Green Travel

Green travel by car

Dankuna — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:20:46 +0000

Green travel by car means intelligent and sustainable way of using resources (time and fuel).
First step is to prepare well your travel. Preparing means defining of your route. Choose shortest route, check configuration of landscape. If you have Garmin use Ecoroute functionality. Keep balanced speed without many breaking and speeding up.
Use GPS device, add POI’s or add travel attractions that you want to see from dankuna site. If more cars are using GPS and use traffic avoidance services less CO2 will be produced.
When you are at vacation destination find alternative city transportation (check are they using bio fuel). If you are in good shape you can use bike for sightseeing. More about city sightseeing on bike in another post.
Stop at gas stations and green hotel where they practice green thinking.
I you can purchase hybrid car. Now days they are more then good.

Any comments or suggestions are more then welcome. Happy green travel.

Lotus Temple, Delhi

gps — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:08:44 +0000

Lotus Temple

The place of worship of Bahá ‘í in the Delhi, India, popular known as the Lotus Temple because of its shape flowerlike is a place of worship of Bahá ‘ í’s also a prominent attraction in Delhi. It was completed in 1986 and serves as the temple of the mother of the Indian subcontinent. He has won numerous architectural awards and featured in hundreds of newspaper articles and magazine. Since its inauguration to public worship in December 1986, the Bahá the ‘place of worship in New Delhi I have as of late 2002, attracted more than 50 million visitors, making it one of the buildings visited in the world . Numbers of visitors during those years surpassed the Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal. In Hindu holy days, has drawn as much as 150,000 people, welcomes four million visitors each year (about 13,000 per day or 9 minutes each). This place of worship is generally referred to temple lotus . In India during the Hindu festival Durga Puja, several times a reproduction of the Lotus Temple has been Pandal as a temporary arrangement of the structure to venerate the goddess Durga. In Sikkim a permanent reproduction of Legship Hindu Mandir is dedicated to Shiva. Delhi city vacations.
Delhi GPS travel destinations: 28° 33′ 11.12″ N, 77° 15′ 31.45″ E

Macy’s Flagship Store, New York City

gps — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:16:15 +0000

Macy's Flagship Store

Macy ’s is a chain of department stores in the U.S. mid-to-high range. Your choice of merchandise may vary significantly from location to location, resulting in the exclusive availability of certain brands only in the high-end stores. Its flagship store in Herald Square, New York City has sent the bill to the world ’s largest stock since 1924, but ate today with London ‘ s Harrods in vastness of selling space . The company has identified additional regional flagships in major urban centers and operates a total of 810 stores in the U.S. (on the day of September 2008). The company produces the annual parade on the day of giving thanks for Macy ’s of a well known parade which has been carried out on the streets of New York City annually since 1924. The company also sponsors the city ’s room s annual publication of the exhibition of fireworks in July, which began in 1976. New York city vacations.
New York GPS travel destinations: 40° 45′ 3″ N, 73° 59′ 21″ W

Southwark Cathedral, London

gps — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:12:58 +0000

Southwark Cathedral

Southwark Cathedral and the cathedral and collegiate church of St Mary and savior Overie, Southwark, London St, lying on the south bank of the River Thames near London Bridge. Not to be confused with San Jorge Catholic near the ’s Cathedral, Southwark. It is the mother church of the Anglican diocese of Southwark. Has been a place of Christian worship for over 1000 years, but only a cathedral since 1905. The present building is mainly Gothic, starting between 1220 and 1420. The main line railway station to London Bridge Station Street canyon passes near the cathedral, blocking the view from the south side. The city market and the Hall of the Worshipful Company of glaziers and glass painters of the river are in the immediate neighborhood. London city vacations.
London GPS travel help: 51° 30′ 22″ N, 0° 5′ 23″ W

Towers of Bologna, Bologna

gps — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:53:41 +0000

Towers of Bologna

The towers of Bologna, a group of medieval structures in Bologna, Italy. Two more prominent, also called the two towers are the sign of the city. Between the 12th and the thirteenth century, the number of towers in the city was very high, possibly up to 180 (see also below). The reasons for building as many towers are not clear. One hypothesis is that the richest families used for purposes offensive / defensive during the investiture controversy. The two towers, both of which are inclined, they are the symbol of the city. They are located at the intersection of roads leading to the five doors of the old wall of the ring (torresotti dei Mura). The highest is called the tower Asinelli while smaller but more inclined called Garisenda. Their names derive from families that are traditionally given credit for its construction between 1109 and 1119. However, the scarcity of documents from this early period makes this really something uncertain. The family name of Asinelli, for example, documented for the first time really only in 1185, almost 70 years after the presumed construction of the tower is attributed to them.Bologna city vacations.
Bologna GPS travel destinations: 44° 29′ 39.48″ N, 11° 20′ 47.4″ E

Burj Dubai, Dubai

gps — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:13:40 +0000

Burj Dubai

Burj Dubai is a skyscraper under construction in the supertall Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the highest artificial structure ever built, despite being incomplete. Construction began on September 21, 2004, and it is expected that the tower is finished and ready for occupation by September 2009. The building is part of the development of 2 km2 (0.8 mi sq) called toward downtown Burj Dubai in first exchanged along Sheikh Zayed Road in the path of the center (known as the Doha Street ). Tower The ’s architect is Adrian Smith who worked with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) until 2006. The architecture and the SOM of the Chicago-based engineering firm is in charge of the project. The primary builders are Samsung and directing construction and Besix along with Arabtec. Elected to the Turner Construction Company as the manager of the construction. Dubai city vacations.
Dubai GPS travel destinations: 25° 11′ 49.7″ N, 55° 16′ 26.8″ E

Plaza de toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla, Sevilla

gps — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:09:29 +0000

Bullring Sevilla

The Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla is the oldest bullring in Spain. It is the site of the annual Feria de Abril in Seville, one of the most well-known bullfighting festivals in the world. The ring itself is considered one of the city’s most enjoyable tourist attractions and is certainly one of the most visited. As a stage for bullfighting, it is considered one of the world’s most challenging environments because of its history, characteristics, and viewing public, which is considered one of the most unforgiving in all of bullfighting fandom. Seville city vacations.
Seville GPS travel help: 37° 23′ 9.6″ N, 5° 59′ 53.88″ W

Les Halles, Paris

gps — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:17:12 +0000

Les Halles

Les Halles is an area of Paris, France, located in the 1er arrondissement, just south of the fashionable rue Montorgueil. It is named for the large central wholesale marketplace, which was demolished in 1971, to be replaced with an underground modern shopping precinct, the Forum des Halles. It is notable in that the open air center area is below street level, like a pit, and contains sculpture, fountains, and mosaics, as well as museums including the Musée Grévin – Forum des Halles (a wax museum). Beneath this lies the underground station Châtelet-Les-Halles, a central hub of Paris’s express commuter rail system, the RER. Les Halles was the traditional central market of Paris. In 1183, King Philippe II Auguste enlarged the marketplace in Paris and built a shelter for the merchants, who came from all over to sell their wares. In the 1850s, the massive glass and iron buildings (Victor Baltard Architect) Les Halles became known for were constructed. Les Halles was known as the “stomach of Paris”.

Munich Residence, Munich

gps — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:25:51 +0000

Munich Residence

The Residence (Residenz) is the former royal palace of the Bavarian monarchs in the city center of Munich. The residence is the largest downtown palace in Germany and serves today as one of the finest museums of Europe to decorate the site. The complex of buildings contains ten courtyards and the museum displays 130 quarters. The three main pieces are Königsbau (near the maximum-Joseph-Platz), the Alte Residenz (to the Residenzstraße) and Festsaalbau (to the Hofgarten). One wing contains Festsaalbau Cuvillier theater since the reconstruction of the residence after World War II. Munich city vacations.
Munich GPS travel destinations: 48° 8′ 28″ N, 11° 34′ 41″ E

Blue Grotto, Capri

gps — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:22:18 +0000

Blue Grotto

The blue grotto is a cave called the sea off the coast of the island of Capri, Italy. Sunlight, passing through an underwater cavity and shining through the seawater, creates a blue reflection that illuminates the cavern. The beauty of the blue grotto was described in 1826 by the German writer August Kopisch. The Blue Grotto has since become the emblem of the island of Capri. The cave was known to the Romans, as proved by the ancient statues which were found in the cave. This discovery, the remains of an ancient landing place and work in an underground tunnel, create an image of a natural cavern adorned by statues. The cave was known to locals under the name Gradola after landing site near Gradola, but was thwarted because reputedly inhabited by witches and monsters. The blue grotto was used by the emperor Tiberius as his private pool. The Blue Grotto can be reached by motor boat from the port of marina grande, Anacapri by bus or by taxi. To incorporate the lower opening to the cave, lies at the bottom tourist boat as rows inside. The cave can not be visited during adverse weather conditions. This cave is mentioned in the 1953 Newberry honor book, red sails to Capri, by Anne Weil. Italy travel attractions.
Italy GPS travel destinations: 40° 33′ 38″ N, 14° 12′ 17″ E