Kuta Square Shopping Center

Kuta Square shopping center is located in traditional village settlement of Kuta. This place is very near to Kuta Beach Bali. This type of products are usually branded fashion from overseas. There are many cafes in Kuta Square shopping center with a variety of menu. In addition to shops and shopping malls, have a game on the ground in Bali Kuta Square Slingshot, Water Boom Bali and other games.

Price products for sale in shops and Kuta Square shopping center is usually determined (fixed), where the negotiations are not applied. If you are on a visit to Bali and need some brand clothing found, Kuta Square shopping center, the main choice. There are many attractions to Kuta Square Cafe in Kuta, and sat down while the menu.

The Beauty of Taiwan

Last weekend we had a great weekend of somethings different. Of course we still had to go to our hash run, but something new about it was a run through the city and also a pool BBQ at the end. We ran in places that Allie and I have never been. Most of it was through the old section of the city where there was less traffic and cool side streets. It was really hot that day so it was nice to be able to jump into a cold pool even with a swim cap. After swimming around and cooling off for a while we had a pot luck cook out. Everyone brought something different from guacamole to fried noodles. The meat was brought by a hasher that works at a restaurant so we had baby back ribs, German

sausage, and real marinated steaks. Needless to say I ate way to much and Allie was hurting a little too. We already had plans to meet some of our co-teachers (Chinese teachers) at a local bar where we had a really good time. It was really nice to hang out with them since we are going home soon. It is going to be sad when we leave because we have made a lot of really good friend and are really enjoying the life that we have made here.

The next week was short, we had Friday and Saturday off for Double Tenth Day which is the equivalent to Taiwan's independence day even though a lot of the world don't recognize it as a seperate country from China. We left at 12 midnight on Thursday night with 4 other friends, one South African (Lauren), one Australian (Brian). and two from Boston area (Jon and Nick). We were off to Orchid Island also known as Lanyu. It is south east of Taiwan. We left late at night and had an intense journey down to Kenting to take the ferry, which left at 8 the next morning. The journey consisted of waiting at Mos Burger for 3 hours in the middle of the night for our ride, then taking a very cramped van to the port, and then taking a 2 hour boat ride (which was one of the roughest rides ever, with people throwing up all around us). Finally we were there and the beauty alone was worth the hassel. It was amazing, very green and volcanic, it reminded me a lot of what the Hawaiian islands look like. The island also had a lot of goats, they were everywhere and very cute. Since we had the entire day on Friday we all rented scooters and then went to our campsite. Which was in the middle of a schools track. And it was perfect. Close to the water and nice comfortable grass to set our tent in. We went swimming to the beach for a while and then took a scooter trip around the island which is about 50km long so we did about half. We drove a very steep road to the weather center on top of the highest mountain and enjoyed a beautiful view. That night we met some other people camping and decieded to raid the only local supermarket for all the pork and some fish that they had so that we could have a campfire on the beach. It was awesome..people from all over the island ended up coming for a good feast and relaxing. Unfortunately we were all very exhausted from basically not sleeping well for the past 36 hours and we headed to bed at about 9 pm. Jay and I woke up early the next morning for a run. Then we all rented snorkeling equipment and enjoyed the coral. THe current is really strong around the island and we couldn't venture out too far otherwise we would have a difficult time swimming back to shore. Brian decieded to go out a little far and we couldn't see him... eventually we spotted him far out and looking as though he was having a difficult time getting back. Jay went out to help since he is a good swimmer and on the way he spotted a manoray....which is somewhat like a stingray. I was so jealous... ButI guess that was his reward for going to help out Brian. We enjoyed another scooter trip to the other side of the island and watched the sunset. We ate dinner at a very cute restuarant called the Epicurean and it was amazing with very good food. We had another early night and the next morning we had one more quick snorkle and went back on the ferry home. When we arrived in Kenting after the ferry, we had arranged a driver to pick us up..it turned out to be the taxi ride from hell. He seemed to pop a beatle nut in every 20 minutes and he never spit. He was driving like a mad man mainly whizing by cars in the scooter lane most of the time. People were rolling down their windows screaming at him. I felt as if I was in a Formula One race... and I didn't feel like we were winning. Anyways it was an amazing time and really recommend it. Taiwan is really beautiful in some places. This gave us the boost we need to make our final stretch to the end.

Bali’s beach boys reject gigolo slur

KUTA, Indonesia (AFP) – Fun-loving local beach boys are as much a fixture and, for some women, an attraction of Bali as the sun and surf, but all that could be about to change thanks to a controversial new film.

The documentary, “Cowboys in Paradise” by Singapore-based writer and director Amit Virmani, sparked panic among Bali’s tourism officials when it was released at a film festival in South Korea earlier this month.

Its candid interviews with the local men who flirt with and seduce foreign tourists has severely tarnished the resort island’s image, officials say.

“Certainly it’s worrying. We’ll take action so the image of Bali as a spiritual island isn’t tainted,” Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika told reporters.

Police have rounded up almost 30 of the so-called beach “cowboys” in a bid to “clean up the beach of prostitution”, Bali police spokesman Gede Sugianyar said.

Some of the men at the centre of the brouhaha said they were distressed and angry at being hounded as gigolos, and flatly denied offering sexual favours for money.

“I’m stressed by the raids. I wonder if the authorities are coming after me next,” 29-year-old surf instructor Rosnan Efendi told AFP.

“I’m also angry the filmmaker twisted the story. We were told it was a documentary about love and relationships between locals and foreigners,” he added.

Well-built, tanned and sporting shoulder-length wavy hair, Efendi said he met his German girlfriend on the beach four years ago and fell in love.

“We’re together because of love, not money. When we go out, we split the bills. She doesn’t pay for me,” he said.

“The documentary is a lie. There’s no such thing as Kuta cowboys or Bali gigolos.”

Another surf instructor, 53-year-old Bobbi, who claims to be a sort of mentor for Kuta’s beach boys, said: “We’re friendly people so we chat with everybody including female tourists. What’s wrong with joking, laughing, giving massages to one another after a tiring day of surfing? It’s nothing more than that”.

Laughing heartily, he added: “If the beach boys charged money for befriending tourists they’d all be rich by now. It’s unlikely since they can’t even buy themselves a meal without getting into debt”.

Filmmaker Virmani said he was “extremely disheartened” over the police raids and insisted his documentary was an attempt to deconstruct the image of the beach gigolo.

“All they did was speak honestly about their lives. No one should be harmed for that,” he said.

“I wanted to understand the men behind the cowboy myth. People never got past looking at them as gigolos. That’s so one dimensional. I wanted to know why they are so appealing to women? What are their relationships like?… I wanted to humanise them.

“I personally believe the beach would be a very dull place without their friendliness.”

An American woman tourist interviewed in the documentary — segments of which have been posted across the Internet after appearing on YouTube — said the beach boys just “love to have fun”.

“The women that come… what they’re feeling is that these people feel safe to them and they love to have fun. They’ll get out and sing and dance and joke and they’ll include you in everything,” she said.

Another woman, an Australian, told the documentary-makers: “There’s a lot of frustrated Western women out there. Just look at the sales of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’,” referring to Elizabeth Gilbert’s romantic memoir of self-discovery.

“Women don’t want to be women anymore and instead they want to be feminine, so I can understand why they come here and they’re searching for something and suddenly this environment provides that.”

Asked whether the beach boys were gigolos, another Western woman interviewed for the documentary added: “No I don’t think they’re really gigolos. I just think they love women and there’s nothing wrong about that, and when you’re here and when you have a boyfriend it’s for real”.

Police spokesman Sugianyar admitted it would be difficult proving any prostitution charges against the detained “cowboys”.

“Like many places in the world, there are indications of male prostitution in Bali. This has been happening for some time but it’s hard to prove as the men are discreet,” he told AFP.

“They don’t have sex on the beach, they do it elsewhere. The beach is only a meeting place for them and their potential clients.

“We can’t get rid of them 100 percent. There’s a supply because there’s a demand. It takes two hands to clap.

THE BREATHTAKING ISLAND OF BALI

Bali is an inseparable part of Indonesia’s tourism.

Its unique culture along with its natural beauties have long made the island a “heaven” for the travelers both domestic or overseas.

Colorful daily ceremonies are an attraction too precious to miss out. A wide choice of hotels, restaurants, spas, and shopping centers are ready to spoil you

7 Wonders of the World

7 Keajaiban Dunia

Tāj Mahal adalah sebuah monumen yang terletak di Agra, India. Dibangun atas keinginan Kaisar Mughal Shāh Jahān, anak Jahangir, sebagai sebuah musoleum untuk istri Persianya, Arjumand Banu Begum, juga dikenal sebagai Mumtaz-ul-Zamani atau Mumtaz Mahal. Pembangunannya menghabiskan waktu 23 tahun (1630-1653) dan merupakan sebuah adi karya dari arsitektur Mughal.

Tembok Raksasa Cina atau Tembok Besar Cina , juga dikenal di Cina dengan nama Tembok Raksasa Sepanjang 10.000 Li¹ merupakan bangunan terpanjang yang pernah dibuat oleh manusia, terletak di Republik Rakyat Cina.

Puing-puing Taman Petra di Yordania

Kolaseum Roma di Italia

Machu Pichu di Peru

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PATUNG KRISTUS PENEBUS, BRASIL: Tinggi 38 meter berada di puncak Pegunungan Corcovado. Dibuat dalam beberapa bagian di Prancis pada 1926 dan dikapalkan ke Brasil. Sebuah rel dibangun khusus untuk membawanya ke puncak pegunungan setinggi 714 meter itu.

TOURISM OBJECT IN YOGYAKARTA

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Bank Indonesia Building and Post Office.

This beautiful Colonial building situated in the north to the Palace. A few meters to the east there is an old Catholic Church of Religious Affairs which is located on Jl. Secodiningratan (Now Jln P Senopati).

Baron

This beach is located in Gunungkidul District, located about 60 km south of Yogyakarta city. Baron beach is an estuary of the river under the rocks. This beach is actually a bay flanked by walls of palm tree hills.

Alluvium

The waves considered rather large. As a natural sequence from the beach perpantaian Baron, Kukup picture of the beach is not much different. This beach is about 1 km from the Beach Baron. Characteristic of the object is in the collection Kukup Beach hiasnya fish. Visitors can simply view or even buy it. Another characteristic feature yang exoticism of this beach is the color of white sand beaches yellowish.

Banyu Temple Nibo Banyunibo

Has the meaning "water drip" which is a Buddhist relic temple IX century. The temple is also called "The stick of Kara Banyu Nibo" because of its remote location amid rice fields and banana groves separated from the other temples. This temple can be reached by public transportation from the intersection of three highways leading Yogya-Solo to Piyungan along 2 kilometers or 1 kilometer from the mouth of the trail leading to the palace of Queen Boko Petilasan to arrive at the complex SKSD Palapa DIY. Selanjuynya travel by foot along the paddy fields towards the east (left), approximately 1 kilometer.

Batik Crafts

Batik times used as a symbol of heritage handed down from our ancestors. Batik-making process can be seen in some Batik Gallery next to the southern city of Jogjakarta that was hereditary.

Biological Museum

Located in Sultan Agung street Number: 22 Yogyakarta is a means of education about wildlife (fauna) in natural plants (flora) of Indonesia. In this museum can be seen various kinds of dry and wet herabrium, various types of animals and the skeleton. Some of them exhibited in the form of diorama, which shows the life of animals and plants, the situation resembles the wild original. The museum is open on every day: Tuesday through Thursday at 08:00 to 13:00, the number; at from 08.00 - 11.00, Saturdays from 08.00 - 12:30, and Sundays at 08.00 - 12.00.

Bird Market (Pasar Bird Ngasem)

Precisely in the subdistrict of the Palace, and only about 200 m from the sultan's palace gates and coincide with the Castle, there is a market that is known as 'bird market', although actually a common market, because not only the types of animals and birds that exist in the market them. The market is known by the name Ngasem market.

Borobudur

It is the world's largest Buddhist temple which is one of the seven wonders of the world. Adjacent to the Northwest city of Yogyakarta, approximately as far as 42 km. Built in the 8th century, with hard work and sweat that soaked under the sting of the tropical sun, the workers supported perseverance and dedication from relatives and people Cailendra dynasty in power at that time. The temple is actually showing the greatness of the kingdom Cailendra, which seeks to describe the life history of Sidhartha Gautama and explain its teachings through reliefs that terukiir beautifully on the temple walls.

Sonobudoyo

Is a complete cultural meseum after the Central Museum in Jakarta. Located on the northwest side of the square north of Yogyakarta. Museum which is also a means of education, particularly in the field of arts and culture funding archaeological museum also has a library with adequate especially books relating to cultural issues as well save the cultural heritage Rokhani that no high-value, can be visited every day between 08.00 - 13.00 pm.

Cerme Cave

Behind the attractions of fame and the tomb of the king Parangtritis Mataram (Imogiri), Bantul district still has one more tourist attraction that is not less interesting. Cerme natural attractions of Goa, a tourist attraction hidden in Hamlet Srunggo, Imogiri.Untuk down the entire niche of Cave Cerme a tunnel along the 1,200 meters, it takes about 2 hours more. Along the road that passed by, has a winding path, decorated with stalactite and stalagmite that squiggly

Church Kotabaru

Located 2km west of the Tugu Station / malioboro. It is a colonial relic of an old church. Famous with the name of St. Anthony Catholic Church.

Kirti Griya Dewantara

Museum located in JalanTaman Student No 31 Yogyakarta was once a family residence Ki Hajan Dewantara. This museum is a memorial museum owned by the Foundation College Park Student Union. The museum is located heart of Yogyakarta city with a building area of 300 square meters and a land area of 2700 square meters can be visited at any time by public transport, city bus, pedicab, or horse cart. Kirti Griya Museum Collection Dewantara a collection of letters - letters Ki Hajar Dewantara totaling 876 shoots, household equipment, documentation, photos - photos and movies with one unit of Ki Hajar Dewantara title of National Hero. Thanks to advances in film technology can be presented to the visitors so that the sound Ki Hajar Dewantara which is a dialogue can be enjoyed in a special room.
Dieng Plateau
Affairs, dubbed "Domestic Gods" that store a million beauty complete with a legend. If Earth Parahyangan have Tangkuban Perahu Crater, the Dieng has Sikidang Crater. The beauty is guaranteed no less by the crater's Sangkuriang tersebut.Keunikan attractions Dieng, not only the natural coolness, but there are small temples and centuries-old teen who has a crater lake and the magical and the scientific value of its own. That would be of interest to tourists, scientists and writers, to travel to get there.

Aerospace Mandala

The museum is located in the complex Lanuma Adisucipto. Inside the museum is a picture of Air Force leaders, panji-panji/pataka aircraft used Indonesian Air Force from 1945 until now, and objects of history that has to do with the struggle of AURI. To visit the museum, at the time of his arrival the group leader / visitors need to report the post perjagaan. The museum is open every day: Monday to Thursday at 8:00 a.m. to 13:30, Friday from 08.00 till 11.00 and Saturday from 08.00 till 12.00.

Vredeburg

Center of the town, in front of the Great House (the former Presidential palace in the days of Yogyakarta became the capital of the State in 1946), behind the Monument of General Offensive March 1 lies an ancient fortress, Vredeburg. The fort was deliberately established by the Dutch colonizers to secure his rule by a governor of the Dutch East Indies who reside in the Governorate Building (Great House now).

Glagah

Glagah Beach is located 40 km from the city of Yogyakarta, including Kulonprogo region. In this coastal region has built a variety of facilities and amenities include swimming fishing, recreational parks, camping ground and substations pandang.Bagi visitors who have a hobby sport rowing can channel his talent / hobynya at this beach by boat Kano.

University of Gajah Mada

One of the largest and oldest university in Indonesia. Established since 1949 and has complete facilities to the present.

Great House

Palace of Yogyakarta, known by the name of the Great House is located in downtown, precisely at the southern tip of Akhmad Yani Street formerly known as Jalan Malioboro, the heart of the capital city of Yogyakarta Special Region. Regions palace located in the Village Ngupasan, Gondomanan District, Municipality of Yogyakarta, and located at an altitude of 120 meters above sea level. This palace complex occupies a land area of 43.585 m2.

Delighted Loka

Relatively happy Loka is a small zoo located on the banks of river Gajah Wong, 3 km east of main Post Office. It has interesting collection of animals, local and foreign. In the compound, there are recreational facilities Such as a pond for Boating and a children's playground. During school holidays, gamelan music and musical entertainment are performed in the Grounds.

Imogiri

Actually Tomb Hastanegara, and is the tomb of a younger age compared with Kotagede tomb. In this Imogiri tomb, buried kings who ruled the kingdom of Mataram sepeninggalan Panembahan Senopati, especially the son of Sultan Agung Hanyokro Kusumo. The tomb was built over the hill, and to achieve it we must climb the stairs of stone terraces as much as 345 pieces to arrive disuatu crossroads. Pilgrimage to the Tomb of Imogiri can be done every Monday between 10.00 am until 13:00 or haru week between the hours of 13:30 until 16:30 pm

Jagadnata

Hindu temples (pura), the largest temple on Jl Sorowajan Yogyakarta.terletak

Jalan Malioboro

It is one of the shopping center in Jogja. Malioboro hustle and splendor can not be separated from the many vendors who line the street Malioboro hawking wares, almost everything on offer is a goods / objects of Jogja as a souvenir / gift for tourists. They traded handicrafts typical of Jogjakarta, among others ayaman rattan handicrafts, leather, batik, silver, bamboo and others, in the form of batik clothes, leather bags, leather shoes, rattan ornament, leather puppets, bamboo key chains, spoons / forks silver, blangkon Batik [semacan cap of Jogja / Java], t-shirts with various models / writing and many others. The vendors are there which showcases wares on the table, cart only those that hold the plastic on the floor. So when a visitor busy Malioboro enough alone among visitors will jostle each other because of the narrowness of the road for the pedestrians as it is quite dense and the number of traders on the right and left.

Museum Sasmitaloka

To preserve the values of liberty and the struggle to maintain independence from colonial rule is necessary at all if we visited the Museum Sasmitaloka General Sudirman Street Bintaran No. 3 Yogyakarta. From inside the building this Sasmitaloka visitors invited to watch some of the history of the long struggle of the Indonesian nation achieve its independence, including through open and with a guerrilla war conducted by the best sons of this country and one of them led by Colonel Sudirman V Navan Division Commander at the time.

Kalasan Temple

Located just 50 yards on the edge of the south of Yogya-Solo Road, Kilometer 14 and approximately 600 meters southwest Candi Sari. Kalasan is the oldest Buddhist relics in the area of Yogyakarta and Central Java, built in the year 778 AD as offerings to the goddess Tara was patterned Buddhist Kalasan but its founders are Rakai Wanca Panangkaran of Sanjaya who embrace the Hindu religion, of persuasion Teacher-teacher from Wanca Syailendra who embraced Buddhism. Kalasan temple is also famous as a beautiful decoration and a very fine stone carvings. In addition, ornaments and reliefs on the exterior walls covered with old-fashioned type of cement called Vajralepa

Palace Ngayogyakarta

Is a source of radiant art of Javanese culture that can be seen through the beauty of architecture with ornaments very fascinating. Every day, tourists began to visit the Palace opened at 7.30 to 13.00, except on Juma't Palace is only open until 12.00 pm.

Village Kasongan

Located in Southwest of Yogyakarta. Famous as a village artisan pottery.

Kepatihan Danurejan

Was formerly the residence for Patih. Vizier in the kingdom of Yogyakarta is always a degree DANUREJO. Thus, the residence of the governor called Danurejan.

Town or Kota Gede Gede Kotagede

Sometimes referred to as the Capital City of the Old, because once this place is the capital of Mataram Islamic kingdom first. Previously, this place is called Alas Mentaok forest, which is given to Panembahan Senopati by Sultan Pajang, king of the Hindu kingdom in East Java, because it has helped save Pajang Senopati. In 1575, Panembahan Senopati, who became the first king of Mataram Islam, to build this area and set it as the capital city.

Tomb of King Kota Gede

In each area must be easy to find the tomb, as well as in Yogya. Even in Yogya, in addition to easy to find the tomb of a general, also known as the tomb of the kings of Mataram, which is known by the name of Imogiri. Besides in Imogiri, there are also grave Kotagede. In this tomb of the founder of Mataram, Panembahan Senapati was buried.

Kiskendo

This tourist park is located 35 kilometers west of the city of Yogyakarta, in peghunungan Menboreh. Park consists of Kiskendo Goa, Goa Sumitro and Watu Blencong. Is a natural cave in the mountains Menoreh located 1200 m above the sea surface temperate cool, from the shape and the situation is very similar to what is implied in the legend of legends Kiskendo Cave Palace (which is a fragment of the story of the Ramayana), home to giant Mahesasura yang buffalo-headed-headed and Lembusura sapi.Dalam puppet story, in this place occurred the battle between Subali Sugriwa with Mahesasura and vizier that inhabit the cave ini.Di Lembusura addition geological conditions of the caves in the rocky limestone area, Inside Kiskendo cave there are many stalactites and stalagmites bentuknya.Di strange yet beautiful flowing river in this cave deep underground puppet story, and in the battle between Subali; Sugriwa and Mahesasura; Lembusura, drain the water red and white.

Krakal

Although still a chain from a visit to the Beach Baron and Kukup Beach, nuance Krakal Beach en route to a slightly different location. Even so to speak, Cote Krakal give the whole picture of the beach panorama. Along the way to the location of this beach, seen the beauty of limestone hills interspersed with rock terraces. Alloys such rocks is known as karst regions, namely the former seabed that experience the process of appointment of the earth's crust that rises to the top to form a plateau. These rocks, a former nest / house reef animals that live at the time. Beach Krakal relatively gentle. This allows sunlight perpantaian turn on the horizon, and with a cool sea breeze blows. White sand spread out quite long on the seashore, which is about 5 km, as always pure white dibasuk by large waves.

Cave

Located at the foot of the cliff Parangtritis is a famous health resort, although in the vicinity are also many similar areas, such as Tapan Cave, Spring Beji, as well as Cave Demon. In writing books, Dr. Hermanus Johannes de Graaf, the Dutch scientist who specializes in the appraisal of the land of Java, called the cave as Queen of South Cave. Therefore, this cave is a place frequented by reraja Mataram. In this cave is also said to have meditated Sheikh Siti Jenar and Sunan Kalijaga. From the beach to get to the cave Parangtritis still have to walk about 3 km to the east. Do not be shocked or horrified when you are on the cliff edge. With a height of 400 m cliff and nearly perpendicular, the way to the cave a challenge. The road to the foot of the cliff where the cave is a mixture between the stairs (there are 4 pieces in separate places), roots, rocks and bumps. Arriving at the cave, visitors can bathe in one chamber. Used bath water comes from springs that come out of the cave. The water is cold and fresh and contains high levels of calcium can relieve fatigue from travel to the cave. Out of the shower, then visitors are welcome to meditate. The silence in the cave is very helpful to focus the mind. Sound was the waves south coast.

Great Mosque

Located on the western side of North Square of Yogyakarta, which until now masihdipergunakan for everyday place of worship for Muslims. In the days of Islam, the mosque was used as a venue for official ceremonies of religious Islamic Supreme Yogyakarta.Masjid Yogyakarta Kraton has Javanese specific building style, mainly in the form of roof is also beautifully unique addition to resembling the Grand Mosque which was built by Sunan Kadilangu Kalijaga (one of his guardians Sango in the antique town of Demak) In the East wing of the front of the palace was used as the Museum Puro Pakualaman using a room 4, which can be visited by the public every Monday and Thursday between 11:00 until 13:00. In this museum saved historic objects that have high cultural value, and is from a past of family Paku Alam.

Martyrs' Mosque

One of the great Mosque in Jogjakarta historic. Located in Kotabaru - Jogjakarta.

Mendut

The temple is located about 3 km before the temple of Borobudur of Yogyakarta direction, this temple has a pyramid-shaped roof and inside there are Buddhist statues yag flanked by two statues.

Monument March 1

Located next to the castle selatang Vredeburg stood rigid, reminding us of the national events that are spread in the history of the founding of the Republic of Indonesia. This event on March 1, 1949, when Lieutenant Colonel Soeharto (now President) led the attack into the city of Yogyakarta General who was in control of the Dutch colonial army. The attack succeeded brilliantly and the Indonesian National Army has managed to master the city of Yogyakarta for 6 hours to bring the people's sovereignty handover of the Dutch government to RI.

Museum Sasono Wiratama

The museum is often referred to as munumen Diponegoro because it is the former residence of Prince Diponegoro, a noble Sultan's Palace is famous as patriots in the fight against the Dutch colonialists between the years 1825-1830. Now in these buildings have been restored, saved many war relics in the form of equipment and other equipment once used him and his loyal followers. The museum is located in the area Tegalrejo, approximately 4 km from the city center. Wiratama Sasana Museum open to the general public visit, every working day between Monday to Saturday at 08:00 to 13:00.

Museums Struggle

The museum stands on the initiative committee warning: Half a century National Revival DIY "in the year 1958 that is intended to commemorate the history of the Indonesian National Struggle Construction begins with laying the first stone by Sri Paku Alam VIII, the date August 17, 1959 and Pembanguynan was completed on June 29 June 1961 with the laying of the last stone, the inauguration as well as the opening of the Museum by Sri Paku Alam VIII. At first, the Museum is managed by a committee "Half Century of National Awakening DIY" (1961-1963). Later in the Year 1963 until 1969 the Committee had difficulty in finding funding so that The museum was not opened by the General. In the Year 1970 -1974 Museum is still closed and is under the Provincial Government of DIY Culture cq Inspection Agency P & K DIY. In the year 1974-1980 the Museum is still closed, but the museum management delegated to the Regional Office of the Department of Education Province of Yogyakarta. And, New Year's 1980-1997 in the Museum was put together with Sonobudoyo State Museum, and opened to the public. On the date 5 September 1997 the Museum of Struggle united with the seaspek Museum (Museum of History) is the Museum Citadel Museum Citadel of Yogyakarta and the Yogyakarta Unit II

Museum (Gallery) Affandi

Located on the north side of the road Solo No. 167, precisely in the west slope Gajahwong river bridge, keeping the museum complex covering an area of 3500 m2 tahah consists of building a museum and houses the former dwelling house painter Affandi and his family. Affandi has received many awards from countries in Asia and Europe, besides the title Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Singapore received. Affandi's paintings collection stored at the museum amounted to 300 pieces which regularly exhibited at the museum.

Merapi

Mount Merapi has a height of 2968 m above sea level and is located approximately 25 km from Yogyakarta. Mount Merapi was first formed around 60000-80000 years ago. But the history of new activities starting observed and written as a document since 1791. Peak Merpai promising allure to enjoy the beautiful sunrise in the morning with natural scenery from the ranks of Mount Ungaran, Telomoyo and Merbabu. Gung and surrounding Merapi volcano offers tours like the cool air, cross country, the beauty of the lava dome is still active.

Market Beringharjo

Beringharjo Market was founded by Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwana I. This market is situated in the northern palace complex. Market Name Beringharjo Beringan taken from the name of forest, ie forest that is the embryo of the city of Yogyakarta. In the forest there are dukuh named Pacetokan which is where the establishment of Sultan Palace now

Beach Parangkusumo

According to legend, this place is a field meeting with the king of Yogyakarta Kingdom Nyai Roro Kidul. The exact meeting place is located in a stretch of sand intrusion on perpantaian. In connection with the legend, this beach is known as very sacred.

Parangtritis.

Parangtritis located about 27 km south of Yogyakarta city. The location is easily accessible by various means of transportation. In addition, in this area quite a lot of available lodging facilities and restaurants, swimming pool, bathhouse and campsite. To achieve these tourist sites, there are two paths that can be used. The first path is relatively short, takni 27 km from Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta Kraton Kretek-Village-Parangtritis. If the journey performed in the morning and evening, on this route will always be found 'bicycle troops' workers who provide a picture of harmony and peace among them. Jallur second, although the travel distance 37 km, passing through mountain scenery route attractive. The route of this path is: Terminal Umbulharjo Imogiri-Region-Village-siluk Parangtritis.

Pawon

Buddhist shrine mentioned in the inscription middle reef is situated 824 m supported in line with Mendut and temples in the village borobudur.terletak brajanalan Kec. Borobudur.

Plaosan (Buddhist Temple)

Plaosan located approximately 1 km to the east of the temple Sewu. This Buddhist temple consists of two main temples which are located side by side, each having its own basic foundation. Relief carving is located in the southern part of the temple depict the male and the other temples depict about women. Another specialty of this temple is the temple Perwata that mimics the form of the stupa.

Prambanan Temple

Prambanan is located approximately 17 miles to the Yogya Solo (Janti intersection to the East). Each person would have seen this temple because it is situated only 100 meters from the main road. At night the temple will be more beautiful because it is highlighted by lights powered Hindu tinggi.Candi 47 meters high was built by Sanjaya dynasty in this 9.Candi century consists of 3 complex. The main temple is located inside the complex and surrounded by smaller temples called the chapel. Some of these temples is the contribution of regional leaders as a tribute to the King.

Puro Pakualaman (1813)

Located at Jln Sultan. It is a small kingdom in the territory of the Kingdom of Ngayogyokarto Sultanate.


Ratu Boko (Hindu Temple)

Site Ratu Boko was on the hill at a height of 195.97 meters above sea level with an area of about 250,000 square meters. From here you like seeing a painting of a beautiful naturalist; Mount Merapi, which is always out backs smoke pomp and Candi Prambanan Sewu. Beautiful natural scenery is also looking so you mengeserkan head southwards. Panorama hills are full of color temple building; Banyunibo Candi, Candi Barong, Ijo Temple, and so forth. It's really like a painting!

Samas Beach

Samas is known to have big waves and there are river deltas and freshwater lakes that form the lake. Lake-the lake is used for the development of fisheries, sea turtles, and giant prawns and various fishing locations. Next there is the West Coast with beautiful panoramas Patehan Location: srigading Village, Kec. Sanden approximately 24 km from Yogyakarta to the south. Attraction / Event Tour: Carnival Ceremony Tumuruning Maheso Suro, Labuhan Alms Sea, Performing Arts (vacation and widths.) Terminal Facility. Parking, toilets, Lodging, Restaurants, SAR, Power Lines, Mosque and Transportation Facilities.

Sari

This Buddhist temple is located about 600 meters towards the north east of the temple Kalasan, on the north side of the main road between Yogyakarta and Solo. A small and beautiful temple consists of two floors. The top floor was once used to store goods for religious purposes. This temple was once also a monastery, where monks pray, meditate, and teach his followers. The walls of this temple is also covered by Vajralepa.


Sambisari

This temple is located about 12 km to the east of the city of Yogyakarta to the north of the main road between Yogyakarta and Solo. Sambisari is a very unique temple, this temple is located 6.5 meters below ground level. This temple was built in the 10th century. Since the eruption of Mount Merapi in the year 1006, the area around it covered with materials originating from volcanoes.

Cave Selarong

Area attractions in this beautiful natural landscape and suitable for use as the camp (Camping Ground). In the past, the cave was used as the headquarters of Prince Diponegoro in the guerrilla struggle against Dutch colonialism in 1825, moved to the Cave of Diponegoro 1830.Pangeran Selarong after his home in Tegalrejo attacked and burned down by Belanda.Gua Selarong located about 14 km north of Yogyakarta precisely in sub display and be on top of the hill is overgrown lot guava tree, which is typical of that object.

Sewu

Sewu located only a few hundred meters to the northeast of the Prambanan Temple. with a cool environment you can enjoy a large Buddhist temple and spacious. includes several small temples, such as: temple Lumbung, Asu temple, temple Bubrah, and Lor Kulon temple.

Sendangsono

It is a place of pilgrimage for devotees of Roman Catholic religion, this place was built to resemble Loudes in France, where in the old days, the Virgin Mary, the mother of Prophet Jesus Christ had appeared before a girl Santa Bernadeta, and perform many miracles attributed to the local community. Sendangsono name taken from the term "spring" which means spring and "sono", is the name of a type of tree. While Sendangsono means spring beneath the tree sono. In May and October, this place is crowded once filled with pilgrims from all over Indonesia.

Sono Art

Art Center In Yogyakarta there is a gallery called Art Sono. This building is located in jatung city of Yogyakarta. Adjacent to the State Palace "Great House". Once the strategic Sono Art so there are many arts and cultural activity carried out in this place. Especially in the 1970s until the late 1980s the building was not much art, so Art Sono become the primary choice. Sono Art In the building are different kinds of arts and cultural activities carried out. There were theater performances, painting exhibitions, talks, bazaars and so on. In short, Sono Arts in Malioboro very strategic point for the public present.

Taman Sari

Located approximately 400 meters from the complex of Sultan's Palace or about 10 minutes walk from the pages in the back Kraton Kidul or called Kemandungan Magangan.Taman page Sari means beautiful garden, in ancient times Sri Sultan is a place of recreation and its relatives Palace.

Telogo Muncar

Waterfalls in the area Tlogo Princess - Ground. On the slopes of Mount Merapi

Tugu Yogya

Is one of the heritage buildings of Sultan Hamengku Buwana I. Monument Construction is done to commemorate a sense of togetherness King (then Prince Mangkubumui) with the people united against the Dutch, so Prince Mangkubumi gaining ground Mataram. The monument was built a year after the Treaty Gianti. The height of monument at the time was first built is 25 feet.

Yogya back Monument

Established to commemorate the historic event that is free of Yogyakarta from Dutch occupation in 1949. This monument is located in Sariharjo, Sleman Ngaglik approximately 7 km from Tugu Yogyakarta. This monument should be entitled cone-shaped mountain and consists of three floors. The ground floor has a door straight from west to east in accordance with the rotation of the earth. On this floor there are a variety of display and the full story about the incident before "Yogya Kembali". The second floor has a door straight from north to south, interwoven with lines fisalfat Yogyakarta palace buildings. This floor contains the stories of struggle that began from the moment of Yogyakarta became the capital of Indonesia to Yogyakarta event again. The third floor is at the very top, on this floor has no door of the visitors could get into this room through the bottom. This floor has one room called "Gerba Graha" which means meditation room

Back to Baghdad? Recovering Iraq to emerge as 'exciting' new tourist destination

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Historical riches: Iraq boasts fine archaeological sites, including the Ishtar Gate in Babylon


It is unlikely to be high up on your list of holiday destinations for summer 2011, but Iraq is poised to become a tourism hotspot, according to a travel industry report.

Tourism in the troubled Middle Eastern stat is growing rapidly, with airline and hotel capacity on the increase, according to the report released at World Travel Market, a major travel conference being held in London.

Millions of pounds have been invested in Iraq’s tourism infrastructure since the end of the US-led war in 2003.

Seven hundred new hotels are expected to have opened in the country by 2014.
Airlines, including Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines, have also started flying to the Middle Eastern country.

Iraq boasts some of the finest archaeological sites in the world and some of the holiest places in Islam.

From the ruins of Babylon to the historical riches of Baghdad, it is one the ancient cradles of civilization.

Last year, 1.3 million people visited Iraq. The majority were religious tourists, mainly from Iran.

World Travel Market Chairman Fiona Jeffery said: ‘Iraq is a diverse mix of history, culture and unique experiences all paving the way for its place as an exciting up and coming destination.’

The only UK travel company currently offering tours of the country is Hinterland Travel, based in Brighouse, West Yorkshire.

They offer a post-war tour of Iraq - or Mesopotamia, as they prefer to call it in their on-line brochure.

The tours cost between £1,780 and £2,800 and include the war-scarred capital Baghdad, and Basra, the scene of some of the heaviest fighting in the 2003 invasion.


Previously off-limits: Current tours of Iraq include Saddam Hussein's former palaces in Tikrit


The trips also include Ur, believed to be the birthplace of the prophet Abraham; Babylon, once the greatest city on earth; and Samarra, famous for its golden domed al-Askari shrine.

The firm's website states: 'The present situation in Mesopotamia has improved vastly this year and we have successfully operated several tours. We have added some previously off limit sites to our itinerary, notably Nimrud, and explored Tikrit more thoroughly. The palaces of Saddam Hussein are included and many other sites.’

The firm's managing director Geoff Hann, who has run tours to Iraq for over thirty years, said: 'We keep out of the way and don't attract attention, that's the safest way to travel anywhere.

'We specialise in history and archaeology. Tourism is in its infancy after the problems of recent years, but the sites are worth seeing and this really is where civilisation began.'

Iraq was a hugely popular holiday destination for visitors from countries such as Japan, France and Germany as well as the UK before Saddam Hussein went to war with Iran in 1980.

Britons are currently advised by the Foreign Office not to visit Iraq because of the high threat of terrorism and the risk of kidnapping, with the exception of a handful of provinces.

Soaring Spain: Palaces, plazas and a perfect weekend in Toledo, Madrid's little brother

JENNY COAD

Head for heights: Toledo's Alacazar palace now houses a museum of military history


The people of Toledo don't stay in on a Saturday night. Even the grannies are out and about, nattering over tapas, their improbably amber-coloured hair neatly in place, purple and red blazers firmly pressed. The teenage girls are herding up the boys in the Plaza de Zocodover, and attractive couples drift across in frills and military finery - they've been to a smart wedding in the cathedral.

My friend Jo and I are watching the action on this bubbly square in Spain over a jug of sangria. The verdict - aren't those girls in their hotpants chilly? Only Spanish women can get away with flamenco-esque dresses - and it doesn't matter what you look like if you're in uniform.

Toledo is impossibly good-looking, all handsome stone buildings, warm-hued tiles and impressive spires. And it attracts dozens of admirers. We are here for the weekend, which involves flying to Madrid and then only an hour's drive south.

The Parador Toledo, which overlooks the city from its perch on Emperor's hill, is a perfectly located place to stay. It does require a taxi ride into town, but proves a wonderful way to contemplate the city, whether it's basking in the brisk morning sun or glowing at night.

This parador, with its moorish tiling and generous spaces, is a converted manor; others are in monasteries, castles, palaces and convents around Spain. All are renowned for their first-class service in historic surroundings.

Toledo is on the Tajo river, and the city rises up the hill to the Alcazar, a renaissance palace, with its Gothic cathedral right at the top. These are floodlit at night and look like glitzy fair attractions in what is the otherwise rocky, dry and beaten landscape of central Spain.

Once in the city, we lose all sense of where we are - and that's not just because of the sangria. The cobbled passageways give little away, and it's only when you come across an impressive wall, belonging to one of the city's 20 churches or glimpse a turret through a gap in the houses that you can orientate yourself.

Toledo is a city I could happily explore aimlessly. Perhaps it's being in the sunshine or simply the soothing colours of the stones - no tarmac streets here. Yet there are sights it would be a sin to miss.


Religious observance: Toledo's cathedral is one of its most prominent sights


The Alcazar, newly renovated to house Madrid's National Army Museum, is one. It is Toledo's dominant landmark and has undergone a series of transformations, most recently with the addition of a side wing built around the 16th-century foundations.

The museum is full of military memorabilia, from the ethnographic finds of officers stationed in the Philippines and Pacific, which include vicious-looking harpoons from Tonga and ceremonial masks, to pistols inlaid with pearl. Toledo was famed for producing steel swords and you can even buy them in the many tourist shops. The beautifully decorated ones on display here seem at odds with their grisly purpose, although many, like the 'Blade of fantasy', were purely for ceremonial use.

Walking along the walls of the main palace, a perfectly turreted square, you get an idea of its huge size. And, from the north-facing courtyard, there is a wonderful view across Toledo's rooftops: as neat as the grannies' hairdos and a similar shade of rust.

You can also see the ornate facade of the Hospital y Museo de Santa Cruz, which is home to many works by El Greco, ancient tapestries and tiles which are still produced in traditional styles across Toledo.

The other great building is the cathedral. It's on lower ground than the Alcazar, but makes an equally imposing impression. The interior is appropriately dark and forbidding, but with an astonishing display of architectural and decorative wealth.

The fact that 88 pillars support the vaults should give you some idea of its scale.
By the south door, a giant fresco of St Christopher renders one an ant among saints.

And at the south end of the cathedral, you can imagine yourself inside a Baroque masterpiece as you gaze up into a panoply of angels, clouds and heavenly hosts.

Further riches are on display in galleries off the main building.

There are rings with jewels the size of 2p pieces, a wonderfully dark depiction of St John the Baptist by Caravaggio, works by El Greco and illuminations from a 13th-century Bible. An entire room is devoted to altarpieces and tapestry-like robes.

More sinister are the red-tasseled hats suspended above our heads at various points around the cathedral, each marking where a cardinal is buried. They hang until they literally decay into nothing.

By this point we're longing for light. Duty done, we slope off to a sunny cafe nearby.

Eating in Toledo is inexpensive: £10 will buy you a set lunch with wine. Tapas is an easy graze. Partridge is a local speciality; we try it as a pat&e.


A river runs past it: Toledo rears high on the banks of the River Tagus


There are the usual chorizo, cured hams and olives, all delicious. But beware - you will have to stand your ground and use your elbows if you want to get a table in the sun for lunch. The great British rules of queuing do not apply in Toledo. A Spanish friend tells me simply: 'We don't like to wait.' Quite.

In the evening you often can't order before 9pm, and if you do, you'll be eating alone. Better to soak up the last light of the day and wait for the restaurants to sizzle.

There are dozens of places to choose from. Alfilertios 24 is a buzzy, brick-lined bar/restaurant near the cathedral, and El Trebol is a popular place below the Alcazar.

By midnight the streets are quiet and the Parador on the hill quieter still. Nightlife here is over in a hurry, but it's more than fun while it lasts.

Travel Facts

Parador de Toledo offer rooms from £59pp per night. Book through Keytel International, 020 7953 3020, www.keytel.co.uk. British Airways offers fly-drive packages to Madrid, including return flights and a week's car hire with Avis, from £159pp, 0844 493 0758, www.britishairways.com.

The Crafty Traveller: The secrets of enjoying a Santa Claus encounter

Huskie rides can be an exhilarating experience, but might not be suitable for you children


It’s hard to imagine a bigger Christmas treat than going to meet Santa in his home in Lapland. I’m not thinking of a fly-by-night, fake Lapland in the New Forest or West Midlands, but the real Finnish Lapland, a frozen winter wonderland of deep snow and pine forests above the Arctic Circle.

You need to catch the children at the right, impressionable age, and it’s expensive.
So you’re only likely to go once – and you therefore want to get it right. With the wide choice of options available, it’s easy to mess up.

I’ve gone on two pre-Christmas Lapland trips, and while one was magical, the other turned out to be a disaster. Here’s what you need to know:

Look for deals

Few families would regard flying the children out to Lapland in the run-up to Christmas as an essential holiday. Therefore, in these times of financial hardship, demand for Lapland trips has fallen, and tour operators have reduced their programmes.

Even so, the holiday companies are still struggling to sell all their Lapland holidays for this Dec ember – and that means there are deals to be had.

I’m looking at a discounted offer from Esprit Holidays for a three-day, two-night break in the first week of December. Including flights, accommodation and activities, for a family of four with children aged six and seven it comes to £1,600 – a reduction of about £470.

Expect more of the same from other companies – particularly if you leave booking until the very last minute.

Think twice about day trips

The most popular, and cheapest, way to do Lapland is there and back in a day. With Thomas Cook, a day package costs from £349 for adults, £319 for children.

But would you fly your family to Athens on a day trip? No, thought not. Well, flights from the UK to Lapland take around the same time as those to the Greek capital – about three-and-a-half hours. So that’s seven hours’ flying, added to which there will be another four hours checking in and hanging around in airports.

Moreover, with just an afternoon and early evening on the ground, activities will be pretty brief. And to fit everything in to one day, it will be exhausting – you’ll be up at the crack of dawn and back home at midnight, if you’re lucky.


Magic moment: Nothing beats the wonder of meeting the real Father Christmas at his home in snowy Finnish Lapland


One final point: day trips allow little wiggle room if things go wrong. Years ago, I embarked

on a day trip to Lapland, but we never actually got there – the plane had technical problems, and the resulting delay meant there wasn’t enough time in the day to complete the outing.

Still want to go on a day trip? Then bear in mind that some com panies, such as long-established Lapland specialists Can terbury Travel and Transun, offer more appealing-sounding day trips to destinations that are less commercialised than those used by their rivals.

These cost a bit more than the bog-standard day trips – with Canterbury, £440 for adults, £420 for children aged four to 11 – but may be worth the extra expense.

Take a short break instead

When I took my family on a three-night break to Lapland a couple of years ago, the highlight for all of us was not in fact meeting Father Christmas.

More memorable were the snow mobile and husky-dog rides, the tobogganing in the deep, pristine snow, and just being somewhere so otherworldly, where in the middle of the day you get a blue-tinged twilight, and where it’s very, very cold.

To appreciate all this properly rather than fleetingly – and perhaps see the Northern Lights – you need to stay for a couple of nights or more.

Though short breaks are naturally more expensive than day trips, I think they are better value, especially if you are able to find a good deal.

An example: I’m looking at a Transun special offer on a three-night Sleigh Bells Ringing break,
which has an impressive amount included (all meals, lengthy husky and snowmobile rides), for £769 adults, £649 children.

Base yourself in a less commercialised resort

Rovaniemi, a small city with a Santa Claus village, has long been the heart of Finnish Lapland’s Santa industry. But these days, most tour operators offer packages to less urban parts of Lapland, where you’ll be better placed for the Arctic wilderness.

For example, Transun offers breaks to Karesuando, a picturesque one-hotel village on the Finnish/Swedish border. Canterbury Travel suggests heading to the tiny ski resort of Luosto, on the edge of a national park, if you want things to be as uncommercial as possible.

I stayed with my family in Saariselka (packages with Esprit Holidays), which is a bigger resort, but nonetheless charming and low-key.

Go when the children are the right age

The mercury in December in Lapland can drop as low as minus 25C, though a mere minus 10C

is more typical. You’re looking at very challenging temperatures for babies and toddlers.

Really little ones won’t necessarily enjoy the more full-on activities, such as husky rides – and of course they won’t remember a thing in years to come . . . On the other hand, if the children are over a certain age, they’ll be knowing and blasé about the whole Father Christmas thing.

Taking all of the above into account, I’d say the optimum age is between five and eight.

Analyse carefully what’s included in your package

Will you get a private audience with the big man in red? And will it be special? We were whisked off on a sledge to meet Santa and his elves in a hut in a forest.

Some holiday companies employ sleight of hand to get your child’s Christmas wish-list to the great man, which he then produces at the right moment in a magical flourish. Nordic Experience – another good bet for uncommercial Lapland trips – will even secretly arrange for your own pressie to end up with Santa.

Check exactly what other activities are covered in the package price. Some operators include things such as husky and snowmobile rides, and some don’t – and they’re expensive.

With First Choice, a husky outing costs £88 per adult (£58 per child), and a snowmobile adventure will set you back £74 per adult (£50 per child).

Get well kitted out

All Lapland tour operators provide lists of what clothing to bring, and what is provided (usually thermal Arctic suits and snow boots, thick socks and mittens, but check).

I suggest taking thermal underwear, balaclavas or hats with ear flaps, and waterproof gloves thin enough to go underneath the mittens.

When you arrive in Lapland and are getting kitted out, it’s all too easy to feel rushed and end up with wrong-sized gear.

Crucially, the boots need to be at least one size bigger than normal – the extra air inside them will serve as much-needed additional insulation.

Demi Lovato staying in Illinois rehab centre as family flies out to visit for the weekend

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Troubled: Demi Lovato has dropped out of her current touring schedule with the Jonas Brothers and entered a treatment centre in Illinois


Demi Lovato's family flew out this weekend to visit her at the Illinois rehab centre she checked herself into last week.

The 18-year-old is staying at the Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center, just outside Chicago.

And her mother, stepfather and two sisters made the trip from Los Angeles to spend the weekend with her.

The family stayed from Saturday until Sunday night, and brought the Disney star a guitar so she could practise while in rehab.

The Timberline website says: 'Our residents - adult women and adolescent girls - come to us when they need immediate, life-saving and life-changing help.

'Treatment is holistic, individualized, and nurturing.'

Demi entered rehab after an altercation with backup dancer Alex Welch on a flight in Peru.

She was on tour with the Jonas Brothers Live in Concert Tour when the confrontation occurred last week, and pictures have since emerged showing Welch sporting a bruised eye.

After the scuffle, the Disney star checked into rehab for 'emotional and physical' issues.


Family support: Demi's stepfather and manager Eddie De La Garza, mother Dianna and her half sister Madison de la Garza


According to People magazine, the singer became enraged with Welch after suspecting her of talking behind her back.

The source says,'As she did on most nights off, Demi invited her band, dancers and her parents to dinner.

'Afterwards, she broke off with a very small group.'

The next day, tour managers and Demi's stepfather, Eddie De La Garza, questioned Demi about the night having been informed that they had been partying.


Goofy star: Demi used to date fellow Disney star Joe Jonas


'When tour management found out about this, they talked to the people involved, including Demi', says the source.

'Demi reacted badly and perceived that someone on tour had told on her.'

She then confronted the girl in question whilst the group were on an aeroplane and there was a 'short, physical altercation' that was 'one-sided'.

Fellow teen star Selena Gomez has spoken out about the incident, saying that people are too quick to judge.

She says, 'You can't care [about reports like that]. It's really toxic what they do to girls in the industry.

'I don't think anybody should be mean because you never understand what's someone is going through. And it is partly [this] business, because it is crazy and hectic.

'So I think that nobody should be rude. If this were a normal person, you wouldn't be so judgemental. I feel like people shouldn't judge as much, they should give their sympathy.'





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Are they REALLY human? Victoria's Secret models keep their curves undercover (and still manage to look amazing!)

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Oh hey! [L-R] Lily Aldridge, Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima attend the 2010 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show preview at the N.Y. State Armory today


They wear nothing but teeny-tiny lingerie on the runway for the Victoria's Secret fashion shows and photoshoots, and look fabulous doing so.

But it seems the Victoria's Secret Angels look perfect no matter what they wear.

A collection of VS models including Karolina Kurkova, Jessica Stam, Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima attended the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Preview in New York today.

And even in black T-shirts, jeans and leather jackets, the girls oozed sex appeal as they posed together at the New York State Armory.

The ladies are preparing for Wednesday night, when they will be hitting the runway for the brand's annual fashion show extravaganza.

Candice Swanepoel, Selita Ebanks, Behati Prinsloo, Erin Heatherton, Lily Aldridge, Chanel Iman and Izabel Goulart will also be part of the biggest night of the year for the label.


Simply stunning: Karolina Kurkova [L] and Lily Aldridge smoulder at the event


Not present today was Doutzen Kroes, who got married yesterday in her home town of Eastermar in the Netherlands to DJ/producer Sunnery James.

Kroes who is also the face of L'Oreal Paris apparently had an intimate ceremony with just 30 family and friends in attendance to witness her saying 'I do'.

The bride tweeted her joy yesterday: 'Today is a day to never forget! My girlfriends are the best!!!'


Sexy supermodels: Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima pose up a storm


Kroes reportedly adorned her 7-month bump with a dress by Spanish designer Pronovias.

The dress was apparently a white strapless empire waistline grecian style gown with a matching veil.

She had told Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf earlier in her pregnancy: 'Sunner and I are in the clouds'.


Perfect pout: Chanel Iman [L] and Izabel Goulart are stunning in head-to-toe black



The Sexiest Show on Earth: The Victoria's Secret models all pose together as they prepare for the big show tomorrow




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Lady Gaga and Miley Cirus storm Hollywood rich list: Half of top earners are under 30

By PAUL THOMPSON

Money no object: Lady Gaga, who is seen here performing tonight in Hungary, placed fourth on the Forbes list


Half of Hollywood’s top female earners are aged under 30.

Youth trumped experience as Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé were named as the highest-grossing stars of last year.

Together they earned almost £200million to secure their place on the annual Forbes list of Hollywood’s top female stars.


Still at the top: Oprah Winfrey earned £203m to keep the chat show queen at the top of the pile


But even that sum could not match chat show queen Oprah Winfrey, 56, who earned £203million to keep her place at the top.

Miss Winfrey’s income came from her media empire and will be boosted in the New Year by the launch of her own TV network.

Beyoncé, 29, was second on the list with £56million, while 28-year-old Britney Spears was third with £41million.

Endorsement deals with companies ranging from Nintendo to L’Oréal and Beyoncé’s growing House of Deréon fashion line bring in millions a year on top of the £50million she grossed from a 90-plus date world tour.


Making music... and money: Taylor Swift and Beyonce both occupy the top ten


Moneybags: 17-year-old Miley Cirus has already earned £30m


Lady Gaga, 24, was fourth on the list with an income of £40million, pushing Madonna, 52, into fifth.

Madonna made £37.5million in 2009, thanks to the highest-grossing tour of the year.
She also benefits from royalties from her string of 1980s hits that were featured on the television series, Glee. Sandra Bullock is the only actress on the list, coming in at sixth with £37million.

Miss Cyrus, 17, is the youngest star in the top ten, earning £30million, followed by Miss Swift, 20, with £29million. Talk show host Ellen De Generes (£35million, seventh) and reality TV star Judge Judy (£29million, tenth) complete the top ten.



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