Ahad, 11 April 2010

Jeju Glass Castle

Jeju Glass Castle is a large glass art theme park with glass art produced by professional glass artists from such places as Italy, the Czech Republic, and Japan. It was created as a project team consisting of glass specialist over several years. Each entertainment inside the theme park is a subject with glass. Visitors can enjoy the experience of making their own glass products (with an extra fee separated from the entrance fee).

Jeju Glass Castle is divided into two section: indoor modern glass model and outdoor theme park. Inside the modern glass model center are a large beanstalk from the "Jack & The Beanstalk" fairytale, a large glass harubang created with Pyrex glass, a Mirror Room that is like a fantasy universe using mirrors and presenting constellations using 5,000 pieces of Pyrex glass, a Magic Mirror Room where visitors can see separated images themselves through mirrors in a triangle-shaped mirrored room, and a glass books and bean sprouts made of glasses.

At the outdoor theme park are glass fish made from recycled soju (Korean liquor) bottles, thousands of many-sized convex mirrors, a mirror lake consisting of white rocks, a glass pyramid with spectacular colourful night lighting, a large glass coffee set floating on the lake, many colored flower beds made of glasses, a mirror maze, a glass fall, and a glass bridge, all made into an outdoor theme park. Each one of them is beautiful and provides a wonderful photo spot for visitors.




























































































































































































































































































































































































































Admission:
• Adults - 9,000 won (groups- 8,000 won)
• Youths - 8,000 won (groups- 7,000 won)
• Children (5 years old ~ elementary school students) - 7,000 won (groups- 6,000 won)

Hours: 09:00 ~ 19:00 (tickets sold until 18:00)
Closed: Open throughout the year
Directions: Jeju International Airport -> Inter-city Bus Terminal -> take the bus to Seohoeseon (Western line)
Loop road: takes about 50 minutes

Maldives

The magnificence of nature slowly unfolds before your eyes. Sunshine embracing the green little patches enclosed by pure white and surrounded by glistening blues, viewed from above truly takes your breath away. A vision so unique that you can't help but wonder if it is real. Only nature could have painted a picture so perfect. Only nature in its hurried motion could have created such splendor as the Maldives.

The beauty does not recede with the touching down of the plane. The little green patches transform into graceful palms that gently sway to the cool breeze, endless white beaches with sand so soft that it caresses your feet, waters so clear that you see the fish playing in the depths of the lagoons. The Maldives, a tropical hideaway, home to about 270,000 natives 1,350 different species of coral and fish.

Archaeological and historical discoveries indicate that the islands have been inhabited for over three thousand years. Being on an important trade route, Maldives was visited by people from all over the world, including Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. These visitors left a strong influence on the people, their religion and the culture of the Maldives.




































































Paris, France

Opera Garnier

The opera garnier or palais garnier, still known to many as Paris opera, was the world's largest theatre and opera house when it opened on January 5,1875.whatever the buildings style, it was well-suited to opera, where architectural excess goes hand in hand with extravagant costumes, florid music and the oversized egos of singer and wealthyopera patrons.The opera garnier is now used mostly for a ballet and modern dance, with grand opera taking place at the modern Opera Bastille,which open in 1989.







Palaces of versailles

The palaces of versailles is a half hour outside the Paris, the palaces of versailles is one of the world's grandest historical meseum. Its began as the modest hunting lodge. Well, as modest a logde as one could expect from a French King. In1837 louis-philippe converted the whole deal to a museum of French history in what may have been the historic starting point for the developmet of mass tourism.

The palaces of versailles is open from tuesday to sunday, except on certain French public holidays. During may until september the palaces will open start from 9.00am to 6.30pm and for october until april its will open start from 9.00am to 5.30pm. The park and the garden are open every day, except in bad weather from 7.00am in summer, 8.00am in winter,until sunset.




The Louvre
The louvre pyramid is the large metal and glass structure that reaches a height of 20.6 meters,at its base, the sides measure is 35 meters. Located on the Reu de Rivoli, the Louvre is the one of the largest palaces in the worlds, and was a former residence of the kings of France.

In 1793, the first state museum was opened in louvre, consisting of the former royal collections of the painting and sculptures. present displays in the louvre include, Oriental antiquities, Egyption antiquities,Greak and Roman antiquities, sculptures from the middle ages to modern times, furniture and paintings representing all the European schools, plus there is a further section devoted to islamic art.



Centre Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou houses one of the most important museum in the world, the Mus'ee national d' art moderne. Featuring the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe, the museum includes world-class collections of fine art, architecture, graphic art, experimental cinema, design, photograpy and new media.

The building structure is very special and odd. A building made of glass, with litfs and air conditioning shafts sticking out on the sides. Its mains attraction is the Museum of Modern Art on the fourth and fifth floors, which are dedicated to art movement like surrealism, fauvism, dadaism and plenty of other abstract are styles. The first three floors is dedicated to a vast library. The center for industrial design is also housed here, featuring exhibitions detailing advances in twentieth century architecture and design.







The Eiffel Tower
The eiffel tower, located on Champ de Mars, was constructed between 1887 until1889. Today, it is one of the worlds most immediately recognisable structures and the most popular tourist attraction in France. The tower stands 300 metres high and the antenna at top of the tower increases the overall height to 320.75 metres. The tower is now the second highest structure in France, after the 350 metre Allouis longwave transmitter built in 1939.

On the ground level there is a snack bar, souvenir shop, and an information kiosk. On the first floor trere is the large area with displays about the towers history, and large circular gallery with the guide to the sites and monuments of Paris. On the second floor you can see magnificent 360 degree views of the city.