Top 5 Thailand’s History Place | Thailand is filled with well-preserved ruins from past centuries. These five places are the country's top destinations if you're interested in delving into Thailand's history.

1) Ban Chiang

Ban Chiang, near Udon Thani in Isan, is home to the oldest prehistoric bronze-age settlements ever found in Southeast Asia. Since its discovery in 1966 scientists have dated pottery fragments, bones and other artifacts discovered in Ban Chiang as far back as 2000 BC. Visitors can walk through the excavation sight and tour the Ban Chiang Museum's collection of skeletons, pottery, and other objects found here.

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2. Phimai

The Phimai temple in Nakhon Ratchisima Province, Isan, marks one end of the ancient Khmer Highway connecting this amazingly well-preserved, massive sandstone sanctuary to Angkor Wat in Cambodia. The Thai temple was built by King Jayavarman VI when the Khmer empire extended into Thailand and is an excellent example of Khmer architecture at its best.

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3. Sukhothai

Thailand's first independent state made its capital here in the Northern part of the country. Though power soon shifted south to Ayutthaya, well-preserved ruins at Sukhothai Historical Park are a testament to the Kingdom's strength. The quiet park, in an otherwise sleepy part of the country, is a great place to explore over a weekend and there are a handful of boutique resorts to stay at and direct flights from Bangkok on Bangkok Airways.

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4. Ayutthaya

Before Bangkok was founded, Ayutthaya reined as the Kingdom's capital city for over four hundred years. Ongoing war with the Burmese put an end to what was then considered one of the most beautiful and cosmopolitan cities in the world but ruins of the city's many temples can be visited on an easy day trip from Bangkok.

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5. Bangkok

Bangkok's historic center is home to some of the country's most important sights, including the Grand Palace and Wat Po. Just over 200 years ago, Bangkok was a small trading town, but after Ayutthaya was sacked by the Burmese, a retreating general arrived to rebuild the Kingdom of Thailand. Soon after that the Rama Kingdom was established and reigns to this day. Most of Bangkok's historic sights are clustered in the Old City and shouldn't be missed.

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Beautiful Mosque Around The World – PART 1 – Everybody love places of worship. Their grandeur, their peacefulness, their architectural beauty. Here’s my pick of 5 beautiful mosques, from around the world which reflect the great cultural diversity of the Muslim world. Of course there are countless more and every worship place is special in its own way.

1. JAMA MASJID, Delhi, India.

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2. LOTF ALLAH MOSQUE, Isfahan, Iran.

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3. THE PROPHET’S MOSQUE, Medina, Saudi Arabia.

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4. GREAT MOSQUE OF CORDOBA, Cordoba, Spain.

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5. UMAYYAD MOSQUE, Damascus, Syria.

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5 Most Fantastic And Spectacular Garden Around World | As far as the world beauty is concerned the gardens are surely the crown jewels. The beauty, the style, the plant combination and most of all the history that hides behind them make the gardens unique by nature and purpose.

The European gardens that make a stand were built during the reigns of kings with a distinctive taste for beauty. The Asian jewels sprung out of the nature's good will.

The way man created them and the way life made them become special allows us to admire the landscaping works of art that we can only dream to own.

Looking at the most beautiful gardens of the world we have to admit that they are alive with a spirit that reminds the human kind of the legendary magical creatures of nature that populated the mythical gardens.

1. Keukenhof Netherlands

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2. Versailles France

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3. Berlin's Botanical garden

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4. Descanso Gardens, California

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5. Butchart Gardens, British Columbia

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5 Best Chocolate Factory Tour Around US – If you really want to impress a chocoholic on Valentine’s Day, consider stopping by one of these chocolate factory tours in the USA. Most of these tours are free. But even if you can only give your sweetheart a box of chocolates this year, these tours are available year-round of course.

1. TCHO
Where: Pier 17, San Francisco
TCHO launched a free factory tour just after Thanksgiving. Though each tour includes complimentary samples of chocolate, cocoa nibs, and biscotti, few people will be able to resist buying the best-selling chocolate-covered mango pieces ($4 for four ounces). And for chocolate lovers who can’t make it to the factory, TCHO is expected to unveil a virtual tour soon.

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2. Big Island Candies
Where: Hilo, Hawaii
Large glass windows let you watch rows of workers as they hand-dip macadamia nuts in milk or dark chocolate. More adventurous chocolate lovers may want to try Ika, dried cuttlefish dipped in chocolate. You’ll also be able to help yourself to chocolate and cookie samples, all of which you can wash down with a complimentary cup of Kona coffee.

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3. Lake Champlain Chocolates
Where: Burlington, Vermont
The 25-minute factory tour includes free tastings of dark, milk, and white chocolate, plus a featured sample that varies by day. The company’s bestseller is the truffles ($2.25 each; $12 for a four-piece gift box).

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4. Ethel M
Where: Las Vegas, Nevada
If you’re going to be addicted to something while visiting Vegas, it might as well be to chocolate. The free self-guided tour lets you peer into the factory and learn about the chocolate-making process. End the tour with a sample of white, dark, milk, or various seasonal chocolates. Considering that the factory receives about 700,000 visitors per year, that’s a lot of free samples.

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5. Mast Brothers Chocolate
Where: Brooklyn, New York
Of these five chocolate factories, this is the only tour that charges for a behind-the-scenes look. Then again, this craft chocolate factory is a much smaller operation than some of the other companies. Made from organically farmed cacao from Madagascar, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela, the exquisitely wrapped chocolate bars come in equally delicious flavors like Fleur del Sel ($7).

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Dubai – Tallest Or Maybe The Most Expensive Building In World | Dubai is the proud owner of the tallest building ever built. Burj Dubai measures 828 meters, estimated at a cost of 1.5 thousand million dollars. It's the new symbol of the country and it is eight and a half times taller than the Big Ben, five times than the Pyramid of Keops and almost double than the Empire State Building.

The 160 storey building is visible from anywhere in an area within 95 kilometers. Its inauguration overtook everything so far: fireworks lighted from all around, on and off the building, water jets dancing in the rhythm of the music played, lasers, a spectacle of sound and light.

This wonder of modern architecture includes over 1100 flats, numerous offices, stores, restaurants and the lower part includes a luxurious hotel.

The raising of this edifice started in January 2004 and lasted 22 millions of hours, the estimated water consumption is approximately 1 million liters daily and the temperature at the last level is 10 degrees lower than on the ground floor.

If it were to clean the outside part of the building it will last from three to four months at a non stop working program.

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Gardens of Marqueyssac – The Marqueyssac gardens is located in France. The charm of the terrace gardens has delighted its visitors for the last three centuries and Marqueyssac has become one of France's most beautiful Italian-style gardens. The gardens of Marqueyssac castle consist of over six kilometres of shaded alleys, edged by 150,000 hand-pruned, one hundred year-old box-trees, rockeries, waterways, grassy clearings, dry-stone huts, rotunda, a Gothic chapel, and playgrounds for the children.

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In front of the 18th century chateau, the main terrace is arranged in a geometric pattern which symbolises the symmetry of the two main bodies of the castle. Built with great simplicity, the chateau is topped by a roof made of limestone slabs, typical of Périgord.

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The spectacular bastion terrace is made up of numerous box-trees four gardening employees of the estate, with cypress trees also giving structure to the landscape. The box-trees are all sculpted in curves to mimic the roundness of the surrounding hills and it can be rather enjoyable to get lost along the winding paths of this green labyrinth.

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Julien de Cerval dedicated the last 30 years of his life to create a haven of peace in Marqueyssac by transforming the estate he inherited in 1861 into a beautiful residence and a utopian garden. He was a passionate gardener and a great expert of Italian-style gardens and agronomy, which he marvellously recreated in Marqueyssac, with its terraces and ornamental trees such as cypress, elm, Judas, umbrella and lime. Julien de Cerval designed this garden for his own personal enjoyment, to write poems in it amongst this romantic site dominated by a soft, fresh green and the delicate perfume of box-trees, santolina, rosemary and lavender.

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Visitors can stroll around the gardens without a guide thanks to illustrated signs and panels which provide information throughout the park. It is also possible to follow a guide for no extra cost between the months of April and September. The domain also features a boutique and a "salon de thé" (open from Easter to the end of October) which both offer spectacular views over Beynac Castle.

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Conquering The Wonders Of Asian | The impressive Asia is the wonderful realm for any traveler and when you say Asia you think Thailand and all the exotic vacations you might have on the sandy beaches, think again and consider the beauties of Asia that are not exactly available in the luxury all inclusive resorts.

The Asia we are talking about is the land of impressive beauty, outstanding history, unbelievable landscape but also, of the most cosmopolite markets, the largest small industry and the most colorful civilizations. When you book a trip in Asia focus on seeing beyond the veil of perfect relaxation and look after what hides underneath layers of tradition and spectacular customs – the sparkling continent of wonders.

1) Hong Kong – Victoria Bay By Day And By Night

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2) Cambodia – Seam Reap

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3) Nepal – Phewa Lake, Pokhara

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4) Bali – Nandini Jungle

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5) Borneo – Kota Kinabalu

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Top 5 Malaysia Cuisine – As the world knows, Malaysia is a country with variety of races and ethnics. Malaysian consists of 3 major ethnic groups with Malays the majority and followed by Chinese and Indian community. With this multi-ethnic, multi-culture and multi-lingual society, it is not a surprise that they have vast varieties of local foods from multi cuisine and not limited to fusions of them. This list is only popular local foods from these 3 major ethnic community. Without tasting them just to mean that you have not really experienced the true Malaysian.

1. Nasi Lemak

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Its name is a Malay word that literally means 'rice in cream'. The name is derived from the cooking process whereby rice is soaked in rich coconut cream and then the mixture steamed. Sometimes knotted screwpine (pandan) leaves are thrown into the rice while steaming to give it more fragrance. Traditionally, Nasi Lemak serves in banana leaves as a platter with cucumber slices, small dried anchovies (ikan bilis), roasted peanuts, hard boiled egg and hot spicy onion sauce (sambal). Nasi lemak can also come with any other accompaniments such as chicken, cuttlefish, cockle, beef curry, beeflungs where all are spicy in nature. You could try this basically everywhere in Malaysia.

2. Satay/Sate

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Chunks or slices of dice-sized meat on bamboo skewers. These are grilled or barbecued over a wood or charcoal fire, then served with a spicy peanut sauce dip, or peanut gravy, slivers of onions and cucumbers, and ketupat (rice cakes). In Malaysia, satay is a popular dish especially during celebrations and can be found throughout the country. Turmeric is a compulsory ingredient used to marinate satay and to give it a characteristic yellow color. It can be found throughout every state in Malaysia. Besides restaurants that serve satays, one can find hawkers selling satay in food courts and night market. The famously known satay outlets are in Kajang, Selangor which dubbed as the Sate City in the country.

3. Roti Canai

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A type of flatbread or better known as roti prata. Roti means bread in Malay. The term "canai" derives from "Chennai", a region in India which is formerly known as Madras. In English, roti canai is sometimes referred to as "flying bread," a term that evokes the process of tossing and spinning by which it is made before frying on the hot pan. The ideal roti is flat, fluffy on the inside but crispy and flaky on the outside. Roti Canai is normally served with beans curry, fish curry or mint source. Some may like to dip it into sugar. One of the characteristics of roti canai and its derivatives is that it can be eaten with the hands, without the need for utensils. It is a convenient dish to consume, while being filling. This characteristic makes it a dish of choice as breakfast or as late night supper.

4. Char Kway Teow

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It is made from flat rice noodles, stir-fried over very high heat with light and dark soy sauce, chilli, a small quantity of belacan, whole prawns, deshelled cockles, beansprout and chopped Chinese chives. The dish may commonly be stir-fried with egg and fishcake, and less commonly with other ingredients. When the dish was first served, it was often sold by fisherman, farmer and cockle-gatherers who doubled as char kway teow hawkers in the evening to supplement their income. Of all the notable versions, the Penang style of char kway teow is the most famous.

5. Rojak

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A fruit and vegetable salad dish commonly found in Malaysia. The term "Rojak" is Malay for mixture. Chinese rojak contains mainly local fruits such as mango, pineapple, pomelo with cucumber, prawn friitters mixed with spicy shrimp paste sauce. Penang is one of the famous place for this wonderful salad dish. While Indian rojak contains fried dough fritters, bean curds, boiled potatoes, prawn fritters, hard boiled eggs, bean sprouts and cucumber mixed with a sweet thick, spicy peanut sauce. Traditionally, rojak vendors use modified sidecar motorcycles as preparation counters and to peddle their rojak. These mobile vendors now use modified mini trucks which you could find a lot of them along the street.

Top 5 Amazing Waterfall Around The World | Waterfalls are one of nature most beautiful creations, and come in all shapes in sizes. They are usually judged by their height, width or style or volume of water. Styles of waterfalls include tiered, cascades, horsetails or single drops (plunges). Some larger waterfalls contain multiple styles, showcasing cascades, tiers and even horsetails in one amazing waterfall. With thousands of waterfalls across the world, it is difficult to choose the best but our list contains what we believe are 5 of the world most amazing and beautiful ones!

1) Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls located in Victoria National Park in Africa, this world famous waterfall is truly breathtaking. At 350 feet high and 5700 wide the falls appears to be a falling sheet of water.

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2) Niagara falls

Probably the most famous waterfall in the world, Niagara Falls is found on the border of the United States and Canada. Niagara Falls is actually three different falls, the American Falls, Luna Falls (Bridal Veil Falls) and Horseshoe Falls. Millions of people have visited Niagara Falls, making it a top tourist attraction in the United States.

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3) Yosemite Falls

This top tourist attraction is located in Yosemite National Park in California. Yosemite Falls reaches a top height of 2425 feet, with 3 separate drops. Yosemite Falls contains a plunge, cascades and a horsetail.

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4) Sutherland falls

One of the most famous waterfalls in New Zealand, Sutherland Falls reached a top height of 1904 feet. This tiered type waterfall contains an 885 drop.

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5) Tugela Falls

The second largest waterfall in the world is Tugela Falls is located in South Africa. It reaches a total height of 3110 feet, with the tallest drop reaching 1350 feet.

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