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Hunting Malaysian Souvenir in Pekanbaru, Indonesia

Posted on February 17, 2011 by adminLeave a comment

Going vacation to Pekanbaru (Riau) are lacking taste if not buy souvenirs. To find a complete souvenirs with affordable prices, you can visit the center for souvenirs Tourism Market in the Lower Market, Pekanbaru. A variety of local and imported souvenirs you can find on this road Saleh Abbas.


This market has long been known as a center for buying and selling various souvenir of Riau. Not just a souvenir from the local area that you can see, in this place there are also many imported products, mostly imported from Malaysia. Among them are songket Malaysia, Malay satin, wallets, bracelets, and shirts. In addition, there are various specialties of Riau, such as durian and cakes rise lempo and other Malay dishes such as karupuak sanjai and mixed nuts.

Centers are located in a building consisting of four floors. The first floor is filled by a majority of sellers Riau snacks and food imports. There are also many souvenir traders women accessories made from raw stones. Meanwhile, on the second floor traders generally sell more apparel, bags, mugs, t-shirts sablonase typical result of Riau, and other souvenirs.
When shopping at this market, you can bid the price of the desired goods. Bargaining activity that is the one of the considerations of the tourists to shop at this place.

This small food traders offering a variety of snacks which 90% are imported products and 10% are local products. Food imports, usually originating from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Italy.
As for textile products, most of the cloth are sold from Malaysia. Some of them are baju kurung, songket, and wallets.

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Luck of the European Horseshoe

Posted on January 5, 2011 by adminLeave a comment

Do you ever get the gift of a horseshoe or commonly known as horse shoes from one of your relatives? This unique souvenir commonly used as a display and can be easily found in the homes of European citizens. U-shaped boundary is a trusted symbol of good luck that local residents. Myths about this horseshoe started since Ancient Roman times, where the blacksmith is believed to have power and is seen as a noble job. In addition, the iron becomes the main ingredient is considered to have magical powers because it is the strongest type of metal that is resistant to fire. In addition, it features seven horseshoe nails, where the number seven is a lucky number.

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New Zealand – Land of the Long White Cloud

Posted on November 23, 2010 by adminLeave a comment

New Zealand is an island nation located in the southwest Pacific Ocean. State which is also known as the kiwi bird country has its own beauty and uniqueness in the hearts of the tourists, because of the many fascinating sights to visit.

Wellington City is the capital of New Zealand. The town is known to have strong winds blowing it provides plenty of places to relax. The city is also one of the safest cities in New Zealand. During a visit to Wellington, there are some interesting places you can visit, among others:

Te Papa Museum

The museum has a fairly complete collection, ranging from the history of New Zealand, Maori culture, a collection of animal and plant fossils, earthquake simulation, and other interactive media. One of which attract visitors are the giant squid.

Botanic Garden

In these nature-based tourist attractions you can try to climb the cable car ticket prices around $ 4. The summer is a good fit for our visit, because in this park so many beautiful flowers that are blooming.

Cuba Street and Manners Mall

This region is the center of pedestrian traffic in the city of Wellington. Here you can visit the Lambton Quay shopping center. In this area you can find street attractions.

Another city you can visit the city of Tauranga. This city can be designated for two and a half hours drive from Auckland. During the journey to the city, you can see the vast expanse of green hilly field with dozens of cattle and hundreds of sheep and goats is freely released, as well as wooden houses surrounded by lush trees. Natural scenery with the cool air makes the area of farms to be one interesting sights in New Zealand. While enjoying the scenery, you also can warm themselves with coffee and eating delicious dishes at the cafe located in the middle of the ranch.

Go to the edge of a wooded hill, you can find the plantation kiwi fruit, grapes, and apples. Most of the harvest the grapes were processed into wine which you can enjoy to warm the body. Quality wines in this country no doubt because it has been included in the list of world’s best wines.

In a country that holds a myriad of enchanting natural beauty and uniqueness of ethnic multicultural, there are some areas that you must visit, one of which is the city of Christchurch. In this city there are many parks are laid out very neatly. You also can visit the Avon river, a beautiful winding river in its banks adorned with a variety of fine grass and poplar trees and white banyan. Do not forget also to the town of Kaikoura where you can see whales at close range.

When shopping tour in the cities of New Zealand, you can buy handicrafts indigenous Maori who was promoted as an icon tourism insdutri this country.

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