Archive for June, 2009
Dubai Vacation
June 30th, 2009 | 
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Tourism in Dubai is an important part of the Dubai government’s strategy to maintain the flow of foreign cash into the emirate. Dubai’s lure for tourists is based mainly on shopping, but also on its possession of other ancient and modern attractions.
Dubai is the most populous emirate of the seven emirates of United Arab Emirates
Spa & Leisure Emirates Towers Boulevard.
The Dubai Shopping festival is a month-long festival held during month of January each year. During the festival the entire emirate becomes one massive shopping mall. Additionally, the festival brings together music shows, art exhibitions, and folk dances
Air France offers free stopovers in Paris.
7 Star Dubai Hotel – Luxury Living In A Funnel (GALLERY)
(TREND HUNTER) Dubai has become notorious for its luxury architecture. Now a new project is being developed by Sybarite Architects after a major hotel group offered to help with the funding. The 28 floor building will… [More]
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Malaysia Vacation
The country is one of the fastest growing economy in Asia, many of the islands, mountains, lakes and rivers are still clean and unpolluted.There are many budget and 5 Star hotels that you can choose to stay during your stay there. Compare other Cheap Flights before making your bookings.
The Regent Kuala Lumpur
A peaceful haven within the Malaysian capital’s commercial centre, The Regent Kuala Lumpur is the city’s premier business hotel, featuring The Regent Club, sweeping views and beautifully renovated, warm residential interiors.
Berjaya Tioman Beach Golf & Spa Resort
The Berjaya Tioman Resort is located on one of the most beautiful islands of the world, the exhilarating Tioman Island; a small piece of paradise off Peninsular Malaysia’s East Coast in the South-China Sea.
The Berjaya Redang Resort is a luxurious getaway off Terengganu’s coast located on the beautiful island of Redang. This archipelago of islands, where Berjaya Redang Resort sits on, is a wonderful haven of marine life and corals situated in calm waters; truly a place where the sun, sea and sand make the resort a natural paradise
The Colmar Tropicale in Berjaya Hills is a unique resort that sits 2,600 feet above sea-level on pristine highlands. The first and only one of its kind in Malaysia, the Colmar Tropicale is inspired by the 16th Century Colmar Village in Alsace, France, while retaining the authenticity and European atmosphere of its counterpart
A’Famosa Resort
That romantic era may be long-gone but it can be re-lived at A’Famosa Resort, rated by many as the region’s foremost leisure and holiday resort. Situated on a 1300-acre site in Alor Gajah, surrounded by rolling hills and a lush countryside,
Malaysia: Top Places
1. Must Visit Heritage Streets:
Heeren Street & Jonker Street Malacca Heeren Street which is also known as the ‘First Class Gentlemen Street’ or the ‘Millionaires Row’, is a road with double story houses similar to that of the modern terrace houses, but much longer. The houses portray a rich and detailed mix of Chinese
2. Must Visit Heritage Building:
Khoo Kongsi
Georgetown, Penang
Khoo Kongsi, reputedly known as ‘The Heritage Jewel of Penang’. The grand architecture is said to resemble that of the Emperor’s palace in China. Myth explained that this was the reason that the clan house was burnt down only 29 nights after its completion as a wrath from the Gods.
3. Must Visit Modern Structure:
Petronas Twin Towers
KLThe 88-storey Petronas Twin Towers is one of the world’s tallest buildings in the world, soaring to a height of 452 metres above the city skyline. Designed by Cesar Pelli in 1997 and mostly constructed with steel and glass, the towers were the world’s tallest when completed.
4. Must Visit Mosque:
Tengku Tengah Zaharah Mosque
Teluk Ibai, Terengganu
The Floating Mosque of the East. The distinctive design of the mosque on a floating platform and its beautiful location on a lagoon by the mouth of Sungai Ibai creates the enchantingly floating impression to viewers.
5. Must Visit Island:
Sipadan Island,
Sabah
Island is voted as one of the best diving sites with its large numbers of greenback and hawksbill turtles which gather here to mate and nest. Another focus of the divers are to look out for the tornado-like formations of barracudas, big-eye trevallies, mantas, eagle rays, scalloped hammerhead sharks and whale sharks. Even better, various dive sties are assured with garden eels, leaf scorpion fishes, mantis shrimps, fire graces and various pipe fishes. Sipadan is now one of the nominees for the New 7 Wonders Of Nature.
6. Must Visit National Park: Gunung Mulu National Park
Miri, Sarawak
The Gunung Mulu National Park has been inscribed as a World Heritage Site in the year 2000. It is famous for its incredible caves and chambers and karsts formations. Researchers often come to the park to study the best example of tropical limestone weathering (karsts) in the world including enormous razor-sharp pinnacles, deep-cut canyons, and grand caverns that are home to millions of bats and cave swiftlets.
