Human Body Wonderland - China Tourism

What better way to know your body than to go inside it and learn. It is possible; an exhibition to educate the youth about human body and health is currently on in Guangzhou South China.

It traveled from Malaysia and set to go places. It is proving to be very popular and gives you one of a kind experience .

You start from the mouth, a big chamber, complete with teeth and tongue a path of red carpet takes you down to esophagus into the organ chambers and digested out! Aimed especially for children between 3-16 yrs, but who wouldn’t mind such an interesting biology class again. On entering each organ it is shown pictorially, explained with the help of cartoon the functions and health issues are introduced. Everyone enjoy the vivid modes of using magic, acrobatics and puppet show!

You won’t forget the bacteria that warned you of dental decay or the magic of breathing with lungs. It’s one place you and your children will always remember!!

Ancient rock city of Petra

Being chosen as one of the Seven Wonders of the World seems to have left Petra with a rising influx of tourists whose presence might damage this spectacular, ancient rose-red city.

Jordanians celebrated Petra’s selection with fireworks in the capital and dancing in the ancient city, but now they must come up with a plan to save this grand historic and cultural site.

The building boom taking place in Petra and other archaeological sites in the region needs to be monitored .Even now extensive archaeological excavations to uncover more of the long-lost city are carrying on.Hopefully the Petra Action Plan will some what mitigate the ill effects of over tourism!.

Petra, which means ‘stone’ in Greek, is nestled between in a great rift valley south of the Dead Sea. It is a two- to three-hour drive from Jordan’s modern-day capital, Amman. Its repute grew after the movie ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,’ in which it is portrayed as the Holy Temple where the Holy Grail is located.Many people travel to Petra to see the gorgeous Royal Treasury building seen in the movie.


The site is known for its dramatic tombs and temple facades, including one that served as a church during Byzantine times. The city’s inhabitants Nabateans Arab nomads (400 BC) built elaborate temples, tombs and buildings carved into the walls of a red, solid sandstone canyon some 2,000 years ago.


The ability of the Nabataeans to control the water supply led to the rise of the desert city, in effect creating an artificial oasis. The area is visited by flash floods and archaeological evidence demonstrates the Nabataeans controlled these floods by the use of dams, cisterns and water conduits. Thus, stored water could be employed even during prolonged periods of drought, and the city prospered from its sale.

The entryway to the city center is known as the Siq (pronounced seek). This winding narrow cleft in the mountain forms a dusty, milelong hike to the most impressive of sites, the El-Khazneh (treasury).

Nestled in the mountains, the city hand-carved by the Nabataeans offered natural protection against rogue invaders. Petra’s location at the crossroads of ancient trade routes allowed the city — with a population of anywhere from 10,000 to 20,000 — to flourish as a commercial center.



According to Arab tradition, it is the place where Moses struck a rock with his staff and water came forth, and where his sister, Miriam, is buried. After the crusades ended in about 1200, the trade routes relocated and Petra was abandoned, and eventually only local Bedouins knew about the lost city. Petra was put back on the map when the ruins were found in 1812 by a Swiss explorer.

Well if you do plan a visit here remember that the best time to visit is this historical marvel is during the early morning and late afternoon when the sandstone rock glows red. In addition, the trail to the top to see the ancient mosaics was very steep so if you are not fit enough to walk do hire a camel ride. And do try not to damage this ancient marvel in any way.

Irbil Citadel: oldest continuously inhabited place in the world

An ancient city has to be preserved but the price is high, the 828 families living there have been thrown out of their homes. This was done by Kurdish authorities of northern Iraq with the aim of getting the area approved of as a World Heritage Site.

Irbil’s crumbling citadel still dominates the skyline of the city. As per Sami Al Koja, an adviser to the citadel’s board of renovation, it is the oldest continuously inhabited place in the world. It has been the site of human habitation for more than 7,000 years. Local officials want to renovate the ancient structure and turn it into a cultural and historical center for tourists.




From the Sumerian town of “Ur Bilum.” it has been inhabited by various Civilizations ; Assyrians; Persians; Greeks and Ottomans one after the other.


The present situation
A city of sagging, brown-brick houses divided by a labyrinth of winding, unpaved alleys. It was also home to Kurdish refugees brutalised by a a war ravaged country. And now an empty town of crumbling walls.


What happened to the evacuated families?
The families were re compensated by a plot of land and $4,000 for new homes. They are striving to make it their New Citadel

A city is made to be lived in. The ideal situation would be when the Irbil Citadel is renovated , preserving the homes in such a manner that part of it could be reinhabited.

Angkor Wat, Cambodia : Named the largest religious place

The Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia is one of the most legendary archeological sites in the world, and probably one of the best. The Angkor Wat, built by the Khmer empire between 802 and 1220 AD, represents one of most astonishing and enduring architectural achievements ever formed by man.





The Khmers left the city in 1432, and after that, it was lost in the forest until a French explorer, Henri Mouhot, reinvent it in 1860. The real epitome of Khmer architecture, the Angkor Wat is the only one to have remained a significant religious center—first Hindu, then Buddhist—since its foundation. The world’s largest religious building along with other temples has been enlisted as world Heritage site in 1992.


Unlike most Angkorian temples, Angkor Wat is quite different in its architecture and scholars have nourished different views about the temple. The temple is admired for its extensive bas-reliefs and for the numerous devatas adorning its walls. It is made up of three pyramids that ascend to the sky and is surrounded by a gallery with Hindu in scriptures.

The temple’s beautiful architecture and evocative history draws tourists for years –If you are planning to visit Angkor Wat than you don’t have to worry about trip since thousands of Travel companies offering tours to the Temples could be found all across the world.