Common Sense on Self-help Tourism
1. Determine the travel destination
Before determine the travel destination, you must first consider the time, followed by affordability. Combination of these two factors, you can basically approximate location of the destination.
2. Understand the traffic situation
Lock the tourism destination, you have to grasp about traffic conditions. First, to find some information from map, and find a trip line which is time-saving and money. Then decide which transportation, by airplane, by boat or by land. Knowing the starting time, location and book ticket in advance.
3. Preparation before departure
A. Know the situation of tourism destination.
B. Choose clothes according to weather
C. Take some common surgical drugs, such as Band-Ais, cotton, alcohol, etc.
D. Camera, batteries, film and toiletries, etc.
E. Take a little fruit or snacks, bottle water to reduce the higher pay during trip. The money had better distribute, and bring a bank card which can use through all the country.
F. Special reminder, bring you ID card. Of course, if you travel to a near place, you don’t need to prepare such complex thing.
Signals for Help in the Wild
In the wild, living environment is very bad, and all kinds of disasters will come from in unexpected. But for the people who travel or work in the wild is very important to know their situation, notify others and seek rescue. During this time, people should try best to get in touch with others through a variety of ways. Signals should sufficient to attract other people’s attention.
Type of Signal
According to their own circumstances and the surrounding environmental conditions, people should given the different distress signal. General speaking, the actions are repeated three times symbolized for assistance.
Smoke signals
Fire as a contact signal is very effective. In order to ensure its reliability, people can put some moss, tender branches, rubber and so on the fire in the day time to produce smoke; while at night, put some dry wood to make fire higher.
Three pile of fire is the international distress signal. To make the fires into triangle. If the fuel scarcity or own serious condition, or because of hunger, excessive weakness, people can not gather three pile of fire, then a bunch of fire is ok.
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The letters listed below is the international emergency distress signal, “FILL” can help you to remember one of the major signal. A individual wooden stick “1″ is the most important and also simplest production.
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Use a flag or a bright color fabric tied on a stick, and then holding the stick to move from left to right. Left move should have longer time, while right direction should move shorter. And then do 8 shaped movement.
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If people have short distance with others, they can shout loudly with three long times shouts, and then three short times shouts. Repeat after 1 minute later.
5. Use sunlight and a mirror to make a signal light, any bright material can be used, such as canned food lid, glass, a platinum film. Ongoing reflection will produce a long-term regularity and a dot, which is a kind of Morse code. Even if you don’t know Morse code, it may also be noticeable by others with the free reflection. In any case, people should at least know SOS code.
Tags: Signals for Help, Travel infoTravel Tips
Travel is a happy thing in our life, but during the trip, we will inevitably encounter many difficulties and problems, making the journey are no longer easy. So, if you want to get more satisfactory travel, you should choose a suitable way to travel and tourist destination, know and master the relevant travel tips, arrange travel schedule are the most important steps before traveling.
1. Choose tourism way
Tourism ways is divided into three parts: travel with tour groups, travel with family and friends, personal self-tourism. Choose what kind of way is mainly based on your own need, but it should fully take into account personal interests, hobbies, economic, time and other aspects of actual situation. Different tourism, different travel content will bring you substantial experience and a great temptation.
2. Preparation before travel
Before travel, you should seriously consider the travel partners, destinations, economic costs, the physical condition of individuals and others, and then refer to the travel destination’s transportation, accommodation, climate and other conditions. To make a practical plan. Meanwhile, the budget is also necessary, such as lodging, food fees and lastly to make a luggage table, including personal documents, medicines.
Tags: tourism destination, travel tipsWomen’s Dream Palace – French Perfume Town of Grasse
If we say that everyone has a dream place, the Grasse is women’s dream for those perfume lovers, while not the Paris. The first flavors and fragrances of plant production was built in this beautiful city of Southern France about 200 years ago. Then the perfume manufacturing roots sprout in this town. Until now, about 80% of the perfume in France comes from here. As we know, the French perfume has an important position in the world.
How to get there? There are several trains daily from Nice and Cannes to perfume town of Grasse. It will need about 1 hour. Ancient incense artifacts, original perfume containers and beautiful bottles and jars are let me feast for the eyes. Base on the travel guide’s patient explain from the history of perfume production to finish, making people completely indulge in the scent museum. After visit, traveler also can purchase a number of rare perfumes which could not buy from others or a variety of fragrances care products for yourself or friends.
Tags: French Perfume Town of GrasseDo You Know Micronations in The World
There is a small island called Molossia in the Nevada in the United States. In fact, it is a country and its integrated name is Republic of Molossia. Nowadays, the country’s population is only six people. About forty years ago, when it was established in 1970, the original population is only four. However, they also have their own government websites. The name, Molossia, comes from the Spanish, which means the small rock mountain. Molossia claims to be a sovereign independent nation-state, therefore, it takes a sovereign country’s government system.
Different with microstates such as Vatican city and Singapore, micronations such as the Republic of Molossia are set up by their own and not recognized by the international community. The reasons of establishing such small country are diverse, some are just a joke, some are just art forms, some want to take a protest against the government and even some are illegal activities.
In addition to the Republic of Molossia, there are still some other micronations in the world such as Principality of Sealand, located in Roughs Tower in England, Principality of Hutt River, located in the western of Australia, Other World Kingdom, where men are ruled by women, and Waveland, which opposes the offshore oil drilling.
Tags: Attractions, Micronations, Other World Kingdom, Principality of Hutt River, Principality of Sealand, Republic of Molossia, WavelandList of Countries That Have More Migrants
According to the Reuters, the United Nations announced the latest report on world migrants. On the list, the United States which is known as built on the basis of national immigration has about 4.3 million foreign immigrants, accounting for 13.5% of the total population. Therefore it becomes the country that has the largest population of overseas immigrants in the world.
Russia ranks NO.2 in the list. It has 1.2 million overseas migrants, accounting for 8.7% of the total population. Russia’s foreign immigrants are mainly from the former Soviet Union and China.
Germany has 10.07 million foreign immigrants, accounting for 13.1% of the total population. So it the third-largest immigration destination country in the world. Nowadays, Germany is facing problems such as low birth rates and aging population, in order to stimulate the economy and import foreign investment, the government set undemanding scale on high-tech immigrants.
There are about 7.2 million overseas immigrants in Saudi Arabia, accounting for 27.8% of the total population. Saudi Arabia carries out strict naturalization policy, few foreigners can get nationality of Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia, senior positions are held by local people in general, foreigners are usually engaged in manual labor and so on.
Canada has 7.0 million immigrants, accounting for the population of 21.3%. Canada’s immigration policy is not strict, so there are many economic immigrants, about more than half of the immigrants.
In the list, France, the Britain, Spain, India and Ukraine rank from the sixth to the tenth in sequence.
Tags: Attractions, country of immigrantsTop Three World Heritages in China
Mount Huang in Anhui Province, China
Mount Huang is one of major tourist attractions in China. The scenery composed by granite covered with the trees and clouds makes you imagine the ancient Chinese landscape painting. At here, more than 50 routes and several cable cars are available for visitors reaching the peak. Many tourists also stay in hotel on the mountains overnight to watch the sunrise in the next day.
The Great Wall, China
Although there is still controversy whether the Great Wall can be seen from the outer space, once you stand at the tower of the Great Wall, no one has controversy about what he sees because it is so beautiful. The Great Wall looks like a long ribbon, ups and downs, ups and downs along with the mountain, as if it is never-ending. In the tourist season, many people from all over the world visit the Great Wall though it is crowded, but you can still go to Simatai Great Wall to enjoy the feeling of lonely and quiet.
The Potala Palace, China
The Potala Palace is located in Tibet, China. There are more than 1,000 rooms and 10,000 temples at this 13-story building. It is a collection of religious antiquities, Garuda Buddhism Arts and history of Buddhism, which is so difficult to forget.
What Should You Do When Meeting Fierce Animals During Travelling
Once you meet fierce animals when travelling, you should be quickly forced youself to calm down and face up to its eyes so that the animals don’t know what you would do next. On the other hand, you should be vigilant and not to take attack firstly, otherwise you will be exposed youself. Here is an example about what you should do when meeting bear. Do not turn your back to animals because it indicates that you are being hunter in natural world.
It is must be noted that bears will not attack people on its own initiative, in their eyes, human meat is not delicious. However, under such circumstances showed in the following, bears will attack you on its own initiative.
Firstly, you stand between the mother bear and baby bear.
Secondly, you stand between the bear and the food that they want to eat. Therefore when you travel the place where there are many bears haunting here and there, you’d better bring the small bell or whistle, once the bears hear the sound, they can understand that human is coming and they will be escaped.
We must remember lying on the floor to pretend dead which is described in fairy fable is absolutely not work when meeting bears.
Tags: meet fierce animals when travelling, safety Travelling, Tourism TipsThe City That Is Well-known Because of Earthquake
Lisbon earthquake is by far the seriousest earthquakes in the Europe, which occurred in the the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, tens of kilometers away from Lisbon. The consequence of Lisbon earthquake is so serious that the whole city was almost damaged and about 70,000 people died in the earthquake. What’s worse, the earthquake resulted in tsunami with 30 meters high and assault the coast of Lisbon. in addition to Portugal, the United Kingdom, North Africa and parts of the Netherlands had suffered damage, even areas in Central America could see the large wave. After 214 years the earthquake happened, thatmeans in the February 28, 1969, another earthquake with 8 magnitudes took place in the west coast.
400 years ago, Lisbon is the center of the most powerful empire in the world. However, becasuse of the decline at political and economic environment, Lisbon has gradually fade out the international stage in recent centuries. At AD 1255, Lisbon became the capital of the Portuguese Empire, in the late 15th century, both Lisbon and Portuguese Empire entried the most thriving period. Explorers from Portuguese left their footprint all over the world including Asia, Africa and South America. November 1, 1755, Lisbon earthquake happened and the glory disappeared instantly, nearly one in five died in this earthquake and two out of three cities were damaged. Under the lead of Minister, the country began to reconstruct and nowadays the new squares and churches building with Catholic style endow a new look for Lisbon.
Tags: Lisbon, Lisbon earthquake, Travel in PortugalIntroduction About Moedlareuth in Germany
There are only about 50 villagers in a small village called Moedlareuth, which is in the south of Berlin in Germany. However, this small village now becomes a hot tourist destination because it spans the border of the former East Germany and West Germany. Parts of Berlin wall, about 100 m long, now still at here and known as the Little Berlin. Because it has strange two ideologies system at the same time, it attracts people’s attention.
The Iron wall with 2.5 meters high and lying in the center of Moedlareuth has been in existence for 38 years. Although East Germany and West Germany were unified for more than 20 years, it remains to be preserved.
The village is located in 300 kilometers south of Berlin. If visitors want to recall the history of communism before East Germany and West Germany being unified, the village is your first tourist destination.
Robert, Director of the Deutsches Museum, said the tourists at here can witness the history of reunification of the two Germanies and understand people’s living conditions at that time. In nearly 40 years, the villagers were divided into two sides by Berlin wall.
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