tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27722853938366634542024-03-19T03:19:04.438+00:00I want to see the worldTo see a world in a grain of sand. And a heaven in a wild flower.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772285393836663454.post-27985140510471067862018-03-20T22:04:00.002+00:002018-03-20T22:04:56.677+00:00<div style="color: #454545; font-family: ".SF UI Text"; font-size: 17.4px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17.41pt;">As I wrote in my last blog post about Adelaide, I enjoyed my stayed so much that I didn’t want to leave. Years later I still think it was one of my best memories in Australia. Anyway, I took a train from Adelaide to Melbourne to continue my journey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17.41pt;">A brief information about Melbourne:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17.41pt;">Melbourne is the coastal capital of the southeastern Australian state of Victoria. It was founded by free settlers from UK in 1835 and was declared to be a city by Queen Victoria in 1847. As it’s an immigrant city, you can experience eastern and western cultures there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17.41pt;">Museums. Melbourne museum and the Royal Exhibition building are the places to explore city history and culture. The immigration museum and the Chinese museum are the good places to experience the special traditions of different immigrants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17.41pt;">The city of Melbourne is very modern. There are many shops,cafes and restaurants around the area of city centre. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17.41pt;">Melbourne Chinatown is located in the little Bourke street, at the cross area of street Swanston and street Russell. There are a few Chinese restaurants,Chinese markets and gift shops. Near China town there a few pubs in the Corrs lane, including the popular bars Berlin bar and section 8.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17.41pt;">St Paul’s Cathedral is the landmark of city Melbourne. It is a gothic style church and free for entry. It’s near the railway station. A tourist centre is nearby, from which you can get a ticket for shuttle bus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17.41pt;">The Royal Botanical garden. It’s huge. It’s a place for locals to meet to have bbq and to do running. You can see over 1200 different plants from Australia and world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17.41pt;">Great Ocean Road. It’s one of the most beautiful costal roads in the world. It starts from Torquay and ends in Allansford. It’s about 276km long. Many visitors would choose to drive the Great Ocean Road after a visit of Melbourne. As I didn’t have a car, so I chose to join a small tourist group. The tour guide drove a part of the Great Ocean Road. I saw the famous 12 Apostles. If I visited the area again I would like to stay at least three days along the area. During the journey I saw the famous Australian creature Kayola, which was always on the trees.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17.41pt;">To me Melbourne’s January is not enjoyable. During my stay every day was a sunny hot day. I felt uncomfortable walking under the sun. I think September and October are better time to visit. Who will to say?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17.41pt;">A few years ago, I visited Adelaide twice. Once was taken on train from Perth to Adelaide, the second once was taken on train from Sydney to Adelaide, on my way to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17.41pt;">Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia. It was founded in 1836 and now is the fifth biggest city in the country. It’s also the cross point for two important Australian railway systems.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17.41pt;">Because it was set as a British province it is very much influenced by British culture. When time passed by, more European immigrants, especially German, stopped around the area of Adelaide. There is a town or village called Hahndorf on the hill of Adelaide, which is very much like in a German town.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17.41pt;">Adelaide central market is one of the biggest undercover produce markets in Australia. It’s open from Tuesday to Saturday with over one million visitors each month. It’s located in the heart of Adelaide, from which you could walk to visit Parliament, museums and libraries of north terrace, and the university of Adelaide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17.41pt;">You can take a tram for 25 minuets or rent a car to visit Glenelg beach, which sits in Holdfast bay and is a sandy beach. You can visit the town to explore the food and history, you can also swim with dolphins, not to mention walking along on the sandy beach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17.41pt;">The famous kangaroo Island is one of the world’s great nature destinations, in which you could see Australian sea lions and Koalas in there natural space. The island is bigger than most visitors thought and more diverse.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772285393836663454.post-77786924034827652712014-01-31T08:54:00.000+00:002014-01-31T08:54:35.635+00:00My First Visit to Perth of Australia<span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">On 27 December 2013 I finished my Malaysian travel and flew from LCCT in </span><a href="http://travel.wikinut.com/Top-Things-To-See-in-Kuala-Lumpur/2kxkdooh/" style="background-color: white; color: #002fb5; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" title="Top Things To See in Kuala Lumpur"><b>Kuala Lumpur </b></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">to Perth, Australia, which was the first stop of my travel in this country. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">Brief information about Perth:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">Perth is the capital of the Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia to date. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">The city is named for Perth, Scotland. It was originally founded by Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. In 1856 Perth achieved city status.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">Things to see and do in Perth:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">(1) Kings Park and Botanic Gardens</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">The Kings Park is one of the largest inner city parks in the world. It was originally called 'The Perth Park' in 1895, but the name was changed in 1901 to 'Kings Park' to mark the accession of King Edward VII to the British throne.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">The Kings Park covers over 400 hectares. You can walk, jog and cycle there. The Botanic gardens support 250 species of plants and around 100 species of native birds, reptiles and insects. There are few memorials to commemorate the history and courage of the people of Western Australia.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">(2) The Perth Mint</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">The Perth Mint is one of the world's oldest mints still operating from its original premises. You can watch a gold pouring performance and view Australia's largest collection of natural gold nuggets. You can also see precious metal coins being manufactured.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">(3)The Bell Tower</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">The building of Bell Tower is the landmark of Perth. The tower houses the 12 bells of St Martins from Trafalgar Square. Not only can you learn the history of the bells, you can also have a stunning views of Perth and the Swan river.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">(4) Pinnacles Desert</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">The Pinnacles Desert is a part of Nambung National Park, which covers 17491 hectares. You can drive your car through this eerie desert, amongst the iconic Pinnacles, which is believed to have been created millions of years ago when seashells were broken down into sand and then eroded by water and wind.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">(5) Fremantle</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">Fremantle is also called Freo. It is 30 minute drive distance from the city of Perth. Fremantle was the western gateway to Australia. Today it is a working port, host to a big fishing fleet as well as container ships and large cruise vessels.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">Fremantle Prison is WA's only World Heritage listed building. It was built by convicts in the 1850s and was used as a place of incarceration for 136 years.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">The Round House is WA's first public building, which was built for colonial prisoners. At 1pm every day the cannon on the gun deck is fired. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">Fishing Boat Harbour is famous for its succulent fish and chips, locally brewed beer and waterside restaurants. Cicerello's is W estern Australia's best-known fish and chips shop, which has been established since 1903.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">(6) The Beaches</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">Along Western Australia there are a lot of beaches. Near the city of Perth you can visit Scarborough Beach, Floreat Beach, City Beach, Cottesloe Beach, South Beach and Coogee Beach, just to list a few. Cottesloe Beach is the biggest and most popular beach in Perth. Personally I like City Beach more than others I have visited. It's quieter and near the city with a good bar nearby. I saw a fantastic sunset and had a good meal there.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">My opinion:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">From 27 December 2013 to 5 January 2014 I stayed in Perth. The more I know the city the more I like it. It has a blue sky, fresh air, accessible beaches and endless sunshine. The temperature was not very high. You can always have a chance to go out walking, jogging and cycling, not to mention surfing in the Indian Ocean. There were no traffic jam, I mean I didn't come cross. The city was very quiet, but there were many places to shopping and dinning.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.623998641967773px; text-align: justify;">Before I visited Perth, I didn't know much about it, so I didn't have a high expectation. However my time in Perth was really great. I would like to say it is the best time I have had during my long journey. I hope I can visit the city again and explore more around the Western Australia.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772285393836663454.post-23275315342703542682014-01-19T20:24:00.002+00:002014-01-20T04:05:24.238+00:00Top Things To See in Kuala Lumpur<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 12px; padding: 0px;">
From 18 December to 27 December in 2013 I was staying in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which was the last stop of my travel in this country. I took a four hour bus from Cameron Highlands to arrive KL Sentral.</div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Brief information about <b><a href="http://www.wikinut.com/top-things-to-see-in-kuala-lumpur/2kxkdooh/2cub82bj/" target="_blank">Kuala Lumpur</a></b>:</span><br />
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Kuala Lumpur is also known as KL. It's the federal capital of Malaysia. The name “Kuala Lumpur” means the confluence of Gombak and Klang rivers. Its history can be back to 1850s when some Chinese labours were hired by Malay Chief of Klang to open new and large tin mines. In 1972 KL achieved city status and in 1974 it became a Federal Territory.</div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Things to see and do in Kuala Lumpur:</span><br />
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(1) Merdeka Square</div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Merdeka Square is the place where Malaysia's independence was proclaimed on 31st August 1957. Since then the independence square has been the usual venue for the National Day Parade.</span><br />
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(2) Kuala Lumpur City Gallery</div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Kuala Lumpur City Gallery is located in a more than a century old Moorish style building. There is a 50ft wide Kuala Lumpur City Model in the gallery, which reflects the present city's skyline. You can also buy Arch, the official souvenir of KL from the showroom nearby.</span><br />
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(3) National Monument</div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The National Mosque was built in 1966 and was erected to commemorate those who died in Malaysia's struggle for freedom, particularly during World War II and the Malayan Emergency.</span><br />
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(4) National Mosque</div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The National Mosque or Masjid Negara is one of the most unique mosques in the world. It does not follow the conventional Middle Eastern mosque design of domes and arches. It's generous serambi space can hold over 15000 prayers.</span><br />
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(5) KL Railway Station & KTM</div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">These buildings were built between 1904-1910. They are a fine example of the British colonial adaptation of western Moorish architectures.</span><br />
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(6) The Petronas Twin Towers</div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Petronas Twin Towers were built in 1998 and were once the world's tallest building at a height of 452 metres. The towers feature a Skybridge at the 41st and 42nd level, this bridge is the highest 2-storey bridge in the world.</span><br />
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(7) Chinatown</div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Chinatown was founded in 1857 by a group of Chinese, who landed in Malaysia in the early years. It expanded around the Market Square, the town's main commercial centre. In Chinatown you can visit Chinese temples and Indian temples. In Petaling Street, which located in Chinatown, you have an excellent selection of restaurants and food stalls, serving Chinese cuisine and local favourites.</span><br />
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(8) National Museum</div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The National Museum was built in 1963. It was the first to use a modernistic interpretation and integration of Malay architecture. It provides an overview of Malaysian history and culture.</span><br />
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My opinion:</div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Due to the hot temperature in KL I didn't visited a lot of places in the city. However the sites above were really impressing to me, especially the Twin Towers. You need to see in person to really appreciate the beauty and power of the buildings.</span><br />
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KL is not a big city. The areas tourists usually go are very near to each other. If you have a direction you can just take a tourist map and explore the city by feet.</div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">KL Sentral is a traffic hub. No matter where you stay you can easily get to KL Sentral, from which you can go other places you want.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772285393836663454.post-61485012982960418642013-12-23T12:38:00.001+00:002013-12-23T12:51:35.864+00:00Top Things To See in Penang<div align="LEFT" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0.32cm; margin-top: 0.32cm; padding: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From
7 December to 13 December in 2013 I was staying in Penang, Malaysia,
which was the first stop of my travel in this country. From the
railway station of Butterworth I left the train No 35 and I took a
ferry to arrive the jetty of Penang Island.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Brief
information about Penang:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
name “</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Penang”
</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">comes
from the modern Malay name “Pulau Pinang” and it may refer to
either to the island of Penang or the state of Penang. The capital of
the Penang state is called George Town, the inner city of which is a
UNESCO World Heritage Site. This article is about my experience in
Penang Island, </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">which
is located on the Northwest coast of Malaysian Peninsula by the
Strait of Malacca.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Things
to see and do in Penang:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(1)
Kek Lok Si Temple</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Kek Lok Si Temple is the largest Buddhist temple in South-East Asia.
It began construction in 1890 and houses a 7-storey handcrafted
“Pagoda of ten thousand Buddhas” and a 30.2m bronze Kuan Yin
Statue.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(2)
Penang Hill</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Penang
Hill is about 830m above sea level. There are two ways of getting to
the top: hiking or travelling in a funicular train. At the summit,
you can have a panoramic view of the city and also can visit a flower
garden, a mini bird park and an owl museum, etc.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(3)
Floating Mosque</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Floating Mosque is Malaysia's first floating mosque at the sea. It
features a blend of local and Middle Eastern architecture with a
seven-storey minaret.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tip:
Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang Hill and Floating Mosque are near to each
other. The ideal visit order is Kek Lok Si Temple first, then Penang
Hill and Floating Mosque and having dinner at Strait Quay nearby. </span></span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(4)
St George's Church</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">St
George's</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
Church </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was
built between 1817 and 1818. It's said to be the oldest Anglican
church in Southeast Asia.</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(5)
</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Goddess
of Mercy Temple</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Goddess
of Mercy Temple is dedicated to Kuan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy. The
first foundation was laid in 1728 by Chinese settlers and completed
in 1800.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(6)
Teochew Temple</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Teochew Temple is a prime example of Teochew architecture. The temple
was built in 1855 and moved into its present site in 1870. in 2006,
the temple received the Award of the Merit UNESCO Asia-Pacific for
Culture Heritage Conservation.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(7)
Clan Jetties</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The
Clan Jetties are located along the Weld Quay. They were built during
the 19<sup>th</sup> century over the sea on stilts and are connected
by wooden walkways. They were and still are home to families of
traders, fishermen and dock workers.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tip:
You can take free shuttle bus to visit St George's Church, Goddess of
Mercy Temple, Teochew Temple and Clan Jetties. From the Tanjong City
Marina, also known as the Church Street Pier, you can see the famous
Penang Bridge, which is the main link between Penang Island and the
mainland of Peninsular Malaysia.</span></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772285393836663454.post-75762340103255427432013-09-21T17:04:00.001+01:002013-09-21T17:04:13.823+01:00Conscious Hotel Museum Square------ A Nice Stay In Amsterdam<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I
visited Amsterdam for 5 day business trip during March 2013. The base
for my stay was Conscious Hotel Museum Square.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Brief
information about <a href="http://www.wikinut.com/conscious-hotel-museum-square-a-nice-stay-in-amsterdam/2vrtbflk/g6u49mmg/" target="_blank">Conscious Hotels</a>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Conscious
Hotels is an eco-friendly hotel. In 2013 it has won <span style="color: black;">2nd
price in TOP100 Green Entrepreneur Award by biggest Dutch Newspaper
Telegraaf. It </span>has two sites in Amsterdam.
The Museum Square one was opened in the summer 2009. <span style="color: black;">It
has 36 rooms. As the name suggests, the hotel is close to the Van
Gogh Museum, Rijksmuseum and Stedelijk Museum.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Conscious
Hotel Museum Square is located in a busy road. It seems not difficult
to find. There were pubs, restaurants and shops nearby. However, for
some reason my taxi driver did get lost when we were almost there. </span>
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arrived at about 6pm, a little late than expected. Fortunately the
staff were waiting for me and the checking in was very fast.</span></div>
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room was on the second floor. I took the lift instead of walking up
the steep and narrow stairs. The room was in a decent size and I had
a very big king-size bed. The bed was very comfortable. There was s
big new style TV set and the TV picture quality was good. The two
disappoints were the bed was too near to the bathroom. There was no
kettle for boiling water, no tea bags or coffee. </span>
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private bathroom was big enough for me. It had toilet and shower. A
big mirror made you feel it was bigger and brighter.</span></div>
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breakfast was good but not cheap in my opinion. You can choose from a
basic English or continental breakfast.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
checking out was as fast as the checking in. They accept any plastic
card. Also I would like to say the staff members were friendly. They
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I
didn't choose Conscious Hotels. My company booked it for me. You can
make your reservation by telephone or via the hotel website or other
agent websites. The price can be vary between £65 and £120.
Considering the price and service I have received I recommend
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On 10th September 2013 I visited a historical town named Rye in south east of England. The highlight of the visit was St Mary's Church.<br />
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Brief information about Rye and St Mary's Church:<br />
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Rye is an ancient town in <a href="http://travel.wikinut.com/1066-Battle-Abbey%3A-The-Memorial-of-Battle-of-Hastings/oeu.qklo/" style="color: #002fb5;" title="1066 Battle Abbey: The Memorial of Battle of Hastings"><b>East Sussex, England</b></a>. In medieval times Rye was a very important settlement. Its historical roots made it a popular tourist destination. St Mary's Church is one you must see when you visit Rye.<br />
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St Mary's Church has an over 900 year history and is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. Dominating the hill on which the old town of Rye locates, St Mary's Church has been the most recognisable sight of Rye.<br />
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What to see in St Mary's Church:<br />
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For tourist the visit of the building starts from the North Transept.<br />
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(1) The Clare Chapel<br />
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Entering the entrance and turning to the left through the 14th century carved screen you walk in the Clare Chapel. There are two original Quarter Boys in golden colour standing in the first window. The grave of Allen Grebell can be seen in the Clare Chapel. Inside there is a doorway into the Chancel.<br />
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(2) The Chancel<br />
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The Chancel has two Norman Aumbries behind the High Altar. They are some of the oldest parts of the church. There is a 1901 Organ nearby too.<br />
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(3) The Crossing<br />
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In the Crossing you can see an 18ft long pendulum of the clock which dates from 1810. The clock itself dates from 1561-2 and is one of the oldest working church tower clocks in UK.<br />
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(4) The Nave<br />
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The Nave has two beautiful windows in the west and south. They were donated by E.F Benson in memory of his parents and brother. In the south end of the Nave you can see some of the stonework were damaged by the fire in 1377, when the French raided Rye and set fire to the town and the Church.<br />
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Opening times and prices:<br />
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St Mary's Church is open daily from 9am-6pm (4pm in winter) for sightseeing. The tower is also open daily and can be climbed, for a charge, to see the clock mechanism, the bells and a wonderful view of Rye and the surrounding countryside. St Mary's Church has regular services too.<br />
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I really enjoyed my visit of St Mary's Church. It helped me know more history about the old town of Rye. I also felt the <a a="" cathedral------="" href="http://travel.wikinut.com/St-Paul-s-Cathedral-A-Must-See-In-London/42wg363d/" in="" london="" must="" s="" see="" style="color: #002fb5;" title="St Paul"><b>peace of Christian religion</b></a> fulfilled in the church.<br />
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In Rye I'm in front of an old house with a funny name: The House Opposite!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772285393836663454.post-69618710839692356182013-09-07T11:06:00.001+01:002013-09-18T19:28:26.523+01:00My First Thomson Majesy Cruise Experience<div id="article" style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">
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On January 2011 I had a <a href="http://travel.wikinut.com/Humpback-Whale-Watching-in-Samana%2C-Dominican-Republic/3ho71p6w/" style="color: #002fb5;" title="Humpback Whale Watching in Samana, Dominican Republic "><b>Thomson all inclusive holiday in Dominican Republic</b></a>. It was a great experience for my birthday. This year on 2013 for my birthday I decided to try a Thomson cruise holiday around the Canarian islands including Agadir in Morroco.<br />
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Brief information about <a href="http://travel.wikinut.com/Review-of-Thomson-Holidays%3A-Sandwich-to-share/vjuujw_5/" style="color: #002fb5;" title="Review of Thomson Holidays: Sandwich to share"><b>Thomson and Thomson Majesty</b></a>:<br />
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Thomson UK is a UK based travel operator selling holidays around the world. It’s head quartered in Luton, England and is now taking more of its business to the web but still hold a big stake in the high street. Thomson Holidays was originally named Thomson Tour Operations and founded as part of the Thomson Travel Group in 1965. In 1997 it renamed as the current name.<br />
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Thomson Majesty is a cruise ship owned by Louis Cruise and is operated by Thomson Cruises. The ship made her maiden voyage in 1992. It only has 9 decks accessible to passengers and can accommodate about 1500 people.<br />
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Thomson Majesty Canarian Flavours itinerary:<br />
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My Thomson Majesty Canarian Flavours holiday started from London Gatwick airport. After 4 and half hour flying I arrived Tenerife, Spain. The cruise itinerary was Santa Cruz, Las Palmas, Santa Cruz De La Palma, Funchal, ship at sea, Agadir, Arrecife, and Santa Cruz.<br />
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My opinions:<br />
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The flight times was not long. I think 4 and half hour flight is reasonable for a 7 nights holiday.<br />
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Travel to and boarding the Ship didn't take too long. From Tenerife South airport, the coach took about 1 hour to arrive the harbour, where Thomson Majesty was waiting there. After face photo taking I shortly finished the check in.<br />
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My cabin was a deck six inside cabin. It was a fairly small room and could have slept two. There is a good sized dressing table with a mirror. There was no window. However the mirror made you feel the room bigger.<br />
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The entertainment on the ships varied.There were two shows every night. You can also dance and sing songs on a small show lounge. During my holiday I had participated in a dance class. It was a very enjoyable experience. There were two very small swimming pool on the deck 10. I thought I can swim during my holiday, but the pools were two small. It's a kind of joke.<br />
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Before I started my cruise journey I had booked my excursions for every ports we stopped. There were two or three choices for every port. Every excursion lasted about 4 or 5 hours.Generally speaking I was satisfied with the arrangement. I have seen 4 different volcanoes, which have very fantastic views. However I didn't like the last excursion, which was an ancient market in Morroco. The journey on the road was too long. The ship stoped in the port of Agadir, Morroco, but the market was very far from there. The walking around in the market was too boring. There were many fake branded products to sell. Anyway it was a part of real life of the country.<br />
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Last but not least, it's about the food on the board. There were several bars and three restaurants. You were free to choose where to eat. Breakfast and lunch were buffet. Dinner was buffet in the bars and a la carte in the restaurants. I chose the a la carte dinner twice, but I was very upset. The food was not nice and the service was too slow. There were choices in the bars. However I didn't think they were tasty. I felt the food was bought from some low cost supermarket or just made from a frozen ready meal. To me the food was so bad, I had to buy some snacks from my excursions journey or ate more apples when I was on the board.<br />
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All in all I was not satisfied with my Thomson Majesty Canarian Flavours cruise holiday. I don't think I will choose Thomson cruise products anymore.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772285393836663454.post-15232271638882860252013-08-18T20:22:00.000+01:002013-08-18T20:22:53.085+01:00National Gallery: A Great Day Out in London<div id="article" style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">
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As the capital of the United Kingdom London is a wonderful place to visit. On my recent visit to the city, 27 May 2013, I went to the National Gallery.<br />
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Brief information about National Gallery:<br />
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The National Gallery displays one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of Western European painting from the 13th to the 19th centuries. Its first collections were originally from a rich private collector John Julius Angerstein. In 1831 Parliament agreed to construct a building for the National Gallery at Trafalgar Square and in 1838 the building finally opened.<br />
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National Gallery is located at Trafalgar Square, at the centre of London. It's easy to get there by bus or underground. It's not very convenient by car as there is a very limit parking area nearby.<br />
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What to see at National Gallery:<br />
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The collections of National Gallery are displayed according the times. The rooms have different colours to represent different times.<br />
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1. Paintings in 1250-1500<br />
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Paintings in 1250-1500 are in the rooms of Sainsbury Wing. The highlight paintings of this period include The Holy Family with Angels by Florentine (Italian) and The Baptism of Christ by Piero della Francesca (Italian), etc. I found most of the paintings in this period were connecting with religions.<br />
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2. Paintings in 1500-1600<br />
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Paintings in 1500-1600 are in the rooms of level 2 and coloured in pink. The highlight paintings of this period include The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger (German) and Venus and Mars by Sandro Botticelli (Italian), etc. I found from this period some paintings started to focus on the political and social issues. I think painters changed slowly from religious topic to political topic.<br />
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3. Paintings in 1600-1700<br />
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Paintings in 1600-1700 are in the rooms of level 2 and coloured in orange. The highlight paintings of this period include A Young Woman Standing at a Birginal by Johannes Vemeer (Dutch) and Self Portrait at the Age of 34 by Rembrandt (Dutch), etc. I think the paintings in this period started to focus on ordinary people's life including painters themselves.<br />
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Paintings in 1700-1900 are in the rooms of level 2 and coloured in green. The highlight paintings of this period include The Fighting Temeralre by <a href="http://www.helium.com/knowledge/522613-petworth-house-a-journey-of-viewing-the-turner-paintings" target="_blank">William Turner</a> (British) and Whistlejacket by George Stubbs (British), etc. I found the paintings started to express wider topics in this period. It is not until this period that I was able to see some paintings by famous British artists.<br />
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Opening times and prices:<br />
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National Gallery is open between 10am and 6pm except Friday (10am to 9pm). It's on show 361 days a year (closed in New Year Day and and 24-26 December). It's free of charge for visit but you need pay for the video guide. There are a tea room and shops on the level 0. I didn't try their food as I went to China Town for my lunch.<br />
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Due the time limit I haven’t seen all paintings National Gallery can provide. It’s really a pity. However it does give me an excuse to visit it again.<br />
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National Gallery is a great place for a day out. I highly recommend it. However before you go I suggest you to visit <a href="http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/" target="_blank">National Gallery website</a> to learn something if you are like me, who doesn't know much about western paintings.<br />
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If you are in London you can also visit Tower of London, which is described as the heart and soul of England, and St Paul's Cathedral, which has been a landmark of London for centuries.<br />
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For more information please visit my article:<br />
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<span style="line-height: 15.859375px;">On 20th June 2013 I went to London for visiting St Paul's Cathedral with my friends.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 15.859375px;">St Paul's Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and seat of the Bishop of London. It was founded in AD604 and was destroyed many times. The present church was built in the late 17th century and designed by Sir Christopher Wren. It has been one of the most famous and most recognisable sights of London. </span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 15.859375px;">St Paul's Cathedral is a building of English Baroque style. For tourist the visit of the building includes three parts.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 15.859375px;">(1) The Cathedral Floor</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 15.859375px;">Following the multimedia guide the visit starts from the Baptismal Front, which is located at the main entrance of St Paul's Cathedral. Next is the Nave. Like the great Medieval cathedral of York, St Paul's Cathedral nave is long and wide. There were many historic moments happened here. Walking along the nave you will see the beautiful dome, which is the most visible and most notable features in London. The dome has mosaic paintings with religious stories. It's the finest dome I have seen in my life. There was a group students around the centre of the dome to practice songs. At the end of the Quire is the High altar, there is a Jesus Statue. At the end of the North Transept there is a painting, The Light of the World by William Holman Hunt. It is a really great painting. I was touched when I saw it.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 15.859375px;">The Crypt is underground. It's the memorial place of many British great people and militaries soldiers. First you will see Winston Churchill memorial gate, from which you can enter to the memorial area. Wllington's tomb and Nelson's tomb are very noticeable you can't miss them. You can also see William Blake's memorial and Christopher Wren's tomb. I was surprised to pass Florence Nightingale's memorial wall. Outside the Crypt there is an Oculus, where you can see St Paul's views film. You can also have a lunch at the restraunt nearby. By the way the toilets are also in this level.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 15.859375px;">The Galleries visit includes there parts. The first is the Whispering Gallery, which is 30 meters from Cathedral floor and 257 steps up. The second is the Stone Gallery, which is 53 meters from Cathedral floor and 376 steps up. The third is the Golden Gallery, which is 85 meters from Cathedral floor and 528 steps up. The East view from the Golden Gallery include the Barbican, Tower 42, Tower Bridge and HMS Belfast, etc. The Southe to West View include the Shard, Tate Modern, London Eye and Watierloo Bridge, etc. The views were fantastic and really worthy the effort. However bear in mind the steps are very narrow and you can only stay on the top of the cathedral for a couple of minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 15.859375px;">St Paul's Cathedral is located in the city of London. You can take bus, tube or train to get it. The coronation station is the nearest spot to walk to the cathedral.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 15.859375px;">St Paul's Cathedral is open for sightseeing from Monday to Saturday between 8.30am - 4pm. Currently the admissions are £16 for adult and £8 for child. If you book earlier on line you can get some discount.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 15.859375px;">St Paul's Cathedral is a fantastical and impressive church of England, which has a significant influnce in british history. It's a great place for a day out. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.609375px; text-align: justify;">Hever Castle is an important historic castle on the English landscape. Different from many traditional castles, Hever Castle has no keep. Historically the castle was the home of different owners’ family. Back to 1270 it was built as a country house. From 1462 to 1539 it was the property of Boleyn family. Anne Boleyn, the intriguing second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I, spent her early youth there and became the most famous resident of the house. After her death the castle became into the possession of King Henry's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. Now it's a tourist attraction and open to the public. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.609375px; text-align: justify;">Hever Castle is located in the village of Hever, near Edenbridge, Kent, England. You can drive your car to get Hever Castle. There are two parking areas, the bigger one of which is nearby the main entrance. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.609375px; text-align: justify;">As a tourist attraction Hever Castle has an impressive building which has links to Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII. There is a wooden bridge over the moat. Entering the house and following the guide signs you can see a drawing room, which has a tudor decoration and furniture. However most of them were not original. In the living room you can see the portraits, furniture and tapestries. At the second floor there was a room, which was said to be the bedroom of Anne Boleyn. It's a very small room. To be honest I was surprised to see she stayed in a such small room as the daugher of the house owner. Next her bedroom you can see some displays, two of which were her prayer boos, both signed and inscribed by Anne Boleyn. You can also see the original letters between Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII. From these letters I would like to belive there was a real love between them, not only for the interests of politics. Continuously walking I visited the Long Galley in which you can see the Henry VIII and his six wives portraits. Just at this moment I knew the relationship between Anne Boleyn and Queen Elizabeth First. ( Shame on me). In the thirteenth century gatehouse there was a collection of historic swords, armour, instruments of execution, torture and discipline. You can also see the history of the house at the next room, particularly about the last owner William Waldorf Astor. There were pictures of some famous visitors including the queen Elizabeth Second and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. My last see at the house was the fashion exhibition of Tudor ages. You can see the dress Anne Boleyn had when she married to Henry VIII.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.609375px; text-align: justify;">Hever Castle Garden is a beautifully designed garden.It was laid out between 1904 and 1908 by Joseph Cheal & Son. To me the most magnificent areas of the gardens was the Italian Garden, which was designed to display William Waldorf Astor’s collection of Italian sculpture. I was very impressed with the water features around the gardens too. Last but not least walking along Anne Boleyn’s Walk amid enjoying the views was very enjoyable too.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.609375px; text-align: justify;">Hever Castle is open daily between 1 April and 31 October. The garden is open from 10:30am to 6pm and the Castle is open from 12 noon to 6pm. Currently the admissions are £15 for adult and £8.50 for child. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.609375px; text-align: justify;">Hever Castle is a beautiful and impressive Tudor building, which has a strong connection of Anne Bolyen and Henry VIII. It’s a great place for a day out. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.609375px; text-align: justify;">Nearby Hever Castle you can also visit </span>Chartwell, the home of Winston Churchill<span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.609375px; text-align: justify;"> and </span>Knole, the Childhood Home of Vita Sackville-West<span style="background-color: white; color: #001c43; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.609375px; text-align: justify;">.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772285393836663454.post-63535099668218583182013-02-16T19:52:00.002+00:002013-08-13T18:59:32.865+01:00A holiday in Samana, Dominican Republic (Ninth day: 27 Jan 2011)<br />
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At the ninth day there was no more bonus. Time to go home. I tried to take more pictures to remember my nine days in Samana.</div>
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The pianist was a main actor in last night's show The Lion King.</div>
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A beautiful painting. I thought it's a chinese flower. However I don't know its name in English.</div>
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A cruise ship just passed. My original idea for my birthday was a cruise holiday. However for visa reasons I couldn't do it. Luckily two years later I finally made my cruise dream come true. On 22 Feb 2013 I will be off to Canarian Islands for 8 days cruise trip. I'm really looking forward to it.</div>
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Below are pictures taken at <span style="text-align: start;">Samana International Airpor</span>. For more details about the airport please visit my article: <a href="http://www.wikinut.com/review-of-samana-international-airport%3a-the-gateway-to-a-traveller-s-paradise/19i7h51y/un76k60t/" target="_blank">Review of Samana International Airport: The Gateway to a Traveller's Paradise</a></div>
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It's a small bar that provided drinks and snacks. I have had a good time there. I played the dart, learnt Spanish, swam in the sea and a swimming pool nearby.<br />
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It's the main building of the island. The room having a blue shower towel was mine.</div>
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Eight days ago I was greeted in the Hall behind the door. Now it's the time to leave.<br />
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It's the main entrance of the hotel, Gran Bahia Principe, 5 stars. I should say it's a very friendly holiday hotel. I like it. I thought I would leave it in a couple of hours. However a lady I met came to me and told me my plane has stopped in Bahamas, as some technical fault happen. So I can't fly today. I was really shocked and worried. Then I was back to the reception hall and saw the representative of Thomson was there. I was told our flight has been cancelled. I maybe fly tomorrow. Does it mean an extra day of holiday. I can't believe it. I was not very pleased, although I know some people were very pleased. However there was nothing I can do, so I just enjoyed the day as much as I could. So I went to a nearby swimming pool to swim. It's interesting to see different part of the hotel and different people.</div>
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After a while I left it and was back to the beach. A German couple were surprised at seeing me again as they said goodbye to me last night. Also I was given a fresh coconut for the first time. It really cheered me up. Before I thought there was no coconut in the area.</div>
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What else I can do? I saw a small shop selling sun hat. After trying different colours I bought one. However at the moment I can't remember the colour of my hat and where it is. Really funny. After looking through my pictures I found it's a black one.</div>
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After lunch I continued my swimming and fed fish with a loaf of bread for the first time. These fish were very clever. They smelled the food or saw the food immediately. I felt them around my legs. It was a really exciting experience.</div>
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After dinner there was a show named The Lion King. It was acted by local actors, the hotel staffs and some kids on holiday. They used the pre-recorded tracks. It's very entertaining in my opinion. I love it.</div>
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After the show I also had a chat with a gay couple, who were in our whale watching ship. As I can remember it was the first time I have had a real talk with gay people. It was really impressive. </div>
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Eighth day was a long day, but it's not a boring day. Finally I started to appreciate it as a bonus day.</div>
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It's day seven of my holiday and it's also my birthday. I had a perfect birthday.</div>
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My favorite place: A Hammock</div>
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<a href="http://www.helium.com/items/2118670-the-highlight-of-my-dominican-republic-trip-was-a-humpback-whale-watching-in-samana-peninsula"><span style="color: blue;">Humpback Whale Watching in Samana, Dominican Republic</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772285393836663454.post-89732490376996894492011-02-26T18:41:00.046+00:002011-04-17T19:52:32.252+01:00A holiday in Samana, Dominican Republic (Fourth day: 22 Jan 2011)<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>It's the time to enjoy life. After my unforgettable humpback whale watching I decided to stay in <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;"><a href="http://www.helium.com/items/2112677-gran-bahia-principe-cayo-levantado-in-samana-dominican-republic-is-a-good-for-a-caribbean-holiday">Gran Bahia Principe Cayo Levantado</a> </span>for the next few days. </strong></span><br />
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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unknown tropical plants on the way to the beach</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghdKTtJatjSQ4qxHAK768gjYnT7uQ-6XtELKGgVSAGu7AtJigbfuk52jR_8jKmXyk-2n10r0q5uBwgCzWO33cN3hkdUL-m6qpZUCsnVptHACfqmpL0XKdaSc-JCUMXt4xvU1qbjgu-tQ9T/s1600/DSC03210.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghdKTtJatjSQ4qxHAK768gjYnT7uQ-6XtELKGgVSAGu7AtJigbfuk52jR_8jKmXyk-2n10r0q5uBwgCzWO33cN3hkdUL-m6qpZUCsnVptHACfqmpL0XKdaSc-JCUMXt4xvU1qbjgu-tQ9T/s400/DSC03210.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoying my favourite Coco Loco after swimming in the sea</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHwggFyeXhr1BgrkC1oyKKzIWs8bcn42oo_dJBzk0TSFq1Bkugqs1o3ItQVbs3IGbIAZuhZ__VIoYRNNUZ3Ue8kQlkYhyphenhyphenI3dc9r9MsWp80thEvyhi_LBNM0nuHL3jf3NnQRwgFdBHloeN/s1600/DSC03213.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHwggFyeXhr1BgrkC1oyKKzIWs8bcn42oo_dJBzk0TSFq1Bkugqs1o3ItQVbs3IGbIAZuhZ__VIoYRNNUZ3Ue8kQlkYhyphenhyphenI3dc9r9MsWp80thEvyhi_LBNM0nuHL3jf3NnQRwgFdBHloeN/s400/DSC03213.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The boat in the distance was the one that took me for a humpback whale watching.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKMZtsUnf9uiaQwKBbsZAAJ1vpO_gIEJy0XBwX2gYgc_miriDeq56jv75pchGrVj22qWRpJGp3Paezg6iPg_fwUNPSTUd9jNTazNRhAynMjqVLpWL7VVu-Vcj6vsFPQnKkDN4g1WOXgRH/s1600/DSC03218.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKMZtsUnf9uiaQwKBbsZAAJ1vpO_gIEJy0XBwX2gYgc_miriDeq56jv75pchGrVj22qWRpJGp3Paezg6iPg_fwUNPSTUd9jNTazNRhAynMjqVLpWL7VVu-Vcj6vsFPQnKkDN4g1WOXgRH/s400/DSC03218.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lunch: Paella, my favourite </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9LaC2QDgVnptSiLyD2B-GL0xavGej3eOhvb-Yor_GG1-wgF1B8Lm9Doc4NktVjb3PmBlxwHHatu8JeG_N5oCQlJTUTkST4D8jpy9HHe8YuUsg1_hqYReWkUMylWpQ1wEWyhaA92tm2zw_/s1600/DSC03225.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9LaC2QDgVnptSiLyD2B-GL0xavGej3eOhvb-Yor_GG1-wgF1B8Lm9Doc4NktVjb3PmBlxwHHatu8JeG_N5oCQlJTUTkST4D8jpy9HHe8YuUsg1_hqYReWkUMylWpQ1wEWyhaA92tm2zw_/s400/DSC03225.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Pelican</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeCqVrp8KomZwR50LzTnqvlvwWKXclnQd3D8o3OKlDeGpDmq3A5OCUwURpXgGsESq2OoFy-Lg75H3XgKSzfvqLfIJt0zy_y06e-T17BsEYh8JjfrjCWRqBiAz0Tyb5Ms8xfAUCRYyqPL5/s1600/DSC03232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeCqVrp8KomZwR50LzTnqvlvwWKXclnQd3D8o3OKlDeGpDmq3A5OCUwURpXgGsESq2OoFy-Lg75H3XgKSzfvqLfIJt0zy_y06e-T17BsEYh8JjfrjCWRqBiAz0Tyb5Ms8xfAUCRYyqPL5/s400/DSC03232.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My sexy swimming costume</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhih_zsbQXE1tBaUrWpPMjNHPnDiE7cSqfuEBvLOHurH-himuUFQlMcbpbWdy7WbsOxUk3cLhPUpMFTig9Zf05QCBUG0PBxonhrR3RiKdmaZ7zAPPNorVyDkLNH9kB9-GOs41funXLMLg0A/s1600/DSC03245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhih_zsbQXE1tBaUrWpPMjNHPnDiE7cSqfuEBvLOHurH-himuUFQlMcbpbWdy7WbsOxUk3cLhPUpMFTig9Zf05QCBUG0PBxonhrR3RiKdmaZ7zAPPNorVyDkLNH9kB9-GOs41funXLMLg0A/s400/DSC03245.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772285393836663454.post-9804049469984943612011-02-09T11:04:00.031+00:002011-02-20T17:08:18.040+00:00A holiday in Samana, Dominican Republic (Third day: 21 Jan 2011)The highlight of my Dominican Republic trip was to go humpback whale watching in Samana Peninsula. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Dinner at the Mediterranean Restaurant</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7V00Hnaefn5af-BKNN1DadUb5ODSSl3BOU2k9ISfalGnJS0xl5HYJvkqSLG7IX_zeFAQYlR9mNOvGj8GDQ9o2e2gpmrWDdr9GdmjVytvDYqJKYOU02sv7C33r9rq91Gb4OTrxmxNEUGse/s1600/DSC03182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7V00Hnaefn5af-BKNN1DadUb5ODSSl3BOU2k9ISfalGnJS0xl5HYJvkqSLG7IX_zeFAQYlR9mNOvGj8GDQ9o2e2gpmrWDdr9GdmjVytvDYqJKYOU02sv7C33r9rq91Gb4OTrxmxNEUGse/s400/DSC03182.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltfEIBGKTrXH7eeb7HIjV6Vcf2XtXSU0e4cZ1Y7q31ZFhlwx4BKVesDoza3HLMHJEXL0xuHrleDoiYN4oKqsb2D13C2AZ-Fd6PFkp7yurtx-ue8IPu8dbMZ2PK7fE8H38U83NGQjrK6lS/s1600/DSC03183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltfEIBGKTrXH7eeb7HIjV6Vcf2XtXSU0e4cZ1Y7q31ZFhlwx4BKVesDoza3HLMHJEXL0xuHrleDoiYN4oKqsb2D13C2AZ-Fd6PFkp7yurtx-ue8IPu8dbMZ2PK7fE8H38U83NGQjrK6lS/s400/DSC03183.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Greek Moussaka with Eggplant</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBgV-YGbRZD9zUp1Qz4Kj4TuG9g-fHhTm5t1PuJPcYeDmLxqk4fw4aogolIri6MqltivWpD9EqMWQfKL4ALXao6l0eC2TSzIryo5-rkkNhI0smMu4g0KfZNJjRncZWkRb3BceGiZk3LqV/s1600/DSC03187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBgV-YGbRZD9zUp1Qz4Kj4TuG9g-fHhTm5t1PuJPcYeDmLxqk4fw4aogolIri6MqltivWpD9EqMWQfKL4ALXao6l0eC2TSzIryo5-rkkNhI0smMu4g0KfZNJjRncZWkRb3BceGiZk3LqV/s400/DSC03187.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My beloved lobster</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMnVcgYeBwJjUK55pDuAw9lsXgq7kIh1NinL1GAXzkcOdfCirVLDkWHWiz-j1sn4g8JtnMTBzxqU1fqk0HR91RZoluSHQAri76pBahYLuYLVQK233e8DQ6ENylRO_JTVoVpSqFv4p0DNG/s1600/DSC03192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMnVcgYeBwJjUK55pDuAw9lsXgq7kIh1NinL1GAXzkcOdfCirVLDkWHWiz-j1sn4g8JtnMTBzxqU1fqk0HR91RZoluSHQAri76pBahYLuYLVQK233e8DQ6ENylRO_JTVoVpSqFv4p0DNG/s400/DSC03192.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yogurt dessert</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixwT3JQz6C0tey53GPstXMLNqGu6QPzExs8e04hD-YfR-Hj6mNpnQOwpcyAUWU_7sPVDsdGBatQpSSy6frVHKfKmgoUnKrr1bBEl-MtlIr7Ji50PWMV8mMdElvUAsDU-d34yWy8o_3jhP/s1600/DSC03194.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixwT3JQz6C0tey53GPstXMLNqGu6QPzExs8e04hD-YfR-Hj6mNpnQOwpcyAUWU_7sPVDsdGBatQpSSy6frVHKfKmgoUnKrr1bBEl-MtlIr7Ji50PWMV8mMdElvUAsDU-d34yWy8o_3jhP/s400/DSC03194.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">last Coco loco to finish today</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772285393836663454.post-27293951354767273142011-02-06T18:39:00.018+00:002011-02-20T12:20:34.897+00:00A holiday in Samana, Dominican Republic (Second day: 20 Jan 2011)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I woke up early the next morning so I took a short walk around Cayo Laventado. Because I was not familiar with the island I walked to the the public beach first. There I saw a cruise ship passing by. I also tested the water. It was a comfortable feeling. On my way leaving the beach I came across a Gecko. It stood still on the ground pretending to be a dead leaf for about 5 minutes, until I tried to get nearer to it. Directed by a hotel staff member I finally found the so called private beach for hotel guests and saw a coconut tree by a beautiful swimming pool, in which I spent a lot of time during the next few days.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4Od5zYRN1WVPpyhG9NenjB1f_S2vpUgN-Da5l_2BUzAHABIef8xn2lZOBv5PBOIVhFi-NBJ4tndOYMjvCJOkGEXMLLGfPHTfo5tHPj0uAF8lU-1gzV9XT1LRqHz_H12jSdQSEYbVVUZ_/s1600/DSC03098.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4Od5zYRN1WVPpyhG9NenjB1f_S2vpUgN-Da5l_2BUzAHABIef8xn2lZOBv5PBOIVhFi-NBJ4tndOYMjvCJOkGEXMLLGfPHTfo5tHPj0uAF8lU-1gzV9XT1LRqHz_H12jSdQSEYbVVUZ_/s400/DSC03098.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A cruise ship </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDPiw3eO5Azr4OlxxejEWtrFLxKw1YLNANdBI9O_qHeuU8f3-fyYKgA3txDwfhrU90EGe9UA9DpKMNfELguofVlKw5QI7TRKWRl_2V0_ERZg8xAGRqB75sx68-9FTuNyHaYEMHWUqYzk5/s1600/DSC03099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDPiw3eO5Azr4OlxxejEWtrFLxKw1YLNANdBI9O_qHeuU8f3-fyYKgA3txDwfhrU90EGe9UA9DpKMNfELguofVlKw5QI7TRKWRl_2V0_ERZg8xAGRqB75sx68-9FTuNyHaYEMHWUqYzk5/s400/DSC03099.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A clever Gecko</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwgiszMvfcFNXfOEtMzdMNK9NLvMd_xGYQZ4Qvfd5UyusHB7iBH6mPdhRYzZreCa66gBcRPRKx2q_BHEmQiAlTC3b1whiaDMm_5om2fcakCllKwAM0fzeqw3_Hiw85gfUWxTrFnzC-hy82/s1600/DSC03100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwgiszMvfcFNXfOEtMzdMNK9NLvMd_xGYQZ4Qvfd5UyusHB7iBH6mPdhRYzZreCa66gBcRPRKx2q_BHEmQiAlTC3b1whiaDMm_5om2fcakCllKwAM0fzeqw3_Hiw85gfUWxTrFnzC-hy82/s400/DSC03100.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A coconut tree</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">After breakfast I went to the private beach again to really start my holiday. On the beach I found a hammock and enjoyed my time in it. A little black boy was interested in me and we had a piture together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5CYfO5-MEq1wUzoW0D32TOTrbQ9T4ZBdL54TE7zubO9OrKjvJ17WbH7mZ2EI8jV8VYd_tu-JQDItl7u8YAtE50DVSnwfHQARiZqvsvO9Yvaj5YYSUxrj0JnTOYMyXsI8Zx4LsG3x7vXJW/s1600/DSC03110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5CYfO5-MEq1wUzoW0D32TOTrbQ9T4ZBdL54TE7zubO9OrKjvJ17WbH7mZ2EI8jV8VYd_tu-JQDItl7u8YAtE50DVSnwfHQARiZqvsvO9Yvaj5YYSUxrj0JnTOYMyXsI8Zx4LsG3x7vXJW/s400/DSC03110.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsilaOZmdooLJfHU5iTmpGWH2f7hltGEIB8CwDuRBuee5xUQ6zkmaP3P5_lC2svgtsNvinh6yb6_Pxj61U5mvVQ0ZQ_c0aDUS5GV1xsTAgxVEBpWCWzZEj4LIolM3O8DGuGYqLtqPlF9T/s1600/DSC03111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsilaOZmdooLJfHU5iTmpGWH2f7hltGEIB8CwDuRBuee5xUQ6zkmaP3P5_lC2svgtsNvinh6yb6_Pxj61U5mvVQ0ZQ_c0aDUS5GV1xsTAgxVEBpWCWzZEj4LIolM3O8DGuGYqLtqPlF9T/s400/DSC03111.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Time flies. On my way back to my room I stopped to have a look at the swimming pool again. What a beautiful view.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_92RcxcErGJn_z-NrQutFeOrq75TjYdtMPXFTKmvQUGA42UTzeVkwb0LCg6vRRzzi-rpV33189MmuBAg5XwD9GVex1MBwZKjtPGo9k8nv9AZWf4weTh9VL0DGg0k15OkRwVWsI8Nu2Ans/s1600/DSC03112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_92RcxcErGJn_z-NrQutFeOrq75TjYdtMPXFTKmvQUGA42UTzeVkwb0LCg6vRRzzi-rpV33189MmuBAg5XwD9GVex1MBwZKjtPGo9k8nv9AZWf4weTh9VL0DGg0k15OkRwVWsI8Nu2Ans/s400/DSC03112.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;">A beautiful sunset from my balcony:</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9PWUlKTEAttztlpPe6MVCIpWH4nemrX-s1_r4EljEWHmGhrSTPcJa2NX9PuCfzpFQeU7stU28CCZtRIVtjlAgt519owGqIQPklbIFKQkU0xewVx6kp3GWBPu7ZVbJqT1w-AUTDvbw5n0/s1600/DSC03115.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9PWUlKTEAttztlpPe6MVCIpWH4nemrX-s1_r4EljEWHmGhrSTPcJa2NX9PuCfzpFQeU7stU28CCZtRIVtjlAgt519owGqIQPklbIFKQkU0xewVx6kp3GWBPu7ZVbJqT1w-AUTDvbw5n0/s400/DSC03115.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;">Below are the pictures of the dinner I had at the night. The hotel has a different food theme every night. Believe or not, tonight theme was oriental cuisine. I tried Sushi, Beijing Style roast duck, spring roll, etc. Last but not least I even used chopsticks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-qce0T0PJUExEk0iTkH3RcjlMKTcM1lFsHQJE7XvlRFb9akqcerbf6xvCNsgHjA_vLOWww05cKZYofiS_3Qisg0d3_TSlnizNH77MB6o0GqS5W5stn260RnTsvUklZ8ga8IcmtJCVuFp/s1600/DSC03120.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-qce0T0PJUExEk0iTkH3RcjlMKTcM1lFsHQJE7XvlRFb9akqcerbf6xvCNsgHjA_vLOWww05cKZYofiS_3Qisg0d3_TSlnizNH77MB6o0GqS5W5stn260RnTsvUklZ8ga8IcmtJCVuFp/s400/DSC03120.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUm8rJfIcINkoHmwU_N9aOs_JRTkj7Fs0ntnSnlGKh5zF3QgGe3tpILfeg0kAcx20BfzzCwpDUkcWDnf5NrqaARIlwmKkmZPUke8ORLDyW0Wnbitml6wMaqFdqvEdghuTGWWSKzIQx1fLw/s1600/DSC03121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUm8rJfIcINkoHmwU_N9aOs_JRTkj7Fs0ntnSnlGKh5zF3QgGe3tpILfeg0kAcx20BfzzCwpDUkcWDnf5NrqaARIlwmKkmZPUke8ORLDyW0Wnbitml6wMaqFdqvEdghuTGWWSKzIQx1fLw/s400/DSC03121.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtoWV28VHLvZi4ZT0aEs06BCu98Wa_ELY4y7YXcQ1AwfhGTdK3ySjOIHA5haPK5y8T7goEv-RuvcPajMotpW4ewHpIgz1U3oQQPPNMF7BrLJDhQwkITynCSCwkWRWjTBVn0jPl5yqQyHk/s1600/DSC03122.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtoWV28VHLvZi4ZT0aEs06BCu98Wa_ELY4y7YXcQ1AwfhGTdK3ySjOIHA5haPK5y8T7goEv-RuvcPajMotpW4ewHpIgz1U3oQQPPNMF7BrLJDhQwkITynCSCwkWRWjTBVn0jPl5yqQyHk/s400/DSC03122.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHM48HyS7A1TiyTPBK0nrWR3l9zTYIPf_N_8iQaiTFXCBXgDA_q31eYaDewTBAZCIAUUlAi8897OqdHo6BzSloIhHDCQb2bnHmPl32nIj4QimkREa14OAVAspH3F9MBsUVSs119sYQblLX/s1600/DSC03125.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHM48HyS7A1TiyTPBK0nrWR3l9zTYIPf_N_8iQaiTFXCBXgDA_q31eYaDewTBAZCIAUUlAi8897OqdHo6BzSloIhHDCQb2bnHmPl32nIj4QimkREa14OAVAspH3F9MBsUVSs119sYQblLX/s400/DSC03125.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SNio1CAtUez1fPTtqAFp83zKHzLwyOVpzzhdrNQKlsj1hosMVQOQLxcG4TJ9wh5vawAgauKh3wVdTzFSjfAm8pNaacmgYwlQ4CkV7IqxCwnT-qNL2gurAxvsYh31jVOKAm3E2c9QyCNh/s1600/DSC03124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SNio1CAtUez1fPTtqAFp83zKHzLwyOVpzzhdrNQKlsj1hosMVQOQLxcG4TJ9wh5vawAgauKh3wVdTzFSjfAm8pNaacmgYwlQ4CkV7IqxCwnT-qNL2gurAxvsYh31jVOKAm3E2c9QyCNh/s400/DSC03124.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8uBaGIRS9N5E2Z__0gitooGrXNOGIMJkfzrymjaXS4hTQaWPFTOZsoGQy74qSifcaBCXyBoCZ4QOsN_BYo5WZOwHa0ypsFf8hfrI4kx5xp2apvJsyetqFCCLJuzoeUKJoVK-11NRzfoDc/s1600/DSC03126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8uBaGIRS9N5E2Z__0gitooGrXNOGIMJkfzrymjaXS4hTQaWPFTOZsoGQy74qSifcaBCXyBoCZ4QOsN_BYo5WZOwHa0ypsFf8hfrI4kx5xp2apvJsyetqFCCLJuzoeUKJoVK-11NRzfoDc/s400/DSC03126.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Night Entertainment was called M.J. Show. Noisy but really funny. However I was tired and just watched a little.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59nYF4PFNjkZfLkDlt4dQMrxoonQGE4WmD7k2OTyACq2lILhAjXfFaX9tgBBEs-_BvcAFJmFI4fPUqDIAiLDJ3asEeBzQVtQbue2zfaA4nT9LSnJreuaenFv0YtsjlulXRWWFxxemfvdI/s1600/DSC03134.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59nYF4PFNjkZfLkDlt4dQMrxoonQGE4WmD7k2OTyACq2lILhAjXfFaX9tgBBEs-_BvcAFJmFI4fPUqDIAiLDJ3asEeBzQVtQbue2zfaA4nT9LSnJreuaenFv0YtsjlulXRWWFxxemfvdI/s400/DSC03134.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;">..........................continued...................</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772285393836663454.post-32790016537136813062011-01-28T20:06:00.033+00:002011-02-06T20:43:45.972+00:00A holiday in Samana, Dominican Republic (First day: 19 Jan 2011)To celebrate my birthday I booked a holiday in Samana, Dominican Republic. It was a very enjoyable stay. <br />
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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz89k-aKZl7KCiBijUgsVlkbh5rapelYDiJ2yZnIGM7h85jNUBHFvYMG8nqB71JyVlatjdnGnoBClt2S3NqcaSfZhIE0ys6SQ5UJSs2kpTCTMhYIy9QstL9RSQEt70471qG7ZSZaZMG85B/s400/DSC03063.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Me and my plane </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94xG8CHFxxrAkk-lw843Acc8lQiPX3itobNf8aGN-LBt3hc54H3A2OHSIL97g-8ED38DcXiJkd-sVmwGLs6QLSMYJTEX_isNrPS-IpBiPHZtyPRaR1_fnOmy-4tk7Z6aT3tY4FXsnjmlk/s1600/DSC03067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi94xG8CHFxxrAkk-lw843Acc8lQiPX3itobNf8aGN-LBt3hc54H3A2OHSIL97g-8ED38DcXiJkd-sVmwGLs6QLSMYJTEX_isNrPS-IpBiPHZtyPRaR1_fnOmy-4tk7Z6aT3tY4FXsnjmlk/s400/DSC03067.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMm8Xg5_-6uLZEbVzbvL_a2QxZ_7r5Nzq7Bf8EIDF9xtxXmXUtYM_SqobVmj61mGUneuyWzCTw6MIi517aMdLZL7xxD2JVjjzUQAalJBFVYvaStsD3zD_aU2LASJLs2BQn47ok1MRQmhpY/s1600/DSC03068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMm8Xg5_-6uLZEbVzbvL_a2QxZ_7r5Nzq7Bf8EIDF9xtxXmXUtYM_SqobVmj61mGUneuyWzCTw6MIi517aMdLZL7xxD2JVjjzUQAalJBFVYvaStsD3zD_aU2LASJLs2BQn47ok1MRQmhpY/s400/DSC03068.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Destination only one hour away</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNQ9KbZg5H0_GRcIMz85jKtkbfFotWa9wHyDwl314a0i19pLbG1JyJynnH7rz12m8C2uKVj-65xZ6A7vOVLgWzeSFIPTQT7T-0ygNJ1VIg-9tzU6JkwpcBfX7T5w9hJ7BrgN-KUCTjZRY/s1600/DSC03075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772285393836663454.post-81293096383031903602010-11-20T22:05:00.008+00:002011-04-08T18:04:06.800+01:00Bateman’s------The Home of Rudyard Kipling(3)continued...........<br />
The highlight of Bateman’s is the Exhibition Room that once served as a bedroom for Rudyard Kipling and his wife. At the Exhibition Room there are many valuable items displayed. I would like to mention a few that particularly interested me. Nelson relic, a piece of HMS Victory’s Trafalgar bunting; The alphabet necklace from the story ‘How The Alphabet Was Made’ designed by Kipling to entertain his children and those of his friends; Kipling’s pictures from his childhood to adult; Last but definitely least, the certificate of Nobel Prize in Literature that was awarded to Rudyard Kipling "in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author".<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Before I went downstairs I had a short visit to the Kipling bedroom. The room gathered the memories of their three children. Although Rudyard Kipling and his wife always put on a brave face in public, they didn’t recover from the deaths of two of their children and the grief never eased.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHhzGtA9hyYn7Bft9FDHhoUclkL98OE_kq1DFGQbGYP0N0ActiCgpP6Lmc3spK1YjOiZ4xPMzuzkpNS8w8TjGbsMT_GmBuRnfDjo3z8WzdG_MtmL9WgMdnNak1VBkWo-L2e0cofYfHztG/s1600/DSC02870.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHhzGtA9hyYn7Bft9FDHhoUclkL98OE_kq1DFGQbGYP0N0ActiCgpP6Lmc3spK1YjOiZ4xPMzuzkpNS8w8TjGbsMT_GmBuRnfDjo3z8WzdG_MtmL9WgMdnNak1VBkWo-L2e0cofYfHztG/s400/DSC02870.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The downstairs Dinning Room was dominated by the English Cordoba leather wall hangings. The room was used to entertain many famous guests, such as President Clemenceau of France and Lawrence of Arabia. There is a fire screen made out of a piece of antique embroidery with the scenes from the life of the Hindu god Krishna. A oil painting is hanged above the fireplace. Surprisingly Kipling’s wife didn’t like it. However they couldn’t get it rid of as it was a gift from one of their friends. So the solution was when she sat at the room for meal she always gave her back to the painting. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJePUQdDwIAo8jCAes3lrVI9YZiGb6uAykkcicvPhIVhyphenhyphenU3QXiP-70P1vAGkkfIgLYCe1MOgg3rg_A7YQ61vSk6cVE8O54JdIuycdLii32z3Od6KXCsETMGmS3rM9EPJQcsck0osI9Xw-/s1600/DSC02871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJePUQdDwIAo8jCAes3lrVI9YZiGb6uAykkcicvPhIVhyphenhyphenU3QXiP-70P1vAGkkfIgLYCe1MOgg3rg_A7YQ61vSk6cVE8O54JdIuycdLii32z3Od6KXCsETMGmS3rM9EPJQcsck0osI9Xw-/s400/DSC02871.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6CnhyUaCIIbp1wiR23Jr3CdgOzlg5ON-gzszWX3MfvqZfB-3F1NL905XnwM_QSYqOEdBC8uJvovJusILE_IjvvZitpZe_xJ2pqKVsXXYML_EXrtMJzYJs_p4hXKdp9aK6mw-w9TnJIAP/s1600/DSC02873.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6CnhyUaCIIbp1wiR23Jr3CdgOzlg5ON-gzszWX3MfvqZfB-3F1NL905XnwM_QSYqOEdBC8uJvovJusILE_IjvvZitpZe_xJ2pqKVsXXYML_EXrtMJzYJs_p4hXKdp9aK6mw-w9TnJIAP/s400/DSC02873.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbzbDGtS7pQy0qs7ohAgi6TAEJjA8hl-dQjcp_ZhF4Dnz-KiIw2_IsBOGNFosHJqHUpAvioIA-bCROK_Fvg5rs4MloQL8YeTyMFDCAHeGDlhF_jNlxNw053gXKUjQBXK3dFEdfiaY7cRf/s1600/DSC02874.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbzbDGtS7pQy0qs7ohAgi6TAEJjA8hl-dQjcp_ZhF4Dnz-KiIw2_IsBOGNFosHJqHUpAvioIA-bCROK_Fvg5rs4MloQL8YeTyMFDCAHeGDlhF_jNlxNw053gXKUjQBXK3dFEdfiaY7cRf/s400/DSC02874.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That’s all what I saw at the house of Bateman’s. Then I left to the Garden. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>4. The Garden, The Wild Garden and The Meadow<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The Garden is well designed with grass, trees and a pond. There is a site of Kipling’s old grass tennis court ,a number of Kipling’s pet graves. At my way to the Wild Garden I saw a stone that was originally marked Rudyard Kipling’s grave in Westminster Abbey and was later replaced by a larger tombstone in poets corner. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4CIr_15Pr9neh63s5t1ql57ZRtAZdec_zQlh06Nb3vIB7L21GcVaioMWXF7VAREpDUgb_z13mpKButwSlByo0xAS19KZk7992ylz3cQrGwJozXqHY5hX3rNETSO_4graQehX4evI_TIu4/s1600/DSC02883.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4CIr_15Pr9neh63s5t1ql57ZRtAZdec_zQlh06Nb3vIB7L21GcVaioMWXF7VAREpDUgb_z13mpKButwSlByo0xAS19KZk7992ylz3cQrGwJozXqHY5hX3rNETSO_4graQehX4evI_TIu4/s400/DSC02883.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The Wild Garden is situated at the southern end of the garden, extending south-westwards along the banks of the River Dudwell and the mill leat. There is a 18th working watermill at the end of the Wild Garden. The mill grinds corn most Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2pm. Unfortunately the day I visited Bateman’s was Monday so I didn’t see it. However walking around the mill and reading the information panel I finally figured out how the mill does the work. </div><br />
On leaving the mill I had a short stay at the bench of the Meadow. The Meadow has been used for farming for many years. In 1902 when Rudyard Kipling bought Bateman’s it came with 33 acres, but he bought more land as it became available. Today most of what you see to the north, west and east belongs to Bateman’s. <br />
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I also stopped at Bateman’s shop and bought a bookmark that has Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘If’ printed on it.<br />
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All in all, it was a very enjoyable day out. One day I hope I can visit Bateman’s again, but only after I have read some of his works. <br />
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Extra information:<br />
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Bateman’s is owned by National Trust. Bateman’s prices are £7.45 for adults, £4.10 for children and £18.60 for family. If you're a member of National Trust you can get free entrance. However Bateman’s is not open everyday. You can visit National Trust website for more details.<br />
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To the left side of the Inner Hall is the Parlour, where Rudyard Kipling would sit in front of the fire and talk with his guest or play word games after dinner. One staff kindly showed me a brass seal with swastika motif in a cupboard. Then I first time know the origin of the word ‘swastika’. Surprisingly it’s not originally from German. The name of Swastika comes from the Sanskrit and is derived from Svasti meaning well-being and prosperity. Rudyard Kipling was strongly influenced by Indian culture and had s swastika on the dust jackets of all his books until the rise of Nazism made this inappropriate. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCOEf-LaKksCmt7Rxy7FqPdBietm787CRqHsJfHgRFm-If7mrYxzYKrtZPyt5Gx9r4M-l5dK9LbTrsTuO9jkhm1yx1SQneQ7rY66_NnrTPGv8Jrz4AYARo598WKR39SYw40B3u69vRof8d/s1600/DSC02824.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCOEf-LaKksCmt7Rxy7FqPdBietm787CRqHsJfHgRFm-If7mrYxzYKrtZPyt5Gx9r4M-l5dK9LbTrsTuO9jkhm1yx1SQneQ7rY66_NnrTPGv8Jrz4AYARo598WKR39SYw40B3u69vRof8d/s400/DSC02824.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-M1X14fr9QQmDeR9S4IPe1xxKJoCMxbJKJO3rJx2pP7VM_7HP7v3a7P39iD3qg_frHJ5vDps1MDG-cmSLHdiTuJeG3cmDUZz5BQgtyA7nBwyWiegW6KKs6kai3lWU2nWvacuP3VsFeMs/s1600/DSC02825.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-M1X14fr9QQmDeR9S4IPe1xxKJoCMxbJKJO3rJx2pP7VM_7HP7v3a7P39iD3qg_frHJ5vDps1MDG-cmSLHdiTuJeG3cmDUZz5BQgtyA7nBwyWiegW6KKs6kai3lWU2nWvacuP3VsFeMs/s400/DSC02825.JPG" width="300" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">(The cupboard of the Parlour)</div>In the Parlour I also saw several portraits of Rudyard Kipling which I found very interesting. Until this point of my visit I had never seen an image of Kipling. <br />
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There is an exit to garden from the Inner Hall, and a staircase leading to the first floor. Stepping up I saw a portrait of Kipling on the stairs, which was painted by John Collier in 1900 shortly after losing his oldest daughter. <br />
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First I went into Kipling’s Study. This room was his principal work space. I was surprised to see how small it was. I always imagined a Nobel Literature Prize winner required much larger space in which to be creative. There I saw his book collection: the classics of English literature and 500 volumes of India; large selections on the Navy and the Empire; books on beekeeping, angling, rural England and rat catching, etc. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKNnWXPd77pYsiuq_x5EnGvEr6HF3hITNCRjB5VSjUTEMh33ggBIN0e32UYZj7WhboWCUhN2xgkP3r4li9c92ZeU3LATiXng1O2AfCkbWhVzq53FbJL31ZuGBH9-A-blbhetqaoJloD9t/s1600/DSC02840.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKNnWXPd77pYsiuq_x5EnGvEr6HF3hITNCRjB5VSjUTEMh33ggBIN0e32UYZj7WhboWCUhN2xgkP3r4li9c92ZeU3LATiXng1O2AfCkbWhVzq53FbJL31ZuGBH9-A-blbhetqaoJloD9t/s400/DSC02840.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">There is a portable wardrobe at a corner that was used for travel. One staff kindly pointed out the pearlware jug to me. The pearlware jug was painted in blue and gold leap by Kipling’s father; pear shaped body decorated with two portraits of Bacchus and male accompanist, in a horseshoe frame. After a shot chat with the staff I popped over to the Exhibition Room.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj532lu6_3yP68Cy2R7UDX6OcXDuE5N5Q0CFqqdv_i45oOOpil1NA6lkqvM_BO_A_Wd2yCgWGTapyCkAgXtrYLVwe4WlHcGZmXvfsFzMAWBFGUm9U93X-_TvgiX04Aqi2htLkdy2Tk3ffap/s1600/DSC02841.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj532lu6_3yP68Cy2R7UDX6OcXDuE5N5Q0CFqqdv_i45oOOpil1NA6lkqvM_BO_A_Wd2yCgWGTapyCkAgXtrYLVwe4WlHcGZmXvfsFzMAWBFGUm9U93X-_TvgiX04Aqi2htLkdy2Tk3ffap/s400/DSC02841.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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Brief information about <a href="http://www.helium.com/items/2011223-batemans-is-the-home-of-rudyard-kipling-who-won-the-nobel-prize-for-literature-in-1907"><span style="color: red;">Rudyard Kipling</span></a>:<br />
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Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Rudyard Kipling was born in British India in 1865 and died in 1936. He is best known for his works of fiction The Jungle Book and Rudyard Kipling poems, including Mandalay, Gunga Din and If. <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Rudyard Kipling received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 and is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story". Rudyard Kipling is the first English language writer to receive Nobel Prize for Literature, and to date he remains its youngest recipient. </div><br />
Brief information about <a href="http://www.helium.com/items/2011223-batemans-is-the-home-of-rudyard-kipling-who-won-the-nobel-prize-for-literature-in-1907"><span style="color: red;">Bateman’s</span></a>: <br />
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</div>Bateman’s is located in Burwash, East Sussex. Rudyard Kipling lived in Bateman's from 1902 to his death in 1936. Rudyard Kipling’s wife left the house to the National Trust on her death in 1939. That said Rudyard Kipling and his wife fell in love with Bateman's at the first time they saw Bateman's. <br />
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Bateman’s is a 17th-century house surrounded by the wooded landscape of the Sussex Weald. Six brick columns form a massive central chimneystack above the gabled facades. Today the rooms remain much as they were when the Kipling family lived there.<br />
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My personal experience:<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The day I visited Bateman’s was not a weekend or a holiday, and the weather was not good, quite cold and cloudy. I thought there would be no visitors. However when I arrived Bateman’s parking and saw many cars I realised that I was wrong. Bateman’s parking is big and free. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3V_rz6PdcDbWhVqAAJz_LFsEi5gwLSZNdWNb__Ktmx8NVdkPCd0gWcDykdO3EQHlHpga3kLGYHHJSjqaAYhtVvmcNzmMSZUvrEuo6TnHqB3BX6LrbD0kISVHZb_lLCm5UhWfztQ9okjfJ/s1600/DSC02896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3V_rz6PdcDbWhVqAAJz_LFsEi5gwLSZNdWNb__Ktmx8NVdkPCd0gWcDykdO3EQHlHpga3kLGYHHJSjqaAYhtVvmcNzmMSZUvrEuo6TnHqB3BX6LrbD0kISVHZb_lLCm5UhWfztQ9okjfJ/s400/DSC02896.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">(the reception)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The reception, next to the parking, is quite small, and just has one staff. At the same time the reception is also a shop selling fruits grown in the garden of Bateman’s. After showing my National Trust membership card I started my visit to Bateman’s from the Orchard Garden.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
1. The Orchard Garden</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The Orchard Garden is situated at the rear part of Bateman’s and lies on the gently sloping side of the Dudwell valley. Accessing via the main visitor entrance I saw a large expanse of lawn interspersed with an array of fruit trees. They are relatively current but are within a much earlier structural framework provided by old brick walls accompanied by straight tarmac paths. Because it is in autumn you can see pears and apples on these trees. I was particularly impressive with the pear trees. To be honest it was my first time to see so many pear trees. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjQcLOSe8FgKJrcv7NCapBJ3UqQL0fbg4FEG5TSvPb3zuQhdOQ9btf6DVJUQRoKvtY3Lg4Hg7gyOeMezcBTqM8WzsQQ6t3y0ConodDitnygNw195gSN81gPCmf1wmqOXQDX2OQYeNU59v/s1600/DSC02807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjQcLOSe8FgKJrcv7NCapBJ3UqQL0fbg4FEG5TSvPb3zuQhdOQ9btf6DVJUQRoKvtY3Lg4Hg7gyOeMezcBTqM8WzsQQ6t3y0ConodDitnygNw195gSN81gPCmf1wmqOXQDX2OQYeNU59v/s400/DSC02807.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> At the bottom of the slope, in the eastern corner of the Orchard Garden is the Pear Alley, which was designed by Rudyard Kipling and has been retained as a centrepiece. <br />
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(the Pear Alley)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Incidentally, adjacent to the orchard, fringing the northerly path is a long, wide border of herbs. At the north eastern end of the orchard is the kitchen garden that provided food and cut flower for Kipling family.</div></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2. The Rolls Royce</div></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">On leaving the Orchard Garden I walked in a garage, where one Rolls Royce, Phantom I, is displayed. Kipling bought the car in 1928. That said Kipling was one of those pioneer motorists for whom a short drive in a 'horseless carriage' was an adventure. He owned a number of Lanchesters and Rolls-Royces. There is an information panel on the wall that lists the technological index of Phantom I. Because it’s a classical car so you can only see it through glass. </div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbEzzCimSkOcBd3X5TOdbASKmPbKn6fuTsbcYMwFXQ_mvxwlGxxLexwqHhW6BDXVDUaw5ivG2IfO_EZSdj4U3ptuhZojW7hQ6iPBwenFZ5jH1sJNOMOcCMrCMMkCYb7ybtVrqBFeMOm2-l/s1600/DSC02810.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbEzzCimSkOcBd3X5TOdbASKmPbKn6fuTsbcYMwFXQ_mvxwlGxxLexwqHhW6BDXVDUaw5ivG2IfO_EZSdj4U3ptuhZojW7hQ6iPBwenFZ5jH1sJNOMOcCMrCMMkCYb7ybtVrqBFeMOm2-l/s400/DSC02810.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">(The Rolls Royce)</div>3. The House <br />
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Bateman's is built of local sandstone, quarried from a site across the lane. The tiles are all baked from Wealden clay. My first impression of the house is peaceable and comfortable. <br />
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Disadvantages: too expensive and not good service.<br />
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After visiting Portsmouth Historic Dockyard I had my dinner at Loch Fyne Oyster Bar & Restaurant in Portsmouth. It was the second time I have tried Loch Fyne restaurant. One year ago I tried Loch Fyne at Bluewater, Kent. <br />
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Brief information about Loch Fyne Oyster Bar & Restaurant:<br />
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Loch Fyne Oyster Bar & Restaurant is a chain restaurant that specializes in seafood and fish dishes and developed from a small, roadside stall on the banks of Loch Fyne in 2000 to a group of businesses. So far there are over 45 Loch Fyne restaurants around the UK. According to their statement the business philosophy of Loch Fyne is good food, sustainably sourced and simply presented by people who care. That means only the very best produce – farmed and fished to the highest quality and environmental standards reaches the kitchens and plates of their customers.<br />
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Location and Atmosphere:<br />
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Loch Fyne Oyster Bar & Restaurant in Portsmouth is located right in a Vulcan Building on the Canal side, the heart of Gunwharf Quays. It’s not far from the latest landmark in Portsmouth: Spinnaker Tower. It’s very noticeable among restaurants in Gunwharf Quays. <br />
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What did we have: <br />
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Loch Fyne menu has a decent variety of fish and seafood dishes, vegetarian and meat dishes, as well as refreshment options. Because we both wanted to have seafood, so we spent more time to find available seafood dishes. <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We each ordered a starter and a main course, as well as a glass of wine plus a bottle of water and a portion of new potatoes.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Our Main courses were: Chilled half lobster with ginger and lime dressing served with a rocket and chicory salad -£14.85 and Seafood selection - grilled salmon, sea bass and king prawn with seared scallops served with lemon parsley butter, spinach and new potatoes - £16.50. <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Because I didn’t book my seat, so I was led to the bar area where I felt too crowded. I felt uncomfortable with the limited space. Next to me it was a young couple with a boy who made such noise.</div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We ordered our food before the young couple, but they were served earlier than us. Despite that I felt I still waited too long. In fact the restaurant was very quiet at the time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPO_XlVXyseibdYAqci_ptc3iNWiuG-bfIUIgnbZ1-WtuuyaDyUyvqFEzEuavYlyT5SqMeCWfN0zNkmrFsSRfuMhSU6d6yqp53nPSlNkZNXX0R0zHdzpA8TH0TTvJ65vHSmAZl0qfPK-bK/s1600/DSC02796.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPO_XlVXyseibdYAqci_ptc3iNWiuG-bfIUIgnbZ1-WtuuyaDyUyvqFEzEuavYlyT5SqMeCWfN0zNkmrFsSRfuMhSU6d6yqp53nPSlNkZNXX0R0zHdzpA8TH0TTvJ65vHSmAZl0qfPK-bK/s400/DSC02796.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The waitress tried to persuade us to order more by providing the wrong information. Our one main course already had new potatoes, but she suggested us to order another one. However at last we just got one portion of new potatoes but paid twice for it. Unfortunately I found the mistake when I was already at home. Also she didn’t collect our empty plates on time. So I didn’t think she deserved the tip of £7.</div><br />
Last but not least I was not very satisfied with the food we had. The starters were in small portions. I was not impressed with them, so I even could not remember their names when I’m writing this review. They were seafood but were overcooked and too oily. Our seafood selection was surprisingly small: one salmon, one sea bass and one king prawn. We both felt being cheated for the price. However our another main course was really good. Although it was just a half lobster, but big enough for me. Having lobster was the main reason for me to visit Loch Fyne in Portsmouth. I got what I wanted. <br />
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HMS Victory is the oldest commissioned warship in the world and the sixth ship to bear the name. HMS Victory is the flagship of the Commander in Chief Naval Home Command. However HMS Victory is well known for being the flagship of Horatio Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. <br />
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HMS Victory was designed by Thomas Slade and commissioned in 1778, remaining in active service until 1812. HMS Victory was built at Chatham Dockyard in Kent and now lives in No 2 Dry Dock, appeared as at the Battle of Trafalgar 21st October 1805.<br />
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When you take the tour around HMS Victory you will be given an introduction leaflet that spot the tour highlights. Also there are knowledgeable guides around HMS Victory to answer your questions. <br />
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My first impression of HMS Victory was like to meet a mysterious lady. I was surprised to see the main colours of HMS Victory: dull black and yellow ochre. I think it is very stylish even at today. <br />
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One of the tour highlights is the Great Cabin, also known as Admiral’s Cabin, where the admiral lived and would have conducted his day to day work; where the Admiral entertained his senior officers; where Nelson planned the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Today Admiral’s Cabin remains in use as it always has been. Admiral’s Cabin is divided into four compartments and the splendour of the Admiral's cabin contrasts sharply with the living conditions of HMS Warrior 1860, not to mention the ordinary seamen on board Victory. </div>
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The centre of the Admiral's cabin is a round table that was part of Admiral Lord Nelson’s personal furniture; it is reputed, that Nelson wrote his final prayer at this table the evening before the Battle of Trafalgar. The dining table and chairs could be folded away in times of battle and guns could be positioned. In action, even the Admiral's cabin became part of the gun decks. </div>
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The Admiral had his own night cabin by the great day cabin and dining room. You can see Admiral Nelson's swinging cot here, with replicas of the hangings made for him by Emma, Lady Hamilton. <br />
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Up on the Quarter Deck you can see a spot marked by the brass plaque to show where a musket ball from the French ship ‘Redoubtable’ fatally wounded Nelson at approximately 1-15pm.<br />
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On the Upper Gun Deck you can see the main working area of HMS Victory. On either side of this deck you can see the ship’s heaviest armament of two 68lb carronades, which caused the most structural damage. Towards the rear of the deck is the belfry housing the ship’s bell which was struck every half-hour governing the sailor’s day. In the centre is the galley chimney. You can also see Leg Irons, which was used to flog the men that were to be punished.<br />
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Down to Middle Gun Deck there is an original 24Ib gun of the Trafalgar period. A fully trained British gun crew could fire this gun at a rate of 1 round every one and half minutes. Opposite this gun is the ship’s galley where food was cooked for all 850 crew. However at the battle of Trafalgar there were 821 crew on HMS Victory. By the way the marines and ship’s officers lived on this deck. No surprise the seamen lived on a further low deck: Lower Gun Deck.<br />
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The oak deck planking on Lower Gun Deck is original from 1765 when HMS Victory was launched. Up to 500 seamen would have lived on Lower Gun Deck and slept in their hammocks at night as well as worked in during the battle. It’s interesting to know what they eat and drink. The main meal of the day was dinner, that usually comprised of a stew of salt beef or pork and occasionally fish, which was accompanied by dried peas, beans or lentils. Owing to drinking water being scarce and of poor quality, beer, wine, grog or bandy was issued to the men to drink. At the bottom of HMS Victory I saw their storage compartment for food including the drinks. <br />
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Moving my steps I had a quick look at the Grand Magazine, that was the ship’s main magazine and occupied the fore part of HMS Victory. This was originally entered through a single hatchway via a complex of lead lined passages from the deck above; The hold, the largest single storage compartment on board, could contain enough provisions for six months when fully stored; At the front and rear of the Shot Lockers I saw 80 tons of shot was stored to supply the guns.<br />
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Without noticing I came across the Orlop Deck, that is below the water line and safe from enemy gunfire. It was here the surgeon would tend the wounded during action. When Nelson was wounded he was taken down to the Orlop Deck. Although I know I would see the place where he died before my visiting, I still felt sad while I saw Nelson Memorial and the painting The Death of Nelson by Arthur Devis in 1806. <br />
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Due the time limit I have not visited Royal Naval Museum, Trafalgar Sail, Dockyard Apprentice. However it doesn’t matter as I can go back whenever I like as long as I keep hold of my ticket within one year. The Dockyard is open every day (except Christmas Eve and Christmas Day). There are several places to eat and drink, also a few shops for gifts.<br />
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I would recommend anybody to visit Portsmouth Historic Dockyard as it is a very interesting place to see British naval history. There are many things to do at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and Portsmouth.<br />
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