Ooty - Queen of Hill Stations, Tamilnadu

Ooty is also known as Udagamandalam and it is the queen of hill stations in India. Ooty is located in Nilgiris District in Tamilnadu. It is one of the most popular tourist resort in Tamilnadu. It is situated at an altitude of 2,240 meters above sea level. Main Cultivation of ooty is Tea, coffee and vegetables. And also ooty has an addition attraction for the tourists is train journey from Mettupalayam to Udagamandalam. Ooty train commences from kallar and it en-route many hair raising curves and fearful tunnels. While traveling by hill train, you can see tea and coffee estates around the hills. For accommodations, Stars Hotels and Lodges are available in ooty for tourists.

The loveliest spots of ooty are follows:-

Botanical Garden is one of the best tourist attraction place which attract the tourist from all over the world. This garden is spread over 22 hectares ascending the slopes on the hill.

Ooty Lake is located just behind the Central Bus Stand. This lake looks like irregular "L" shape and its for about 2.75 kms distance.

Rose Garden is situated in the heart of ooty town and its laid on 10 acres of land. All types of rose flowers are planted in this garden.

Doddabetta Peak stands at an altitude of 2,623 meters high from sea level. And its located 10 kms far away from ooty town. It is the highest peak in the district.

Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary is an adventures spot in nilgiris. Its around 32,155 hectares broad in area. Its locates between Kerala and Karnataka State. Within the sanctuary, there is an elephant camp called Theppakkadu.

Pykara Lake is the clean and scenic lake in between the hills. Its an isolated lake free from pollution. Boating facilities are available here.

Apart from these spot, Avalanche, Emerald Lake, Shooting Spot, Glenmorgan, Kalhatty Water Falls, Ketti Valley View, Mukkurthi Peak are also beautiful locations locates in ooty.
There are various routes to travel ooty.

By airways, have to land in Coimbatore airport and then you can take cab to reach the hills.
By Train, We can reach upto Mettupalayam, then we can catch Hill train or cab.

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Kodaikanal, Tamilnadu

Kodaikanal is one of the most beautiful hill resort in Tamilnadu. It is located on the southern crest of the upper palani hills in Dindigul District. Its around 500kms far away from Chennai and around 120 kms far away from Madurai. We can see Strobilanthus Kunthanus, a botanical name of kurunji flower in kodaikanal. This flower will blossom once in 12 year. Its was happened in kodaikanal in the year of 2004, again it will blossom only in 2016. Tea and coffee plants are the main cultivation in kodaikanal. Apart from that, they are cultivating fruits and vegetables. Kodaikanal is situated at an altitude of about 2133 metres high from sea level and its covers an area of 21.45 sq.kms. Each and every spot in kodaikanal has rich climate. The following locations are the tourist spots in kodaikanal,

1. Kodaikanal Lake
2. Briyant Park
3. Silver Cascade Falls
4. Kurinji Andavar Temple
5. Upper Lake View
6. Coakers Walk
7. Guna Cave
8. Pine Forest
9. Green Valley View
10.Bear Shola Falls
11.Silent Valley View
12.Pillar Rocks
13.Trekking
14.Flora and Fauna Museum
15.Devil's Kitchen
16.Jewel Box View and
17.Berijam Lake

Berijam Lake is one of the Beautiful location and its 20 kms distance from kodaikanal. This Lake gives water to the surrounding towns and villages and it has natural pure water too.
Kodaikanal can be reach by train upto kodai road from other cities, then we have take cab to go kodaikanal. From kodai road, journey times takes 1 hour approximately. By bus, we can go up to kodaikanal directly from other cities. By airways we have to land in madurai airport and have to take cab or bus to reach the destination. Kodaikanal has many adventures and beautiful locations. So, every human has to see the beauty of kodaikanal once in their life.

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Chennai - Capital of Tamilnadu

Chennai formally known as Madras, is of the Metro Politan city of India. It is the capital of Tamilnadu State. The city is widely spread about 181 Sq. kms. There are many tourist places to visit. Mamallapuram, Marina Beach, Eliots Beach, Chennai Museum, Muttukad Resort, Kovalam Beach, Kabaleeswar Temple, Vadalapani Murugan Temple etc.,

Mamallapuram is located 60 kms far away from Chennai. It was a 7th century port city in south indian dynasty. Mamallapuram has many historical monuments and sculpture. Mamallapuram was ruled by Pallava kings. So we can see so many Pallava Sculptures in Mamallapuram. We can see many single rock sculpture which was made by Pallava Kings.
Marina Beach is the second longest beach in the world. The distance of Marina beach is about 12 kms. Every weekend people will spend their time in this beach. Marina is the coastal area of Bay of Bengal.
Chennai Museum is located in Egmore, chennai near Egmore railway station. Lot of Ancient Statues, Historic memorials are stored there.
Muttukad resort is one of the fascinating spot to spend our leisure time by boating. Its a backwater of Bay of Bengal. Its located en-route of Mahabalipuram.

There are trains available from all the cities from india to Central and Egmore Railways Station.
If you want to fly to Chennai, there are many air services (Jet Airways, Air Deccan, Kingfisher, Paramount, Indian Airlines) from all the cities to Chennai Meenambakkam Airport.

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Taj Mahal - Agra

Taj Mahal is one of the wonders of the world and also one of the three world heritage sites in Agra. Taj Mahal is the symbol of Love which was built by mughal emperor "Shah Jahan". Taj Mahal is a memorial place of "Mumtaj" (Wife of Shah Jahan). It was fully finished in marbles and it took 22 years to built with 20,000 workers. Building began in 1631 and completed in 1653. People from other countries are visiting Taj Mahal very often. Around 2 to 4 million domestic and foreign visitors coming to see the fascinating place.


If we see Taj Mahal in a full moon night, will be very beautiful. The ground is open for 6 days a week, heavy luggage will not permitted inside the campus for security purpose. Only we can take purse, tiny camera, water bottles with us. There are so many trains facilities from other cities in India. And also you can fly to Agra Kheria Airport from other cities. At the same time there are some nearest place to visit from Taj Mahal like Agra fort and Jaipur fort.

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Gunung Leuser National Park

Gunung Leuser National Park represents several ecosystem types, from coastal forest ecosystem through tropical lowland forest ecosystem to montane forest ecosystem. Most of the Park area is covered with thick Dipterocarpaceae forest with rivers and waterfalls flowing through it. There are some endangered and peculiar plants, namely daun payung raksasa (Johannesteijsmannia altifrons), rafflesia flowers (Rafflesia atjehensis and R. micropylora), and Rhizanthes zippelnii-the biggest flower, with a diameter of 1.5 metres. In addition, there is one plant unique to the area: the ara, a strangling plant.

Endangered and protected animal species which inhabit the Park include orangutan (Pongo abelii), siamang (Hylobates syndactylus syndactylus), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus), Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis sumatrensis), serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), great hornbill (Buceros bicornis), sambar deer (Cervus unicolor), and leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis sumatrana).

Gunung Leuser National Park has been declared a Biosphere Reserve. Under a cooperation program between Indonesia and Malaysia, the Park is also designated as a "Sister Park" to the Taman Negara in Malaysia.

Interesting locations/attractions:

Gurah: fantastic views, valleys, waterfalls; animals and plants such as Rafflesia, orangutans, birds, snakes and butterflies.
Bohorok: an orangutan rehabilitation centre; ecotourism activities like kayaking/canoeing, camping, and birdwatching.
Kluet: boating on rivers and lakes, trekking through coastal forest and caving. Kluet is also a habitat of tigers.
Sekundur: camping, caving, animal observation.
Ketambe and Suak Belimbing: suitable place for research on primates and other animals; research facilities include accommodation and a library.
Gunung (Mount) Leuser (3,404 m asl.) and Mt. Kemiri (3,314 m asl.): mountain climbing and hiking.
River rafting along the Alas River: start from Gurah-Muara Situlen-Gelombang for a three-day trip.

Cultural attractions outside the Park include the Lake Toba Festival in June (held on the Lake) and the Malay Culture Festival held in July in Medan.

Best time of year to visit: June to October.

How to reach the Park: Medan-Kutacane about 8 hours by car (240 km), Kutacane-Gurah/Ketambe about 30 minutes by car (35 km), Medan-Bohorok/Bukit Lawang about 1 hour by car (60 km), Medan-Sei Betung/Sekundur about 2 hours by car (150 km), Medan-Tapaktuan about 10 hours by car (260 km).

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Gerak Jalan Kolosan Tanggul-Jember(Tajemtra) Semakin Meriah

event Tahunan gerak jalan Tajemtra yang melewati jalur Tanggul-Jember mulai siang hingga malam dengan ekpresi diri setiap warga yang berbeda-beda dari wajah yang di cat berbagai warna maupun yang mendesain bentuk ular dan lainnya. gerak jalan ditempuh oleh warga adalah dengan tempuh menempuh 30 km . para peserta tak hanya merebutkan tropi Mahmudi Cup III tetapi lebih dari itu
Saat Tajemtra 2009 ini tidak hanya di ikuti oleh warga jember dan sekitarnya melainkan dari berbagai daerah seperti NTB, Surabaya, Ngajuk,Pasuruan dan kabupaten lainyaa

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Adu Cepat Dan ketangkasana dalam karapan sapi

bila ingin melihat karapan sapi sekarang tak perlu jauh-jauh ke pulau madura. dibulan berkunjung ke Jember terdapat lomba karapan sapi yang digelar di Dusun Curahbanban, Desa Tanggul Wetan, Kecamatan Tanggul. dengan panjang lintasan 200 meter

Kecamatan yang berbatasan dengan Kabupaten Lumajang tersebut bakal menggelar karapan sapi tingkat regional Jawa Timur. Pelaksanaannya dipastikan jatuh pada akhir minggu ini, 1-2 Agustus 2009 di Lapangan Klatakan Desa Tanggul Wetan.

Selama karapan digelar, panitia menyediakan lahan seluas 4 hektar apalagi sesuai data yang masuk sudah ada 72 pasang sapi telah mendaftarkan diri dan siap berlaga diarena lapangan Klatakan. Sejumlah hadiahpun sudah disiapkan panitia, diantaranya, 6 unit sepeda motor dan hadiah menarik lainnya.

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A Passenger Survey at an Airport.

Quite often students listen to situations in English related to tourism or they are asked to do some sort of role plays in the classroom in which they take roles they will have to assume when they start working in the tourism sector. Why not take students out of the classroom and to authentic places so that they can practice English in a real situation? That is why last May, aftert doing a listening about a passenger survey at an airport, we decided to carry out a passenger survey in a nearby airport, where students would have to use English to communicate. Thus, we ended up going to Faro airport (Portugal) which is one and a half hour from our town, Huelva, in the southwest of Spain. An example of the questions from the survey are included here although each student made slight variations:

Questions at the Airport

Below you can find a sample video of the work students did during a morning at Faro airport (Southern Portugal). If you want to see the rest of the videos students recorded carrying out passenger surveys, go to the right-hand side of the blog and you will find them in the section "My students´videos":

Here are some pictures that illustrate our trip to Faro airport in Portugal:

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Jember Fashion Carnafal 8

Dalam Agenda bulan ke jember(BBJ 2009) Jember fashion Carnafal menjadi ajang Carnafal fashion dengan Catwalk terpanjang.yang merauk penonton dari berbagai daerah untuk datang ke jember. jember fashion carnafal 8 (JFC 8) ini mengusung tema " World Unity" yang pelaksanaannya tanggal 02 Agustus 2009 pukul; 12.00 - 17.00 dengan Catwalk : Alun-Alun - Sultan Agung - Gajah Mada- GOR
dengan devile

1. JFC Marching Band
2. Rana Minang
3. Upper Ground
4. Animal Plants
5. Off Life
6. Hard - Soft
7. Container
8. Techno - Eth
9. Rhythm


Seperti yang terkutip di website JFC ( http://www.jemberfashioncarnaval.com/)


Meningkatkan aset sumber daya manusia dan kekayaan budaya daerah tidak selalu harus melalui penggalian peninggalan budaya lama. Kita dapat saja mencapai tujuan diatas melalui penciptaan sebuah maha karya baru yang belum pernah dilakukan sebelumnya. Sebab kebudayaan itu sendiri selalu berawal dari ketiadaan.

Fashion Carnaval dengan tema trend fashion dunia tidak dimiliki oleh daerah lain, bahkan di dunia pun belum ada yang mengangkat potensi ini. Melalui penyelenggaraan event yang memiliki konsep yang jelas, SDM yang berkualitas, dan berkesinambungan, maka akan menjadi potensi unggulan yang nantinya dapat memberikan multiplier efek terhadap potensi lainnya. Salam JFC !

Sumber
1. website JFC ( http://www.jemberfashioncarnaval.com/)

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