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Good holiday?

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

When it comes to public funds and grants needed to prepare burocratese, communication tools that both know that they spent so much money to be spent. E ‘case for the speech concerns the so-called good holiday.

In practice: in 2000 a law was approved with which created public funds be used to support financially the holidays of weak social groups such as young, the elderly and persons with low income in general. Of course, and here nothing to say, the law wanted to encourage people to both low-income and tour operators that with this initiative have the opportunity to welcome tourists who are subsidized to go on holiday during the low season.

Born from this law and its resources to the initiative by the Italian Federation of Social Tourism (Fitus), Buonivacanze.it. For now, those of Fitus are searching for tour operators interested in being included in the holiday catalog will be distributed. Then try to understand how, when and where citizens can benefit from these fantomatici Good.

So the initiative is interesting but as usual when it comes to public funding everything becomes unclear and the impression that because they had spent money be spent. Not understand what I mean? Date then look at the site Buonivacanze.it and try to understand something.

In the picture, a beautiful conference entitled: “New tools for social tourism: Holiday Gift and other network services.” To not be missing anything.

Beyond the sea, the summer festival in Jamaica

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008


There is much more to do in Jamaica that stand spaparanzati summer on the beach of this beautiful Caribbean island. Art, sports, food, music, and musical events for offreire an excuse more for those who are about to visit the island.

L ‘Ocho Rios International Jazz Festival held between 8 and June 15, during which play, often with free performances, local jazz musicians young and less young people to international fame. The International Reggae Day held the first in July of each year to celebrate the impact that this music has had worldwide. The event is held in Kingston, but is replicated in a “reduced” a bit everywhere on the island, from Montego Bay to Negril. The Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest held from July 13 to 19 at Catherine Hall Entertainment Complex Montego Bay, dovei more established local artists perform divided into different categories such as Reggae Night, Dancehall Night, International Artists Night.

The first is celebrated in August instead the Emancipation day, to commemorate the end of slavery post in the British empire; you can celebrate, along with Jamaican, waiting for the official celebrations all’Emancipation Park, the notes dell’immanicabile reggae. Finally on August 6 will celebrate Independence Day, obtained from Great Britain on August 6, 1962, one of the many festivals that are organised on the island, with final bath with the sea at night, illuminated by fireworks.

The estate in Jamaica on Trifter.
The coast to Montego Bay resumed from gailf548.

Santa Cruz de la Sierra and the National Park Noel Kempf

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

In Santa Cruz, the capital of the easternmost region of Bolivia (the one that borders with Paraguay and Brazil for instance), Sunday held a referendum whose goal was to demand greater autonomy for the region by the central government. In this case, instances autonomistiche are amplified by the contrast between the central government of progressive trends, supported mainly by populations investigation, and the local government in the region, where a conservative majority prevails, supported by cruceños or the descendants of Spanish colonists.

Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Holy Cross Mountain, has about half a million inhabitants, up to 60 years was little more than a village, with many roads are not paved where it was not difficult to see go carts drawn by oxen that dirigevano towards fields . The agricultural vocation remained, but in most modern forms, similar to those of more developed western city. Alongside these activities, is also developing the tourism sector, thanks to the tropical climate and proximity to beautiful nature, still intact, as the Noel Kempff National Park where, in addition to the spectacular waterfalls of the river Pauserna, to be kept one of the most tropical forests extended and less beaten South America.

The tour starts from the helmet viejo, the ring inner city (a sort of Old Town), where the Plaza 24 de Septiembre, the Cathedral of San Lorenzo over the house of culture Raul Otero Reich, where among other Things can admire objects of local handicrafts. Outside the case viejo can visit the museum Arqueologico where they are preserved specimens of indigenous culture as the chiriguanos and chiquitanos. To relax, not get to park Noel Kempff, you can make walks to the Parque Arenal, the most famous of Santa Cruz, or along the Rio Pirai, perhaps stopping in one of its cabañas to taste the local dishes outdoors .

The news on the referendum held Sunday on La Repubblica, Peacereporter and Euronews.
Santa Cruz de la Sierra the excellent site Bolivia.it.
The photo is of Dr. Nex who posted on flickr a beautiful set of photographs of the park.

And ‘party ufficialemente the voyage of Independence of the Seas, the twin giants of the sea

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008


E ‘339 meters long, making it longer than the Chrysler building (319 meters) or the Eiffel Tower (300 metres) where these two buildings could stretch horizontally on the ground, it is 56 meters wide, 5 meters in most of the House Bianca and if you salisse in its highest point could be done “Portuguese” looking inside the Colosseum without going through the entry and pay the ticket. This is the Independence of the Seas.

At the time of its construction, along with his twin Freedom of the Seas and Liberty of the Seas, the largest cruise ship ever built. On April 30 last year, quest’ennesimo giant of the seas, was baptized in Southampton, Great Britain, a spot for the old continent since the ship solcherà the European seas, touching the ports of Livorno, Cagliari and Civitavecchia during his the first year of navigation.

Among the most publicised of this mega productions, performances on the track of ice, those theatrical and dance in theatre that can contain over 1,000 guests, the walk along the street between luxury shops and restaurants, besides the H2O Zone water park , A wall freeclimbing, a mega-gym with over 120 machines ginniche and a ring for boxing. Everything for the disposal of mega abbuffate in one of the many restaurants in the ship.

The news on Guidaviaggi.
The site of the Royal Caribbean.
A video of the twin Liberty on Travelblog.
Some advice on extra cruise.
The photograph is Bernt Rostad.

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.

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