Exotic Vacation Places

This weekend, Bar Refaeli was spotted having a vacation in Mexico with one of her girlfriend. This sexy supermodel was relaxing with a tiny black bikini in a hotel poolside. What made it special, this was not the first time Bar Refaeli spent a holiday in Mexico. She was visiting Mexico couple times before with her on-and-off boyfriend, actor Leonardo DiCaprio.



In late 2008, Bar Refaeli and Leonardo DiCaprio had a getaway in Mexico and visited the historic ruins in Tulum. It was an ancient temple of Maya, and located on 39 ft cliff along the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. The archaeological site is relatively compact (compared with many other Maya sites in the vicinity), and is one of the best-preserved coastal Maya sites.

The landscapes of this region are extremely varied and frequently very beautiful. The highlands are sunny, warm by day but pleasantly cool and invigorating at night. Most of the Yucatan Peninsula is low-lying, tangled scrub in the north, dense jungle in the wetter south. This is the area where the famous Mayan sites are found. The coast of the Yucatan has some fine beaches, and the heat here is tempered by the winds of the Caribbean.



While earlier in the same year, she and Leo also visited Mexico, they were spent a holiday in the resort city of Puerto Vallarta. This is an exotic city on the Pacific Ocean's Bahia de Banderas in the state of Jalisco. Because of its beauty, this city often used as a movie set, one of it was Ben Stiller's Heartbreak Kid.

This picture on the left shows the symbol of Puerto Vallarta. This statue of a boy riding his seahorse is located at Malecon, a paved walkway along the seashore in Col. Centro.

Other pupular landmarks of Puerto Vallarta would be Parish Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, City Hall, and Playa Les Muertos (Beach of The Dead) - the city's largest public beach. Legend has it the beach's name stems from a battle between pirates and local miners after which bodies remained strewn on the beach.



So, those are the place where Bar Refaeli and her boyfriend visited during their vacation in Mexico. I wonder which is the more beautiful, seeing Bar Refaeli in bikini, or the exotic nature of Mexico? While for the country itself, there are many more tourist objects that worth visiting. I might get down to that on the next post.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, near the City Hall, in Puerto Vallarta

Bar Refaeli enjoy Mexican sunlight in Leo's lap

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Hawaii is surely one of the most exotic places on earth. It consisting of eight beautiful main islands. Unfortunately most of the people only familiar with the island of Hawai'i and Maui. What inspired me to write this article was when I saw a movie called "A Perfect Getaway" recently. This thriller cinema exploits the beauty of the western Hawaii island, Kauai.



The wilderness park in Kalalau Valley is a conservation area, thus you need to have a special permit issued by Hawaii State Parks to camp there. Even with this permit, you can't camp in two consecutive nights beyond this valley.

Find The Secret Falls in The Trail and Swim Nude!

On the base of Kalalau Valley you'll find the final destination of the trail, The Kalalau Beach. Because this area is very secluded, there are rumors of people in hiding there. Nudist, Hippies, and war veteran are said to looking for a solitude from civilization there, although often they were chased by rangers that force them to hide.

Kalalau Beach - The Final Destination

The current of the water around the beach is very strong, making it almost impossible to swim. But if you can ride a kayak, then you might want to sail along the beach to find a very stunning sea caves. This Kalalau Trail really offers an adventure for those who were bored with a usual vacation trip on holiday.

Kayaking to find the sea caves

By the way, I mentioned before that Kauai used as a set on "A Perfect Getaway" movie. Now, beside Kalalau Trail this island is very exotic and have lots tourist object, some other movies were filmed in here, including Jurassic Park, Lilo & Stitch, King Kong (remake), Six Days Seven Nights, and Donovan's Reef. Next time I'll write about Kauai and other islands in Hawaii in details.

Note: All images are screenshot from "A Perfect Getaway" movie, so it might not 100% natural and has been set for the audiences.
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The 2010 Rio de Janeiro Carnival gonna be held pretty soon, and I guess the Brazilian people know a good way to warming up. Most of you maybe never heard of Brazil Underwear Day, because this year event that held on February 9, 2010 is only the 4th edition.

Brazil Underwear Day is a chance for more conservative, self-conscious Brazilians to cover up one last time before carnival begins. Yup, in the upcoming Rio carnival you'll see people dress up less than that.

This Underwear Day event was sponsored by Finissimo, Brazilian fashion website. Men and women models wear their sexiest lingerie and went down to the most crowded place in the city, such as stadium, mall, or bus station. Finissimo stated this event was for a more appreciation for the unseen garment, said that underwear is the first thing you put on and will be the last one to taken off.

Take a look of this year event and you might consider to visit Brazil for your next year vacation:




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When you want to travel overseas, it's important to have all the information you need about your destination country and city, especially to decide where are you going to stay during your vacation. That's why from now on I add a new category, Hotel and Lodge. Let's start our first journey with Germany.

If you're planning to visit Germany in near future, I know the perfect site that will help you find hotel and booking info, try to check Hotel Deutschland website. As any other major countries in Europe, Germany have a lot of big hotels network, so you won't have a difficult time to looking for a nice place to stay.

There are some nice cities you should visit when you're in there, including Munchen, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Koln, and of course their capital, Berlin. They all have a popular tourist objects, timberland outlet shop, fancy hotels, and the famous hospitality of their citizens.



Take Munchen (Munich) for example. This is the home of the famous football team, Bayern Munchen, and also the place where the famous beer festival, Oktoberfest, being held every year. For hotel choices here, you can pick between Mandarin Oriental, Exquisit, Hiton, Westin, and many more. For complete information just visit Hotel Munchen webpage.

The other city that I want to highlight is the capital city and largest city in Germany, Berlin. No people on earth wouldn't want to see where are the ruins of the legendary Berlin Wall existed. This city also the center of Deutschland culture, with its museums and galleries. Now for Hotel Berlin option, you can choose between Concorde, Circus, Ritz-Carlton, Regen, and lots of other.

Enjoy your trip in Germany!
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Haiti, The Lost Paradise

Who don't know about the beautifulness of Haiti (officially called the Republic of Haiti), at least hear about it if you never had the chance to lay your eyes on this paradise before, except if you have been living in a cave all this time.

If you have been there even just for once, I'm sure you'll say that Haiti is one of the best place to have a vacation when you spent your holiday.

But as it was reported by any travel guide website, news, and others mass media that an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on January 12, 2010. It's causing major casualties and extensive damage to infrastructure, including buildings in the Port au Prince area.

So that is the purpose of this post, to share what are the tourist objects that lost in Port au Prince - Haiti so we can't visit anymore, at least just for a while.

Cathedrale de Port au Prince

The churches and cathedrals are major attractions in the city not only for their religious significance but also for their excellent architectural styles. Cathedrale de Port au Prince is also known as Cathedrale de Notre Dame. The Neo Romantic architecture of the cathedral is appreciated by tourists from all over the world.

Centre d'Art Museum

It is where the arts of Haitian live, clearly define from their collections and it is one of the worst damaged museum when earthquake hit Port au Prince. Some artworks were crushed or exposed to the elements as it is reported by any mass media.

So now, if you're still wanting to visit The Lost Paradise, Haiti, I think it is a good idea, considering to remind its historical buildings, besides to help the people and do the humanitarian act, of course.

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