One of the few Botanical gardens outside India that I had privilege to visit and Singapore one was indeed one and the most beautiful of them. Indeed worth a visit. A glimpse of the beauty established in 1859. It has already celebrated 150 years of existence. Fittingly it is Singapore's only entry to UNESCO World Heritage sites. A good place for tourists, nature lovers and students alike. Go and enjoy! ...
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From November 22, 2013 to April 21, 2014, the Brussels Stock Exchange will host a truly unique art exhibit: THE ART OF THE BRICK. This exhibit showcases more than 60 imposing and fascinating works of art, made with the famous LEGO bricks. All these wonders are the product of the wild imagination of the US artist, Nathan Sawaya. This exhibition has already attracted over 1.5 million visitors in North America, Australia and Asia. The arrival in Belgium of this exhibit, which is aimed at a wide audience, will be the European Premiere. THE ART OF THE BRICK exhibition is displayed on a surface of 1,300 m² more than 60 impressive new objects in a new genre : exceptional works of art created with hundreds of thousands LEGO® building blocks. Whether real or fictional, the characters and obj...
Read MoreThe 7th Art Nouveau and Art Deco Biennial Event will be held in October 2013. Over 4 weekends, Voir et Dire Bruxelles will organise guided tours of interiors and other guided tours which will show off the richness and diversity of these styles in Brussels between 1893 and 1939.The Biennial Event has become a unique opportunity to see inside homes over a weekend that are lived in and cherished by their occupants, and whose history is shared with the public by professional guides. Each weekend will concentrate on a different district, where around a dozen interiors will be open to the public to visit in guided tours by guides provided by Voir et Dire Bruxelles. The guided tours will be in French, Dutch, English and, in some cases, German. Other guided tours on foot, by bike or by coac...
Read MoreSurrounded by unspoilt white sandy beaches, stunning coral reefs, and enchanting underwater, environment Menjangan Island is a perfect definition of what natural beauty is all about. Located about 10Km North West off the shore of Bali’s mainland, the small island of Menjangan forms part of the West Bali National Park Conservation Area. The word "Menjangan" in the Javanese language means "Deer". According to Wikipedia, the name was given by the local population who observed wild deer herds swimming to the island every spring covering a distance of approx 1.2 miles. This small island is actually where diving first started seriously on Bali back in about 1978 under the sponsorship of the Indonesian Navy, when it arranged a get-together of the country’s main diving clubs -Possi, Ganesha, Nu
Read MoreWith a global reach extending into more than 85 countries, Preferred Hotel Group represents more than 650 of the finest hotels, resorts, and serviced residences in the world. Recently Preferred Hotel Group added nine new member hotels to their family of brands in North and South America, as well as Europe and the Middle East. CVK Park Bosphorus Istanbul, Turkey (A member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts) Located minutes from Taksim Square, CVK Park Bosphorus Istanbul is an expansive luxury property with 378 guestrooms and 60 suites. The lavish accommodations emphasize Turkish culture while featuring modern amenities like LCD televisions, a pillow menu with 10 options, minibar, and outstanding views of the city or sea. Guests can dine at any of six restaurant venues, serving everyth
Read MoreLooking for the happiest place on earth? Head straight for Denmark, which has yet again been named the world’s happiest country. According to the 2013 World Happiness Report, published by Columbia University’s Earth Institute for the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the Danes are the happiest people in the world, followed by the Finns, the Norwegians and the Dutch. The 158-page report ranks over 150 countries according to a ’life evaluation score‘ that takes into account a variety of factors such as wealth, government corruption, political freedom and job security. Its sources include the Gallup World Poll (GWP), the World Values Survey (WVS), the European Values Survey (EVS), and theEuropean Social Survey (ESS). Denmark also took the top spot in 2012...
Read MoreKoreastay is a Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) brand that certifies city accommodation. The selected homestays and guesthouses offer international visitors a special opportunity to experience Korean culture and lifestyle by living with a Korean family. The KTO selected 250 host families after conducting a strict assessment according to such criteria as their command of foreign languages, absence of a criminal record, residential environment, guestroom & cleanliness, service and convenience. Later this year, the KTO plans to certify further 200 host families. The KTO’s Koreastay program is attracting favorable reviews for its good, reliable accommodation, and has become hugely popular particularly among backpackers, school trips, cultural tour groups and people interested in Kore
Read MoreBordeaux and Brussels, have forged a partnership as a part of the restaurant festival eat! BRUSSELS.Behind this partnership was the idea of associating Bordeaux Wines with the restaurant festival eat! BRUSSELS, developed by VISITBRUSSELS on the initiative of the Brussels-Capital Region, and organised in September in the Bois de la Cambre. Bordeaux will be VISITBRUSSELS’s valued partner for the eat! BRUSSELS festival. Starting next year, the experience of savouring specialities cooked up by restaurateurs in Brussels will be combined with the pleasure of tasting different Bordeaux wines in the presence of wine-growers and sommeliers from Bordeaux.The concept of the “Bordeaux Wine Festival” has become a hotly anticipated biannual event in Bordeaux, attracting 500,000 visitors from France ...
Read MorePaper heroes are everywhere: bookshops, wall murals, exhibitions, art galleries, television, even Hollywood has fallen under their spell: on 21 October 2011 the world premiere of Steven Spielberg's cinema adaptation of Tintin took place in Brussels whilst the Smurfs, strengthened by their initial success, will be reappearing this summer. The Comics Festival was created in 2010 by the Brussels-Capital Region as the logical continuation of the comic strip themed year organised in Brussels in 2009. In 2013, Brussels is going to experience a highly colourful weekend from 5-8 September, with its now famous Comics Festival taking place in Place des Palais, but also a 3D projection mapping on the Place Royale, the Balloon’s Day Parade, the Tintin magazine, guided visits and comics exhibition...
Read MoreThe World Wildlife Fund said recently that at least 19 Siberian (Amur) tigers were killed by poachers in Russia since 2012. Body parts and skeletons of 19 dead tigers were discovered during seven criminal investigations by Russian authorities.There are only several hundred Amur tigers remaining in the wild, and most live in Russia’s Far East. Habitat destruction from logging and some development has reduced their historic range. Additionally, human activities such as poaching have contributed to their status as critically endangered. Poaching is driven by demand for tiger bones and other body parts for use in Chinese ‘medicine’ which is sometimes nothing more than superstition. In other words, consuming tiger parts has never been scientifically proven to have any medical benefits whatsoev
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