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Tube Hotel, Mexico

adminane — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:45:28 +0000

TuboHotel is a unique hotel that has utilized inexpensive materials to provide affordable accommodations to its customers.
Tubo means tube in spanish. In 2006 architect Andreas Strauss used recycled concrete pipes to create a tiny houses to be used as hotel rooms.

Located in Tepoztlan, Mexico there are beautiful views of the Sierra on this property. They call the area Pueblo Magico which means magic village. The goal here was to not only build inexpensively but to also do it fast. The purpose of the property is to serve tourists in the area.

At $500 pesos a night (that’s about $35) you can spend a night in your very own tube home. They’re laid out in a unique way where the tubes are stacked like pyramids. There’s a total of 20 units you can stay in along with two bathrooms–one for men and the other for women. You’ll also find picnic tables underneath umbrellas throughout the property.
Inside each tube there’s a queen sized bed along with a…
•Light
•Fan
•Storage
•Fresh towels

If that’s too luxurious you can also opt to camp out with your own tent for $150 pesos a night.

Since these rooms are so small the hotel has two private bath houses for your use during your stay. Just make sure you bring a robe, sandals and your favorite soap and shampoo. They’ll have the hot water ready.

Where is TuboHotel
Tepoztlan, Mexico is about 45 minutes south of Mexico City, where the nearest airport lies.

Volcano hotel in Chile

adminane — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:16:25 +0000

Looking for something new and interesting place to visit, maybe this is the right place for you to spend holiday in this magical haven? Magic Mountain Lodge – hotel in a private reserve Huilo Huilo in Chile. This hotel is designed as a volcano, but instead of lava it is one beautiful waterfall. If you want to see a real volcano, Chilean volcano Arenal is seen directly from the hotel window.

In this hotel, among other things, it creates an a amazing atmosphere for you. There is also a jacuzzi, and huge windows are overlooking to the magnificent tropical forest, and the only way to get inside is across the monkey bridge. Night at this hotel will cost you around $ 250-400$.

Funny Wedding Cake Toppers

adminane — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:55:02 +0000

Marriage is a happy moment that everyone should enjoy. It has a unique funny toppers on your wedding cake is a sure way to place a smile on his face more and bring lots of laughter in the celebration. With a funny wedding cake toppers, more pleasant memories of your wedding.

The Best Easter Egg Designs

adminane — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:58:24 +0000

Easter is just around the corner, and one of the popular ways to celebrate is by decorating Easter eggs in various manners, and then to display them prominently for the world to see. After that, the eggs can either be used in Easter Egg hunts, or they can be eaten, but either way, many people put in significant time and effort creating a unique Easter egg design.
In this post, we’ve collected from the web some of the best Easter Egg designs ever to inspire you.

Child Falls Asleep While Skiing

adminane — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:21:25 +0000

Don’t you hate it when you’ve just finished an exhausting ski run and you suddenly fall asleep? Caught on camera by his dad after he spotted him having an impromptu snooze during a skiing session, this clip shows the young fellow in question sound asleep with his skis and helmet on. Amazingly, he stays standing up for nearly a minute before the inevitable happens and the little chap tumbles down to the ground.

Rio Carnival (newest photos)

adminane — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:17:42 +0000

Carnival season has started in Brazil and that means scantily clad women wearing giant feathers. We don’t know if ladies in carnival costumes is a fetish, but if not it should be. It takes most of the year to build the outfits these dancers wear. They all have to be made by hand, presumably by some old ladies that probably wore similar outfits in their day. Carnival marks the beginning of the Lenten season, when people abstain in remembrance of Christ’s death. What that has to do with half-naked women dancing on giant floats we’re not sure. Perhaps it’s an obscure theological point we missed in Sunday school. Still, it is the most popular event in all of South America.

The 2012 Brazil Carnival is bigger and brighter than ever as the nation aims to shows the world that it’s ready to host the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympics.
Flanked by samba queens and doused in confetti, Rio de Janeiro’s mayor symbolically handed control of the city over to the Carnival King on Friday to kick off the five-day event.

“I am giving over a city at the height of its rebirth,” Mayor Eduardo Paes said as he relinquished control to Milton Junior, this year’s King Momo. Serving as King Momo, Junior will act as a mythical jester reigning over the city streets full of roving bands, dancing teams, and drinking revelers.

Some 400 street parties were scheduled for the 2012 Rio Carnival with this weekend’s Cordao da Bola Petra parade attracting a record 2.3 million revelers, according to police figures. Rio’s Carnival attendees are expected to spend $640 million and generate roughly 250,000 temporary jobs, mostly in the tourism sector.

Best Latin America Hotels 2012

adminane — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:52:44 +0000

Travel + Leisure magazine published on its 10th anniversary the collection of the 500 Best Hotels worldwide by 2012.Here are the Top-Rated hotels worldwide, selected by readers.
The publication spread to the Latin America including Argentina, Belize, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay among the best.

Palacio-Duahu-Park-Hyatt-Aire.-Argentina

One&Only-Palmilla-Los-Cabos-Mexico

Four Seasons Resort, Carmelo – Uruguay

Victoria-House-Belize

Sofitel-Cartagena-Santa-Clara-Colombia

Inkaterra-Machu-Picchu-Pueblo-Hotel-Machu-Picchu-Peru

Four-Seasons-Resort-Costa-Rica-at-Peninsula-Papagayo-Costa-Rica

Posada-de-Mike-Rapu-Explora-Rapa-Nui-Chile

Hotel-Atilan-Panajachel-Guatemala

The Best Videos Of Christmas Lights Set To Music

adminane — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:29:48 +0000

Different homes with extreme creativity & 1000′s of outdoor Christmas lights/music. Here is the top 5 videos of Christmas lights set to music. I hope you like it…

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Christmas Outdoor Decoration Tips

adminane — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:53:26 +0000

Christmas comes at a time of year when the sun shines only briefly, when darkness comes as early as 4 pm in many areas of the northern hemisphere, and many people start wishing for festive and cheerful Christmas outdoor decorations. Winter solstice starts just days before Christmas, and even though that date marks the time when days start getting longer, it seems like just the beginning of cold weather, cabin fever and the winter blues. Holiday lighting and decor can be one antidote for Seasonal Affective Disorder, commonly known as SAD.

Read on to find some fresh ideas for your Christmas outdoor decorations. You are not limited to the holiday aisle at your local box store anymore. If you have a large house, building or yard, you can even purchase commercial grade lights and decorations that are basically bigger and studier than what you have been used to using.

Consider these options for Christmas outdoor decorations:

* garlands, wreaths, finials and evergreen topiaries
* bells, ribbons, and snowflakes
* gazing balls and brightly colored glass bottles
* chandeliers and wind chimes
* banners and silhouettes
* animated 3-d figures and air blown inflatable figures
* nativities and creches
* string and rope lights

Think about which features of your house and property could be decorated. Be imaginative! Typically homeowners like to decorate their house to highlight its unique architecture. That means wrapping and lining porches, columns, windows, roof line, and eaves. You can go beyond your house and consider decorating your garage, your pool house, your gazebo, garden shed, and even your doghouse.

Now let’s get creative with the landscape around your house and adjacent structures. Consider using Christmas outdoor decorations in areas besides or in addition to your front yard, where face it; you are trying to impress and cheer up your neighbors. How about using holiday decor in your backyard, side yards, and garden; on your trees and large shrubs; around your swimming pool or pond. Think about decorating your garden features; patio, bench and birdbath; window boxes, decorative containers, hanging baskets; even a vintage bicycle, wagon wheel, or wheelbarrow.

Christmas lights are one of the most popular forms of holiday decorating simply because they bring light and color to our sometimes bleak winter days and nights. The sheer volume and variety of lights and lighting systems available now in stores and online gives you the ability to make very creative and unique Christmas light display. You could use simple strings of white mini-lites to highlight the architecture of your home, or go hole hog with large 2 dimensional framed displays of animated figures. Santa in his sleigh being pulled through the air by 2 or 3 reindeer, for example, is a very popular scene. Its up to you just how much time, effort and money you would like to spend on your Christmas outdoor decorative lights.

Options for Christmas holiday lighting displays:

* LED lights, old-fashioned C7and C9 light bulbs, and mini-lites
* twinkle lights, rope lights, string lights and net lights
* lighted shapes and spheres
* metal outdoor votives
* 2-d animated figures
* holographic figures

Be careful when constructing outdoor Christmas lighting displays. Remember you are working with electricity and the elements. Use heavy 18 or 20 gauge wire that is covered with thick (SPT2 is thicker than SPT1) insulation. A good rule is to never plug in more than 1400 watts per electrical circuit. C7 and C9 bulbs, those old-fashioned bulbs that are a bit bigger than mini-lites are typically 5, 7, or 10 watts each. Strings of 100 mini-lites are approximately 50 watts.

For safety only use lights with the ‘Underwriters Laboratories’ label. Make sure you research your electrical needs and costs before you get started on a huge Christmas outdoor lighting display. Here is a simply equation to use to figure out your electrical requirements: Total watts, divided by 120 volts equals the amps you’ll need to power your lights.

Test your lights and replace broken bulbs before installing. Electrical tape can be an alternative to nailing or hooking lighting decor onto structures. Use tree clips or twist ties to attach lights to tree and shrub branches. Avoid aluminum gutters and other metallic features on your house and property.

Christmas outdoor decorating is a fun project for the month of December. You’ll be active in the crisp winter air, basking in the ethereal winter sun. When you go back indoors, you’ll be able to enjoy the results of your hard work for weeks to come as well as feel gratified to know that your Outdoor Christmas decorations bring joy to your friends and neighbors.

Seychelles, paradise on earth 06

adminane — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:19:31 +0000

An amalgamation of romance, privacy and exclusivity, the Seychelles boasts of being one of the most beautiful places in the world. The diversity of the island landscape rushes up to greet you from the very moment you set eyes on it from that little window on your aircraft. The Seychelles people culture, history, and geography of scintillating islands, is something every tourist should experience. The Seychelles islands provide any traveler ranging from novice to sophisticate with romantic beaches, tropical gardens, night life, privacy, relaxation and pampering, along with an array of activities including sailing, snorkeling and fishing on the 155 islands. The unparalleled experience of honeymooning in the Seychelles, will prove any young couple about to embark on the journey of life, a truly memorable, once in a lifetime getaway.

Geography
The Republic of Seychelles, located in Eastern Africa, forms a widely scattered archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. The islands are divided into two main physical types: the group of granitic and mountainous central islands or inner islands, surrounded by flat coastal beaches and the outer islands, representing coral atolls and coral reefs with slight elevations above sea level. The main islands are Mahe (covering 142 sq km), which houses the capital and the only city Victoria, Praslin (with the land area of 38 sq km) famous for the rare “coco de mer” palms and La Digue (10 sq km) featuring Anse Source d’Argent-one of the most famous Seychelles beaches.

The Inner Islands
The Inner Islands offer safe moorings and easy sailing distances with tremendous diversity and breathtaking natural beauty. The largest island, Mahé, offers 44 miles of scenic coastline that features safe anchorages, over 65 beaches and plenty of secret coves and romantic hideaways. Scenic bays include Beau Vallon, Baie Ternay, Port Launay, Anse à la Mouche, Anse Soleil, Baie Lazare, Intendance and Anse Royale. Some of the more secret coves include Anse Major, Anse Jasmin, Anse Du Riz, and Petit Anse.
The smaller islands of Cerf, Moyenne, Round and Ste Anne lie just off Mahé’s eastern coast in a marine park and Conception Island and Thérèse to her west.
From Mahe, you’ll want to visit the twin islands of Cousin and Cousine, and then continue on to the island of Praslin, home to the Vallée de Mai and numerous world famous beaches. The island offers numerous safe anchorages along its 18-mile coastline.
Scenic bays and romantic coves around Praslin include Anse Lazio, Anse a la Farine, Anse Petite Cour, Baie Chevalier, Anse Posession, Anse La Blague, Côte d’Or and Anse Marie-Louise. Satellite islands include Curieuse, St. Pierre, Île Cocos, Aride, Cousine and Cousin, to name a few.
Less than 4 miles southeast from Praslin’s Baie Ste Anne jetty, La Digue is the island where time stands still. Discover its many coves (such as Reunion, Union and Patate) and silver-sand beaches, among which is one of the planet’s most photographed strand, Anse Source d’Argent. There are numerous surrounding islands, including Félicité, Marianne and Grand Soeur, all within easy reach and all offering safe anchorages.

Seychelles Beaches – More than Just Sun and the Sand
In addition to the world famous beaches of the Seychelles, there is bustle of special attractions other than this for visitors. These include the legendary Vallee de Mai in Praslin, named by UNESCO as a world heritage site and known as the Garden of Eden, and L’Union Estate in La Digue Island, home to the one of the most pristine beaches. While Mahé, Praslin and La Digue are the most popular islands, Mahé boasts 65 silver beaches and an assortment of restaurants, cafés, bars and casinos in its tiny capital, Victoria. One may find national monuments, beautiful Creole houses, national reserves and marine parks for exploring, as well as, breathtaking natural wonders above and beneath the waves. Excursions can be arranged, allowing visitors to indulge in the pleasures of glass-bottom boating and a choice of water sports.
There are also golf courses, horse-riding and guided nature tours, where visitors may enjoy some of the rarest species of flora and fauna on earth. Aride Island, one of the world’s most important and beautiful Nature Reserves, is home to breeding seabirds of ten species that are endemic. The Ile Coco Marine National Park is set around 3 small islands, in shallow turquoise sea peppered with a large expanse of coral reefs. The combination of the colours red and green, dot the hillside of Curieuse Island, along with the unmistakable eternally symbolic coco de mer trees, giving it an unforgettable and unique appearance. The Silhouette Marine National Park, which stands at a height of 740m, is the only “paper park” left in Seychelles. Set in turquoise sea, Anne Marine National Park has one of the largest areas of sea grass meadows in the granitic islands. All are a definite must see for any curious visitor.

Flora & Fauna
Seychelles boasts over 700 various endemic species of plants, including Coco-de Mer-the largest seed in the world, albizzies, takamatas, baobabs and casuarinas that form an important part of the overall flora of the country. Seychelles also hosts some of the largest seabird colonies, including such species as Sooty tern, White-tailed tropic birds, and Frigate birds. You can find spectacular marine life, with more than 1000 species of fish. Seychelles is famous for Bird Island-its wildlife sanctuary, home to colorful reef animals, such as the Green Sea Turtle.

The Seychelles Climate and Surroundings
The Seychelles’ enviable climate is always comfortably warm, devoid of any extremes. The temperature seldom drops below 24°C or rises above 32°C and since most of the islands lie comfortably outside the cyclone belt, Seychelles’ is indeed a year-round destination for sun worshippers and beach lovers. The Seychelles islands are renowned and famous for having some of the best beaches in the world. Picturesque, pristine and un-crowded, some are framed by old granite boulders, while others have powder-soft flowing sand and cobalt waters offering sublime opportunities for swimming, snorkeling or pure relaxation. The Indian archipelago is renowned as one of the top scuba diving destinations in the world. Game fishing is also among the favorite activities on the things to do list, while on a Seychelles holiday. The crystal-clear warm waters of the Seychelles beaches and coast-line, provide an unparalleled, picturesque seascape and masses of beautiful marine life for enthusiastic divers.

Seychelles Food – Wine, Dine and Accommodation
Worthy of mention is the subtle and mellow nightlife, where you can unwind and lose yourself at a casino or visit some local bars and fine restaurants, which offer an unforgettable Creole and international culinary experience. The Seychelles resorts offer excellent accommodation, with a wide variety of choices and vacations, to meet any criteria and budget. From sumptuous and extravagant 5 star resorts, to cozy beach bungalows and rustic lodges, there are classy accommodations to choose from. The Creole influence on the architecture is visible all around and even in the modern hotels, you can experience a fusion of this with modern architecture.

So, if you have decided on an unforgettable beach vacation, come down for a visit to Seychelles and let yourself be mesmerized and utterly pampered.