Archive for May, 2008


The Montenegro struggling with housing wild?

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008


There risiamo. Once again we should complain that they have lost areas where the beauty of unspoiled nature was supplanted by cementificazione wild, lack of planning and a sense of the future of mankind, hotels, also known as eco monsters, facts on cliffs rise to peak or 10 metres from beaches dall’incredibile charm, this at least according to a report of CNN.

The Montenegro, the last born in Europe (at least among those universally recognized as states) is evolving from small pearl of the Balkans in modern Dubai Adriatic, hoping that its purpose is not to become yet another of palazzinari and Torvaianica of abuse.

Since gained independence from Serbia in 2006, Montenegro is crossed by the boom, with strong investment, especially Russians and British, in the sector of hotels, resort for tourists or even small villages built from scratch. The result are small, narrow coastal roads, intasate by means of trucks and buildings, forests and hills divelte to prepare the ground for new construction.

So from a reading of reportage I made the idea that if you love wildlife and unspoiled, hour visit Montenegro, because in a few years could exist only on postcards or in some old post.

L ‘article on the website of CNN.
Kotor on Travelblog.
The photograph of the centre of Kotor is JasonRogers.

The Merry Monarch hula festival in 2008

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Having at home two rospette that continually Mill cartoons, I know the trilogy of Lilo and Stich in memory. If you, like me, you tried to dance the Hula watching the steps of Lilo, perhaps this will make you comfortable where videos of “professionals” perform during the Merry Monarch Festival 2008.

The Hula is a Hawaiian and Polynesian dance, accompanied by music and apples, indigenous folk tales handed down in the form of singing. The Merry Monarch Festival, a festival is held annually in April on the island of Hilo to Haway. I conclude by quoting the intro page of the official festival:

The hula is the language of the heart, for this beat to the rhythm of the heart of the people of Hawaii.

The official site of the festival.

The trips Erica: station Santa Maria Novella in Florence

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008


Mario fell down from a train that had led to Florence with calculated slowly. Since time was different was missing from the city, had given some time for himself and his memories, which are increasingly making company to its days of pilot and official retired. So when he found himself again with our feet on the ground, the swarm of travelers had already evaporated toward the exits for the city and remained, scattered here and there, small crocchi families or couples engaged vocianti too taken by themselves to worry about good ways.

Only one person risaltava in that framework, reassuring because the same in all stations of the world. It could not be otherwise, given its presence is required for the attention, with the physicality and security body of a young and athletic, and determined ways with which passed by a crocchio to another, apparently asking the kind of information. So when approached, porgendogli a photograph, Mario was able to assess and decide calmly that that type not liked. He was shot in long, and in his travels were many people who had known, thus developing his sixth sense that always helped him to understand who had faced.

“Excuse me. The main event saw this girl travelling on the train? “Made him the young, without too much formality, porgendogli a photograph incorporating a beautiful girl with Vesuvius in the background.

The best way to Florence is without doubt by train. The station of Santa Maria Novella is 5 minutes walk from the city centre. The connections between the station of Santa Maria Novella and the airport A. Vespucci, plus the Taxi whose tariff should stay around 15 euros one way, are insured by bus Sita, which stop in Catherine of Siena, 17, always close to the station. Generally every half hour from a bus connecting the airport and railway station. In front of the station, or in the immediate vicinity, there are many bus stops citizen (ATAF) and under the shelters stop the coaches who run the city, with two different prices, the second you want to be able to pick up and go into any stop or not (the prices are not exactly cheap).

The station on google maps.
Santa Maria Novella on the site of society Great stations.
The site of ‘ATAF, the public bus in Florence.
The site of ‘Florence airport.
The site of the state railways.
The photograph is Eneko Astigarraga.

Continue to read: Erica trips: the station Santa Maria Novella in Florence

Bed & breakfast in Cefalù: The sweet life B & B

Friday, May 2nd, 2008


If you want to have some hope of seeing the beach Cefalù as the view david when he took this photograph is better than not programmiate your stay in Sicily when the city was invaded by tourists; better to have an off-season, when the temperature than those shares allows to be the first bathrooms.

On Frommer’s, a site dedicated to international travellers, chock full of reviews, I found a good review of Bed & Breakfast, which is reported as excellent alternative to more traditional hotel, the Dolce Vita Bed and Breakfast.

The B & B is located in one hundred citizen, but is not far from the beach that you can reach with a short walk. Located in a historic building, has 5 rooms, with a terrace overlooking the sea equipped with a barbecue, deck chairs and umbrellas, the B & B also has access to the Internet. A double, with breakfast, is around 75 U.S. dollars per night (at current exchange 50 euros).

The site Reserver.it, a search engine for hotels and facilities for visits, I found availability to May, again in Cefalu, in the B & B Ale from Roby Bed & Breakfast, near the cathedral (around 40 euros), and Ma & I In the upper part of Cefalù, always around 40 euros.

The review on Frommer’s La Dolce Vita Bed and Breakfast.
The site of the Dolce Vita.
Reserver.it.
The photograph is david.nikonvscanon.

Puerto la Cruz, between entertainment and nature of the Parque Nacional Mochima

Friday, May 2nd, 2008


Puerto la Cruz is no longer the Caribbean paradise that was the first to the excessive exploitation of this area, a tourist town like many, but with the advantage of a beautiful promenade (Paseo Colón the passaggiata of Columbus), a lively but not confusing nightlife And above all connections with some of the major tourist attractions-bathing of Venezuela.
From here you can leave for the island of Margarita, or for others who face the coasts of the city, including Las C
himanas and Cachicamo. Or you can rent a small boat, among the many channels moored in the port, and visit the Parque Nacional Mochima, a marine park spread between different islands, very beautiful.
The park covers a vast area of the Venezuelan coast and more than 30 islands in the face of this. The coastal features a lush greenery, gulfs, bays, rocks that are thrown on the Caribbean sea, while the navy goes to the greater of glia sea lovers and divers. However one of the most beautiful areas of Venezuela.
The official website of Isla Margarita.
Puerto Cruz on Viaggiatori.Net and Venezuela Tuya.
The Parque Nacional Mochima official and unofficial of Viaggire Release.
The site Mochima Divers.
Steelparadox took this photo from the Subway restaurant in Colon square.

Page 7 of 7« First...«34567