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Jun302016 by Tropical LifeNo Comments

Dazzling Bandung Nature

Bandung is well known as a city of creativity where the arts and popular cultural threads have morhphed into modern trends. This is a university city full of youthful exitement that life happily alongside its modern industrial Base. Bandung draws business as well as tourist visitors and is well equipped to cater for both. Here vacation sites, shopping centres, restaurants and dramatic landscapes work to make the city an enjoyable and comfortable destination for visitors. Almost completely surrounded by fertile highlands of orchards and green plantations, Bandung’s hinterland has as much to offer as the city itself. Ever since its establishment as the capital of West Java, Bandung has held on to the charm bestowed on it during the Dutch colonial era when it was known as ‘Paris Van Java’. ...

Apr122016 by Tropical LifeNo Comments

Exploring Perth: Australia’s West Coast Gem

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Standing remote at the western edge of Australia, Perth is one of the most isolated major citieds on the planet, with a population of over 1 million this city lives a peaceful and laid back life, thanks to its pleasant mediterranean climate, fantastic parks and lines of pristine beaches. Exploring Perth has become a major ' Down under' holiday destination. Featuring big-city attractions within its relaxed and informal surrounds, Perth offers an appealing lifestyle for locals and much to do for visitors. Sophisticated bars, nightclubs and live music venues are all vying for attention. Imagine this together with the city’s surrounding natural attractions of beaches, green parks and the strikingly beautiful expanse of the Swan River. My first stop within the city’s vi...

Apr122016 by Tropical LifeNo Comments

A Mesmerizing Voyage To One of The Ultimate City Destinations

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The city is considered one of the most visited in the world; there are many reasons for this. One of Bangkok’s magnetic draws is the smorgasbord of shopping opportunities here. There is a vast range of product options and many-many shopping venues throughout the city. A Mesmerizing Voyage To One of The Ultimate City Destinations Besides the major shopping malls of Siam Paragon, Central World, Terminal 21 and the Platinum Shopping Mall a new mall was opened last year. EmQuartier Bangkok is a huge shopping centre selling premium brands, affordable brands and an enticing range of local brands. Here there are several restaurants to satisfy a whole raft of personal palates. For those visiting between the months of June and August, advantage can be taken of the bargains on offer during the B...

Apr82016 by Tropical LifeNo Comments

The Attractive Holiday City of Surabaya

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Known as 'The City Of Heroes", Surabaya is Indonesia's second largest city and one that draws both domestic and International visitor and tourists. Surabaya with its surrounds has become the centre of economic activity for East Java. Here business is transacted between industry and business people form all over the world. There are also many attractions here that appeal to leisure tourists. Not least of these are interesting landmarks, monuments and well-preserved heritage buildings. One of these is Balai Pemuda Surabaya or the Surabaya Youth Centre built in1907 and originally owned by a Dutch organisation known as ‘De Simpangsche Societeit’ that founded the building as a social venue for dances and party events for the colonisers. Today, the north side of the building is given o...

Apr62016 by Tropical LifeNo Comments

Discover the Fascination of Melbourne

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Both dynamic and cosmopolitan, the city of melbourne is regarded as the cultural hub of Australia. It is the home of fine victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping districts, galleries, theaters, street art, park and lovely gardens. Here visitors are welcomed to experience the brighter side of city life just the way melbournians are. There are many reasons to visit and re-visit Melbourne. The second most populated city in Australia is in fact a fine place to live. Melbourne has been selected this year yet again as the ‘most livable city in the world’. This is now the fifth time in a row that the city has been so selected. Citizen of Melbourne— call themselves Melbournians in this multi cultural and ethnicaly diverse city. They are avid sports fans and gladly share t...

Apr12016 by Tropical LifeNo Comments

The Other Side Of Metropolis: Jakarta is Enchanting Vintage Sites

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This metropolitan and sophisticated city never fails to impress the millions of visitors it receives from all over the globe. Singapore is a destination that always has something new to explore and enjoy. Jakarta is a capital of commerce in Indonesia, and only little known as a tourist destination. But for those wanting to feel something of a different side to this city there are some very worthwhile sites to visit that expose some of the long history of this city’s endless story. The first stop of my journey through the city was Jakarta’s National Museum of Indonesia. It is an archaeological, historical, ethnological and geographical museum located in Central Jakarta. Established back in 1868, this museum holds an enormous number of prehistoric, anthropological, and archaeologic...