Group+4

Inés Boada: looks up information about history and culture Irene Díez (Captain): looks up information about leisure activities and sights Blanca Guerra: looks up information about transport,lodging and ather uselful information

ASIA= 12th to 28th August Please, help us to decide where to go. Vote on Doodle


 * Tokyo (Introduction of Tokio ) from the 12th of August to the 16th of August
 * Dubai (Introduction of Dubai ) from the 17th of August to the 21st of August
 * New Delhi (Introduction of New Delhi ) 22nd of August to the 28th of August

Here you have our Glogster. If you have any suggestion, please tell us as soon as posible. Sincerely, Group 4



__**Tokyo:**__

**LODGING:**

The Metropolitan Hotel is located in central Tokyo, next to the Ikebukuro train station, with excellent transport network. It has a spa, 9 restaurants and freewired internet in the rooms. Rooms at theHotel MetropolitanTokyo offers panoramic city views. They are equipped with air conditioning and minibar.The flat screen TV including satellite channels and pay movies.

Rooms available from Sunday 12Aug 2012 to Thursday 16Aug 2012:

SmallDouble Room Price sare for room for 3 nights. Included in room rate : 5% VAT,Service Charge. Not included in room price : city ta xof JPY 200 for night.



Double Standard Prices are for room for 3 nights. Included in room rate : 5% VAT,Service Charge. Not included in room price : city ta xof JPY 200 for night.

Superior Double Room- 2 beds Prices are for room for 3 nights Included inroom rate : 5% VAT,Service Charge. Not included in room price : city tax of JPY 200 for night.

** TRANSPORT: **

To move easily through tokyo...

- **__  TOKIO SUBWAY  __****  :  **  The Tokyo subway is next to the Yamanote line, the quickest way to get around the city. The timeliness and frequency of trains is a model for the rest of the world

Although the map ofTokyo's transport think that using the subway may be impossible, it is almost as easy as in any city,the only difference between the Tokyo subway and other cities is that in this there are two different networks operated by two independent companies : Tokyo Metro and Toei. The fact that they are two different metro network simplies that a network tickets are not valid for the other.
 * I  s it complicated?...


 * Rates

The ticket price varies depending on the distance : 1 to 6 km : 160 yen. From 7 to 11Km : 190 yen. 12 to 19Km : 230 yen. 20 to 27km : 270 yen. From 28 to 40 km : 300 yen. Tokyo Metro Day ticket : 710 yen. Toei Day ticket : 700 yen. Day ticket for the two metro networks : 1000 yen. // Children have a 50% discount on all rates. //

__ **-YAMANOTE LINE**: __ The Yamanote Line is the largest train line in Tokyo, is a circular line elevated train operated by the Japan Rail company. The time to give a complete return to the city is an hour.


 * Rates:

As in the subway, the Yamanote line varies depending ont he distance traveled.

__ **BUSES:**  __  Buses in Tokyo are an alternative to the subway and train lines. Offers the possibility to go see the streets

The price of a single fare is 200yen. Children under 12pay 50 %. Babies under one year are free.
 * Rates:


 * Pay Later:

Unlike the rest of the world,Japanese buses are paid out. If you have no transportation card, you will have to insert coins .The machine delivers the change automatically.


 * __ -TAXIS:  __**  Taxis in Tokyo are comfortable and taxi drivers do not try to cheat, this transport has two disadvantages : it is quite expensive and difficult to understand the destination.Taxis have logotivo of their company on the roof of the vehicle and carry different illuminated signs : red ( free taxi ), yellow (busy ) and green (night rate).

Although at certain times or for short distances are very good option, Japanese taxis are the highest in the world. Each company have its own prices. These are the typical prices : First two miles : 710 yen. Each additional 288 meters : 90 yen. 105 seconds of waiting : 90 yen. Speaking more clearly, a typical path through downtown Tokyo costs between 7 and 15 euros. When on the night rate these prices are increased.
 * Rates:




 * INTERESTING INFORMATION **:

__** -THE WEATHER: **__ The summer months, especially June and July,are heavy rains and high temperatures.



**ACTIVITIES AND ITINERARY:**

The first day we arrive to Tokyo during the afternoon and we're going to spend the rest of the night in the hotel. We are going to have dinner in the restaurant of the hotel that has a very beautiful panoramic view of the city. We need to have a rest because the next days are going to be very hard.

The second day in the morning we could go to the Rikugien-in garden which is one of the most beautiful Japanese gardens in Tokyo. This garden is a typical example of the gardens of the Edo Period. It covers an area of 8.7 hectares and it has a pond that wants to simulate the sea. The entrance costs 300¥ that are like 3€.Pictures of the Rikugi-en garden: the pond, the huts , the evening lighting , the roads , and the rest you will have to visit it!!! Along the walk, there are several huts where you normally have to enter barefoot and have wooden railing overlooking the pond or there boats that you can get them and go and have a boat ride.

We could have lunch there in picnic tables or we could go to the Otanko Bunkyō gurīnkōto-ten restaurant which is a four minute walk. Then we could go to the Ueno park in which we could visit the Kaneiji temple, it has a free entrance. It is the main temple in the Kanto region of Tendaishu Buddhist sect. It was founded as a temple to guard the Edo Castle, but later came to be the temple of the Tokugawa family. They are buried 6 of the 15 shōgun (military dictators) to Tokugawa. From then we could go to the Ueno Zoo which is the oldest zoo in Japan nad it has more than 45.000 diferent kind of animals.

The third day we could go to the Tokyo Dome City that is an extensive entertainment city located in the heart of Tokyo. It consists of a multipurpose stadium where a variety of events are staged during the whole year. It also has the LaQua spa which is one of the largest relaxation complex in Tokyo. And finally the Tokyo Dome City Attractions that is a general entertainment and amusement park that has planty of activities for both children and adults alike. After that we could go to the Grand Sumo Tournament.

Sumo is a Japanese style of wrestling and Japan's national sport. It originated in ancient times as a performance to entertain the Shinto gods. Many rituals with religious background are still followed today. The tournament is held in Nagoya (one of the twenty-three districts of Tokyo). We are going to have lunch there, because with the tickets for the tournament we have dinner included. They are going to give us: sushi (pickled rice with fish or seafood), kushiyaki (meat and vegetable skewers), a miso soup and some wagashi for desert (a traditional Japanese candy make).

The fourth day we could go to the Mount Fuji, the highest peak of all Japan. From Shinjuku, an express train takes us to Hakone Yumoto in just 1 hour, from the starting point of the mountain railway which leads to the village of Gora. From there we reached by funicular railway to the top of the Soun-San. We switched to cable car and reached Owadakuni, a volcanic area and... Spectacular views of Mount Fuji!

Owadakuni, is a volcanic hot springs park with a strong smell of sulfur. It's typical to buy some eggs cooked in the natural baths; the bath gives to the shell a weird black. But they are delicious! We take again the cable car down to Lake Ashi-no-Ko and with a modern boat with pirate ship we cross the lake.

A walk of 2 km by the road leads us to an old lodge where we may drink tea. It is beautiful and is 300 years old, as Tokaido itself. At the base of the lodge a bus takes us to Hakone-Yumoto and from here we return to Tokyo by the same road.

The incredible atmosphere and lively nightlife makes Shibuya our favorite area of Tokyo. That's the reason why we're going to spend our last hours there. We could visit the Hachiko dog staue. This statue was raised in the presence oh Hasiko in 1934 to conmemorate his fidelity. This dog was going to the train station every afternoon to await for his master to return of college since the dead of his master in 1925 for ten years, as he did all his life. Then we could go to the Shibuya 1098 mall. The building opened its door in April 1979. Its eightfloor shopping center is based on women's fashion for twnties. This center gives much of the Japaneso youth fashion.

We're going to have lunch in the zone, to not lose a minute of Tokyo. Tokyo habitants love eating, so Tokyo is a city full of restaurants and many of them open the 24 hours of the day. We've investigated and there are a couple of good restaurants near the mall. A quick meal would coast about 700 ¥ that are like 7€.

Before returning to the hotel to pick up our luggage, we're going to visit the intersection of Shibuya. This intersection consits of five pedestrian crossings synchronized, which means that whenever the traffic lights turn green a human wave invades the asphalt making this place the busiest intersection in the world. We could cross several times and then observe it from one of the best views,... The Starbucks window!!! Then we will return to the hotel and we'll go directly to the airport.

**CULTURE:**

tokyo is the capital of the east, located in east-central Honshu Island, especifically in the Kanto region.The city is the center of politics, economics, education, communication an popular culture of the country.It also has the largest concentration of corporate headsquarters, financial institutions, universities and colleges, museums, theaters and entertainment facilities throughout Japan.

**Theatre, music and dance**

Two Japanese forms of drama, not and the kabuki, are the favorite forms of entertainment of the population of the province. Multiple schools exist of not, between them the school Kanze not - gakudo. The theatre Kabuki-za has daily functions of kabuki. This artistic form also has representations in January, March, and from October to December in the National Theatre. The National Theatre has representations of bunraku, a theatrical spectacle with puppets of wood of 1,2 meters, supported on music of shamisen. The City of the Opera of Tokyo is the most new enclosure dedicated to the music and to the theatre in Tokyo.

**Festivals**

**!-**Dezomeshiki, parade of the fire brigade. (January 6) 2-Hinamatsuri, national festival of the wrists. (March 3) 3-Kanda Matsuri, where Kanda Myojin transports portable sanctuaries to the sanctuary. (The weekend previous to May 15) 4-Hana Matsuri. It is a national festival that commemorates Buda's birth. (April 8) 5-Sanja Matsuri supported by the sanctuary Asakusa Jinja. (The third weekend of May) 6-Sanno Matsuri supported by the sanctuary Hie in Akasaka. (June 16) 7-Hanabi Taikai, fireworks in the river Plunged. (Last Saturday of July)8-Tori-no-ichi or fair of the rake, in the sanctuary Otori, in Asakusa. (Middle of November)



**Museums**

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is divided in a gallery that exposes the works of national contemporary artists; and the destined one for works of foreign artists. The museum Shitamachi, the culture is dedicated to preserving tokiota of the age Edo. The Mingeikan is a museum founded by Yanagi Muneyoshi on 1931, dedicated to the popular crafts of the whole country. The museum Goto there shows the collection deprived of art Buddhist, property of Goto Keita, president of Tokyu Corporation. In this museum they find rolls belonging to the 12th century, which they count Genji's legend in Fujiwara Takayoshi's paintings. In the Museum of the Japanese Sword, or Token Hakubutsunkan been ruled by the Association for the Conservation of the Art of the Japanese Sword, they find more than six thousand pieces, thirty of which are catalogued as national exchequer. The Metropolitan Museum of Photography of Tokyo has permanent exhibitions of national and foreign photographers. Between the most out-standing museums of science and technology there are two in Odaiba's artificial island: the **Museum of Maritime Sciences** and the **National Museum of Emergent Science and Innovation.**



**Traditional Japanese food**

__Sushi__

several types Exist of sushi, but "nigiri-zushi" is most known by it surely. It consists of a small block of rice with sweet vinegar with an ingredient (called "clear") raises. The clear one can be a fish or raw shellfish, marinaded or stew, etc.



__kaiseki__

Kaiseki is the formal Japanese food. It has his origin in the plates presented in the principal tray to entertain the visitors. Normally the food consists of a soup and three secondary saucers: one of raw fish, the second one of food cooked to the gridiron and the third party of food cooked to slow fire. They follow a saucer of appetizer and other one of fried food or to the steam to accompany the sake and finally, a bowl of rice, soup of miso and pickled vegetables.



__Teishoku__

Teishoku is a food of fixed menu, normally consisted of a principal plate of meat or fished with accompaniment, rice, soup of miso and pickle. Typical examples of principal plate are: sashimi, fished to the gridiron, Milanese of pork and morsels of fried chicken.



**Religions**

The dominant religions are Shinto and Buddhism, and they have coexisted for hundreds of years in harmony. Elements of both religions are integral parts of everyday Japanese life.

__Shinto __

Is an animistic religion inspired by reverence for natural things, such as rock formations, trees, animals and even sounds. Shinto festivals (matsuri) are held virtually year-round, and it's worthwhile trying to see one while in Japan.



__Buddhism __

Provides spiritual solace and guidance for daily living. People go to temples to pray to the dozens of Buddhist gods for success in any endeavor. Temples are usually marked by a gate, sometimes containing muscular god-kings. People put offerings of incense sticks, food, flowers and rice wine (sake) in front of the main central image of Buddha, then stand before the image with their palms together to pray.

__**Dubai:**__

**LODGING:**


 * Ramee Guestline Hotel: **  Ramee Guestline Hotel is located in Dubai 's business district, next to the metro station "AlRigga".

Hotel rooms have flat screen TVs with satellite channels and bathroom.Some have balconies and many have a seating area and dining room.

The price for five nights is 450 AED.

Room Facilities:, Air Conditioning, Desk, Shower, hairdryer ,, WC, Bathroom, Telephone, Fax, DVDplayer , satellite TV, cable TV , flat screenTV , Wake Up Service / Alarm Clock.

** TRANSPORT: **

To go to Dubai...  We will travel with the aircraft company " Austrian Airlines" flight from Tokyo to Dubai.We will leave the 17th of October at 6:35, costs 495.19 euros.



To move easly throught Dubai...


 * __ SUBWAY __**** : **

The Dubai Metro Is fast, nice, clean and economical.As a novelty , the metro runs automatically.

Card types and rates:

There are four different types of cards to use :

Red : For a very short stay.The price for ride varies between 2 and 6.5 dirhams. Silver : The card price is 20 dirhams and14 dirhams includes balance. The cost for course varies between 1.8 and 5.8 dirhams. Gold :. Lets you use theGold Classcars(VIP ). Blue:Interesting only for people who go to work in Dubai.



__ **BUSES:**  __

Price buses in Dubai:

The bus fare is only 2 dirhams to be paid directly to the driver while riding the bus.There are three lines with a higher price.



__ **WATERBUS:** __

Water buses of Dubai is one of the best ways to tour Dubai.

The water bus can be considered a luxury transportation. The seats are comfortable and spacious with large windows.




 * INTERESTING INFORMATION **:

__** -THE WEATHER: **__ Summer in Dubai is the time from May to October. During these months the temperature is between 25 º C and 40 ° C, the highest grade is 48 ° C in the hottest days of July and August. The probability of rain it's impossible!

**ACTIVITIES AND ITINERARY:**

The first day we are going to travel from Tokyo to Dubai, it means that we're going to spand 11 hours and 37 minutes in the plane, plus the two hours prior to departure, we won't be able to do anything during this day, but sleep.

Dubai isn't a city with a large number of cultural visits, but nevertheless, there are many points of interest that it's worth the stop. During the second day we're going to visit a couple of them. First we are going to go to the Burj Dubai, is the tallest building in the worls with 828 meters high; the construction was completed at the beginning of 2010. Here you have a picture of the Burj Dubai.Then we will go to the Dubai Museum, this musem refelcts the history of te city from its foundation and primitive economy to its most important future projects. Here you have a picture of the museum.

Then we are going to have lunch in one of the cafeterias around the museum.We've reserved an Abra, a boat that runs trough the Dubai Creek, for the sunset, so we can have a beutiful view of the city. These ships organize dinner on board and they also offer belly dancing shows and other entertainment. The visit will end at 10p.m. and then we'll return to the hotel by bus. In this link, you can observe a touristic abra.

The third day we're going to have a lot of fun! We're taking breakfast in the Dubai Mall and we're going to have an hour to buy cloths and some souvenirs because at 12.30 we have to stay in the port of Dubai because a ferry is going to give us a private tour of the "World" islands. The World Islands are a collection of man-made islands shaped into continents of the world, located off the cost of Dubai. It will consist of 300 small private artificial islands divided in four categories depending in their uses.Here you've got a picture of them.

Then we'll have dinner in the boat. They will give us the typical food of dubai, the puteaños shrimp. These shirmp are about 15 centimeters of length that are prepared with garlic, chile, conion and then let it fry in a pan with oil. IT tastes dilicious but it costs between 10 and 20 euros per shrimp.

Around three o'clock the boat leaves us in the port so we can return on time to Palm Jumeirah.We're going to have surf classes in the third frond of Palm Jumeirah and then we're going to the Atlantis, the Palm hotel that offers us the possibilty of swimming with dolphins. This hotel has a submarine labyrinth and thge biggest waterpark in Middle East. We are going to spend the rest of the day there until the hour of dinner.

During the fourth day we’ll take a safari. The desert safari is undoubtedly the most demanded activity in Dubai every day a lot of agencies make excursions into the desert at different times.The safari is a visit to the desert in 4x4 cars going up and down into sand dunes and bowing to unsuspected limits. This way you will visit first the desert early in the morning, then we'll do a camel riding and a henna painting (some examples: Henna in hand, Henna on feet ). Henna is a temporal tatoo that is applied to the surface of the skin, it stains down trough the outer layer, leaving marks that can least for the better part of a month. Then we would eat in a picnic table and we would return to the dunes to enjoy the sunset and watch a belly dance show at the restaurant where we could have dinner.

The fifth day we're going to enjoy Dubai's downtown: the famous buildings and the typical arabian streets, the Mezquita Jumeirah (the only mosque accesible to non-Muslims), the street market, the Heritage house (a traditional and historic house that reflects the past of Dubai), the Burj Al Arab hotel( the world's most luxurious hotel), the Ski Dubai, (Ski Dubai is the largest indoor in the world, you can skii at temperatures below zero when the street is over 40 degrees), the Wild Wadi Water Park (offer water fun for the whole family) and finally the Dubai Fountains (the world largest fountain located across the Dubai Creek). This will be our itinerary. Here you've got an example of the Dubai Fountains, choreographing Triller by Michael Jackson:

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== Dubái is one of seven emirates that integrate from 1971 the United Arab Emirates. His capital, Dubái, is nowadays one of the most quoted tourist destinations of the world. His excessive and luxurious architecture has positioned her as one of the most renowned cities of the Middle East and of the world. ==
 * CULTURE: **


 * important places: **

1.More known beach, Jumeirah Beach 2.The highest building of the world, the Burj Khalifa, a hotel suspended in the sea that announced as the only hotel seven stars of the world, the Burj Al Arab. 3.The biggest mall of the world, the Dubai Mall 4. The biggest source of the world, the Dubai Fountain 5. The palms or artificial islands Palm Jumeirah and the artificial islands of the map, the World Islands. 6. Also it possesses the biggest port of the world and there is foreseen the inauguration of the biggest airport of the world for 2012. 7. Between the projects to future Dubái preve Dubailand's construction, the biggest fairground of the world and Dubai Sport City.



__**NEW DELHI:**__

**LODGING:**


 * Taj Mahal Hotel: **

The Taj Mahal hotel is a large hotel that is located in the centre of New Delhi.It is very elegant and the hotel has all the facilities you would expect from an establishment in this category.

I__NFORMATION OF TAJ MAHAL HOTEL:__

1 Mansingh Road

Tel : (011 ) 2302 6162.

Website: http://www.tajhotels.com/

Price: between $150US and $300US



** TRANSPORT: **

To go to New Delhi...

We going to fly with the company " british airways " from Dubai to New Delhi on August 22 at 7:15, costs 522 euros.

Then to go to Chicago we're going to fly with the company "American Airlains" on 28th of August at 8:20 pm and we arrive there at 12.37 onb the 29th of Agust. The prize of the flight is of 884€.


 * INTERESTING INFORMATION **:

__** -THE WEATHER: **__

The summer season in India is the most rainy and wet season.

ACTIVITIES AND ITINERARY:
After nine hours of flight we are going to strech our legs in the park where is located the Qutab Minar, the largest brick minaret in the world. It was built in the twelfth century with red sandstone. It stands on the ruins of Lal Kot, the Red Citadel ancient city of Dhillika. It is the corner of New Delhi with more history.

After that first contact with the characteristic Muslim architecture of New Delhi, we could go to Dilli Haat bazaar. We have to pay 15 rupees to access it. Inside there are crafts and cuisine from all corners of India. The posts are divided into 28 sections as many as regions the country has. It is the only permanent arts and crafts market in the city. The other markets are only open its doors one day each week.

Then we could rest at the “Hotel Park New Delhi”. This hotel is located in the downtown of New Delhi. It has the most visited pool in the city: example. W e can rest there until night comes. Then it's time to go to Urban Pind. This lounge bar with scenes from the Kama Sutra in their walls prepares the best international festivals in New Delhi. It has a different event each day of the week. At the end of the day we'll return to our hotel.

The second day we're visiting Hauz Khas Village. Hauz Khas Village is a bohemian neighborhood. Most of the buildings are shops or furniture saris and studies of painters. We’re going to begin the day by crossing the gate of Hauz Khas Village, after drinking a freshly squeezed orange juice in a street stall. Maybe we cross with an elephant because it is a very common transport there: elephant in the street.

Hauz Khas Village has an artificial lake in the ruins of an ancient Muslim shrine of the fourteenth century. At the park every morning groups of people gather to practice laughter therapy or yoga. It's very special to hear their laughs at 6:00 am. At this time its morning in New Delhi are many people standing. Although New Delhi actually it never sleeps...

<span style="color: #ff0094; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">To replace energy we would go to Living Room, a restaurant in Hauz Khas Village which occupies two floors. After a refreshing lunch it's time to meet the designer of the moment: Manish Arora. Eclecticism and its colorful designs succeed not only in India. In the United Kingdom he has eight stores and in Spain and two (one in Madrid and one in Ibiza). Here you've got his <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">online store.

<span style="color: #ff0094; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">After resting in our hotel we’re going to go to the Garden of Five Senses, a park that hosts one of the most innovative culinary delights of the city, the restaurant chef Marut Sikka's Magique. We would have dinner there. Their menu ranges from traditional dishes of Indian cuisine, a European delicatessen, and delicious desserts. Then we'll return to our hotel and finally have a rest after the intensive day we've passed trough.

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