Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Australian plant's hot peppers making sauce need to wear protective clothing

Australia planted by the spicy pepper Australia planted by the spicy pepper "Trinidad scorpion Butch T".

Spicy degrees higher than the Guinness world record for the cooking is facing "chemical weapons"

According to a Xinhua News Agency Australian farm of Mcquarrie lake, a hot pepper gratifying growth. Test results show that, the hot degree higher than the Guinness world record for the most spicy pepper. Growers say this hot pepper, cooking is the face of "chemical weapons".

Spicy degree 1460000

This pepper called "Trinidad scorpion Butch T", was the appearance of bright red, such as the Australian dollar coin size 1.

Growers Marcel DeWitt put pepper samples sent to Melbourne EML chemical laboratory. Based on the Scoville pungency degree detection system, "Trinidad scorpion Butch T" hot degree 1460000.

Scoville pungency degree detection method is put in pepper juice diluted to taste not spicy. 1460000 unit means the pepper juice diluted 1460000 times, in order to completely and spicy. The Mexico hot pepper sauce is 5000 Tabassi J, "between the birds eye chilli" spicy ranged from 50000 to 100000.

Australia's "Sydney Morning Herald" quoted 12 DeWitt said, this is a world record, but as capsicum, controversial.

The Guinness book of world records, the hot pepper to the British Gerald Fowler foster "Naga Viper", spicy degree 1380000.

Seeds of change

"Trinidad scorpion Butch T" pepper to discover the name of Butch Taylor. Taylor found this chili is purely coincidental.

A strain of Capsicum variation found he planted "Jonah" pepper, then save the seeds, which is later "Trinidad scorpion Butch T".

DeWitt is introduced this chili pepper plant seeds, planting. Later, they in this chili as the raw material, the development of a "scorpion attack" the chili sauce, spicy "Trinidad scorpion Butch T" of 58%, plans to launch in Sydney Easter Show.

DeWitt said, making sauce process, need to wearing protective clothing, wearing masks out industry, in order to prevent pepper cooking smoke.

Texture

Such as a piece of iron is placed on the tongue

According to Xinhua news agency, DeWitt had eaten "Trinidad scorpion Butch T" pepper, he said, it was like a piece of iron is placed on the tongue and throat.

DeWitt's wife Connie witnessed the "brave" to challenge this pepper: "many people put out his tongue, hands on the edge of the fan".

Kang Ni admits that dare not eat "Trinidad scorpion Butch T", because of her taste, this chili is unable to withstand the heavy.

Although the spicy degree is high, "Trinidad scorpion Butch T" also bring some fruit flavors. DeWitt said: "it is a bit like mixed bananas and oranges, as a fresh fruit salad."

As for how to use the "Trinidad scorpion Butch T" pepper, cooking DeWitt advice: "very with the province."

South Korea's annual college entrance examination exercises were forced to postpone the market state of extreme nervousness.


When the college entrance examinationWhen the college entrance examination

In November 18th, South Korea 2011 year college entrance examination in the examination of the 1206 82 test held simultaneously. For candidates ran into the examination room.

Outside the examination room mentees cheered for examination candidates.Outside the examination room mentees cheered for examination candidates.

South Korea's Education Department said, today, more than 668000 South Korean students participate in college entrance examination in the examination of the 1206 national. Although the government has made great efforts for the exam, but there are still 6% of the students missed exam.

To play the best levelTo play the best level

According to Agence France-Presse news in November 18th, the college entrance examination, to ensure on time to the examination room, the South Korean stock market and private enterprise to postpone the opening, to alleviate traffic pressure. The police are ordered to escort the late for the candidates.

The examinee parents in the temple for the children.The examinee parents in the temple for the children.

In addition, the transport sector to deploy an additional bus and subway trains, ensure all candidates can arrive at the examination room. The outside is also implemented various noise control measures, such as the morning of 18 English listening test, the car and the train driver is prohibited.

Australian Lake Eyre: the world's largest seasonal Lake (Photos)

The dry Lake Eyre a silence, across the land covered with a thick layer of salt, in addition to a small number of microorganism, then there is no other creature. But as long as there is water, it will quickly recover in a few days.

Lake EyreLake Eyre

Are you thereAustraliaBoundless desert in the south, there is a special and wonderful lake, its water was sometimes not. Therefore in the geography book, the lake area is recorded as 0-9500 square kilometers. Once, an expedition first arrived here, saw a rippling lake, full of vigour...... But in second years, when the team took all kinds of instruments to return, but found that the lake has disappeared, at present only shiny salt crust and cracks in the ground, there is no sign of a life......

The lake, is a "magic Lake" of the Lake Eyre

In fact, Lake Eyre often have no water. However, when it is filled with the water, will becomeAustraliaThe largest lake, is the world's nineteenth largest lakes. However, such a scene is rare -- on average every 100 years, such a scene only happened 4 times. When the Lake Eyre dry, only a small amount of microbial survival, lifeless; but once the lake in the water, it will recover in a few days: bare lakeshore soon flowers blooming like a piece of brocade; Lake rapidly overgrown with algae and fish; a lot of birds have come to foraging......

Sometimes no lakes

Strange area: 0-9500 square kilometers

In the middle of Australia, spanning the Simpson desert. The desert and the area near the extremely dry: the average annual rainfall less than 120 mm, but the evaporation is as high as 2500 mm, it is "run behind one's expenses". In the dry season, the river flows through the desert in the process because of evaporation and seepage and huge losses, often does not flow into the South Lake Eyre, has disappeared not the least trace was found. Due to the lack of water supplement, the original lake water evaporation, so the Lake Eyre is more and more small, the lake gradually narrowed into extremely briny pond, until completely dry.

Interestingly, the Lake Eyre Lake rarely, lake water salinity is very high, often appear a kind of unbelievable scene, that is -- the lake pink. Biologists who study shows that, this wonderful pink, in fact, is a kind of microorganism. In the extreme salinity environment, microbes will produce a red pigment, pigment to absorb sunlight, and then put the whole lake turns red. There are more interesting: with the change of lake water salinity, water color will appear from pink to crimson hue change. If the lake continued to decline, so, the lake bed slowly cracked into pieces of red land, especially in the evening, the desert lakebed, the surface looks like the moon.

Australia: delicious taste on the tongue of the southern hemisphere

Lavender essential oil, perfume, but can be made into skincare and fragrance with romantic, but also penetrate into the food, fragrance melodious and long, add more pleasure to the palate. In Tasmania purple garden, we can feel the warmth of the purple emitting a romantic atmosphere, but also with the tip of the tongue touches the relaxing aroma.

On the tip of AustraliaOn the tip of Australia

As early as eighty-five years ago, Tasmania is the high quality of lavender production. A England family came to the tower in the northeastern province, established the drifting filament Lavender Farm (Bridestowe Estate Lavender Farm). It is said that Danny family chose the northeast of Tasmania, is because here with rich LavenderFranceThe southern climate conditions are very similar. Now, lavender farm has become the world's largest private Lavender cultivation farm, in addition to producing high-quality lavender flowers and essential oils and lavender, and other related products, including food.

In this piece of northeast Tasmania 48 hectares of fertile land, covered with fertile volcano ash soil, lavender and other plants are easy to survive. The average annual rainfall of up to 900 ml, plant without irrigation adequate moisture. Adequate light is also conducive to mature plant. In the winter, the cold chill can help plants get plenty of sleep, quietly waiting for the next spring.

Now the manager of Judy and David Roberts six years ago to take over and farm management. It is a small business, by farmers nearby regularly help farm farming practices, temporary employees regularly to farm weeding and manual planting Lavender seeds. In the view of Judy Roberts and David Roerts, turn material resources to good account is the kingly way. The scent of lavender from salt to pepper, and then to the candy, cheese, tomato sauce, honey and so on, visitors can enjoy the one and only Lavender dinner here, from all sorts of joys and sorrows. Sharp touch that relaxing aroma.

Summer is the season of harvest, but also visitors for most of the season. December and January are the lavender in full bloom, David said, it will be Lavender ice cream sold the best time.

Feed at:

AustraliaTasmania filament Lavender Farm

Open time: Summer (November to April) at 9:00 in the morning and afternoon 5:00, open seven days a week (except for Christmas day); winter (May to October) at 10:00 in the morning - 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday open.

Tips: from December to January the following year, visitors can choose guided tours, there are japanese,IndiaIndonesian and German explanation. At other times, will play the video to explain the details, telling the history of tourist farm proud and harvesting and distillation process. Gift shop is open year round (except for Christmas day).

Tianya Zorpia inventory of our overseas sister city

Sister city, in the world of friendly relation refers to both sides, in order to increase both residents of the city cultural exchange. Friendly city usually have similar size and other characteristics, but not all of the examples are so.

This concept was developed by Europe after the two World War, hoping to strengthen mutual understanding of people in Europe, and encourage all kinds of plans or activities across borders. At present, the concept has spread around the world, and has formed many interesting pairing.

And Sanya, Xiamen, Kunming comparable to the resort where? But with the Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian equally bright metropolis and what? The sister city beautiful marriage, let us walk into those with whom we have a fate with destination......

Mandalay Kunming [VS]

MandalayMandalay

Sister city:

Kunming and Mandalay are sister city. Kunming and Mandalay have many similarities in terms of climate, environment, culture, humanities. Kunming to Yangon expressway was built, which promote the construction of the economic belt along.

Mandalay city sketch:

City Legend -- teak bridge is the longest in the world

Mandalay in nineteenth Century, because of its important geographical location as a hub in Burma, became the heart of Burma.

Thousands of monks have spectacular

Known as the "world's largest book" Tallinn

TIPS:

1 traffic:

China Eastern Airlines launched direct flights from Kunming to Mandalay, the two classes a day, flight time is approximately 80 minutes. The territory of Burma road condition is not very good, but more suitable for domestic routes, travel by plane.

The 2 best tour season:

From November to February and the dry season, temperature is appropriate, is to go to Burma the best tourist season from March to May; the hot weather, the rainy season from June to July to September, the highest rainfall, many roads can not pass.

Language: English tour guide very much, especially in tourist areas. Other languages, such as Chinese tour guide, Devin, French and.

3 see note: into the temple to take off shoes and socks.

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Splendid spring city to find warm: Kunming two travel (Photos)

Beautiful India colorful with romantic and fragrant (Photos)

The earliest Sari is worn when holding ritual, and later evolved into the ordinary women. Perhaps to the India woman wearing a sari is very easy to smoothly, but for simplicity we dress, must be under the guidance of experts to complete this project. Dressed in a sari, must wear tights, the shoulders and chest wrapped tightly, and small arms and waist fully exposed, and to wear shorts or skirt, and then Saripi in the body, has been to the ankle. Dressed in a sari woman in India, are a Mou are emitted a mysterious and elegant, subtle fragrance surge flavor, sexy, charming.

Seoul authentic cuisine to Korea Food Raiders (Photos)

SeoulSing, like "Jiangnan style" in that way "is the quietest and most know how to pleasure" of the city. If you love the material civilization, must love in Seoul on the buy, if you know how to enjoy, to be in love with the food here. Around Seoul's most famousShoppingThe holy land, let us buy edge to eat!

SeoulSeoul

Coffee sinsa-dong

Located in the south of the sinsa-dong near Seoul is the rich areas, here you can see the most import cars, andThe Republic of KoreaThe most fashionable young men and women. This is known as the "trendsetter" road of the Avenue on both sides of the distribution of a lot of coffee, restaurants, boutiques, the concept of creative home furnishing stores and shops. A beautiful, exquisite material world.

Sinsa-dong really wake up should be in 10:30, but the early birds can advance to enjoy breakfast and sunshine around the coffee shop. There is a Waffle Bant to sell not far from the BoulevardBelgiumThe traditional waffles, shop owner from Belgium locals that learn baking technology waffles, after going back to Korea opened the shop. The waffle solid entrance, sweet and soft and tough, with coffee is very ideal.

The mall shops sell Korea local design of high-end products, all going down usually most of the day. The end of the shopping to eat a big chicken in brown sauce added strength to the ideal. The mall "strong chicken stewed chicken" but now Seoul's red a. The big star RAIN, boa, BIG BANG, Yun Eunhea, Lee Da Hae had visited. The main dish is chicken in brown sauce with chicken as main raw material, add vermicelli, potato and other ingredients and cooking soy sauce and seasoning. There is a spicy chicken, spicy sauce, chili sauce, divided into ordinary, spicy and hot three stages, the absolute can give despise Korean spicy lesson, although eat very comfortable, but the mouth of the hot strength or adaptation to the.

At the end of the year, while the new year shopping tourism sales to the United States to find bargains

New Year approaching, the city of the festive atmosphere also gradually to a climax, all businessmen have started to act up, all kinds of deep discounts are available. But,"Shopping"All know, Christmas sale, more crazy shopping sale at the new year. The world famous "shopping paradise" ready, don't you act?

Article / reporter Luo Lei graph / dataThe picture

Recommended:The United States of AmericaNew York

While the dollar low go shopping spree

Shopping guide: many shops have started to accept UnionPay card to pay, this is a good news for Chinese consumers. The United States of America winter season from Thanksgiving began, culminating in christmas. In January next year, the discount is still, but the shopping environment more comfortable.

Big saleBig sale

Want to buy a dress, the Fifth Avenue in New York is the place to be, here all all of the world's top brands. As long as there is a foreign passport can go to the Macy 's Customer Service a 10%-11%off coupons, valid for a period of 30 days, in addition to the cosmetics can not discount everything else can use this coupon. Want to buy cheap clothes to the lower east side of Orchard street, shops selling clothes with designer labels, where the sale price than the big stores cheap. In the town of Canal Street and Essex street stores can buy cheap electronic goods. While Soho (SoHo) and Village (Xi, Higashimura, Greenwich Village) in the flea market, metrosexual fashionista who love is the treasure.

Tips

Visa: non immigration the United States of AmericaVisa applicationFeeTraveling/ business (B1/B2) has been raised to $160 from $140. In some cases, in the case of the transfer agent applications submitted through the generations, the embassy or consulate may require the applicant to the visa interview.

Traffic:GuangzhouTo New York, the best is the ChinaHongkong,The Republic of KoreaInchon to fly to the west coast of the United States, and then fly to New York.

Accommodation: the island of Manhattan, Top Class Hotel gathered.

Food: in times square can feel the "crossroads of the world" of the atmosphere, there are more than 5000 shops, 250 restaurants and 40 theatre.

Crazy discountCrazy discount

Recommended:FranceParis

Shopping season theme continuously

Shopping guide: in addition to various events and entertainment project, "the Christmas shopping season" (Christmas Shopping), "Paris shopping season" (Shopping by Paris) and "romantic Paris" (Romantic Paris) of the three games have been held in promotional event, until December 31st,Paris TourismBoard at its 5 Tourism Advisory Service for tourists to provide free "2012 shopping season Paris City pass" (Paris City Passport Shopping 2012). The straight pass usually need to purchase of 80 euros to distribute, it is valid for 3 days, can enjoy a discount of 10% in about 70 well-known store.

"Paris the biggest shopping season" will start in January next year. In order to meet the winter of large-scale promotional activities, each hotel Paris for special discount or gift items for the hotel guests (login parisinfo.com website gift items).

In February, Paris Tourism Bureau of the "entertainment" (leisure tourism) member units will provide attractive couples "double" service. In addition, the Tourism Bureau will be the first to give 10% discount for the following items: 5 iconic playground so new and effective for a period of 3 days of Paris City pass, the practical and convenient pass gathered all not to be missedTourist attractionsAnd the traffic route, visitors can obtain in January 3, 2013 in Paris tourism online store and 5 service.

Tips

Visa: the EU Schengen visa.

Traffic: selection methodAir ChinaGuangzhou to Paris air.

Accommodation: there are various grades of accommodation in Paris, such as providing breakfast Hostel, holiday villa farms and private The Tower House Hotel, throughTravelingAgency or in Lois Cali apartment reservation reservation.

Ceremony of Spain's top drive and ham (Photos)

SeptemberSpainIberian ham and slaughter the Iberian pigs harvest season, the new steak is about to enter the warehouse after waiting a year before ripening, and stored in the warehouse top ham, is about to enter the people table. For this kind of bright red, with a white fat lines, such asDaliStone as transparent, flashing a shiny, exudes intoxicating aroma top ingredients, to deliver in the entrance, the brain is like being punched up, the most beautiful taste of life not so.

Ham Ham "gun"

In friends to remonstrate, he finally decided to elaborate a miniature feast, and her to end the affair for years. He chose the city a has never been to Spain, but the famous restaurant famous patrons. Because the woman, was in when speaking of Spanish food, a pair of eyes erotic immediately narrowed to two slits, a face with a sigh: "Spain, you probably don't know Spanish ham have much good!"

Spain in his world, is a distant and strange country. Iberian ham produced in Anda Lu Xi area, is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula pig hoof - black pig hind legs of the pickled. The pig, born with a long thin legs, plus the relationship between acquired natural backyard, all over the body, muscle and fat of the appropriate proportion, no excess fat. Using a special knife and cut into thin slices and enjoy, in tough and smooth taste. Even if is staggered in intramuscular fat, also sent immediately after the entrance in the lips, open.

A superb collection of beautiful things of hamA superb collection of beautiful things of ham

Iberian pig hoof provide for oneself and live comfortably is half wild pig farms, shortly after birth, was raised in the Iberian plateau covered with oak trees and vegetation. After birth, observed after short time, immediately be released into the wild. On weekdays in the Mediterranean in four seasons such as spring sun and rain water activities; habitat in the oak tree or grass. Drop a wild acorns and clumps of grass, is their food. Feeding this natural, was enough to make the Iberian ham leading international food industry. After the slaughter, the traditional local natural sea salt pickled way, it is valuable. Although the same under the banner of Iberian ham, but in Spain, Iberian ham was divided into several grades of gourmet. The wing in the head of Pata Negra, because of its all involve conditions and time to grow, pickled pigs relationship is very elegant, the price is the world's most ham.

Delicious ham delicacyDelicious ham delicacy

Iberian ham outside to dry illusion, resulting in very few people will fall in love at first sight for them. But once the incision, with unique aroma. Surface oil seeps, let a person have bite the impulse. The color red, the muscles around the faint pink fat, muscle fibers between the clouds surround; but like screen clouds into marble fine texture. Top product appearance is more like a work of art.

When she is off the reel will topic around the ham, sliced Iberian ham in the cook's hand, round and round like a rose, bloom in the white plate. From this one after another with natural meat flavor, but also mixed with acorns and grass fragrance sweet ham, her memory back to Spain's pub or restaurant, ham hanging roof spectacular and unforgettable. In her dance with joy to describe ham taste, sometimes indifferent smile. That laughter is like a small spoon, rile him strongly repressed in the heart of the sweet.

Handsome Duan Yihong travel let the heart return to innocence (Photos)

As an actor, Duan Yihong get experience from many roles as the;TravelingHis mind, wash away from the trip, then to.

The traveler Duan YihongThe traveler Duan Yihong

Change because of travel

Duan Yihong is a kind man, with elegant handsome image of imagination and the film and television works in some access, sometimes engraved traces lean cheeks.

"Hear to travel magazine is excited, feel like to start a journey." When it comes to travel, some shy he seemed to the state, start with such a sentence. Duan Yihong thinks, travel will make the mind width increased, people will become calm and more inclusive, not so stubborn. In the process, Duan Yihong several times to use the word "stubborn" to describe their. In the entertainment circle, he is one track-minded name, this evaluation was he recognized. In Duan Yihong's micro-blog, he wrote: my mother said I ears too hard, and experience more, visited more places, my mother said I now ear become soft. "Is more obedient, to listen to the views of others." He smiles and concludes.

In the journey of Duan YihongIn the journey of Duan Yihong

Traveling Duan Yihong often use a DSLR camera recording travel status, with this faithful travel companion, Duan Yihong every wonderful journey details, is recorded.

Another harvest travel brings, is to let the mind be indifferent. In the work, he previously, my schedule is full, while enjoying a few times leisure travel, his mind seemed to change.

Through the CNN annual event tourism 2010 through the global village

Haiti strong earthquakeHaiti strong earthquake (new network)

1, January 12th, Haiti earthquake destroyed

A magnitude 7 earthquake on the Western Hemisphere's poorest country causing serious damage, more than 220000 people were killed, many injured, homeless. According to the relevant United Nations report, earthquake destroyed the infrastructure of Haiti 60%, killing more than 180000 people become destitute and homeless. (Global Times)

The mysterious, strange, horrible VoodooThe mysterious, strange, horrible Voodoo

Haiti.

Exploring the Haiti official religion of voodoo Holy Baptism

Haiti, mainly in witchcraft and magic voodoo gods, is one of the two local official religion. In Haiti every year to celebrate the voodoo Festival and holiday.

Voodoo this noun, a thought is evil,. It's hard to imagine such a cult will prevail in a country. The world is such a country, this is Haiti in central america.

In Haiti, sometimes, in the dead of night, hear the distant water came the voice: the voodoo man was drumming. 06 years the government of Haiti voodoo as the official religion, the mysterious religious suddenly appeared on the international news.

Voodoo worship spirits and spells, Haiti voodoo belief is derived from West Africa benin. Benan is the birthplace of the world of voodoo, past routine is captured as slaves, human sacrifice. Benan each ancestral worship altar is iron, with their ancestors traffic, in fact every family can in front of the altar, and their ancestors. Local Catholics sometimes in half by the mass, rushed home to worship. With the 17 - nineteenth Century slave trading, Benin voodoo also to other countries, Haiti, Brazil are influenced by.

06 years the government of Haiti voodoo as the official religion06 years the government of Haiti voodoo as the official religion

Voodoo (Voodoo) from the fon language, for the soul. Voodoo a belongs to the same natural religion, but by many strange tales and horror. It combines the primitive religious characteristics of Africa, West Indies Indian, plus the Catholic liturgy and sacraments.

Legend has it that the voodoo often summon spirits, to curse doll as props, bloody ceremony at night. Haiti legend is hideous voodoo, Voodoo (Papa Nebo death father) will use the extracted from Fugu Toxin to the living present state of suspended animation (TTX paralysis of motion with nervous effect), then wake up the loss of consciousness that they serve the living, mage. [Detailed]

New Zealand and Oumarou walked to the Vitoria gold rush era

Oumarou, the town's name was many travelers to remember, because Oumarou can watch the little penguin, there is the famous moeraki boulders, few people know that there is a New Zealand best preserved historical buildings, these protected area is known as the "historical city". Walking in the old street, as if returned to Oumarou glorious era in Vitoria.

"Historic center"

Oumarou in our plan just pass by, this wants to take the car to the sea around, but did not expect to accidentally entered a historical city. On both sides of the road are all preserved in nineteenth Century construction, many of which are in local produce high quality white limestone built. These buildings are also preserves the original appearance of that time, is the most popular gothic style or Venice Gothic style.

OumarouOumarou

Attract my eyes first, is placed in the streets everywhere these nineteenth Century using bicycles, rickshaws and carriage.

In nineteenth Century the use of bicyclesIn nineteenth Century the use of bicycles

This is a typical in the second half of the nineteenth Century bicycle, its large front wheel, rear wheel, looks very funny. According to records, when in the first half of the nineteenth Century, the wheels of a bicycle front wheel, rear wheel, driving the rider needs frequent foot stirrup, is very laborious. Then in 1861, the French Michaud Father invented the large front wheel, rear wheel on the front wheel is provided with small, and can rotate the pedal crank, and for the first time as a "bicycle" the elegant name. But this kind of front and rear wheel size between the bicycle still running instability, easy to fall. The bike is behind a photo studio, all of the costumes and props are nineteenth Century, spend tens of dollars, you can experience a time travel.

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And other green papaya mature Indochina quiet for a dream

This kind of stateTraveling, everything is hands-on, bus timetables can't quite believe, every section of the road, like flipping through interactive fiction chaos a structure, the total misplaced scenery. There is a proverb in Laos, saidVietnamPeople farming,KampucheaPeople look at the rice growth, and Laos is listening to the national growth of rice, they even look lazy, only the ears, listening to the green seedling up, spike. Live a life of quiet, no complaint is an art, is also a kind of attitude to life.

KampucheaSina travel picture: Kampuchea photography:Light painting

First stop: Kampuchea

Remember the "mood" in the last scene? Tony Leung in a desolate is solemn and stirring the ruins, stroked a desolate small hole, tell the secret, the shocking place is Kampuchea. In a buried ruins too much legend, a mysterious and turmoil in the country, the shock of the soul is hitherto unknown. Angkor Wat is not suitable for the desultory sightseeing, even not in the team "large dial the detonation" type of visit. It is important for people with a kind of awe to experience, ponder.

Angkor WatSina travel pictures: Angkor Wat photography:Light painting

Reward points: to appreciate the essence of a Angkor Wat Angkor buildings

Angkor Wat is the essence of the Angkor complex part. This was built 800 years ago, Angkor Dynasty heyday construction, according to the research, originally just Su ye rajendravarman II personal Temple tomb, but be likeBeijingTemple of heavenLike building, mainly used for sacrificial activities.

America's most famous wine Napa Valley wine.

I can vaguely smell wafted from the Napa Valley wine, even if separated by distance, even if has several days later. The aged with some sunshine and charming wine will always remind me of Napa Valley's most beautiful memories.

Wine tripWine trip

WINE TRAVEL LOG wine trip log

A short span of 4 days, we every day with sunshine and wine in the Napa Valley, from central to always blowing cool sea breeze to the south, to the north of the St. Helena mountain vineyards, in thisThe United States of AmericaThe most famous wine regions, we toast taste countless times, countless times, with the environment change of Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot noir...... I know, wonderful Napa wine trip is so exquisite, changeable.

WINE HAS ITS OWN LIFE the life of wine

The NAPA valley.

"I like to imagine the life of wine, think of it as a living thing,

Wondering what happened that year grape growing, after the rain the sun to shine, to people of all acquisition of grapes......" The movie "sideways" --

How to evaluate the Napa Valley. In addition to generous sun, there is a high quality wine. Are you thereSan FranciscoTo the north, the north-south and the Napa Valley is one of the most famous American wine regions. The accumulation of the North-South fertile volcano ash Valley 30 long, east-west width of 5, in addition to more than 200 wineries and several Town, almost all full of grapes. The wine produced here is not to California output by four percent, but its reputation in the wine lovers heart is synonymous with California wine. The wine here although there is noFranceThe history of wine and heavy, but easy to accept, it is sometimes calm, sometimes lively, sometimes rich, sometimes weak, which is distinct from the Napa wine, diversity and quality, this wine has a strong life.

Simple and quiet Napa Valley wine lovers have become the hearts of the resort. Nearly 250 wineries in the valley, people like to come here and drink driving while on vacation, enjoy the natural embrace. Dining in the winery restaurant, sommeliers who has to give the perfect wine advice, or we sit in from the vineyard recently on the hillside, smelling the sweet grape, here have a picnic. Or into the cellar, to experience a bottle of wine brewing process...... There is a call to share the magic, sharing a cup of wine, share your story with others, share your happiness.

The intoxicating aroma

"California is like in your eyes?"

Will always be such questions asked. Before going to California, I imagined it is sunshine, beach, of course, the song "Hotel California", but now I will not hesitate to say: wine.

Melody and Wine melody sky wine

The middle of the NAPA

The couple from the farmhouseHongkongAfter coming to California, is this magical land to attract, then settled here, planting grapes, a stand aloof from worldly success of rural life. There is a Tuscany style manor let countless people here love on the first day to Napa Valley. The farmhouse lady like collection, the whole house filled with all kinds of porcelain, antique, basement and a Qing Dynasty handmade wooden bed. The garden terrace is we're going to dinner.

Ding-dong harp sound had echoed in the ears, you finally a sunset the distant peaks rendered as hook on a layer of Phnom Penh, closer is a small vineyard, neatly arranged on the hillside. The landscape is reflected in a large lake manor after, haven't started to drink, have some drunk. It's late in the evening, the balcony is still toast each other. Clean air let overhead twinkling stars in the sky clear, we braved the starry sky, looked at in a landscape of lakes and mountains to the already at night, sipping a cup or refreshing aroma of Sataungne, or rich, full of Cabernet Sauvignon, the strings of the harp with every person's heart, gently, itch. One Night In Napa, drunk!

Drink

Hestan Vineyards,

2005 Red Wine,

Stephanie, Napa Valley

This wine is named after the landlord daughter's name, daughter Stephanie was admitted to Yale University, the farmhouse joy to the wine named Stephanie, the faint smell of tobacco, cassis and a bit of chocolate flavor in the mouth.

Hestan Vineyards

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The Swiss bank: a very fruitful "buy list"

Travel to Europe, many Chinese are always in Switzerland this station swarmed into the shop, went straight to the "Red List", to buy their own, to the friend zone. In fact, in France, Germany and Italy can buy the latest Swiss watches, price and not much difference between the Swiss native, and many times in the tax rebate is more relaxed than switzerland. Perhaps, as in China to buy silk and porcelain -- buy "swatch" in Switzerland, it is necessary that this "auspicious" feeling. Watch behind the connection, is a profound cultural background.

Swiss watchSwiss watch

Usually, the European countries travel team in Switzerland travel arrangements are quite compact, a Swiss city stroll down, beauty in the continuous "murder" camera memory space, and the purse money but no play -- true for tourists shopping time is not easy. So, there is a clear budget, full line of homework and the people have generally perceived to watch knowledge in the high price of Swiss watches and luxury lineup, accomplish a very fruitful Swiss "limit purchase list".

Tab as "belief" of Switzerland

The clock was invented by Chinese in more than 900 years ago during the Northern Song dynasty. But today's "world watch it all", the other end is the swiss.

Wrote authoritative books a world watch industry: "escapement used in modern mechanical clocks from the Su Song's inventions in ancient china." It is said that the Su Song to mechanical watches and astronomical observation instrument with since, in principle has been completely successful, he than European watch industry leading six century.

In late fifteenth Century, European horology mainly in Germany and france. The former is designed to the clock, while the latter is longer than the watch; then Switzerland jewelry to the well-known. In 1735, the swiss switzerland Blancpain in West Luoshan area founded watchmaking workshop Jurassic -- which symbolizes the birth of the first registered brand watches in the world, the Swiss watch industry from "craftsman era" into the "brand era".

In the top Swiss watch city of Geneva, craftsmen in circulating such a tradition: in addition to each guild of prayer, every worker must put the name or mark your cast in the assembly of the bottom of the table. This watch is not only the birth of the craftsmen painstaking work, more is the whole family honor.

In this respect handmade and mechanical instrument watches the Kingdom, every worker will delve into create exquisite watches a flawless as the glory of life. The watchmaker, the clock "tick" sound like the church bells so holy and noble, is such as "tab" belief for life atmosphere of the industry, the Swiss watch in the world no can out of his right.

Belongs to the "double" the birth of paper

Expensive jewelry, machinery, advanced design philosophy, classic craft heritage...... These are "on the table" brilliant, in today's global distribution, network shopping era seems to have gradually lost the exclusive right of switzerland. However, personally set foot on the land of Switzerland, took a to belong to own a watch in the long history of the watch shop, emotional or be totally different.

The Swiss are watches feelings than general luxury goods, all kinds of "double" dealers will make beautiful beautiful packaging to the customer, but also a detailed write watch source, sales sites and a lot of similar Swiss certification documents. Service is so close, whether for personal use or gifts, watches will be accompanied by a "component" and "commemorative value" "birth paper".

German Goslar witch city with the witch who seek happiness

Perhaps you are still KTV night yelling "here we have a fish", please allow cold air blowing stiff head I, this irrelevant to connect a stubble, "we here snow". Now, late winter Germany, not winter to warm a bit. If you want to wake up my heart on the German winter pale memory without thinking, I will tell you, that is called a witch City -- the central German Weser and Elbe (Weser) (Elbe), there is a 110 km long, 40 km wide mountains, the Harz mountains (Harz). The highest point of the mountain is 1141 meters above sea level the brocken (Brocken). "Witches to broken hill, the ear of wheat stubble green, yellow." (Goethe's "Faust") master the word once spoken, followers, took the Harz mountains at the foot of the town gosfar (Goslar) called the witch city.

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The town.

No witchcraft of supporters in the US, by UNESCO in the world order, in the dead of winter in a black darkness of dawn, visit the world heritage city. When the lamp is not extinguished, the bus is not normal operation. In order to catch a train every hour, in order to seize every minute and second to gosfar basks in the midday sun, we go to the train station and ran. It is a day in the cold, cold air can directly poured into the intestines, my backpack straps run road is broken, the backpack from shoulder fell to the ground. Come to think of it that it is a trip of the most driven to distraction.

Germany's winter, long and lonelyGermany's winter, long and lonely

Say, Goslar is also a up and down for thousands of years ancient city. In the early period of Rome, Harz mountains is the European important mining area, some city at the foot of the mountain mining people including Goslar, in his family to settle down, will be collected in the smelting of ore. In 1267, Goslar joined the Hanseatic League (a business alliance in some northern city in the northern city of Germany.), make all-out efforts to manage the internal affairs, making alliance regulations, scheming quite heavy to look to a large slice of foreign trade from other city. But by many block, Goslar a to be resourceful. The political heart, gradually cold.

The copper silver trade and beer exports for the establishment of city economic subject gosfar, career since unfavorable to efforts to promote production, in 1323 Goss people began mining for building stone, in 1468 they discovered ore. When Goslar and Isaacson, Thuringia and Cologne, Germany has a solid business, since the expected benefits, not fish in the Hanseatic League in 1566, Goslar took the league and go.

It is worth mentioning that, in architecture, Goslar achievements also have high, fourteenth Century Goslar can through the wooden pipeline system to the housing is communicated with tap water all, was the most benefit from this is that people in the restaurant work and trapped in the kitchen housewives, since they get rid of the gazed firewood side of the busy cannot climb toil day draw water from a well down.

Beautiful maple country lost in Toronto Fashion District

You know, like in the mountains and rivers.CanadaFind a lively fashion place, is not so easy. If you have a chance at the end of the visit to the Toronto fashion week, will the country completely changed. In this city of fashion gathered in the event, both on and off the street will show you a fashion trend of a scene point.

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Fashion zone

At the end of the year the city of Toronto fashion week, both on and off stage, always bring beat all surprise to people. Under the blue sky and white clouds in Canada as in the past, we go to visit the city gathered designers - Queen Street West. Peer guide is a speak neither fast nor slow old lady Betty.

Fashion zoneFashion zone

The Grand Bazaar Queen Street West as a creative, brightly coloured shop long ranged in the street. Betty says, they are only here to stay a bit, will own brandNew York,ParisAndMilanT, who shot to fame; and some love quietly stay in the shop manual, idle about friends drink coffee in the corner on the grass. Art is not the failure and success, just about the creation of pleasure and joy to share. The old lady's attitude to art with Toronto characteristics, very tolerant.

The first shop is a little hat shop, full wall hat from the manual, the young girl the shopkeeper smiled very shy. Each hat can be matched with a novel or film, in high black tail Vintage Millinery, as experienced "gone with the wind" Rees Carrie meets Bai Ruide for the ball; simple brown small round hat, seems to have witnessed "Jane love" Jane from heavy rain helped Mr. Rochester night. Little hat shop is full of all kinds of memory of the symbol.

Two hours later, we would have been the same shop, shock waves to see things in a blur, each item has its own soul out of the ordinary. And the last shop, has made the profound impression to me, because his window is a murder scene! And the crack of the murder of the password, perhaps hidden in the cuff of the shirt, maybe in the bag in the interlayer, store and mysterious atmosphere.

Self-driving British Mishima strolls the May flower (Photos)

In March April the wind, rain, bring May flowers. Four girls, the British Isles, an exquisite scenery from the Lake since the arrival of a grand in the Scottish Highlands, this summer, quiet and noisy summer, when unexpectedly met a wild profusion of vegetation and the flowers, don't you think, are breathing the fragrance of the poem?

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The British Empire first impressions

D1 - 2 Shenzhen -- Hongkong -- London

On the day of departure, it was raining. Because it is night flight, wake up from their sleep, divide the plane is across Eurasia, Ural mountains. Also remind me is the third visit to Europe. Arrived in London in the morning, the hotel with Mei Zihui and, four women's journey began.

The alleyThe alley

The hotel is near the train station at King's Cross, this is a very old train station, known as Harry Porter's train station platform was taken here, we went in search of the familiar movie scenes -- Harry Porter's 9 and 3/4 platform.

Harry Porter on stageHarry Porter on stage

In addition to hung a sign, write a formal "PLATFORM 9 3/4", also simulation of a cart into the platform. Like Harry Porter's young fans naturally will not miss shared memory and chance Harry Porter.

To the Antarctic penguin land become good friends (Photos)

Antarctica is the human finally reach the continent, also called the "Seventh World", is the world's most extreme cold, desolate, drying, the mystery of the antarctic. Antarctica is located in the southernmost, consisting of around the Antarctic continent and the islands, the ice shelf. Almost all the land in the Antarctic Circle, surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, India ocean and the the Atlantic, is the world's highest latitude a delta.


The show of quiet beauty.The show of quiet beauty.

Antarctica is the world's only has no permanent residents, mainland, the Antarctic continent is still the original ecology, flawless white snow world, the real world wildlife parks and the clean, and scientific experiments the ideal temple. According to the Argentina Ushuaia Antarctic tourism service center data display, visited the Antarctic has a total of 380000 people, among them for the purpose of tourism more than half, about 200000 people.

The Antarctic, a distant and mysterious place, local residents --, penguins, sea lions, whale, seabirds, had been scientists, geologists have exclusive. In this is not a place to live in, in recent years, adventure like bamboo shoots after a spring rain like emerge, more people to "exploration" in the name of "luxury" travel, have entered the Antarctic Antarctic blue and white, taste the monotonous and desolation, to "exploration" their own experience of loneliness and solitude "limit".

Standing on the icebreaker, see the spectacular landscape of ice broken.Standing on the icebreaker, see the spectacular landscape of ice broken.

The walking process

Not into the South Pole: the pampas.

In November 23rd of this year, China's first Antarctic ship set sail, it is in the Chinese history the first ship to explore the polar travel team, make China become the world after the United States, Germany, Japan, the fourth Charter of polar travel the country.

Starting from Guangzhou, flew to Argentina, capital of Buenos Aires. Many in the city before entering the Antarctic, quite "legend": the Pampas savor nomadic wine at the same time, big meat, full of song; in the world one of three big theater, theater, at the T A N G O in C A M IN IT O path starting from seven nine Avenue, origin; listen to the "Independent Monument put up in the story of Plaza de Mayo"; the presidential palace, in Buenos Cathedral, wandering Antique Street, "South Paris" scenery has been unable to describe by surprise. This is Buenos Aires, a street art harmonious integration between the monuments, but everywhere hidden surprises city.

Drake: open the door to the South Pole

Starting from the southernmost city in the world ", Argentina Ushuaia" across the Drake Strait, about 2 days to reach the South pole. Undoubtedly, Drake Strait is the first threshold in Antarctica, basically every visitor has the intense psychological and physiological reaction, is said to have severe vomiting is unavoidable. This is known as the "devil's fjord" to give each through the visitors a run, the South America and Antarctica White Bay above, can always see the flying albatross. Through the "devil's Fjord," means finally opened the mysterious South gate.

In the Antarctic, can take the icebreaker, such as "Yinhai", it's an icebreaker, is also a luxury cruise ships, in the above can enjoy 1 to 1 personal butler service.

Malaga: ancient and modern mix of sporadic sunlight flavor

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