Angkor Wat,Siem Reap

Angkor Wat,Siem Reap

Siem Reap province is located in Northwest Cambodia. It is the major tourist hub in Cambodia, as it is the closest city to the world famous temples of Angkor ( the Angkor temple complex is north of the city). The provincial capital is also called Siem Reap and is located in the South of the province on the shores of the Tonle Sap Lake, the greatest sweet reserve in the whole Southeast Asia. The name of the city literally means Siamese defeated, referring to the victory of the Khmer Empire over the army of the Thai Kingdom in the 17th centruy.

The proximity of the Angkorian ruins turned Siem Reap into a boomtown in less than half a decade. Huge, expensive hotels have sprung up everywhere and budget hotels have mushroomed. Property values have soared to European levels and tourism has become a vast, lucrative industry. The Siem Reap through some of the town's previous ramshackle charm may have been lost the developments of the last few years have brought livelihoods, if not significant wealth, to a good number of its citizens. This has been at a cost to the underprivileged people living within and beyond the town's limits that now pay inflated prices at the central markets and continue to survive on poorly paid subsistence farming and fishing. If Cambodia is a country of contrasts Siem Reap is the embodiment of those contrasts. Despite the massive shift in its economic fortunes, Siem Reap remains a safe, friendly and pleasant town. There is an endless choice of places to stay or dine and a host of possible activities awaiting the visitor.

Though some of the town's previous ramshackle charm may have been lost the developments of the last few years have brought livelihoods, if not significant wealth, to a good number of its citizens. This has been at a cost to the underprivileged people living within and beyond the town's limits that now pay inflated prices at the central markets and continue to survive on poorly paid subsistence farming and fishing. If Cambodia is a country of contrasts Siem Reap is the embodiment of those contrasts. Despite the massive shift in its econmic fortunes, Siem Reap remains a safe, friendly and pleasant town. So there is an endless choice of places to stay or dine and a host of possible activities awaiting the visitor.

Dawn at the temple Angkor Wat

Face towers in   the upper terrace of the Bayon temple. Siem Reap, Cambodia

Fabulous Seoul-Everland theme park

The one of the unique buildings.

Everland formerly known as Ja Yeon Nong Won(Farmland) South Korea's largest theme park. The park carries number of worldly famous tourist attractions including a water park, known as Carribean Bay and a zoo. It is having similarity in the general atmosphere, theme scale and architecture with the Disneyland this park is operated by the Samsung Everland, a subsidiary of the Samsung Group.

Some major attractions, which fascinate visitors and make them to think of revisiting this park, are the T Express Wooden Roller Coaster, Aesop's Villages, the Columbus Adventure Swing Ride, Eagle's Fortress and Huss Top Spin. The numbers of live entertainment shows are the superb added ingredient that mesmerizes tourists of all age group and such entertaining shows are Night Parade, Magic Parade guards, a dulcet and multi-media show along with most admired Safari Bus Tour, which offers tourists to view free roaming lions, prices, and tigers.
Address: 199, Everland-ro, Pogok-eup, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do

Opening hours: Weekdays 10:00-22:00 / Saturdays 10:00-20:00 / Sundays, public holidays 9:30-22:00

Admission Fee:   Daytime: Adults 33,000 won / Teenagers 28,000 won / Children 25,000 won            Nighttime: Adults 26,000 won / Teenagers 24,000 won / Children 22,000 wonDirection:1) Gangnam Station (Seoul Subway Line 2 or Sinbundang Line), Exit 5 or 10. Take bus 5002 to Everland. (Travel time: 50 min) 2) Gangbyeon Station (Seoul Subway Line 2), Exit 1. Take bus 5800 to Everland. (Travel time: 50 min) 3) Sadang Station (Seoul Subway Lines 2, 4), Exit 2 or 3. Take bus 1500-2 to Everland. (Travel time: 80 min).

Minnie in the Everland!

Road show

The beautiful of Tulip flower~

T-express roller coaster  in the everland. it is the first and largest wooden rolleer coaster. Meanwhile it is also the world's steepest wooden roller coaster- 77 degrees!

Amazing Experience! Harry Potter Studio Tour

 Harry Potter studio tour lobby

This is where the cast and crew spent 10 years making the films, and they kept just about everything they every used and put it on display here for fans. The first thing you have to know about this completely fantastic magical place is that you can’t buy tickets there. It’s not like an amusement park or museum where you can roll up in the morning and walk in. Tickets must be bought online, ahead of time. You choose not only what day you want to go, but what time, so it’s like making an appointment. 
Because the tour just opened this spring, tickets were sold out weeks in advance, so my friend and I bought these tickets first, and then planned the rest of our trip around it. You don’t have to do it months ahead, but if this is something you really want to do in England, I recommend checking to see if tickets are available early in your trip-planning stages to avoid disappointment.
Every important object and set is here, from the horcruxes to the wands to Ron’s Howler to the seven-layered box that Mad-Eye Moody was trapped in. There are costumes and wigs and even the templates that were used to put the lightning bolt scar on Daniel Radcliffe every day.

 The Great Wall

 Won Won was here !

 Harry's lightening bolt scar template~

 To see these objects that are so familiar to fans is very cool, but to see them in the place where all the actors spent 10 years of their lives, where all of the films actually took shape, was very moving. 

Winter-Ski at the Swiss Alps!

Swiss Alps

Switzerland is a skiers' fairytale, and this season is a magical snow globe having received plentiful powder. Picture yourself in the story book Alps, riding ski trains and trams up thousands of vertical feet, and skiing to Swiss flag-flying alphine chalets serving fondue and raclette. A Swiss ski trip must be on every skiers "to do" list ! A natural first ski stop is the legendary Zermatt.

A 12,500-foot-high cable car carries skiers and snowboarders to the vista at the top of Klein Matterhorn. From there, you can cross a ridge (and the border) and ski down Italy’s Cervinia. Advanced skiers can enjoy expert terrain in the Sunnegga and Gornergrat areas as well as the moguls on Stockhorn and Rote Nasse. The off-trail options are virtually endless, an outdoor playground equipped with high cliffs and deep powder.Take the Sunnegga chairlift to the first stop, and take a short hike to Findlerhof for lunch. Located in the quaint village of Findeln, the Swiss classic menu offers dishes like quiche with leeks, onion and cheese for 25 francs. Reservations strongly recommended.The popular Hotel Alex is home to the polished basement restaurant, Alex Grill, where chefs create Swiss entrees prepared with market-fresh ingredients.For a festive après-ski scene, head to Papperla Pub, where drinks are served against a backdrop of live bands belting classic-rock tunes. Raucous revealers often dress up in costumes, adding to the party atmosphere.

Skiing on the hill

Sight-seeing and enjoying light meal 

Sitting on the cable car to top ski centre

Verbier Switzerland ski resort

The historical of Musee du Louvre, Paris

Musée du Louvre France

Musée du Louvre is the museum that contains largest home of history and art in France and one of the most important museums in the world. It is located in the heart of Paris, it was previously a royal palace called 'Louvre Palace'. It includes a wide variety of works of art ( ceramics, sculptures, paintings, drawings, archaeological objects) from antiquity to the present. 

The Louvre's departments cover an extensive array of historical periods and artistic genres, each represented through the museum's permanent and temporary exhibits. Among the exhibits, The Louvre holds Near Eastern and Egyptian antiquities, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman antiquities, Islamic art, sculptures and paintings as well as decorative arts, prints, and drawings. There are over 35,000 works from around the globe and throughout history. Furthermore, there are vast rooms full of paintings, sculptures and antiquities, some of the most famous pieces held by The Louvre include the Jewels of Ramesses II, the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and Winged Victory.

However, Musee du Louvre are set over 60,000 square meters, it can be fairly daunting, but guided tours and audio tours are available in English and French lasting ninety minutes and can be historically themed. Another option is to pick a period or section of the Louvre and pretend that the rest is somewhere across town to be visited at a later time.

Address: The Louvre, Place du Carrousel, 75001 Paris, France

Phone: 01 40 20 57 60

Ticket Information:Open daily except Tuesdays, 9am-6pm (rooms begin closing at 5:30pm). Open to 10pm Wednesdays and Fridays (rooms begin closing at 9:30pm).Closed 1 January, 1 May and 25 December. Entry costs €10 (inc Musée Eugène Delacroix). From 6pm to 9:45pm, entry costs €6.Entry is free on the 1st Sunday of every month.  

Inside view

Some of the paintings at the Louvre that caught my attention:

Art Work

Portrait de famille – Adriaen van OSTADE (Haarlem, 1610 – 1685)

L’intérieur d’une cuisine – Martin DRÖLLING