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The city also has the Royal Golf in Tangier, one of most prestigious golf courses in the world and fields of greater tradition in Morocco. Also present sports through the circuits for quart, the practice of jet-ski or the race car, as in the annual Grand Prix of Tangier.

After exercise, relax in one of the many centres of fitness, hamams, spas, pools and water parks.

Leads to a beach tourism, Asilah city has an area of renown in the world of the windsurfers and allows many possibilities for other water sports.

On the beach of Sid Mghait, favorable winds allow these sports lovers, ideal beach for windsurfing or kitesurfing. With the West wind, the waves reach two meters in height. Its fishing port provisions to their restaurants, known for its fried fish. Read the rest of this entry »

The time for you and your brother has finally come. It is the time to have a sibling trip. It is always fun to have a backpacking trip together with your brother because there are always adventure, experiences and mementos. And for this trip, your brother has a plan to take you to Florida, the place where the coastal area seems so tempting. Even though you have never visited Florida before, Florida holidays are going to be great and you are sure about it.

Because this is your first time of all, you think it would be better if you try to figure out what to do once you arrive and where to visit by the time the trip starts. Among so many things you can do in these Orlando holidays, it is to visit the theme park that you want to do the most. You really wish to see the dolphins and interact with them because you are sure they will be so gentle and friendly to you.

Before the trip begins, it is also nice if you figure out some accommodation as well. Florida Villas make the best choice because the villas offered to you are mostly themed and well designed. You are free to choose which one makes the best offer and so you can start the trip right away.

South of Brazil in the state of Santa Catarina, is a piece of German territory, as the population of this area is made up of foreign immigrants, especially Europeans, including Germans.

Thus, in the Itajaí Valley, we know cities like Blumenau, Brusque and Pomerode that preserve culture and traditions of immigrants who settled the region.

This reverence Germanic is visible in the beautiful architecture of its houses, traditional cuisine, handicrafts and festivals, in the blue eyes and blond hair of its population.

Blumenau is the center of the Germanic enclave. Being the largest textile center in Brazil, famous for its crystal and porcelain, this beautiful resort town is located on the banks of the Rio Itajaí-Açu. With wide avenues adorned with traditional buildings, bridges that hug the river and lively pubs hospitable host, and is a very interesting destination for cultural tourism in Brazil.

For its part, Brusque is known as the “City of Fabrics.” It is the largest center of “pret-à-porter” costume of southern Brazil. It has attractions ranging from its architecture and typical German cuisine to the Cavern of Botuverá in its surroundings, one of the most beautiful in the country.

Turkmenistan is a country washed by the Caspian Sea and Iran’s neighbor, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, a territory that is sometimes known as the “Central Asian North Korea” because of its international isolation, especially after 20 years under a dictatorial regime (the Niyazov) that has left an outside door devalued image: it is in list of world’s most closed countries.

Turkmenistan is mostly desert, but its capital city Ashgabat, might be surprised by its “thriving” in their administrative area and government: it is one of the most remarkable urban farce in recent times. The reason for a supposed urban oasis of luxury and notable buildings in the middle of a desert land is to be found under: Turkmenistan is the fifth holder of natural gas reserves in the world’s largest, a resource that has allowed his dictatorial hold on time and consolidate false appearances, while 60% of the population lives below the remains pobreza.Turkmenistán classified by the United Nations Organization as one of the most repressive and dictatorial states in the international system. Its capital, is a sign of how much of the profits from natural resources were spent to beautify town planning by a leader with the criterion of a pharaoh. In an exaggerated show of worship resources and its former leader, golden statues abound with the dictator, monuments and government buildings ambitious by other pretentious

In Afghanistan, you can visit ancient works of art, called the Minaret of Jam. The tower is located minarate in a mosque (the minaret) and is one of the few exponents of Eastern Islamic art are preserved. Thus it was declared, along with the surrounding archaeological sites-Heritage by UNESCO.

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The minaret and the ruins have been left standing as witnesses of the time when civilization was at its peak gurida swing. The guridas ruled this region between the XII and XII and in that period were erected about sixty minarates and towers throughout Central Asia, as symbols of the victories which Islam had at that time.

The minaret of Jam is made with baked bricks and is the second highest in the world after the Qutub Minar. Its slender form, finely decorated, rises sixty-five meters dazzle its visitors with its imposing height. It consists of four overlapping cylindrical sections of progressively decreasing size and diameter.

It is believed that the area that became the Jam minarate Firuzkuh was the capital, where the dynasty gurida vacationing in the summer. For many centuries, this stunning architectural work was forgotten, until in 1886 he was rediscovered by Sir Thomas Holdich, who was working for the Commission to the Afghan border.

I read with interest the blog by Enrique Dans, “In a modern democracy, technology is no longer a tool in the hands of power to control people, but precisely the opposite: a tool in the hands of the people to control those in power “and I agree only in part. WikiLeaks Twitter and think it is also being used by governments to move in a subtle and silent parts in the global board. I think it’s a bit idealistic to say that Twitter and social media have been responsible only for the appearance of this social movement. And to attribute all the success of the fall of a regime seems a little pretentious.

But good. What if I have very clear that I and many netizens have been able to follow in real time what happened in Tunisia, minute by minute, with a thousand opinions at once. And now that’s a revolution in itself. The technology coupled with the immediacy and the variety of opinions. The story instantly. Great!.

The world is changing. That is evident but not new. It has always been. The story has never been stopped and the continuous movement and change is part of the essence of humanity and life in society. But now what I believe is that everything is all a little faster. And maybe everything is a tad more complicated is not it?

I am very interested everything from Tunisia last technological point of view because as I read on several blogs, the origin of the success of this protest is in Social Networks. Apparently, as I read on several websites, a good group of young Tunisians, cultured, highly educated and already beginning to be tired of the tyranny of the now exiled former President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali (who led the country with hand iron for 23 years) little by little, have managed to launch a revolution interconnecting large part of society, creating a joint mobilization to spread like wildfire through Twitter.

Okay, sounds great, the technology to serve the people. Fantastic. But basically, I have so clear that it is all Sendilla. Yes. Agreed. The ordinary citizens we finally have a forum to express “freedom” our opinions whether political, or simply tourists. Social Networking Anyone can comment on the quality of a hotel while he gives his opinion on any political regime. But does anyone really believes that this is so simple? I think not. I firmly believe that governments are not fools and that behind these revolutions there are too many geo-strategists who know how to use these new means of pressure.

The Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba, is an immense square in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana. The square with an area of 72mil square meters is one of the largest in the world, only surpassed by the Beijing Tiananmen Square in China, or Monterrey Macroplaza México.La square is dominated by a monument to José Martí, and a tower of 110 meters, which is the tallest building in Havana, is the memorial to Jose Marti. With an elevator you can climb to the top of this, it is an excellent vantage point of the city. The square is also the National Library, and most government ministries protected by hundreds of Cuban military does not allow us to approach them. On the opposite side of the memorial to Jose Marti, is the famous image of Che Guevara with the slogan “Hasta la victoria siempre.” The construction of the square and the monument to José Martí, began during the presidency of Fulgencio Batista. The square was completed in 1959, curiously the year that revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro came to power. Its original name was to be Civic Plaza, but after the Cuban Revolution, the square was called Plaza de la Revolution. On the dates of May 1 and June 26 the square was filled with Cubans (million) to listen to long speeches by Fidel Castro.

As a curiosity of the square, during the visit of Pope John Paul II to Cuba, this brought a million members and held a Mass in the image of Che, an unpublished postcard Havana.

 Following the Egyptian tradition, Hatshepsut had to marry his half-brother Tuthmosis II, thus maintaining its power in the shadows. Although he had many enemies, also had strong support. When Thutmose II died without male issue, he again repeated the same situation and went to Pharaoh’s throne is known as Thutmose III, who was still a child. Hatshepsut served as regent and then put all possible obstacles to delay the wedding become pharaoh Thutmose III.

But this time, the child ‘Pharaoh’ grew and showed great intelligence and skill to gradually eliminating suspicious deaths to all who supported Hatshepsut, even the architect Senenmut, which is said was her lover and father of her daughter.
These difficulties accompanied her even after her death. Thutmose III ordered to delete all references to Hatshepsut temples, tombs and any construction. Is this likely the reason why we could not identify his mum until last year, although the mummy had been found for a century. This identification is considered as the most important finding for the historical legacy of ancient Egypt, after the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb.

The temple of Hatshepsut, designed by architect Senenmut is the most monumental of those built in the valley and its beauty is mainly due to the care and use of light shades of the land on the porches that surround the buildings. Although, as mentioned, virtually all references to the first female pharaoh was deleted at the north gate can still be seen on the wall as a bas-relief representing Egyptologists divine birth and education of Queen Hatshepsut.
And we say God, because we must keep in mind that since antiquity has been associated with royalty, is the culture that is, with the deities of the time. In this case, the name was proclaimed pharaoh ‘Haptshepsut Jenemetamón’ means ‘The first of the noble ladies who embraces Amun’.

Six years after the invasion by U.S. troops, Iraq is no longer a war-ravaged city to begin to rise from the rubble and resubmitted to the world as a tourist destination as was done before the conflict.

While security seems to be guaranteed, as evidenced by the arrival of the first group of Western tourists to the country after the invasion, the type of traveler who decides to visit this area of the planet can not only be the lover of adventure and strong emotions . Not surprisingly, the first organized tour, which has official permission of the Iraqi government, has been launched by a British agency specializing in adventure tourism. It seems obvious.
Far from noticing the scars left bombs in the country after its passage, travelers now have the chance to see the other Iraq, a country located in the area was the cradle of civilizations, between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, more 3,000 years. Memories of that time are the archaeological monuments of Erbil (Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital, in the north), the ancient ruins of Babel, the Shiite shrines in Najaf and Karbala and the National Museum of Iraq, among other places.

Undoubtedly, this tour seems to be opening the beginning of the economic and social recovery of a city, Baghdad, and a country, Iraq, better known by the sound and the lights of the bombing by its people, its landscape, its bustle night and their ancestral culture. Is not this a great opportunity to learn about the area that spawned the melting pot of cultures that now make up humanity?