For anybody who’s planning (or dreaming) a holiday in Thailand, here’s a brief list of the most well-known tourist places. More details about each one of them are to follow.
 Let’s start from Bangkok, one of Asia's most cosmopolitan cities. Its Thai name, "Krungthep",  means the City of Angels. Worth to mention are the beautiful Buddhist temples, the King’s Palace, amazing 'Venice of the East' canal and river scenes, an almost legendary nightlife, as well as numerous air-conditioned shopping centers.
 Phuket, island in the Indian Ocean, is about ...

Among the many tourist places of Thailand, Phuket is of sure the most well known world-wide. Known as "the Pearl of the Andaman Sea", Phuket is the biggest island in Thailand, with its about 50 x 25 Km, and it is found near the south-western coast of the Country; a long bridge connects the mainland to the island, but on the latter still stands  the particular culture coming out from the fusion of Chinese, portuguese  and chao naam traditions. About 35%  of the inhabitants is of Muslim religion. The coast landscape is very diversified, with   cliffs, ...

You can spend a whole holiday-time just to visit Thailand’s capital; universally known as Bangkok, its local name is very long and high-sounding, due to its role of the Royal Family’s Home. The initial part of this name, “Krung Theep”, means “The City of angels”.

They say that, whatever you’re looking for, it’s very probable that you’ll find it in Bangkok. Indeed, it’s one of the most cosmopolite town in the whole Asia, with about 8 millions inhabitants (10 with  the outskirts), destination of tourists, business-men, countrymen in search of job, Buddhist monks and ...

Global Climate Change and Cultural Heritage, a European Doctoral Course at Ravello, from 22nd to 27th  October 2007

The scientific community widely agrees on the fact that human activities are disturbing the fragile climatic equilibrium of our planet. The character of Cultural Heritage is closely related to the climate and the urban landscape and the built heritage have been designed with the local climate in mind. The stability of Cultural Heritage is, therefore, closely tied to its interactions with the ground and the atmosphere.

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Global Climate Change and Cultural Heritage, a European Doctoral Course at Ravello, from 22nd to 27th  October 2007

The scientific community widely agrees on the fact that human activities are disturbing the fragile climatic equilibrium of our planet. The character of Cultural Heritage is closely related to the climate and the urban landscape and the built heritage have been designed with the local climate in mind. The stability of Cultural Heritage is, therefore, closely tied to its interactions with the ground and the atmosphere.

Young Eu ...

  Is of these days the show on the theatres of the new Michael Bay’s movie, about the chameleonic machines known also in Italy with the name of Transformers. The film is not only an exhibition of special effects of special scenes of action indeed, the sequences of greater involvement are those in which we see the two adolescent protagonists. He is the stereotype of the boy absolutely no cool, but likeable, with a ready intelligence and the melted talkativeness, than without to know as first car buy ...

Report of an expectable future

In this days is the escape of one of the album more attended from passionates of rock: “Zeitgeist” of the Smashing Pumpkins. Billy Corgan, the leader man after have taken a musically insipid pause with the Zwan has decided to return with a new LP of a group that seemed to be dealt, but that it has marked music POP to horse between years ninety and the two thousand. After the aesthetically failed test of the LP “The Machines of God” the dissolution is followed, but like the fenice Araba to revive from their ashes with other ...

Tania Derveaux: I guess the political situation here is the same as it is in many European countries. Politicians are making promises which they don't keep,
which results in people losing faith in their political leaders. As an
impartial protest movement, we will not take sides or express ourselves
in any way about what's good or bad about our political climate, but we
do see more and more people expressing their disappointment in politics
because of the unkept promises of politicians.
F.I.:How did it born the idea of your electoral promise?
T.D.: We sta ...

When the science would have to be prohibited to the minors…
 
At the American Museum of Natural History the voice of Robert Redford narrates to the spectators the epical visual reconstruction of collisions of worlds and galaxies. The job of the team of production in charge of the preparation of this show is classifiable in two parts. One before collection of  data, carried out is through the advising of astrophysical that of NASA, to insert in mathematical functions mainly aimed to calculate the natural portions, in visual sense, of the events ...

 “Find your sun”, this the title of the album and of the third track of the same, that some friends given me some day ago. The band, the “The Andrew Gerardi Band” is composed by three guy from New York. The LP, a rock delicate, has some defect, a little too much monothematic and miser of sounds and instruments, sure ...

Sequel of the great film of Danny Boyle entitled “28 days after” this directed from Juan Carlos Fresnadillo begins splendidly. A group of survivors is closed in a house to the shelter of infects-zombie in the surrounding campaign. The atmosphere is stiff, dark, the shots with sand bank coherence and are involved the spectator in one suspence increasing. Robert Carlyle, the protagonist of this first sequence, closed with to other survivals in companion of the wife, is a master of the scene ...

Sunday May 20, 2007 in New York the anniversary there was the march organized by Gay Men' s Healt Crisis, but supported by beyond others 60 organizations, for the collection of  financings to support for the affections of HIV and AIDS. This manifestation of solidarity has collected till now beyond 90 million dollars, which 6, 7 in 2006. The march is developed for approximately 10 kilometers, 6,2 miles, with departure and arrival in Central Park and has enjoyed the participation of manifesting hundreds and hundr ...

Once upon a time Coppola,  Scorsese,  De Palma,  Spielberg,  Forman… Once upon a time great directors and great history. All the cited directors, who more or little assets from the cinematographic point of view, are still, but the time, is known slides, and what will happen when we will not have more, like public, the fortune to have them between we? It will happen, simply, that the machine will win on the heart and the head, or better, than the machine it will become heart. One prestigiou ...

When you first start reading information and stories about Burma you tend to always look for a second source that can confirm them, as most of them are too incredible to believe. We do not know much in Italy about this mysterious and once prosperous eastern country and, in fact, you have to rely on literature in English to get to know more details about it. The most famous image is probably that of its charismatic leader and 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi speaking to the crowd from above the gate of the house where she has been kept under arrests for several ...

This lovely island of the south-west of Thailand is covered by coconuts plantations and has got beautiful beaches surrounded by palm-trees. Not a long time ago, it was frequented only by alternative tourists, but now it’s becoming a typical holyday destination  for many wealthy western tourists. The most well-known beaches are Hat Chaweng and Hat Lamai. Beautiful places for swimming and snorkelling, but a little bit crowded, too. Mae Nam, Bo Phut and Big Buddha, on the northern side, are more peaceful places. The most important city in the island is Na Thon. On many beach ...