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3 November, 2007 | No comments

Be careful of slopes in the United Arab Emirates

Water in Persian Gulf has cooled down, and local slopes move more close to coast in order to get warm under the sun on shoaliness. Tourists should take into accounting this seasonal danger.
The ground phantom, which painting merges with color of sand, never attacks the person. It is interesting to observe it from a surface of water, if it is possible to notice it on easy turbulences of sand under fins or to a long tail.
The slopes, reaching half ammeter in width, indifferently concern to observers but if the last one shows importunity; - they quickly leave from the persecutor on some meters and fade, becoming practically indiscernible on a sea-bottom.
These fishes are dangerous only in case, if you will touch them, but also if you are running into the water. At slow “kindling” water slopes leave quickly and at once. They are absolutely not aggressive. Entering into water slowly and noisy, swimmers have always an opportunity to avoid contact with the slope.
In Dubai there are a lot of slopes, but painful meetings with them happen extremely seldom. Impact of slope causes a sharp, intolerable, long pain, can lead to dizziness and even a faint.
Suffered from the brown spotty fish obliges you to visit the doctor. The injection from tetanus can be required.

 

31 October, 2007 | No comments

The new magnificent hotel opens in Bangkok

On November, 1st the new five-star hotel of hotel network Millennium, which will settle down in the street Asoke, in thirty minutes of driving from new international airport Suvarnabhumi, will be opened in the center of Bangkok.
Millennium Sukhumvit Bangkok will offer 325 room-numbers, including 14 standard and one presidential suite. In network owners’ opinion, very soon the travelers will more often come to Thailand with business visits. Therefore, the lodgers will be offered such services as: personal electronic safe, high-speed Internet, satellite TV, and also specially equipped business center and a banquet hall of 350 persons spaciousness.
As the Center on development of tourism of Thailand informs, lodgers can visit  Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Indian, the Chinese and Thai restaurants with national kitchen; the spa-center, swimming-pool, a golf-club and fitness-center. From the date of opening and till December, 31st the hotel will offer special prices for accommodation: from $140 up to $216 for the night.
 

25 October, 2007 | No comments

Passengers’ weight threatens safety of flights

Scandinavian airline SAS warns that the out-of-date data about passengers’ weight threaten safety of flights.
Officials from aircraft proceed in the specifications of safety from the out-of-date ideal of harmony. In the letter, addressed to the Danish department of passenger transportations, SAS emphasizes that therefore the weight of the filled plane appears more settlement. It is reflected in consumption of fuel, length of a way of dispersal and braking of the plane, and also on stability of the machine in flight.
Last time the average weight of the male passenger together with outer clothing and hand luggage was defined 10 years ago. It has made 88 kilograms. The woman should weight 70 kilograms. However, control weightings, which has lead SAS, have shown, that on the average the weight of passengers has increased on 3 kilograms for this time. Besides, passengers carry more and more hand luggage.
Heavier plane spends more fuel and require longer runway. SAS vice-president has told that from the safety point of view it is simply inadmissible, that the difference between normative and actual weight of the plane exceeded one ton.
Now in order to obtain real data about the today’s travelers SAS is planning to weigh 20 thousand passengers. SAS hopes, that other European airlines will follow its example.

21 October, 2007 | No comments

Pentax for underwater photohunting

Company Pentax has represented a camera for fans of the “beach” rest, capable to work under water. Unlike the previous models of a series “W” Optio W30 novelty is capable to function on depth up to three meters within two hours. The case of a camera is made of an easy and strong metal alloy, and the lens of an objective is covered by the special water-repellent covering Super Protect, developed by Pentax, owing to which drops of water do not leave traces on optics. The novelty has no external mobile parts and is protected from influences of dirt and a dust (JIS 5).
The camera 7-megapicsel matrix and a 3-fold not sliding optical zoom-objective and 2,5 inches LCD-monitor with a special covering, allowing to work  comfortably with it even at a bright sunlight. Owing to the digital stabilization image mode (Digital SR) Optio W30 can automatically analyze terms of shooting and pick up optimum parameters of sensitivity (up to 3200 ISO) and also to smooth digital noise. Besides, standard modes of shooting model Optio W30 has interval shooting function. Time of switching on and an interval between the film-making moments is set manually.
Interval shooting is limited only by the accumulator resource, and the chamber will prompt, how many photos it will be possible to take. The chamber function of auto focusing with a priority of sharpness of the person is stipulated for portraits shooting. The device independently distinguishes faces of people and automatically arranges focus and corrects an exposition without dependence from position of people within the limits of the photo and background contrast.
 

3 October, 2007 | No comments

10 countries for economy rest (Part 1)

6. Today Morocco is the leader of economic direction of Northern Africa to Tunis, where not only the tourist infrastructure, but also rather comprehensible prices, is not bad developed. Tunis is the country of mosques, Roman ruins and ancient cities.
7. Honduras. This Central American country offers greater opportunities for eco-tourism - rafting, campaigns, diving. Besides, Honduras is considered as one of the cheapest places for diving. 
8. Guatemala. People all over the world have already estimated advantages of this country - if you will decide to visit Guatemala, you will not be disappointed - unique sights and picturesque landscapes of Guatemala will charm you.
9. Peru is one of the most various in the natural and cultural attitude countries of South America. Now, when Machu Picchu has officially become one of new world greatest miracles, the stream of tourists will increase even more.
10. The currency of Argentina is even in the worst position, than dollar. Therefore rest here is rather cheap.
 

2 October, 2007 | No comments

10 countries for economy rest (Part 1)

Home and Away Magazine has published 10 places, where the rest will not manage to you expensive. Air flight will be the main clause of the charge in offered variants of travel, but presence of budgetary air carriers can solve even this problem.
1. Bali - the part of Indonesia- is accepting millions of tourists annually that is quite explainable: besides architectural and natural beauty, this place with magnificent hotels and spa-resorts is in several times cheaper, than the European hotels of a similar level.
2. Laos is one of the most economic variants of travel to South Asia. This country has started to develop tourism more recently and, consequently, prices here are not high. French colonial architecture harmoniously adjoins in Laos with numerous temples, and walk on the Mekong River will leave unforgettable impressions.
3. Vietnam now experiences a real blossoming, including areas of tourism. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh attract fans of city sights and sea resorts of Southern Vietnam are also in demand.
4. Rest in Goa is very popular, but in India there are also other places, which are also worth of being visited, and anywhere it is not expensive. For those who like masterpieces of architecture, the route on Indian “a gold triangle” Delhi - Jaipur - Agra is offered.
5. Trip to Zambia - is a fine variant for those who wishes to combine a safari and survey of one of legendary miracles of the nature - Victoria Falls. Leopards, zebras, giraffes and many other wild animals live in South Luangwa National Park.

28 September, 2007 | No comments

The most intense air routes

Company OAG has published the list of the most intense air routes of the world. Line Madrid - Barcelona with 971 flights per week (these are 139 flights a day) became the leader.  894 flights a week are being made on a route the San Paulo - Rio de Janeiro, 858  flights - Seoul - Cheju and 851 flights - Melbourne - Sydney. Lines Cape Town - Johannesburg, Delhi - Mumbai (Bombay) and Tokyo - Fukuoka follow the list.
Almost all intense routes are internal. Line Taipei - Hong Kong (about 595 flights) became the leader among international flights. However, this result a little bit artificial - in view of an interdiction on direct flights between China and Taiwan, people travel through Hong Kong.

 

28 September, 2007 | No comments

Times recommends the most unusual delicacies of the world

Times has published the list of the most unusual delicacies of the world. Fried tarantula, which it is possible to try in Cambodia, is the leader of this rating. The taste of the huge spider reminds spicy chicken stick, and this unusual delicacy costs about 1 dollar.
The second place was given to the Japanese fish fugue, which poison is in 1250 times stronger than potassium cyanide: it is necessary to eat it exclusively at expensive restaurants, where cooks make it according to their own special technics of toxins evaporation. Ortolan bunting is on the third place: the bird is being soaked in armaniac and then baked under the special recipe. You may try this dish in France.
The fourth place is given to meat of a petrel (Iceland), the fifth - to the Australian stake from the crocodile, the sixth - to the chickens baked in an egg (Cambodia), and the seventh - to the Chinese snake meat.

26 September, 2007 | No comments

All details of rest should be registered in the contract (Part 1)

In tourist agencies we plunge into studying traveling catalogues. But even the part of our attention should be paid to detail studying of the contract, which should be signed with tour agency. It is not so entertaining, but this document will guarantee calm and comfortable rest.
The majority of tour agencies offer their clients to sign the typical contract, explaining this by their sincere desire to pass a stage of red tape somewhat quicker and to appear on a solar beach. Experts insist: it is necessary to read the contract not simply before signing; it needs to be edited, proceeding from the client’s interests.
Travel agencies always with unwillingness informed tourists on the operator, which tours they sell, being afraid, that the tourist will prefer to get the trip at the last one at cheaper price. Now the tourist agency is obliged to register names of tour operator and the insurer, who has given out to it a guarantee in the contract. It allows the tourist to know precisely, to whom it would be possible to address the claims in case of the spoiled rest. But a number of tourist agencies continue to sign contracts with tourists on their own behalf. Thus, they not only deprive with the tourist of an opportunity to check up, whether in the market the tour operator works legally, but also instead of the contract, they offer the tourist the useless piece of paper which is not having any validity.
But after you have found treasured names in the contract, it is not necessary to open there and then last page and to put the signature. Before it is necessary to check up, that the name of travel agency has been equally written both in the contract, and in all internal documents of the company (in the certificate on registration, the certificate of conformity), and on the seal.

22 September, 2007 | No comments

Schengen zone will start to extend since 2008

During the meeting in Bruxelles ministers of Internal Affairs of 27 EU countries have approved the schedule of expansion of the Schengen zone.
So, since January, 1st, 2008, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta will open their borders to citizens of the former fifteen Schengen countries. This decision doesn’t spreads on Cyprus, as there the new airport in Lanark, meeting the requirements of the Schengen agreement, should be opened. Most likely, it will occur in the beginning of 2009.
According to Minister of Internal Affairs of Austria, since the end of 2008 the Schengen zone will include also the countries “from the heart of the Europe” - a princedom Liechtenstein and Switzerland. On the eve the Minister of Justice of Switzerland has declared in Bruxelles, that the country will join the Schengen and Dublin agreements of the European Union, presumably, it will occur on November, 1st, 2008. Bulgaria and Romania can join the Schengen agreement not earlier than in 2011.
Joining Schengen zone entails a canceling of the boundary control over the countries-participants of the agreement that will facilitate moving between these states.
Having entered Schengen zone, new members will have to solve the problem of illegal immigration, and also the contraband of “the alive goods” from Northern Africa and from the East. For example, Poland should stop a stream of illegal immigrants and contraband from Belarus and from Ukraine. The important condition for the new Schengen countries relies in including of all items of the boundary control over information computer system SIS. It gives access to all data on people and the vehicles, which are being in search.

 
 

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