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An Endurance22 expedition has achieved its goal of finding the world's most challenging shipwreck. Endurance ship found off the coast of Antarctica. The wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Ship, which was trapped in sea ice before sinking in 1915, has been found off the coast of Antarctica. This is then referred to as the "pole milestone" The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust said the ship was found at a depth of 3,008 meters, about four miles south of the position originally recorded by the ship's Captain Frank Worsley. The mission to find Endurance in the Weddell Sea began in Cape Town, South Africa, in February, a month after the 100th anniversary of Sir Ernest's death on a mission to find it. "The Endurance22 expedition has achieved its goal. We have made polar history with the discovery of Endurance, and successfully completed the world's most challenging shipwreck search," said Dr John Shears, expedition leader. "In addition, we

"You're never alone.  You have nature, yourself, and God  and of course I meet a lot of people during my trip.  It's one of my biggest success in this life  that I have friends in more than 80 countries". ~Yasik Smirnoff ~ CITIZENANGLE -So many reasons why Travelers are more likely to be successful. One of them is because of travelers experience varying levels of stress routinely. They have experience tight flight connections, interrogations by border guards, and rude hotel staff can all cause ones nerves to fray. And now, it considered that the one who describes himself as the 'crazy Russian', Yasik Smirnoff, has experienced all of those levels of life. Beginning with getting divorced at an early age, he has racked up a staggering 107 countries on his travels over the past four years . Managing emotions, remain calm under pressure, getting self-awareness, and helps people moment by moment during his journey, devinitely brought him a happy lif

JAVANESE traditional music in Indonesia, named Gamelan , is now beginning to rarely favored the younger generation. However it's proved to be attractive to tourists or foreigners from European countries. Having schedule to travel to Kulonprogo Regency , about 18 students Dominicus College in Nijmegen, the Netherlands , visited Indonesia, especially Kulonprogo Regency. What do they do on those kinds of Travel Destination agenda? It's to know and practise Gamelan. It is on Thursday July 30, 2015, when the students being spent a week at Wild Rescue Center (WRC) Yogyakarta , take the time to visit the studio of Karawitan Lestari Budaya in Cumethuk RT 22 RW 11 Kedungsari Pengasih Kulonprogo. Not just to be a spectator, these students are even involved plays gamelan music. For some of them this is the first occasion. One of the students, Jimmy Banken , was deeply curious about the traditional gamelan music. Teens who used to play drums or percussion instruments have a different se

Observing the environment around you could be the entertainment for a fun filled holiday. So, no need to walk away from your home. See and observe and discover unique things that are near you. Holiday trip or Travel did not have to be expensive and away from your home. Only with a little power even at no cost, you can find things that have been missed. If today is a holiday of Christmas and the new year, you can plan a few simple things. Holiday plans may be in the form of traveling that much or little to pay to go to the tourist attractions. But not always, it be satisfied that your fatigue during dwell in the work. Take once or two days, or even you want to fill your entire holiday to walk to the garden, to the fields, to the back of the house, to the side yard of your house. There are many things that may have gone unnoticed. For example, birds doings of behavior in twigs and branches that are feeding their children, ants who work together for the sake of finding and secur

Here we have a town that is a center of art and education, offers some good traveling , shopping and has a wide range of tourist facilities. This destination is Yogyakarta namely. It is a bustling town of some 500,000 people and the most popular tourist destination on Java. Yogyakarta considered as a major tourist destination in Indonesia. It is the capital city of the province of Yogyakarta Special Region which is in the southern part of the Central Java province, Indonesia. It is one of five districts within the semi-autonomous province of Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. Well, this special status is thanks to the Sultanate of Hamengkubuwono, which has ruled the area since 1749 and steered the state through difficult times of occupation and revolution. Sultan Palace in Yogyakarta is a kingdom that began through time to time. A long time ago, Surakarta or Solo was the capital of Mataram Kingdom before 1755. Later on treaty of Giyanti in 1755, Mataram was devided into two kingdom

  The southern highway to Yogyakarta is full of big trucks and buses Let's see what condition on traveling to Yogyakartha. If you decide to make it overland by car or motorcycle, you must know the condition of the roads, distances, time etc. If you are sure want to do this overland, there are some good traffic. However, travel to Yogyakarta by car or motorcycle means that you must ride on the back of trucks or bus. Yes, some people said that the fastest route is through the north coast highway (Jakarta-Pekalongan-Semarang-Yogyakarta). This route is not so scenic and full of big trucks and buses. Other route was through the southern highway (Jakarta-Bandung-Tasikmalaya-Wangon-Yogyakarta). It's longer but the view was nicer. But the condition is now different at all. This route is also full of big trucks and buses. It seems that so many trucks and buses move to the southern highway since Comal bridge incident. I don't know why exactly. Well, I think to take

ilustrasi How you choose your best travel destination - the most save for your kids? Some known in minimum safety guaranty, especially for our kids. However, here we have some places recommended, based on an article written by Samantha Brown, an editor of site Travelfish. She mentioned that Southeast Asia has plenty of kid-friendly destinations, with loads of pretty but safe beaches, fun and unusual activities and lovely natural attractions. She selected a few favourites below, but plenty more are around. Almost anywhere you head in the region will be adaptable for kids, particularly if they're slightly older, and you'll find people, from your guesthouse or hotel staff to locals on the street, highly obliging when it comes to helping out with children. 1) Located off Thailand's west coast in the gorgeous Andaman sea, Ko Lanta's chief attraction for kids is its safe swimming. The beaches are postcard-perfect so Mum and Dad will be happy sipping t

ilustrasi Mentawai Indonesia is one of seven secret surf spots in the world. There is an apic ride. However, getting there is no easy. As revealed on BBC, there are the best advice to travel to the island. To travel there , bbc revealed on an article entitled 'Seven secret surf spots' published on April 17, 2012, that you have to see first if long-time surf guide Captain Albert Taylor is available, then ask to go to the southern-most part of the islands, which are situated just west of Indonesia in the Indian Ocean. Mentawai is considered as a secret spot. There are so many secret in the island, especially about the wave. The wave of Mentawai island has no name yet. However you would see these incredible waves were coming from really deep water, pitching so far out that they formed these perfect cylinders that set you up for riding the best barrels. They were really challenging at first. To surf on the wave, you have to have psych myself up, especially after gettin

theguardian-image Traveling around Indonesia by a motorcycle should be always fun, at least we are not stuck in crowded traffic. This fact is not only true for Indonesian society. For foreign travelers, traveling in Indonesia are also very enjoyable. Follows a story of a traveler experiences ever written by Theodora Sutcliffe in The Guardian, Friday 1 June 2012, told the story of one's journey with her son on a motorbike. The article titled " Just me and my son: Indonesian crossing by motorbike ". Finally the son knows how to appreciate of what was a good motorbike. Having covered several thousand miles of Indonesian roads on a bile-green and dirty cream Honda adorned with skull and crossbones stickers, Zac had a finely detailed appreciation of what was a good motorbike (this beast), and what was not (our chariot). "Yep," I said, flipping down the kickstand on our not-so-mean machine and picking the twilight flies out of my eyes. "That is a serious bi

ilustrasi Going all the way to travel around Indonesia must be interesting. However you need to know all safety information before you book a trip, Lisa Grainger, Deputy Editor of Ultratravel, said. Her advice about safety travel is a response to Indonesia boat sinking. Two tourists are still missing after search and rescue efforts saved 23 people whose boat hit a reef in a storm and sunk on after leaving Lombok island on Saturday evening. She said that we best to email the company first and get all safety information answered before you book. Beside that, we must have well preparation before take on traveling to Indonesia. Doing your own safety checks! As revealed on the telegraph , the boat - which was acting as a ferry - started out from Lombok before heading for Komodo. The region is one of the world’s most beautiful for sailing trips because there are so few people living there, said Lisa Grainger, Deputy Editor of Ultratravel. “Although there are more than 240 milli

Traveling is always fun to do when the holidays or any time after the tight daily work during the week. However there are some things that we often miss, one of which is the preparation for the safety. Yes, there are some things we need, to consider safety facilities. Do you know, traveling will be very magical when we survived in an unexpected accident? Accidents at sea can be a sad travel story . It's worth, we say deep concern over sea accident of tourist boat that sank after hitting reef a few days ago in the traveling to Komodo Island . Latest news, the victims were found, but still two victims unknown. BBC reported on Monday, 18 August 2014 at 07:42, that there are more found, but two missing after Indonesia tourist boat sinks. This should be our concern though accidents involving tourist boats on traveling in the middle of the sea are rare. However, if it turns out that accidents are common in a state because of poor safety standards so it is important to re-evaluate. It

Numerous volcanoes in Indonesia remains active as in previous years. Meanwhile, Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta, which has erupted in a deadly, was asleep during the indeterminate and unpredictable time. As well as several mountain, Sinabung, Krakatau, Kelud, Bromo, Merbabu, Sumbing, Sindoro, Semeru, and Rinjani, seems are not volatile. However, latest information, Mount Slamet in Central Java is still showing activeness. Indonesia's volcanoes are often noted for the beauty of reviews their spectacular peaks, steaming craters and view of the earth's core bubbling, Mount Merapi, the country's most active volcano, took center stage this past October as a clear reminder of Reviews their deadly activity. Many of Indonesia's volcanoes do erupt, sometimes with shocking Consequences. depoknews/image One of the most beautiful mount in the Java, Slamet, reportedly have increased seismicity. The increase of the status of the mountain will certainly make people who wants to t

Indonesia has so many type of transportation to travel around , include the traditional types. One of them is called Becak. Becak is the similar type with Cycle rickshaws - a small-scale local means of transport. Cycle rickshaw s in Indonesia are called becak , according to Wikipedia. They began being used in Jakarta about 1936. Becak were considered an icon of the capital city of Jakarta prior to its ban in the 1970s. Citing concerns of public order, the city government forbade them on the city's main streets. Scenes of the anti-becak campaign appear in the 1975 Canadian film Wet Earth and Warm People, a documentary by Michael Rubbo. Despite the attempts at eradication, however, many becak still operate near slums throughout the city. Attempts at reinforcing the ban resulted in large-scale seizures of the vehicle in the late 1990s and in 2007. There are two types of "becak" in Indonesia: the first type is the driver sitting behind the passenger, the other one whi