Where to travel, travel and route planner » vacation destination http://www.dankuna.com/blog Best travel, maps, GPS, weather, images, cheap hotels Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:15:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Green travel by car http://www.dankuna.com/blog/green-travel-by-car.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=green-travel-by-car http://www.dankuna.com/blog/green-travel-by-car.html#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:20:46 +0000 Dankuna http://www.dankuna.com/blog/?p=2551 [...]]]> 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 find alternative city transportation (check are they using bio fuel). If you are in good shape you can use bike for sightseeing. More about on bike in another post.
Stop at gas stations and 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.

]]> http://www.dankuna.com/blog/green-travel-by-car.html/feed 5 Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai http://www.dankuna.com/blog/jade-buddha-temple-shanghai.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jade-buddha-temple-shanghai http://www.dankuna.com/blog/jade-buddha-temple-shanghai.html#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 05:42:32 +0000 Pete http://www.dankuna.com/blog/?p=691 [...]]]> Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai

Jade Temple

The (Jade Buddha Chan Temple) is a in Shanghai, China. As with most modern , the current temple draws from both the Pure Land and Chan traditions of . It was founded in 1882 with two jade imported to Shanghai from Burma by sea. These were a sitting Buddha (1.95 metres tall, 3 tonnes), and a smaller representing Buddha’s death. The temple now also contains a much larger reclining Jade Buddha, donated from Singapore, and visitors may mistake this larger sculpture for the original, smaller piece. is best place to travel.
Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai : 31° 14′ 36″ N, 121° 26′ 25″ E

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]]> http://www.dankuna.com/blog/jade-buddha-temple-shanghai.html/feed 1 Scott Monument, Edinburgh http://www.dankuna.com/blog/scott-monument-edinburgh.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scott-monument-edinburgh http://www.dankuna.com/blog/scott-monument-edinburgh.html#comments Sat, 17 May 2008 20:23:03 +0000 Tom http://www.dankuna.com/blog/?p=685 [...]]]> Scott Monument, Edinburgh
The is a victorian to Scottish author (not to be confused with the ). It stands in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, opposite the Jenners department store on Princes Street and near to Waverley Station. The tower is 200.5 feet or 61.1 metres tall, and has a series of viewing decks reached by a series of narrow spiral staircases giving panoramic views of and its surroundings. The highest viewing deck is reached by a total of 287 steps. It is built from Binnie shale quarried in nearby Livingston; the oil which continues to leech from its matrix has helped to glue the notoriously filthy atmosphere of Victorian Edinburgh (then nicknamed “Auld Reekie” — old smokey) to the tower, leaving it an unintended sooty-black colour. It is often noted for looking like a “gothic rocket ship”. Edinburgh is one of top .
GPS : 55° 57′ 8.7″ N, 3° 11′ 35.8″ W

]]> http://www.dankuna.com/blog/scott-monument-edinburgh.html/feed 2 The Scaligeri tombs, Verona http://www.dankuna.com/blog/the-scaligeri-tombs-verona.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-scaligeri-tombs-verona http://www.dankuna.com/blog/the-scaligeri-tombs-verona.html#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:34:43 +0000 Tom http://www.dankuna.com/blog/continent/europe/the-scaligeri-tombs-verona/ [...]]]> The Scaligeri tombs, Verona
The Scaliger is a group of five Gothic funerary monuments in Verona, Italy, celebrating the Scaliger family, who ruled in Verona from the 13th to the late 14th century. The are located in a court of the church of Antica, separated from the street by a wall with iron grilles. Built in , they are a series of , most of which are in the shape of a small temple and covered by a . According to the French historian , they are one of the most outstanding examples of . Italy is nice , also good for .

The Scaligeri tombs, Verona : 45° 26′ 37.12″ N, 10° 59′ 56.14″ E

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Mar 25, 8:00pm at Verona Exhibition Centre, Viale del Lavoro 8, Verona, VEN

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The (or La Scala, as it is known), in Milan, Italy, is one of the world’s most famous . The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778, under the name Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro alla Scala with Salieri’s Europa riconosciuta. A fire destroyed the previous theatre, the ancient Teatro Ducale, on 25 February 1776, after a carnival gala. A group of ninety wealthy Milanese, who owned palchi (private boxes) in the theatre, wrote to Archduke Ferdinand I of Austria asking for a new theatre and a provisional one to be used while completing the new one. The neoclassical architect Giuseppe Piermarini produced an initial design but it was rejected by Count Firmian (an Austrian governor). Milan is city of fashion and glamor. Great .
GPS travel destination: 45° 28′ 4″ N, 9° 11′ 19″ E

]]> http://www.dankuna.com/blog/la-scala-milan.html/feed 0 Salisbury Cathedral http://www.dankuna.com/blog/salisbury-cathedral.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=salisbury-cathedral http://www.dankuna.com/blog/salisbury-cathedral.html#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:13:06 +0000 Tom http://www.dankuna.com/blog/continent/europe/salisbury-cathedral/ [...]]]> Salisbury Cathedral is an located in Salisbury, England.

The cathedral has the tallest in the UK, the largest cloister in England, and one of the four surviving original copies of Magna Carta(All copies are in Britain). Although commonly known as Salisbury Cathedral, the official name is the Cathedral of Saint Mary. It is nice part of destination for art experts.

Salisbury Cathedral : 51°03′53″N, 1°47′51″W

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