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Contents

New in CULTOURS: Top 10 Wonders of the World (page 5)

Smart Traveling Tips (page 19)

CULTOURSSpeciality :

Hot Picks for Vacation : Oceanic View (page 21)


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TOP 10WONDROUSPLACES OF THE WORLDExotic

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Borobudur in an island of Java

It's quite save to tell you that this year, CULTOURSpicked 10 top wondrous places of the world. Theplaces is based on high or low it's tourism rate is, howpercentage of people are curious on that particularplace, and how you readers voted on our online surveylast month. This year's list is filled of mystic andbeauty. For those Indonesians, I'm sorry, but today'snot your year. Borobudur did not make it in our Top10. Maybe next year ?

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10Chichen Itza

Chichen Itza is a large pre-Columbianarchaeological site built by the Maya civilizationlocated in the northern center of the YucatnPeninsula, in the Yucatn state, present-day

Mexico.

Chichen Itza was a major focal point in thenorthern Maya lowlands from the Late Classicthrough the Terminal Classic and into the earlyportion of the Early Postclassic period. The siteexhibits a multitude of architectural styles, fromwhat is called Mexicanized and reminiscent ofstyles seen in central Mexico to the Puuc stylefound among the Puuc Maya of the northernlowlands. The presence of central Mexican styleswas once thought to have been representative of

direct migration or even conquest from centralMexico, but most contemporary interpretationsview the presence of these non-Maya stylesmore as the result of cultural diffusion.


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9Statue of zeus of olympia

In ancient times the Greeks held one of their mostimportant festivals, The Olympic Games, in honor of theKing of their gods, Zeus. Like our modern Olympics, athletestraveled from distant lands, including Asia Minor, Syria,Egypt and Sicily, to compete in the games. The Olympicswere first started in 776 B.C. and held at a shrine to Zeuslocated on the western coast of Greece in a region calledPeloponnesus. The games, held every four years, helped to

unify the Greek city-states. Sacred truce was declared duringthe games and wars were stopped. Safe passage was given toall traveling to the site, called Olympia, for the season of thegames.

The site consisted of a stadium (for the games) and a sacredgrove, orAltis, where temples were located. The shrine toZeus was simple in the early years, but as time went by andthe games increased in importance, it became obvious that anew, larger temple, one worthy of the King of the gods, wasneeded. Between 470 and 460 B.C., construction on a newtemple was started. The designer was Libon of Elis and hismasterpiece, The Temple of Zeus, was completed in 456 B.C.

According to accounts, the statue was located at the westernend of the temple. It was 22 feet wide and some 40 feet tall.The figure of Zeus was seated on an elaborate throne. Hishead nearly grazed the roof. The historian Strabo wrote,"...although the temple itself is very large, the sculptor iscriticized for not having appreciated the correct proportions.He has depicted Zeus seated, but with the head almost

touching the ceiling, so that we have the impression that ifZeus moved to stand up he would unroof the temple..."


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8Collosus of Rhodes

This awe-inspiring statue was a gift from France

to America and is easily recognized by peoplearound the world. What many visitors to this shrineto freedom don't know is that the statue, the"Modern Colossus," is the echo of another statue,the original colossus that stood over two thousandyears ago at the entrance to another busy harbor onthe Island of Rhodes. Like the Statue of Liberty,this colossus was also built as a celebration offreedom. This amazing statue, standing the sameheight from toe to head as the modern colossus,

was one of the Seven Wonders of the AncientWorld.

The island of Rhodes was an important economiccenter in the ancient world. It is located off thesouthwestern tip of Asia Minor where the AegeanSea meets the Mediterranean. The capitol city, alsonamed Rhodes, was built in 408 B.C. and wasdesigned to take advantage of the island's bestnatural harbor on the northern coast.

In the seventh century A.D. the Arabs conqueredRhodes and broke the remains of the Colossus upinto smaller pieces and sold it as scrap metal.Legend says it took 900 camels to carry away thestatue. A sad end for what must have been amajestic work of art.

Travelers to New York City harbor see amarvelous sight. Standing on a small island in theharbor is an immense statue of a robed woman,holding a book and lifting a torch to the sky. Thestatue measures almost one-hundred and twentyfeet from foot to crown. It is sometimes referredto as the "Modern Colossus," but more oftencalled the Statue of Liberty.


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Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa(Italian: Torre pendente di Pisa) or simply the Tower of Pisa (La Torre diPisa) is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of thecathedral of the Italian city of Pisa. It is situatedbehind the Cathedral and is the third oldest structure in Pisa's Cathedral Square (Piazza del Duomo)after the Cathedral and the Baptistry.

The height of the tower is 55.86 m (183.27 ft) from the ground on the low side and 56.70 m (186.02 ft)on the high side. The width of the walls at the base is 4.09 m (13.42 ft) and at the top 2.48 m (8.14 ft).Its weight is estimated at 14,500 metric tons (16,000 short tons). The tower has 296 or 294 steps; theseventh floor has two fewer steps on the north-facing staircase. Prior to restoration work performedbetween 1990 and 2001, the tower leaned at an angle of 5.5 degrees, but the tower now leans at about3.99 degrees.[4] This means that the top of the tower is displaced horizontally 3.9 metres (12 ft 10 in)from where it would be if the structure were perfectly vertical.


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The Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in thestate of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park, one of the first nationalparks in the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of theGrand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery.

The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of overa mile (1.83 km) (6000 feet).[1] Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history have beenexposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rockwhile the Colorado Plateau was uplifted.[2] While the specific geologic processes and timing thatformed the Grand Canyon are the subject of debate by geologists,[3] recent evidence suggests theColorado River established its course through the canyon at least 17 million years ago.[4][5] Since thattime, the Colorado River continued to erode and form the canyon to the point we see it at today.[6]

Before European immigration, the area was inhabited by Native Americans who built settlementswithin the canyon and its many caves. The Pueblo people considered the Grand Canyon ("Ongtupqa" inHopi language) a holy site and made pilgrimages to it.[7] The first European known to have viewed theGrand Canyon was Garca Lpez de Crdenas from Spain, who arrived in 1540.[8]


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5Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India. It is one of the most recognizable structures inthe world. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Itis widely considered as one of the most beautiful buildings in the world and stands as a symbol ofeternal love.

Taj Mahal is the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian,Islamic and Indian architectural styles.

In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While the white domed marblemausoleum is the most familiar component of the Taj Mahal, it is actually an integrated complex ofstructures. The construction began around 1632 and was completed around 1653, employing thousands

of artisans and craftsmen.[5] The construction of the Taj Mahal was entrusted to a board of architectsunder imperial supervision, including Abd ul-Karim Ma'mur Khan, Makramat Khan, and Ustad AhmadLahauri.[6][7] Lahauri[8] is generally considered to be the principal designer.[9]


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4The great Barier Leaf

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest reef system[1][2] composed of over 2,900 individualreefs[3] and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) over an area of approximately344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi).[4][5] The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast ofQueensland in north-east Australia.The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made byliving organisms.[6] This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known

as coral polyps.[7] This reef supports a wide diversity of life, and was selected as a World Heritage Sitein 1981.[1][2] CNN labeled it one of the seven natural wonders of the world.[8] The QueenslandNational Trust named it a state icon of Queensland.[9]A large part of the reef is protected by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which helps to limit theimpact of human use, such as fishing and tourism. Other environmental pressures on the reef and itsecosystem include runoff, climate change accompanied by mass coral bleaching, and cyclic populationoutbreaks of the crown-of-thorns starfish.The Great Barrier Reef has long been known to and used by the Aboriginal Australian and Torres StraitIslander peoples, and is an important part of local groups' cultures and spirituality. The reef is a verypopular destination for tourists, especially in the Whitsunday Islands and Cairns regions. Tourism is animportant economic activity for the region, generating AU$ 1 billion per year.[10]


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3Pyramid

A pyramid is a structure where the outer surfaces are triangular and converge at a point. The base of apyramid can be trilateral, quadrilateral, or any polygon shape, meaning that a pyramid has at least threetriangular surfaces (at least four faces including the base). The square pyramid, with square base andfour triangular outer surfaces, is a common version.

A pyramid's design, with the majority of the weight closer to the ground,[2] and with the pyramidion ontop means that less material higher up on the pyramid will be pushing down from above: thisdistribution of weight allowed early civilizations to create stable monumental structures.

For thousands of years, the largest structures on earth were pyramids: first the Red Pyramid in theDashur Necropolis and then the Great Pyramid of Khufu, both of Egypt, the latter the only one of theSeven Wonders of the Ancient World still remaining. Khufus Pyramid is built entirely of limestone,and is considered an architectural masterpiece. It contains around 1,300,000 blocks ranging in weightfrom 2.5 tons to 15 tons and is built on a square base with sides measuring about 230m (755ft),covering 13 acres! Its four sides face the four cardinal points precisely and it has an angle of 52

degrees. The original height of the Pyramid was 146.5m (488ft), but today it is only 137m (455ft) high,the 9m (33ft) that is missing is due to the theft of the fine quality limestone covering, or casing stones,by the Ottoman Turks in the 15 Century A.D, to build houses and Mosques in Cairo. It is still the tallestpyramid. The largest pyramid in the world ever built, by volume, is the Great Pyramid of Cholula, inthe Mexican state of Puebla. This pyramid is still being excavated.


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2AURORA

Auroras, also known as northern and southern (polar) lights or aurorae (singular: aurora), are naturallight displays in the sky, particularly in the polar regions, and usually observed at night. They typicallyoccur in the ionosphere. They are also referred to as polar auroras. This is a misnomer however,because they are commonly visible between 65 to 72 degrees north and south latitudes, which placethem in a ring just within the Arctic and Antarctic circles. Aurorae do occur deeper inside the polarregions, but these are infrequent and often invisible to the naked eye.

In northern latitudes, the effect is known as the aurora borealis, named after the Roman goddess ofdawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas, byPierre Gassendi in 1621.[1] Theaurora borealis is also called the northern polar lights, as it is only visible in the sky from the Northern

Hemisphere, with the chance of visibility increasing with proximity to the North Magnetic Pole.(The North Magnetic Pole is currently in the arctic islands of northern Canada.) Auroras seen near themagnetic pole may be high overhead, but from farther away, they illuminate the northern horizon as agreenish glow or sometimes a faint red, as if the Sun were rising from an unusual direction. The auroraborealis most often occurs near the equinoxes. The northern lights have had a number of namesthroughout history. The Cree call this phenomenon the "Dance of the Spirits." In Europe, in the MiddleAges, the auroras were commonly believed a sign from God (see Wilfried Schrder, Das Phnomen desPolarlichts, Darmstadt 1984).

Its southern counterpart, the aurora australis or the southern polar lights, has similar properties, but isonly visible from high southern latitudes in Antarctica, South America, or Australasia. Australis is

the Latin word for "of the South."


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1Christ the Redeemer

Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, formerly Portuguese: Christo Redemptor) is a statueof Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world.[1] Thestatue is 39.6 metres (130 ft) tall, including its 9.5 meter (31 feet) pedestal, and 30 metres (98 ft) wide.It weighs 635 tonnes (700 short tons), and is located at the peak of the 700-metre (2,300 ft) Corcovadomountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city. It is one of the tallest of its kind in theworld (The statue of Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia, is slightly taller). A symbol ofChristianity, the statue has become an icon of Rio and Brazil.[2] It is made of reinforced concrete andsoapstone, and was constructed between 1922 and 1931.


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On the Edge ofthe Earth

HOT PICKS FOR VACATION

Hainin Island - It is interesting to note that while theisland of Hainan in southwest China is the country'snumber two holiday ravel destination (in betweenJiuzhaigou National Park in Sichuan and Yunnan's

Lijiang), most foreign tourists and expats living in thePeople's Republic have never even heard of HainanDao, let alone been there I used to be one of the guiltyparties. Despite residing in China for an extended periodof time, it was not until I began my epic travels acrossthe country that I was introduced to what is in fact itssmallest yet most exotic province.

Hainan's most popular season is, of course, SpringFestival, when legions of mainlanders shuddering fromsub-zero winter temperatures spend Chinese New Yearon the invitingly temperate beaches of the tropica island.

Conversely, sweltering summers turn Hainan into averitable Hades (reclusive sun worshipers take note:you will literally have the beach to yourselves). It is notsurprising, then, that Hang Dynasty exiles were oncebanished to 'The Edge of the Earth' as fatalpunishmentHainan island has made significant progressover the centuries, from remote settlement to populartourist attraction by way of repeatedly falling in and outof control of neighboring provinces until at last beinggranted provincial status in 1988 (disputably along withsome 200 surrounding South China Sea islands) anddeclared a Special Economic Zone to spur investment.

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Traveling makes our world a little better:making new memories, meeting new

people, and seeing beautiful places. It willbe a treasured moment if we know our

smart travel tips. Perhaps your next vacationwill be one-to-remember and not one that

you wish you could forget ?

. . . BEFORE LEAVING . . .* Allow plenty of time to get the relevant visa.* Read up about your destinations before leaving so you can enjoy yourselfstraight away on arrival. Check out travel deals that are available on theInternet.* Don't buy loads of new clothes - be ruthless when packing - most people can

manage with half what they take.* Take an extra duffel bag - it can be used as a day bag and to bring back a fewsouvenirs.* Don't pack your passport in your rucksack - keep it in your hand luggage withyour tickets.* Try and memorise your passport number incase you lose it!* Write down addresses of friends and family, you may want to send postcardsto, in a small address book.* Arrange for diabetic/vegetarian/vegan meals for your flight with your travelagent.* Remove old destination tags to avoid confusion* On the day of your flight call the airport to check that your flight is on time.

* Find out how many 'carry on bags' your airlina allows - luggage 20"x15"x10"is average* Purchase some water purification tablets if you are planning a stop over in acountry with suspect water sources* Pack essentials such as a toothbrush, clean underwear and money in handluggage, incase your check in bags get lost.

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. . . DURING JOURNEY . . .* Reduce the pain of popping ears; suck a sweet, swallow hard or gently blow yournose.* Try to drink plenty of water to avoid becoming dehydrated- the cabins highlypressurised air is very dry.* Ask cabin crew if you can move to a row of unoccupied seats so you can travel in

style.* Minimise jet lag by adjusting your watch to 'local' time along your journey.* Walk around a little on the plane to help circulation and make the most of anyrefuel stops for a good stretch.* Try to sleep during the Australian night (the airlines normally turn the lights offto help).

. . . ON ARRIVAL . . .* Try to be as alert as you can; weary travellers make easy prey for pickpocketsetc.

* Avoid making long distance calls from your hotel room; it's likely to attract a hugepremium.* Make sure any taxi you get into is legitimate to avoid any shady goings on* If hiring a car, collision damage insurance/waiver is a good investment* If hiring a car carefully checks it for dents, scratches etc and insist the rentalcompany makes a written note to confirm.* Carry a 2nd 'dummy' wallet with a small amount of cash in case you are mugged- not likely in Australia.* Be aware of the fierce Australian sun - use sunscreen, wear shades and lipprotection.* Check for hazardous currents/ tides or dangerous marine life beforeswimming/surfing etc.

. . . EQUIPMENT . . .* Camping/sports towels are extremely small and lightweight, they don't smell andcan be packed damp.* Shaving oil rather than shaving cream saves valuable storage space and weight.* A small first aid kit could be very useful for minor injuries.* Swiss army style knives are a good idea for peeling fruit, cutting toe nails etc.* A wide brimmed hat or cap can be very useful for preventing sun stroke on veryhot days.* High factor sun cream will help to minimise the risks of sun burn and skin cancer.* Good quality sun glasses will make you look cool and stop you from cooking youreyes* Ear plugs can be a real 'God send' when there is a loud snorer in your dorm!* Headache tablets for hangovers etc.* A lightweight showerproof jacket can be useful as it does rain in Oz, sometimesvery hard.* Clothes that don't run (so you only have to do one washing load for everything).* Comfortable shoes that don't take up much room, and are suitable for various


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. . . LUGGAGES . . .* A 65 litre rucksack should definitely be large enough.

* A rucksack which opens up like a suitcase is excellent for keeping clothes creasefree and easily accessible.* A rucksack with a detachable smaller bag is desirable. They are ideal for day tripsetc.* Wire Ruck Sack security bags are available to safeguard your valuables.* A rucksack with an additional removable water proof cover can be a goodinvestment.

. . . OTHER GOOD TIPS . . .* Book internal airline tickets at least three weeks in advance for discount.* Open a bank account in Australia if it is your intention to stay for more than amonth.* Get vaccinations for other foreign destinations before leaving.* Never let a stranger look after your bag - they may steal or put something inthere.* Use reduced rate phone cards to phone home.

* Travel in a group, it is safer, cheaper and more fun.* Plan a rough itenirary of where you would like to go.* Book internal flights or transport before you go, as sometimes discounts areavailable.* Travel in the southern states during the Summer and the northern states duringthe Winter.* Buy a map if you are planning on driving, or a relevant map if you are planningon doing some serious bushwalking.* Find the suitable Insurance policy that covers money, medical and activities.


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