Interesting places around us -Waterfall restaurant

We prefer to have food at restaurants with nice environment or decoration. Having meal at open air restaurant (with natural scenery) is also a good experience.
How about having traditional meal under or next to a waterfall?

At Villa Escudero resort you can eat a traditional Filipino meal in a river next to a waterfall, with your feet cooling off in the water. The restaurant is actually designed in such a way that the water flows across the floor of the restaurant and over the feet of diners.                                                              


Restaurant at the Foot of a Waterfall

Located in the Quezon province of the Philippines, Villa Escudero is a resort with cozy rooms and an exotic atmosphere. But what brought its international fame is the waterfall restaurant that allows tourists to enjoy a nice meal at the foot of a small waterfall.

At Villa Escudero restaurant, tables are situated below the spillway of the hydroelectric dam (or the 'Labasin waterfalls') where diners enjoy their lunch dipped in the flowing calf-deep water.

People are encouraged to take off their shoes and get as close to the falls as possible. Set right at the foot of Labasin Falls, this special place invites customers to taste popular Filipino dishes, while fresh spring water from the falls flows under and over their feet, making this an unforgettable experience.

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Interesting places around the world -the shoe house

The Shoe House at Lincoln Highway Pennsylvania: 
The design of the house is really extraordinary! It looks like a real shoe! High-topped design of the shoe looks really cool and fashionable.
The Shoe House was built in 1948 (and completed in 1949) by Colonel Mahlon M. Haines, a colorful "Shoe Wizard," to help market his business. Although it does not advertise for a shoe business anymore, you can buy ice cream here and take a tour.

The width of the shoe house is 17 feet and the height is 25 feet. There are 2 bathrooms, 3 bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen located on 5 various levels.

This giant structural advertisement was originally used as a guest house. In the first year after its completion, elderly couples were invited to stay for a weekend and live like "kings and queens" at Haines' expense.
In the spring of 1987 the Shoe House returned to the Haines family when a granddaughter of the "Shoe Wizard" (Ruth Miller) purchased the building.

Shoe house, Branddraai Mpumalanga , South-Africa 

More shoe houses around the world:


The ‘shoe house’ of South Africa is the work of artist and hotelier Ron Van Zyl, who built it for his wife Yvonne in 1990. The shoe houses a little museum of sorts, showcasing Van Zyl’s wood carvings. The shoe is part of a complex that includes an eight-chalet guest house, camp site, restaurant, pool and bar.

Shoe house at Mumbai, India:

Shoe house , Mumbai , India

This shoe house is built in Kamla Nehru Park, opposite of Hanging Garden, Marine drive, Mumbai. Children like to go up & stand in the balcony to have fun. The Shoe House is supposedly inspired by the nursery rhyme “The Old Woman who Lived in the Shoe”.

More links:

* Shoe house from different places

* Top five shoe statues

Yo-yo buying tips

With all the different types of yo-yos, it is often hard to decide which one is best for you. Beside the price of yo-yo you need to learn which yo-yo is best for you or your child according to skill level. Before searching the market to purchase a yo-yo these yo-yo buying tips can help you.

Tips on buying a yo-yo

• Pick a model based on the skill level of the player.
• Select a beginner design: A standard axle yo-yo is a good start but one with an auto-return mechanism speeds the learning curve. 
• Check also for models that can be taken apart which is a necessity for dealing with frustrating string tangles.
• Once you know the basics move to a transaxle. Longer spin times make learning tricks easier. When you know you’ve got the skills, check out the high-end ball bearing transaxle models.
• Buy spare strings when you purchase the yo-yo. String length should be between the belt line and the navel with the yo-yo resting on the floor.

Tips source: "YoBoy.com"

Useful links:

* 'Yo-yo buyer's guide' is a complete guide about yo-yo shapes, material, string,

* To know more about the site: buying a yo-yo for the first time

* 'Yo-yo buying tips at 'Jigglingstore.com'

Interesting places around the world -library hotel

If you are a book lover and don't  mind spending your holiday in a hotel where you can have unlimited access to books belonging to all literary genres then 'Library Hotel' should be your favorite place at Manhattan.

What is unique or unusual about this hotel?

Luxury library hotel in Manhattan is different. This hotel  is designed like a library with luxury boutique hotel concept.
This hotel is like any other hotel on the inside, having nice interiors, the only difference being the presence of books all over the place. There are lots of fine bookcases in the rooms, in the hallways, even in the lobby and the restaurants. They are very in perfect condition and belong strictly to the category in the decimal system.

The hotel is a ten story boutique hotel with 60 rooms. But its most interesting feature is the fact that the floors are organized after a unique principle: the Dewey Decimal System, meaning the system that organizes the literary genres. For example the fourth floor is the correspondent for the fourth Dewey category – Language, and each room deals with a different sub-category , for example Ancient language, Germanic language , etc.                


It has more than 6,000 books, which is the largest collection of rare book in New York City.
Each of the Library Hotel's richly appointed luxury rooms are individually adorned with art and a collection of books that relate to the room's unique theme.

The Library Hotel New York is regarded as one of the top rated luxury boutique hotels in New York City.

Source: 'Library Hotel'

Interesting places around the world- Kansas City Public Library

The Kansas City Public Library is considered one of the most unusual buildings in America and in the world.
What is the specialty of this place?
It has an exterior that replicates your bookshelf at home on a much larger scale.
This is not the front view of the building, but it is actually the front of the parking lot area. It looks like as the building exterior was created to remind and attract people towards 'books'. These “books ” show only the cover where you can clearly see the title and the author, all being famous books.

 

Kansas city public library is located in the heart of Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

The people of Kansas City were asked to help pick highly influential books that represent Kansas City. Those titles were included as ‘bookbindings’ in the innovative design of the parking garage exterior, to inspire people to utilize the downtown Central Library.

Interesting places around us - Iglu Dorf

People are excited about adventure travel as it is not only visiting some place, have fun at luxury destinations and come back, rather it is spending time at unusual or adventurous places. Adventure lovers prefer to visit the places which are exciting and interesting. The idea of living in ice houses or igloo houses is for adventure lover travelers. These igloos/ice hotels or villages are rebuilt every year.


Eskimo living in a Luxury Igloo Village
It is about a concept hotel that offers igloo villages in seven locations in Andorra, Switzerland and Austria. These igloos are rebuilt every year, using 3,000 tons of snow from the Pyrenees and the Alps.

The history of Iglu-Dorf:
It began with one extreme skateboarder’s crazy idea to spend the night in an igloo so he could be the first on the slopes the next day. Apparently being first is a matter of great pride for skateboarders, so he decided to build himself an igloo to make sure no one beat him to that first ride down the mountain. The next day he looked like the happiest person alive, and when someone asked him why he had a big smile on his face, he just pointed at the mountain and said “You see that line over there? That was me.” More and more people followed his example and asked to sleep in his igloo. The next season he built two igloos, then three, and that’s how the Iglu-Dorf igloo villages were born. Now the company builds 12 of them every year, in different locations around Europe.

Although Iglu-Dorf does offer heated rooms with a stove, most of the snow igloos are only equipped with sleeping bags to keep you warm, so you better pack some winter clothes. Temperatures during the night don’t fall too far below 0 degrees Celsius, but if you feel chilly, you can try the nice cheese fondue fountain, or jump into the incredible hot-tub built right in the snow, and count the stars.

Source: 'Odity Central'
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