Travel destinations to the Basilica of St Mary of Health commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic Church and minor basilica located in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the Italian city of Venice. It stands on a narrow finger of land between the Grand Canal and the Bacino di San Marco making the church visible when entering the Piazza San Marco from the water. The Salute is part of the parish of the Gesuati and is the most recent of the so-called Plague-churches.

In 1630 Venice experienced an unusually devastating outbreak of the plague. As a votive offering for the city's deliverance from the pestilence, the Republic of Venice vowed to build and dedicate a church to Our Lady of Health. The Salute is a vast, octagonal building with two domes and a pair of picturesque bell-towers at the back. Built on a platform made of 100,000 wooden piles, it is constructed of Istria stone and marmorino (brick covered with marble dust). At the apex of the pediment stands a statue of the Virgin Mary who presides over the church which was erected in her honor.

While its external decoration and location capture the eye, the internal design itself is quite remarkable. The octagonal church, while ringed by a classic vocabulary, hearkens to Byzantine designs such as the Basilica of San Vitale. The interior has its architectural elements demarcated by the coloration of the material, and the central nave with its ring of saints atop a balustrade is a novel design the great dome represents her crown, the cavernous interior her womb, the eight sides the eight points on her symbolic star.

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There are many bridges which link the Island state of Singapore to Malaysia, which is being promoted as Malaysia, truly Asia by its tourism ministry.  Since a long time I was craving to visit Malaysia, which is a country with an amazing mix of modernity with the old and the traditional.  Malaysia is an exciting country which contains in it many flavors, tourists crave for.   So this time I tried to enjoy clean Malaysian beaches, water sports, shopping malls, spas, restaurants and sky scrapers of Kuala Lumpur.  I wanted to actually pass through the medieval towns of Malaysia, which are one of the few tourist attractions that make it a unique destination to be explored in this part of the South East Asian region.

Though there are frequent flights available, bus service from KL to Singapore is the best thing you can experience ever.  Besides being cheaper, bus service gives you a chance to pass through the stunning countryside of Malaysia with oil palm plantation and evergreen tropical landscape along the Expressway.  There are many stopovers along the way where you can rest and then continue your journey.  The bus services include wonderful luxury coaches including the Double Decker buses with food services on board, stretchable seats and entertainment facilities such as DVD players etc.  The courteous staff made my day and made my luxury bus trip a memorable one.  Now I have come to the conclusion that better than taking an airlines, where the total time taken remains the same; which normally includes the time spent in waiting at the immigration, it is far better to take the luxury bus Singapore to KL. 

Bus to Kuala Lumpur adds personal dimension to your trip and being a tourist fulfils your need to actually see the things, rather than it being just a hurried point to point transfer.  I would like to take the bus service again, the next time I plan to visit KL with my family.  

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I have been seeing tourists and other people going from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. They all have endorsed the fact that the best way to commute is by bus. You would be amazed at the comforts that the buses offer to the travelers. There is large leg space, the buses don’t give jerks. The roads are very well maintained and you won’t feel any discomfort while traveling by bus from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore

You would be amazed at the cheap rates at which you can buy bus tickets. They are very reasonable and I often hear customers being surprised at the rate of the tickets. The level of comfort that is provided at the rate charged is totally negligible. The buses are air-conditioned. If you want you can do opt for the luxury buses that seats only 27 people and the seats are comparable to the 1st class seat of airplane. I have heard a lot of people talking about that they never thought bus journey would be so comfortable.  There are comments like time flies and you don’t know when you reach Kuala Lumpur – these comments have pleased me to appreciate the bus route to all my readers from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and you must experience it once.

I am really surprised when people ask for the frequency of the buses traveling to and fro. They are so delighted that they can travel when they want to and don’t have to wait in the lounge for check-in. They are pleased with the time they save that they idle away at the airport.  I always see people looking glad at the frequency of buses from one city to another. This demand and the likings of so many travelers have made the high frequency of buses from one city to the other both in the day and night.

The customers traveling from Singapore to Malacca have announced the bus service a winner. The feed-back that I get from customers makes me smile from cheek to cheek. I am delighted like a child with the appreciation I get from customers. They feel that bus service is not only cheaper, but has more frequency. Many times meals are provided on the bus itself. The bus generally stops at one place for using restrooms.

Once you have traveled by bus I guarantee that you would take a bus only the next time as well. I have seen regular travelers who travel from our bus on a regular schedule. They all agreed that traveling by bus is the classic way of traveling; we always go by the customer’s word and try to improve our services to give a perfect service to the customer.
  

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Sydney is probably the most beautiful city in Australia, and is the capital city of New South Wales. Sunny and much visited, most of tourists come to this city to see its major attraction the Sydney Opera House, one of the most famous buildings on the world, and it's also the pride of the city, of course there are other interesting buildings and monuments.

Sydney is a very big city but the main attractions are located in a small area which is also one of the most luxurious areas in the city. The beaches in Sydney are simply amazing, that's why they are crowded of people in summer time, there are more than 20 waiting for you, the most famous between them is Bondi, located seven kilometers away from the city centre, is very visited in summer and through all the year, many tourists come here to spend Christmas time.

Manly Beach is also a much visited tourist destination, it's near the Sydney Harbor National Park, and you can take the ferry to get there in thirty minutes or can take the fast Jet Cat catamaran to be there in fifteen minutes. And to come back from a fantastic day on the beach the best time to get into the city is at night, the lights of all the city gives to it a special view, you have to see the lights of the tallest buildings around Circular Quay looks like rainbows over the water of the harbor. Sydney is also the dynamic centre for Australian economic activity and one of the most important cities for finance in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Kuala Lumpur which is also known as KL is such a thriving metropolitan city of Malaysia that everybody who visits Singapore or even those who live in Singapore like to visit Kuala Lumpur.  It is a popular destination for excursions and sightseeing. There are many ways of reaching Kuala Lumpur, one can either go by bus, luxury coach, train or even fly to Kuala Lumpur.

It does not take much time, if you take a flight from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, but total time taken amounts to the same as bus, if you include the time taken to check in on the airport which is two hours before the flight and time taken for baggage collection. If you take Bus to  Kuala Lumpur, it would take five to six hours to reach. 

During your journey by bus from Singapore to KL, the bus would stop at meal centers and at various public facilities. Generally, buses traveling at nighttime do not stop at any place. As far as sightseeing is concerned; view by bus from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur is incredible, where one can watch the amazing scenery from the bus. This journey is more pleasurable as the luxury buses give us the feeling of traveling by planes and these buses costs far too less than a plane.  The bus service from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and from KL back to Singapore is hassle free and you don’t have to wait as you do at the airport waiting your flight to be announced. To avoid the fluctuations in bus fare, it is recommended to travel by government bus where their rates are the same throughout the year; however the service provided by the private companies is certainly better than those provided by government buses.

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Those who have traveled from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur by road would vouch for the fact that the border crossing station is huge and beautiful! It was an experience like walking through two brand new airports.

If you have to travel by Bus to Kuala Lumpur you would realize that taking a bus is more comfortable. There are a lot of super VIP buses that seat only 27 people having spacious seats and large leg space between the front rows and your seats. The seat can be inclined to almost 70deg. The bus tickets are also considerably cheaper compared to any other mode of travel. The cost is very reasonable and you will spend only $30 for your bus travel.

The traveling time from KL to Singapore is almost 4 to 5 hours so you can take an early morning bus and reach there by the time offices start working. You can also travel at night by bus and reach there early morning to attend to your business. There are many bus companies providing in bus entertainment, it means that you can watch movie in the bus while traveling to KL. And also, they serve food in the bus. Their services provided are almost as good as that of 1st class airplane travel

There are three terminals in Singapore from which you can go to Malaysia. They are Queen Street bus terminal, Golden Mile Complex and Lavender Street bus terminal.  These terminals are there from where you can get in and out from Singapore to Malaysia.

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San Francisco Zoo, one of the peak San Francisco attractions with more than 250 animal species located in the southwestern corner of san Francisco California between lake Merced and the pacific ocean along the great highways of san Francisco. The San Francisco zoo’s main entrance located on the north side across the street from defunct doggie diner, one block south of muni metro L taraval line is now to the west on the ocean side of the zoo of great highways. 

Excellent San Francisco sightseeing can be enjoyed by the people. The zoo was opened on 1929 in United States with very good growth and tourist attractions. The major exhibits of the zoo are African savanna, gorilla preserve, grizzly gulch and lemur forest. 

The animals transferred from golden gate park to San Francisco zoo include two zebras, Cape buffalo, five rhesus monkeys, two spider monkeys, three elephants. Hardly, 930 animals and 250 species can found in the San Francisco zoo which established with membership of AZA.

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Casa Loma is now a museum and landmark in uptown Toronto, constructed in the Gothic Revival style. It was originally a residence for financier Sir Henry Mill Pellatt. Casa Loma was constructed over a three-year period from 1911-1914. The architect of the mansion was E. J. Lennox, who was responsible for the designs of several other city landmarks. In 1903 Sir Henry Pellatt purchased 25 lots from developers Kertland and Rolf. Sir Henry commissioned Canadian architect E.J. Lennox to design Casa Loma with construction beginning in 1911, starting with the massive stables, potting shed and Hunting Lodge a few hundred feet north of the main building.

The Hunting Lodge is a two storey 4,380 square foot house. The house cost approximately 3.5 million dollars and took a team of 300 workers three years to build from start to finish. At 98 rooms, it was the largest private residence in Canada. Notable amenities included an elevator, an oven large enough to cook an ox, two vertical passages for pipe organs, central vacuum, two secret passages in Sir Henry's ground-floor office and three bowling alleys. Most of the third floor was left unfinished, and today serve as the Regimental Museum for The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. Pellatt joined the Regiment as a Rifleman and rose through the ranks, eventually becoming the Commanding Officer. 

Casa Loma has five acres of gardens. An underground tunnel connects Casa Loma to the Hunting Lodge and to the Stables Garage, Potting Shed, Stalls, Carriage Room and Tack Rooms. Sir Henry imported artisans from Europe to design much of the furniture and other features of the castle.Casa Loma is on Austin Terrace, at the north end of Spadina Road on an escarpment above Davenport Road. Davenport runs along the bottom of the escarpment which was the shoreline of Lake Iroquois, the predecessor of Lake Ontario. Casa Loma affords views down the escarpment and Spadina Avenue into the heart of Toronto. Stables located at 330 Walmer road and Hunting Lodge at 328 Walmer roads.

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The Jenolan Caves is an terrific caves in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia; 175 kilometers west of Sydney. They are the most celebrated of several similar groups in the limestone of the country being the oldest discovered open caves in the world. They include numerous Silurian marine fossils of great interest and the calcite formations, sometimes pure white, are of extraordinary beauty. The cave network is enormous - over 40 km of multi-level passages - still undergoing active exploration. Several kilometers of the caves have been rendered easily accessible to paying visitors and are well lit.

Large portions of this extensive cave system are accessible only to cavers, especially those areas along the underground river system; but, there are Ten caves at Jenolan that have been developed for regular tourism. The huge Jenolan Reserve is a National Park, located in the World Heritage Blue Mountains Area; where sign posted bush trails often enable tourists to glimpse shy Australian birds and native wildlife, including kangaroos and platypus. 

The Jenolan Caves was also a big winner, with The Magic of Jenolan receiving gold in the tourist attractions, silver in ecotourism for its The Ancient Underworld and silver in heritage and cultural tourism for Written in Stone. It got great confidence in Jenolan; it’s one of the State’s great wonders. It was the fourth year Jenolan had entered the awards and it had done better than ever. It helps to build visitor numbers from the current 230,000 annually about 75 per cent of visitors was domestic  many from Sydney  while 25pc came from overseas.

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