Monday, September 9, 2013
UKRAINE ATTRACTION
UKRAINE ATTRACTIONS ARE VIVID AND RICH IN CULTURE... THEY HAVE MUCH TO OFFER TOURISTS AND MANY LOVELY INSIGHTS AND TRADITIONAL SOUNDS WITH FLAVOR AND UNIQUE SMELLS. THEY HAVE A WIDE NUMBER OF ATTRACTIONS SUCH AS THE WAY SOPHIA CATHEDRAL AND MONASTERY. BUILT DURING THE 11TH CENTURY. THEY HAVE MANY MUSLIMS OF HISTORY AND ARTS AND CRAFTS.
ODESSA IS WELL KNOWN FOR POTEMKIN STAIRWAY WITH 192 STEPS. IT HAS AN OPERA HOUSE. THEY HAVE MANY FORTRESSES AROUND THEIR PARKS. AND TOWNS. THEY HAVE A MONASTERY RELIGION CENTER WITH UNDERGROUND CAVE'S. KYLE PERCHESCHEK IS A UNIQUE UNESCO MONUMENT CALLED ST SOPHIA.
AN ADVENTUROUS TRIP TO HOVERIG MT IS ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN IN UKAINE. THEY HAVE TAILS TO THE PRUIT RIVER WATERFALLS.
OLESCOIS THE MOST POPULAR CASTLE IN ONE REGION IN OLESKOO. SOME CASTLES HAVE DEFENSIVE BUILDINGS OF CUT ROCK. SOME OF THEIR CHURCHES ARE DATED TO THE 14TH CENTURY AND SOME DATE TO THE 17TH CENTURY.
THEY HAVE HISTORIC SETTLEMENTS DATING TO THE 8TH AND 11TH CENTURIES - OLD MONASTERIES ARE LOCATED IN THE CAVES, SOME ARE ON HILLS.
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ODESSA IS WELL KNOWN FOR POTEMKIN STAIRWAY WITH 192 STEPS. IT HAS AN OPERA HOUSE. THEY HAVE MANY FORTRESSES AROUND THEIR PARKS. AND TOWNS. THEY HAVE A MONASTERY RELIGION CENTER WITH UNDERGROUND CAVE'S. KYLE PERCHESCHEK IS A UNIQUE UNESCO MONUMENT CALLED ST SOPHIA.
AN ADVENTUROUS TRIP TO HOVERIG MT IS ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN IN UKAINE. THEY HAVE TAILS TO THE PRUIT RIVER WATERFALLS.
OLESCOIS THE MOST POPULAR CASTLE IN ONE REGION IN OLESKOO. SOME CASTLES HAVE DEFENSIVE BUILDINGS OF CUT ROCK. SOME OF THEIR CHURCHES ARE DATED TO THE 14TH CENTURY AND SOME DATE TO THE 17TH CENTURY.
THEY HAVE HISTORIC SETTLEMENTS DATING TO THE 8TH AND 11TH CENTURIES - OLD MONASTERIES ARE LOCATED IN THE CAVES, SOME ARE ON HILLS.
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Friday, September 6, 2013
BEAR VALLEY, POINT REYES
I HIKED ONE DAY AT BEAR VALLEY WHEN I WAS WANTING TO HIKE IN THE MORNING. I HEADED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY AND FINALLY FOUND MYSELF IN POINT REYES. IT WAS PRETTY CROWDED BUT NOT ON THE TRAIL.I FOUND OUT IT WAS ONLY 4 MILES TO THE OCEAN ROCK AND 4 MI8LES BACK. I TOOK IT EASY AND I MET SOME NICE PEOPLE. IT WAS IN A FORESTED AREA WITH SOME NICE TREES AND THE BEAR CREEK WAS RUNNING. MANY PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE ADEQUATE SHOES TO HIKE THE ENTIRE WAY. THEY WERE ONLY GOING TO ENJOY THE REDWOODS. WE HAD SEEN ELK THERE MANAY TIMES BEFORE. THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE THEREWHO WERE RIDING THEIR BIKES AND ENJOYING THE SCENERY AT A FAST SPEED.
THIS IS IN COAST MIWOK TERRITORY AND IT MANY ROOTS AND NATIVE PLANTS THAT WERE USED FOR HEALING. MANY FOLKS WERE SPENDING A DAY OR SO OVERNIGHT! IT HAS A PLEASANT TRAIL WITH A SPECIAL BLUFF AT THE OCEAN TO VIEW THE SEA.
THIS IS IN COAST MIWOK TERRITORY AND IT MANY ROOTS AND NATIVE PLANTS THAT WERE USED FOR HEALING. MANY FOLKS WERE SPENDING A DAY OR SO OVERNIGHT! IT HAS A PLEASANT TRAIL WITH A SPECIAL BLUFF AT THE OCEAN TO VIEW THE SEA.
BULGARIA CULTURE
A NUMBER OF ANCIENT CULTURES WERE THE BULGARS. THEY HAVE A RICH HERITAGE OF FOLK MUSIC IN THE WORLD. THESE ARTIFACTS INCLUDE TOMBS AND TREASURES. THE ARTIFACTS INCLUDE TRACES OF THEIR MUSIC AND ARCHITECTURE. THEY PERFORM MANY RITUALS THAT ARE KEPT ALIVE IN MODERN BULGARIA. THE OLDEST TREASURE OF GOLD IS THE WORLD DATES BACK TO THE 5TH MILLENNIUM B.C. AND IT COMES FROM THE NECROPOLIS. DURING MIDDLE AGES BULGARIA ALSO GAVE THE WORLD THE CAZRILLIC SCRIPT. THE SECOND MOST WIDELY USED ALPHABET. THEY HAVE MANY MUSICAL TRADITIONS WITH HISTORIANS. ONE OF THE EARLIEST COMPOSERS OF BULGARIA WAS YOAN KUKUZEL WHO WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS WORK. THEY HAVE A TRADITION OF CHURCH SINGING IN BULGARIA. ORTHODOX MUSIC IS ALIVE AND IS PERFORMED AT CONCERTS BY CHOIR SOLOISTS.
BULGARIAN FOLK MUSIC IS UNIQUE WITH THEM AS OF UNUSUAL MEASURES AND COMPLEX HARMONIES. THEY USED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS ZUMBA OR WOODWIND AND A DRUM. THE GAIDA OF BULGARIA IS A LONG SYMBOL OF THE COUNTRY AND IS MORE WELL KNOWN IN THE COUNTRY. THE BAG IS OF GOAT SKIN AND HAS A HORN ON IT. DANCES HAVE COMPLEX RHYTHMS AND MOST ARE CIRCLE DANCES. THEY PLAY AND DANCE TO FOLK MUSIC. SOME TROUPES ARE WORLD FAMOUS . AFTER 1870'S THEY HAD A WAR AND SEVERAL CONFLICTS. BY 1990 THE COMMUNIST PARTY TOOK OVER. THEY HAVE 7.36 MILLION PEOPLE. THEY HAVE HEAVY INDUSTRY POWER - ENGINEERING.
THEIR PREHISTORY DATES TO TO 1.4 MILLION YEARS AGO! SOME FOLKS LATER MADE GOLD COINS AND JEWELRY OVER 6000 YEARS AGO. THEY HAD MANY BATTLES AND CONQUESTS THE BALKAN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. THE SOUTHWEST OF THE COUNTRY REACHES THE BLACK SEA. THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST PENINSULA. BULGARIA HAS A MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE. THAT HAS MANY VARIANCES DURING DIFFERENT YEARS.. THEIR POPULATION OF EAGLES IS GROWING.
THEY OPENED AN ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING PLANT IN JUNE THEY HAVE 3 NATIONAL PARKS AND 17 RESERVES. THEY HAVE SOME OF THE OLDEST OAK AND PINE TREES IN THE WORLD. THEY HAVE MANY BEARS AND JACKALS.
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BULGARIAN FOLK MUSIC IS UNIQUE WITH THEM AS OF UNUSUAL MEASURES AND COMPLEX HARMONIES. THEY USED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS ZUMBA OR WOODWIND AND A DRUM. THE GAIDA OF BULGARIA IS A LONG SYMBOL OF THE COUNTRY AND IS MORE WELL KNOWN IN THE COUNTRY. THE BAG IS OF GOAT SKIN AND HAS A HORN ON IT. DANCES HAVE COMPLEX RHYTHMS AND MOST ARE CIRCLE DANCES. THEY PLAY AND DANCE TO FOLK MUSIC. SOME TROUPES ARE WORLD FAMOUS . AFTER 1870'S THEY HAD A WAR AND SEVERAL CONFLICTS. BY 1990 THE COMMUNIST PARTY TOOK OVER. THEY HAVE 7.36 MILLION PEOPLE. THEY HAVE HEAVY INDUSTRY POWER - ENGINEERING.
THEIR PREHISTORY DATES TO TO 1.4 MILLION YEARS AGO! SOME FOLKS LATER MADE GOLD COINS AND JEWELRY OVER 6000 YEARS AGO. THEY HAD MANY BATTLES AND CONQUESTS THE BALKAN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. THE SOUTHWEST OF THE COUNTRY REACHES THE BLACK SEA. THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST PENINSULA. BULGARIA HAS A MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE. THAT HAS MANY VARIANCES DURING DIFFERENT YEARS.. THEIR POPULATION OF EAGLES IS GROWING.
THEY OPENED AN ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING PLANT IN JUNE THEY HAVE 3 NATIONAL PARKS AND 17 RESERVES. THEY HAVE SOME OF THE OLDEST OAK AND PINE TREES IN THE WORLD. THEY HAVE MANY BEARS AND JACKALS.
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LABOR DAY
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I WENT TO A SMALL CHINA TOWN AND HAD A PRETTY GOOD TIME. I FOUND OUT THEY HAD METER MAIDS GIVING PEOPLE TICKETS. AND AND I FINALLY FOUND A PLACE TO PARK. THEN I WENT TO TO HAVE A SMALL LUNCH AT A CHINESE PLACE THAT HAD SOME GOOD FOOD.
I DECIDED TO MAKE MY WAY TO FISHERMAN'S WHARF..
- EVERYBODY WAS WEARING BACKPACKS AND I DECIDED IT WAS JUST TOO BUSY AND DECIDED TO LEAVE AS THIS HOLIDAY HAD EVERYONE SPENDING THE DAY TRAVELING OR BIKING AROUND THESE TOURISTY SPOTS.
I DECIDED TO GET SOME GRAPES AND OTHER FOOD. I DANCED AROUND A MALL THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN INDOOR MALLS.
THE VIEW OF THE BAY AREA AND THE GOLDEN GATE WAS JUST QUITE BEAUTIFUL THAT DAY. SINCE I WORE LONG PANTS I WAS SWEATING EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ABOUT 75 DEGREES.. LATER ON IT WAS WARMER AND MOST PEOPLE HAD SHORTS ON AND MANY FOLKS WERE RIDING BIKES.. IT WAS INTERESTING THAT THE AREA HAD QUITE A BIT OF HUMIDITY. THERE WERE QUITE A FEW CRUISE SHIPS AND BOATS IN THE BAY.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
AYERS ROCK
AYERS ROCK IN AUSTRALIA IS CALLED ULURU AND IS KNOWN AS A SACRED SANDSTONE ROCK FORMATION. THE ROCK IS SACRED TO ANANGU WHO IN THE ULURU NATIONAL PARK. THEY HAVE MANY SPRINGS HERE AND ANCIENT CAVE PAINTINGS AND ROCK CAVES. IT IS ON THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE. ULURU IS A LOCAL FAMILY NAME BY THE ABORIGINES, AN ANGLO SIGHTED THE ROCK THE ROCK IN 1873.
THIS SITE IS AUSTRALIA'S MOST NOTICEABLE AND VISITED PARK. THE 348 M HIGH ROCK HAS A LOT OF ROCK BENEATH THE SOIL. IT IS ABOUT 6 MILES IN CIRCUMFERENCE. ULURU HAS GREAT SIGNIFICANCE TO THE ANANGU FOLKS WHO LEAD TOURS HERE. THEY TELL ABOUT FLORA AND FAUNA AND THEIR DREAM TIME STORIES. THE ROCK CHANGES COLORS DURING DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY AND YEAR WITH A A GLOWING RED AT SUNSET AND DAWN.
MOUNT OLGA, 16 MILES WEST OF ULURU HAS SPECIAL PARKING TO GIVE TOURISTS BEST VIEWS OF BOTH SITES AT DAWN AND DUSK. ULURU IS CALLED A MONOLITH, AS IT LACKS POINTING AND BEDDING SURFACES. IT IS A SEDIMENTRY ANDSTONE IN A HO DESERT. THERE ARE DECREASES IN NATIVE MAMMALS THAT'S IN DANGER OF . SO MANY FOLKS COME HERE THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS CHANGING. THEY HAVE 7 SPECIES OF BATS IN ALL OF THE VARIOUS CAVES. AND CREVICES. THEY HAVE A RICH VARIETY OF REPTILES. AND SOME FROGS IN THE SPRING AREA COME HERE SUMMER RAINS. THE ANAGU HUNT IN REMOTE AREAS OF THE PARK. KANGAROO, TURKEY, EMU AND LIZARDS. THEY HAVE CEREMONIES FOR EACH MAJOR PLANT FOR EACH OF EACH OF MAJOR PLANT FOOD AS THEY ARE PART OF ANCESTRAL DIET.
THE FLORA IS DIVIDED INTO TREES , SHRUBS, FLOWERS, AND GRASSES. SOME TREES ARE USED FOR SPEARHEADS AND BOOMERANGS AND BOWLS. AND ENDANGERED. THERE ARE 34 EXOTIC PLANTS INTRODUCED HERE. THEIR IS ONLY 11 INCHES OF RAIN PER YEAR.
THE ULURAU HAVE 5 SEASONS DURING THE YEAR. THEY HAVE MANY MYTHS.ONE IS THE WORLD IS A FEATURELESS PLACE . NOTHING EXISTED UNTIL THE CURATOR BEINGS TRAVELED WIDELY. IN CREATING DESTRUCTION THEY FORMEWD LANDSCAPE TODAY. ANAGU LAND STILL HAS ANCESTRAL SPIRITS. THE CREATOR BEINGS REFERRED AS WAPA AITIA. ANOTHER TALK ANOTHER TALES SAYS THE ROCK WAS BUILT BY 2 BOYS. AS THEY FOUGHT THEIR BOSSES NOW BOULDERS.
SOME YEARS AGO SOME PEOPLE FEEL CURSED IF THEY TAKE ROCKS. MANY HAVE MAILED THEM BACK TO REMOVE THEM BACK TO REMOVE THE CURSE.
BASED ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS HUMANS HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 10,000 YEARS AGO. IN LATE 1800'S THE INTERACTION THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ANAGU AND ANGLOS BECAME MORE VIOLENT.BECAUSE OF GRAZING AND DROUGHT BUSH FOOD STORES BECAME DEPLETED. POLICE PATROLS WERE INCREASED BECAUSE OF CONFLICT. LATER IN THE 30'S ANAGU WERE INTRODUCED INTO TO EUROPEAN FOODS AND WAR. '
FIRST TOURISTS CAME HERE IN THE 1930'S. BY THE 1940'S EUROPEANS SETTLED HERE TO PROMOTE TOURISM OF THE ULURU. BY 1960'S THE AYER'S ROCK AREA BECAME A NATIONAL PARK. IN 1985 THE GOVERNMENT RETURNED OWNERSHIP TO ABORIGINES. THE ANAGU ARE JOINTLY ,DAMAGING THE PARK. THE NAGU DO NOT CLIMB THE ROCK BECAUSE OF THE SPIRITUAL. TRADITION. THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT MAY START BANNING CLIMBING THE ROCK.
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THIS SITE IS AUSTRALIA'S MOST NOTICEABLE AND VISITED PARK. THE 348 M HIGH ROCK HAS A LOT OF ROCK BENEATH THE SOIL. IT IS ABOUT 6 MILES IN CIRCUMFERENCE. ULURU HAS GREAT SIGNIFICANCE TO THE ANANGU FOLKS WHO LEAD TOURS HERE. THEY TELL ABOUT FLORA AND FAUNA AND THEIR DREAM TIME STORIES. THE ROCK CHANGES COLORS DURING DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY AND YEAR WITH A A GLOWING RED AT SUNSET AND DAWN.
MOUNT OLGA, 16 MILES WEST OF ULURU HAS SPECIAL PARKING TO GIVE TOURISTS BEST VIEWS OF BOTH SITES AT DAWN AND DUSK. ULURU IS CALLED A MONOLITH, AS IT LACKS POINTING AND BEDDING SURFACES. IT IS A SEDIMENTRY ANDSTONE IN A HO DESERT. THERE ARE DECREASES IN NATIVE MAMMALS THAT'S IN DANGER OF . SO MANY FOLKS COME HERE THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS CHANGING. THEY HAVE 7 SPECIES OF BATS IN ALL OF THE VARIOUS CAVES. AND CREVICES. THEY HAVE A RICH VARIETY OF REPTILES. AND SOME FROGS IN THE SPRING AREA COME HERE SUMMER RAINS. THE ANAGU HUNT IN REMOTE AREAS OF THE PARK. KANGAROO, TURKEY, EMU AND LIZARDS. THEY HAVE CEREMONIES FOR EACH MAJOR PLANT FOR EACH OF EACH OF MAJOR PLANT FOOD AS THEY ARE PART OF ANCESTRAL DIET.
THE FLORA IS DIVIDED INTO TREES , SHRUBS, FLOWERS, AND GRASSES. SOME TREES ARE USED FOR SPEARHEADS AND BOOMERANGS AND BOWLS. AND ENDANGERED. THERE ARE 34 EXOTIC PLANTS INTRODUCED HERE. THEIR IS ONLY 11 INCHES OF RAIN PER YEAR.
THE ULURAU HAVE 5 SEASONS DURING THE YEAR. THEY HAVE MANY MYTHS.ONE IS THE WORLD IS A FEATURELESS PLACE . NOTHING EXISTED UNTIL THE CURATOR BEINGS TRAVELED WIDELY. IN CREATING DESTRUCTION THEY FORMEWD LANDSCAPE TODAY. ANAGU LAND STILL HAS ANCESTRAL SPIRITS. THE CREATOR BEINGS REFERRED AS WAPA AITIA. ANOTHER TALK ANOTHER TALES SAYS THE ROCK WAS BUILT BY 2 BOYS. AS THEY FOUGHT THEIR BOSSES NOW BOULDERS.
SOME YEARS AGO SOME PEOPLE FEEL CURSED IF THEY TAKE ROCKS. MANY HAVE MAILED THEM BACK TO REMOVE THEM BACK TO REMOVE THE CURSE.
BASED ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS HUMANS HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 10,000 YEARS AGO. IN LATE 1800'S THE INTERACTION THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ANAGU AND ANGLOS BECAME MORE VIOLENT.BECAUSE OF GRAZING AND DROUGHT BUSH FOOD STORES BECAME DEPLETED. POLICE PATROLS WERE INCREASED BECAUSE OF CONFLICT. LATER IN THE 30'S ANAGU WERE INTRODUCED INTO TO EUROPEAN FOODS AND WAR. '
FIRST TOURISTS CAME HERE IN THE 1930'S. BY THE 1940'S EUROPEANS SETTLED HERE TO PROMOTE TOURISM OF THE ULURU. BY 1960'S THE AYER'S ROCK AREA BECAME A NATIONAL PARK. IN 1985 THE GOVERNMENT RETURNED OWNERSHIP TO ABORIGINES. THE ANAGU ARE JOINTLY ,DAMAGING THE PARK. THE NAGU DO NOT CLIMB THE ROCK BECAUSE OF THE SPIRITUAL. TRADITION. THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT MAY START BANNING CLIMBING THE ROCK.
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