Showing posts with label thailand. Show all posts
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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Phuket Part IX

Chalong Bay

Chalong Bay

Chalong is a large bay with a pier, which is the most important starting point for diving and fishing trips from Phuket.

The pier is a good place to charter boats for fishing trips, scuba diving or snorkeling in neighboring islands.

Chalong Bay does not have a great beach for swimming because of the mud and the large number of boats moored here.

Just inland is Chalong traffic circle. This area is popular with expatriates living in Phuket and there are some good restaurants and bars nearby.

 

Friendship Beach

Just south of Chalong, there are several low-key and quiet beach bungalows of friendship, which is also known as Mittrapap beach. The beach is not as good as it is muddy at low tide. However, the wonderful views of the bay and the bar at Friendship Beach Resort is a beautiful place to cocktails at sunset by the pool.

Chalong area is home to many tour operators, airlines, leisure fishing charters big game, diving schools, you can easily organize trips or excursions. There are also herbal sauna, yoga classes and a Reiki center in the area of ​​Chalong Circle.

Phuket Zoo is located in the Chalong area. There are some delicious and inexpensive seafood restaurants along the beachfront with views of the charming bay. These can be found either along the road past Phuket Zoo or just to the south at Chalong Pier.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Ten Most Beautiful Temples of the World

1.Paro Taktsang or Tiger’s Nest Monastery – Bhutan
Paro Taktsang is one of the most famous monasteries in Bhutan. It was built around the Taktsang Senge Samdup (stag tshang seng ge bsam grub) cave where Guru Padmasambhava is said to have meditated in the 8th Century. Today it is the most well known of thirteen taktsang or “tiger lair” caves he meditated in at different places in Tibet and Bhutan.Completed in 1692, the temple hangs on a cliff at 3,120 metres (10,200 feet), some 700 meters (2,300 feet) above the bottom of Paro valley, some 10 km from the district town of Paro.
Paro Taktsang or Tiger's Nest Monastery - Bhutan
2.Wat Rong Khun – Thailand
Wat Rong Khun is a contemporary unconventional buddhist temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand. It was designed by Chalermchai Kositpipat. Construction began in 1998 and is expected to end in 2008.Wat Rong Khun is different from any other temple in Thailand, as its ubosot (Pali: uposatha; consecrated assembly hall) is designed in white color with some use of white glass. The white color stands for Lord Buddha’s purity; the white glass stands for Lord Buddha’s wisdom that “shines brightly all over the Earth and the Universe.”
Wat Rong Khun in Chiang Rai - Thailand
3.Prambanan Hindu Temple, Indonesia
Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple compound in Central Java in Indonesia, located approximately 18 km east of Yogyakarta. The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the largest Hindu temples in south-east Asia. It is characterized by its tall and pointed architecture, typical of Hindu temple architecture, and by the 47m high central building inside a large complex of individual temples.
Prambanan, the largest Hindu temple compound in Central Java in Indonesia
4.Shwedagon Paya or Golden Pagoda in Burma
The Shwedagon Pagoda officially titled Shwedagon Zedi Daw, also known as the Golden Pagoda, is a 98-metre (approx. 321.5 feet) gilded stupa located in Yangon, Burma. The pagoda lies to the west ofKandawgyi Lake, on Singuttara Hill, thus dominating the skyline of the city. It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda for the Burmese with relics of the past four Buddhas enshrined within, namely the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Konagamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa and eight hairs of Gautama, the historical Buddha.
Shwedagon Paya (or Pagoda) in Myanmar, Burma
5.Temple of Heaven or Altar of Heaven, China
The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven is a complex of Taoist buildings situated in southeastern urban Beijing, in Xuanwu District. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for good harvest. It is regarded as a Taoist temple, although Chinese Heaven worship, especially by the reigning monarch of the day, pre-dates Taoism.
Temple of Heaven is a Taoist temple in Beijing
6.Chion-in, Japan
Chion-in in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan is the headquarters of the Jodo Shu (Pure Land Sect) founded by Hōnen (1133-1212), who proclaimed that sentient beings are reborn in Amida Buddha’s Western Paradise (Pure Land) by reciting the nembutsu, Amida Buddha’s name.The vast compounds of Chion-in include the site where Hōnen settled to disseminate his teachings and the site where he died.
Chion-in Temple, Kyoto, Japan
7.Borobudur, Indonesia
Borobudur is a ninth-century Mahayana Buddhist monument in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside perforated stupa.
Borobudur Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.
8.Golden Temple or Darbar Sahib, India
Golden Temple or Darbar Sahib, informally referred to as The Golden Temple orTemple of God, is culturally the most significant place of worship of the Sikhs and one of the oldest Sikh gurdwaras. It is located in the city of Amritsar, which was established by Guru Ram Das Ji, the fourth guru of the Sikhs, and is, also due to the shrine, known as Guru Di Nagri meaning city of the Guru.
Golden Temple in Punjab, India
9.Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, India
The Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam, Tamil Nadu, India is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Ranganatha, a reclining form of Lord Vishnu. It is the first and foremost among the 108 Divya Desams, the holy abodes of Lord Vishnu. The temple chariot festival is famous during the 21 day Vaikunta Ekadasi when the Vaishnavite text, Tiruvaimozhi is recited before Lord Vishnu.
The Temple of Srirangam (Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple), India
10.Ankor Wat, Cambodia
Angkor Wator Angkor Vat, is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation—first Hindu, dedicated to Vishnu, then Buddhist. The temple is the epitome of the high classical style of Khmer architecture. It has become a symbol of Cambodia, appearing on its national flag, and it is the country’s prime attraction for visitors.
Ankor Wat, Cambodia