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Tahiti and its islands

In the middle of the South Pacific, Tahiti and its islands make up the largest marine territory in the world, covering an area of 5.5 million square kilometres (equivalent to the land area of Europe). The land above the sea only represents 4000 km² spread over 118 islands and 5 archipelagos: the Marquesas (to the north), the Society Islands and the Tuamotu (in the centre), the Austral Islands (to the south) and the Gambier (to the southeast). Each archipelago has a unique landscape, from the green volcanic islands, to the turquoise blue coral atolls.

With its turquoise lagoons, its islands surrounded by sparkling white-sand beaches, its magical atmosphere, Tahiti and the surrounding islands attract many couples looking for a romantic holiday.

Beyond the mythical white sandy beaches, Tahiti and her islands have many rich resources: well-preserved flora and fauna with many endemic species (40% local species), and an incredible variety of landscapes. Green tourism is on the rise, with marked footpaths, guided hiking tours and guide associations, and adventurous tour-

ists keen on exploring nature in Polynesia have access to a wide range of activities: hiking, treks in a bivouac, excursions, canyoning, and even eco-tours organised by marine biology specialists.

Diving is a “must”. According to divers, there is no better place in the world to see such a wide variety of 0fish. The whole range of tropical underwater fauna is here. There are some impressive encounters: dolphins, manta rays, turtles...

Milford Sound

All nature lovers wish to go to New Zealand, a country of high mountains, beautiful lakes, big rivers and good air. Fjordland, which features on the World Heritage List, is New Zealand’s largest national park, covering 12 500 square kilometres. Fourteen fjords can be found along its 215 kilometre coastline. Here people are involved with fishing, animal husbandry and tourism. That’s how they earn their living. In the waters of Fjordland, for example, they fish for the famous and very expensive rock lobster, which is one of the biggest export items. Lots of ray can be caught here, too. People like to prepare it in several ways.

The town of Te Anau in the centre of Fjordland is the world’s excursion capital. There are 4000 hotel beds in Te Anau.

The road leading to Milford Sound is not simply a main road, but at the same time a tourist spectacle. It’s 101 kilometres to the Homer tunnel, then just 18 more to Milford Sound. If you look up from the road, Mitre Peak is the most beautiful sight.

Mirror Lake is our first stop on the way, where we take photographs. It’s very beautiful and the water really does reflect the landscape like a mirror.

As soon as we enter the tunnel there’s a shocking sight. The tunnel itself is frightening, as if it’s just been excavated and not properly finished.

The rainforest here is very special. For example, the rare red flower, the rata, grows here. The Milford hiking route winds through this forest. It takes 4-5 hours and is 11 kilometres in length.

Milford Sound is the most humid place on Earth. It rains here more than anywhere else in the world. The annual rainfall is between six and eight metres and each year it rains for at least 210 days, though there have been years when it has rained for up to 250 days. You are lucky if you happen to arrive when it’s not raining. Or maybe not? The local guides say the lucky ones are those who can see Milford Sound in the rain, since then you can delight in the many dozens of huge waterfalls from an excursion boat.

The animal world is fascinating. Seals, dolphins, whales, penguins all live here.

Dar Es Salaam

We set off in a taxi for Tanzania’s principal city, Dar Es Salaam. We are lucky – it’s Sunday, so there’s not much traffic.

We ask the driver to show us some sights. He decides to take us to the fish market. There’s a terrible smell and at first we don’t want to get out. Then, for the sake of some photos, we emerge from the car. It’s not easy to walk around, the smell mixing with the dirt. Furthermore, everyone wants to sell us something – bloated anglerfish, huge polished shellfish or even a prepared barracuda. But there’s also fresh fish on offer, mini shark, tuna and others. The women carry huge boxes and buckets on their heads. Some of them stumble under the weight. Nevertheless, they carry them. After all, that’s life. Here women have a low status.

There’s a babel of voices at the fish market, and there’s no cooling system, not even any ice cubes. The fish are simply laid out on the ground or on a concrete stand. The fresh catch has to be sold quickly.

We quickly move on towards a more attractive sea-coast area. It turns out that there are embassies and lots of villas for diplomats here. Poor ambassadors and attachés! If you are sent here, it’s more of a punishment than a reward. They have to live among the locals.

The sights continue with a visit to a number of handicraft shops. Indisputably, there are some fine products.

We buy a couple of souvenirs and move on to the artists’ street, where the local painters’ works are arranged side by side, simply on the ground or on railings, though of course the richer ones have small shops. There are paintings of Masai men, chaotic scenes of the capital and wild animals. At least that’s the choice on offer, but no customer is in sight.

Tourists visit the city for one night, then they move on, to a safari or to Zanzibar.

Safari

We cross impossible places with our 4x4 jeep in order to observe the lions in the Serengeti National Park. The search is worth it. In the shade of a tree we catch sight of three lions. They are calm. Clearly, they have eaten their fill. A bit farther away from us by the river, another lion joins the group. But let them be in peace. It’s safer for us to maintain a respectable distance from these beasts of prey. We think like the Thompson’s gazelle, which provide the McDonald’s buffet to the lions in the savannah – keeping away is better.

Looking to the horizon, in the huge, flat expanse we suddenly see a large black blur. What is distinctly visible with binoculars

is that several hundred wildebeest are proceeding towards the river in the direction of Masai Mara. As part of the great migration, the large group runs in line in one direction. It’s encoded in their genes that every year they have to cover 5100 kilometres making their way to the Masai Mara, and later returning to the Serengeti.

We go closer to them in order to get better photographs. They are a bit nervous, giving the jeep a wide berth. Then they stop and look, not knowing what to do. We feel sorry for the group and pull back a bit so they can continue their journey in single file.

Two jackals appear not far from them. It’s rare to see jackals in the savannah as they are very withdrawn and hide away, moving around mainly at night. They eat rabbit and the remains of killed game. They look like dogs, but are a hundred times more dangerous – maybe even a thousand times more. Their teeth are really strong and they can tear everything to pieces.

Then a group of monkeys, Giant Baboons appear. They hurry along on all fours. Some of them climb up a tree, but then come back down to earth. It’s as if they want to escape, but no one is harassing them. A baboon can’t stand on two legs, unlike gorillas and chimpanzees, which can even run on two legs. However, they are not indigenous to the Serengeti National Park.

We spot a vulture at the top of a tree which implies there is a carcass of a dead animal nearby. Then we find a wildebeest, gutted. Just its skull, skin and fur remain. Those are not eaten. Only the skin and fur of the young are consumed. Otherwise, they gnaw away at the animal’s flesh.

St.Petersburg visit

The staff of unIQue magazine arrived to St.Petersburg with the cruise ship of the Royal Caribbean company. One of the most popular tour of this cruise ship company is the Baltic tour, which visit beside Russia Estonia as well. The easiest way to buy tickets for the one or 2 weeks tours to visit www.rccl.hu web site or the office of Tengerjaró Ltd. in the hearth of Budapest, Aranykéz street 4-6. Here you can buy tours of Royal Caribbean and Celebrity and Azamara cruises as well.

One of the world’s most beautiful cities, St. Petersburg has all the ingredients for an unforgettable travel experience: high art, lavish architecture, wild nightlife, an extraordinary history and rich cultural traditions that have inspired and nurtured some of the modern world’s greatest literature, music, and visual art. From the mysterious twilight of the White Nights to world-beating opera and ballet productions on magical winter evenings, St. Petersburg charms and entices in every season. St.Petersburg. Com is here to help you navigate every aspect of this fascinating city, with all the information and travel resources necessary to plan your trip to St. Petersburg.

A city of palaces and museums, broad avenues and winding canals, St. Petersburg’s short history has endowed the city with a wealth of architectural and artistic treasures. World-famous attractions: the Hermitage, St. Isaac’s Cathedral and the Mariinsky Theatre.

Grandhotel-Lienz

The award-winning Grandhotel-Lienz hotel, in Southern Austria, near Italy and surrounded by The Dolomites Mountains, has recently won the World Travel Award for the third time as Europe’s Best Medical Spa Hotel. It offers 76 suites, an indoor/outdoor swimming pool, a restaurant featuring international and health-oriented menus, and a lobby bar with open fireplace. Landscaped terraces directly on the River Isel allow visitors a magnificent view of the surrounding mountains. Nearby is an amazing mix of activities: two major skiing areas, a 27-hole golf course, river rafting, mountain biking, horseback riding, tennis, walking and climbing, all waiting to be discovered.

The Grandhotel-Lienz is a perfect place for winter vacation for the whole family. The hotel is open from 10th November to 7 April, 2015. The ski slopes are very close, the Skiingarea Hochstein and Zettersfeld are just five minutes from the Hotel. (www.lienzerbergbahnen.at/en/startseite-winter-en.html)

The Dolomites tourist region offers stunning scenery for walking and skiing or rest and relaxation, along with the lively bustle of the Old Town. Snow shoe hiking with game animal watching are available.

Our guests can visit the Lienz Christmas Market which daily opens its doors on the main square with Christmas illuminations immediately before the Liebburg and the giant Advent Calendar, which is designed every year by artists of the region.

The Grandhotel Lienz in Austria is offering a new detoxing and purifying Spa program called “Symbio Care” for all overworked individuals consumed with a high-stress life. The first day includes an interview with the on-premises doctor and an examination to determine the body’s composition (fatmuscles-water), using traditional Chinese Medicine techniques and regeneration acupuncture. Day two includes a colon cleansing and an ML antioxydakitiv cell protec-

tion. On the second and third days, guests experience detoxication homeopathy with Globulis and daily liver cleansing.

Included in the package is a daily breakfast buffet with tea, vitality corner and Green Smoothie, gourmet dinner specially prepared by the gourmet chef, use of all facilities in the 1400 m2 Wellness, Spa and Fitness Area, including indoor/outdoor Relaxation Pool, Sauna Complex, Steam Baths, Sole Bath, Bio Sauna, Finnish Sauna, Solarium and Relaxation areas; complimentary tea and fruit juice in the Spa, bottle of Detox Cucumber Juice daily, sisal brush for daily use, daily fitness program, beach bag with fluffy bathrobe, towels and slippers, complimentary wi-fi, and underground parking.

The Symbio Care eight day/seven night package at the Grandhotel Lienz includes accommodation in a roomy Superior Suite North with large bathroom, separate shower and separate toilets at 2099 euro per person per week.

To get info about all other packages, please visit www.grandhotel-lienz.com

Art Deco Imperial Hotel

There is only a hand full of Prague hotels boasting such a long tradition and history.

Hotel Imperial was built on the place of a former Inn “U Černého orla” between years 1913-1914. The new owner of the plat, progressive Prague builder, hotelier and owner of the hotel Paris, Jan Kolář with his brother Alois decided to take advantage of the exclusive location near three important Prague railway stations, already in 1912.

The new project was developed by Jaroslav Benedict’s architectural office and the building construction combines three architectural styles – Art Deco, cubism and Art Nouveau. The old pub was demolished while in its place a seven-storey hotel Imperial was built in April 1913.

Cooling T-shirts From August, 14th the hotel was step by step placed into operation, finally opening Technology on December, 1st 1914. At that time this luxury hotel offered accommodation in 180 rooms, café, restaurant and wine bar.

Among numerous famous guests of the interwar period was the first president of Czechoslovakia Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, writer Franz Kafka.

The property grew popular among German officers during the Second World War. The hotel was later taken by the government as a result of the communist revolution on 1948. It had fallen to the National Union Trades. Since 1950 the property was used as recreation house for foreign guests.

The hotel was completely renovated as a UNESCO listed property between 20052007. Art Deco Imperial Hotel was recognised in 2013 and 2014 as one of the 25 most luxurious hotels in the Czech Republic by TripAdvisor, independent travel platform.

Book as offical hotel website www.hotelimperial.cz and get 10% off using promo code: WELCOME.

Concrete success

Ivanka Studio and Concrete Factory is a Budapest headquartered firm founded by Katalin Ivanka and Andras Ivanka in 2003. Its endeavour is to create desire by envisaging distinctive designs and to execute them with the background of an organized technological drive. Their work is based on the versatile nature of concrete – main material chosen for creative expression through discovering unexplored attributes.

The Ivankas are dreamers and doers living in the fabulous city of Budapest in the middle of Central Europe. Through their creations with concrete, their affinity for the material and a constant search for new technological solutions, their work speaks volumes about their country of origin, and also about their approach to design.

Since its inception, the Studio has made a name for adding a design perspective to what is otherwise widely viewed as an industrial material.

Katalin invented a new textile based on the esthetic qualities of concrete.

Oscar menu 2014

What kind of food suits our favourite films? In the category of Best Film nine appetising films were served this year at the 86th Oscar Awards gala evening in Los Angeles. The event was accompanied by great expectations. This year’s nominations in the Best Film category were celebrated with food inspired by them.

Film fans could chose on the basis of either their favourite films or the most appealing menu. The suggestions below with whatever combination can be produced at home.

A couple of examples ... 12 Years a Slave – This Best Film winner requires a modest menu.

Main course: braised meat and a salad of smoked bacon, vegetables with a creamy dressing. Desert: American apple pie.

Red wine would be appropriate, since the main hero, Solomon Northup, drank that on the last evening before his enslavement.

The Wolf of Wall Street – Well suited for the lifestyle of Jordan Belfort and his kind are sushi, lobster, steak and champagne. Real banqueting appears on the screen, thus there’s a lot to chose from.

Starter: seasoned tuna roll. Main course: grilled tender loin wrapped in speck ham with umbrella polypore mushroom sauce. Desert: Zeppole (Italian cinnamon doughnut) with chocolate sauce.

Accompanied by champagne or red wine. In the case of the latter, Pinot Noir.

Villány wine region

For wine lovers it is a must to travel to Hungary to the Villány wine region for special wine tour and tasting. Villány is one of Hungary’s most characteristic wine regions. Its soil is very suitable for striking, full-bodied red wines. Here we enjoy the highest number of sunny hours in the country.

First come the rosé and schiller wines, followed by early red wines, then by fruity red wines and finally full-bodied matured red wines. The skills of making red wine are passed from father to son.

In the historical street of cellars (along the main street) several wineries offer their specialities. The most attractive wineries in Villány are Jammertal, Sauska, Günzer Tamás, Gere Attila, Bock József.

It is a great oportunity to make tours in the region, from Villány it is just a small jump Siklós, Villánykövesd, Palkonya wine villages with historical cellars.

Organic wine estate

The Wassmann couple founded their wine-estate in 2002 at Villány region and have been running it together since then. Their vineyards cover two hectares, planted with Olaszriszling and Chardonnay for white wine and Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Kékfrankos, Portugieser and Merlot for red. In 2003 their business became the first one in Villány to be recognised as organic wine growers, according to the EU guidelines for ecological agriculture. Since 2006 this certification by Biokontroll Hungaria includes not only their grape production, but also regulations for the preparation of organic wine. They have had DEMETER certification since 2011.

The Lord of Wine

In the world of wine, currently the most valuable award is that of Les Seigneurs du Vin, or the Lords of Wine. The award was established in 2012 and is in recognition of wine makers honoured by the whole world for their accomplishments. On the first occasion in 2012 the international superstar Helmut Dunhof, maker of German Reisling, received the glass trophy. Last year it was none other than István Szepsy, a wine maker of Mád in Hungary’s Tokaj wine region. The life achievement award was handed over to the Hungarian wine maker amidst huge applause at a gala ceremony held at the famous Villa de Este on the shore of Italy’s Lake Como.

No wonder István Szepsy was thus honoured. His skills are very highly regarded by all the world’s most noted wine specialists and sommeliers. His 2000, six puttonyos Aszú was recently awarded 100 points on a scale of 100 in Sweden. The international connoisseur Andreas Larsson announced to the profession: “No finer wine exists in the world.” In its most recent evaluation Wine and Spirit, the top specialist magazine of its type, gave 96 out of 100 points to Szepsy’s Szent Tamás Furmint. No other wine received more points in 2013. The 2008 Szepsy Szamorodni was awarded 95 points and the 2009 Birtok Furmint received 92 points, which is quite fantastic, in that among the best 100 wines of the world there were three types of perfect Szepsy wines.

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