as communication tower and observation tower

Tokyo Tower is 13 meter taller than  Eiffel Tower of Paris and the world tallest self supporting steel tower.It height is 333 meter and it was completed in the year 1958 as symbol for Japan rebirth as a major economic power and served it as a television and radio broadcast antenna and tourist attraction.

Visitor can ascend the main observation at 150 meter and the special observatory at 250 meter to get a bird eye view of Tokyo. This place is appropriate for people who like to view the image of bird and people who like to observe the surroundings.

Japan Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji  ( 富士山, 3776 meters) is Japan's highest mountain and the focal point of the sprawling Fuji Hakone- Izu National Park.Visible from Tokyo, the mountain is located to the west of Tokyo on the main island Honshu, straddling the border between Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures.

Mount Fuji 

Japan's Highest Mountain-Mount Fuji

During the months of July and august is the climbing Mount Fuji season. In this two months the mountain is usually free of snow and the weather is mid, access by public transportation is easy and the mountain hut are opened. Everybody without climbing mountain experience are advice to tackle the mountain during this period.

This is the sunrise from the Summit

This following are several choices of time if you want to visit Japan:

Spring (Mar-May) - around the beginning of April, when the Sakura blossom, or who in Japan is called Hanami (hana = flower; mi (ru) = to see) In this time tourist can get a picnic under Sakura tree, which popular in Ueno Park, Tokyo.

Summer (June-Aug) dont miss Hokkaido. Summer in Hokkaido is great for people who love the outdoors activity. Also in July - May each year, in this time you could find the tourist attractions such as climbing on fuji mountain, because it's opened to the public when summer. Or you can see Hanabi (fireworks) tourist attraction in all places in Japan.

Autumn (Sept-Nov) Go to Kyoto. At this time in Japan the weather is pretty good, not so hot and not cold. Momiji or who leaves change color, usually red.

Winter (Dec-Feb) winter in Japan is very suitable for you who want to feel the Christmas atmosphere. Each December, Hakodate (Hokkaido) is white Illuminations along the way. In addition, each beginning of Feb there Yuki Matsuri in Sapporo. Here you can see sculpture ice for various types of famous buildings in the world.

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Paris (Eiffel Tower, Lourve Museum, Norte Dame, Cathedral)

Capital city of France

Paris is the capital and largest city of France. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the France region. The city of Paris, within its administrative limits, has a population of about 2,230,000. The area of Paris is about 105.4 km while the weather at Paris is 5 degree and 61% of the places are under humidity.

Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower was built for the World Exhibition in 1889, held in celebration of the French Revolution in 1789. The construction was only meant to last for the duration of the Exposition, but it still stands today, despite all protests from contemporary artists who feared the construction would be the advent of structures without 'individuality' and despite the many people who feared that this huge 'object' would not fit into the architecture of Paris.

Today, there is no such aversion anymore among the Parisians, and one could not imagine Paris without the Eiffel Tower, in fact it has become the symbol of the City of Light.

The tallest structure in the world

The Eiffel Tower would be the tallest structure in the world until the completion of the Chrysler Building in 1930.

Lourve Museum

Lourve Museum is one of the largest museum in the world, and it is a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, France, is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the first disfranchisement. This museum was established in the year of 1793. The operation hours of the museum is Saturday hours 9.00a.m. until 6.00p.m.. The founders of the museum are Francis 1 of France and Napoleon Bonaparte.

Largest museum in the world

Louvre Interior

View of Lourve Museum

The collection of the Louvre Museum was first established in the 16th century as the private collection of King Francis I. One of the works of art he purchased was the now famous Mona Lisa painting. The collection grew steadily thanks to donations and purchases by the kings. In 1793, during the French Revolution, the Louvre became a national art museum and the private royal collection opened to the public.

The museum has a collection of over 1 million works of art, of which about 35 000 are on display, spread out over three wings of the former palace. The museum has a diverse collection ranging from the Antiquity up to the mid 19th century.

 

This is the collection that can be found in the museum.

Lourve Pyramid was build in the year 1989

The most recent addition to the Louvre was the construction of the Louvre Pyramid, which functions as the museum's main entrance. The pyramid was built in 1989 by the renowned American architect I.M. Pei. The glass pyramid allows the sunlight to enter the underground floor.

The modern addition originally received mixed reviews, as it contrasts sharply with the classical design of the surrounding buildings, but today it is generally accepted as a clever solution which has given the museum a spacious central entrance without the need to touch the historic patrimony.

Notre Dame Cathedral

Notre Dame is also known as Notre Dame Cathedral. The building is started construct in the year of 1163. The height of Notre Dame was 69 meter and the building is opened to public in the year of 1345. The architectural style of the building is based on French Gothic architecture.

The site of the Notre dame is the cradle of Paris and has always been the religious center of the city. The Celts had their sacred ground here, the Romans built a temple to worship Jupiter. A Christian basilica was built in the 6th century and the last religious structure before the Notre-Dame construction started was a Romanesque church.

The night time of the Paris and it look attractive.

69 meter height of the building

View of inside the Notre Dame Cathedral

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