Bob Parsons Kills Elephant for Vacation Sport

Author: madeline bernstein Technorati

Bob Parsons, CEO of GoDaddy.com, a domain-name hosting company, proudly posted a vacation video of himself killing an elephant in Zimbabwe. In the video he characterized the mission as hunting for a "problem elephant" and said that "of everything I do, this is the most rewarding."

The piece further depicted the local residents butchering the elephant while sporting GoDaddy.com hats and boasting about how many people this elephant will feed. 

The video went viral as animal activists and concerned citizens were horrified and urged a boycott of the GoDaddy.com site. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals immediately closed its account. In fact, the Washington Post Blog is reporting that other domain-name providers are seizing this opportunity to encourage people to leave GoDaddy.com using coupon names and donations to Save the Elephants for each switch. 

Funerals at Tana Toraja

funeral at Toraja

Among the Torajan, no other celebration is as important as the one celebrating the passage from this world into the next one. Births and birthdays are practically non-events, and weddings pale in comparison. So elaborate and costly are the ceremonies that families must save up and plan for months if not years before the funeral can be held.

When someone dies, their body is kept in the house with their family. In fact, the body is usually kept in the bedroom, with the family sleeping alongside the coffin. Once everything is ready, preparations are begun for the funeral party. Funerals are usually held during the dry season, from July to September. This is when the farming families will have the time as well as when the weather will be at its best.

For the funeral, a set of temporary structures will be built in an open filed near the family compound, or sometimes the structures are built between and around the permanent buildings to enclose a group of family houses. In either case, the temporary structures will form an enclosed courtyard. Most of the buildings will be nothing more than simple covered viewing platforms where guests can sit to observe the "festivities". The family of the deceased as well as close friends will essentially live on these platforms for the length of the funeral, which can last from three to seven days, depending on the importance of the dead person.

Egypt oh Egypt

Hosni Mubarak

Political situation in Egypt affect the Indonesian tourist arrivals to this country. A number of Indonesian travel agents cancel a package tour to Egypt. The tourists are diverted to other destinations. Such as Europe, and East asian destinations "We had to replace Egypt with the other attractions. Because its impact has been very influential and very risky to travel there today," said Aldo Rinaldi, owner of travel agency in Jakarta, tuesday (1 / 2). The cancellation of the tour to visit Egypt is not only for Indonesian tourists. Not long ago, hundreds of tourists, of which 200 were Israeli citizens who already had reached the area of Pyramid State, directly evacuated out of Egypt. In addition, the tour package is replaced another tourist destination. [...]

Let's see turtles in Sukamade Beach

Turtle is an endangered animal that is rarely found in a number of beaches, even not all the beaches in Indonesia became the landing place of the turtle.

For those who want to see and observe the turtles are laying eggs, can visit a beach in Betiri Meru National Park (national park=TNMB) which is located on the beach Sukamade Sarongan Village, District Pesanggaran, Banyuwangi regency, East Java.

sunset at Sukamade

Sukamade Beach is one of the natural attractions found in the zone of intensive utilization of national park, there could observe the turtles are laying eggs, the eggs hatch and release young turtles turtle (hatchling) to the sea.

Head of TNMB, Herry Subagiadi, said, Beach Sukamade are four types of turtles landing site of six species of sea turtles in Indonesia, namely the Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas), Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), Slengkrah Turtle (Lepidochelys olivaceae), and Turtle (Dermochelys coriaceae).

hatchling

"Green turtle is a turtle who often landed on the white sand beach Sukamade, so that visitors can watch green turtles rising from the sea towards the beach Sukamade at night," said Herry [...]

Best Diver’s Spot in Indonesia

More than 5 million square meters of water surrounds the island archipelago of Indonesia. Undoubtedly, it is a grand settlement for hundreds if not thousands of underwater species and beautiful, colorful coral reefs. At once, this country offers plenty of spots that many diving enthusiasts can only dream about. Thanks to the unusual political turmoil and usually exaggerated travel warnings, you’ll rarely find this country on the average traveler’s itinerary. Fortunately for the brave and adventurous, that means less tourists, more peace and quiet, and a better chance of enjoying all the serene beauty on your own sweet time. Here’s a list of Indonesia’s best Amazing Dive Spots for you to dream about, and one day try on your own! [...]

Travel Plan

Traveling on a bill can give we all sorts of experiences, depending on :

a) your budget,

b) where we wish to go, as well as

c) what we wish to do.

Everyone’s bill will be different, as well as roving on a bill equates to meaningful how most income we can means to outlay as well as adhering to which amount. So if we have a bill of dual thousand dollars, your travel knowledge will be opposite from someone who has a bill of 10 thousand dollars. It’s all relations to a dollar amount, though meaningful a small tricks to assistance we save income whilst roving will have your dollars widen serve thus augmenting your travel experience. [...]

Kélor

Confused where your next vacation destination? Have you ever felt the atmosphere of rural life on a mountainside? If not try Kelor village, located on the slopes of Mount Merapi [...]

History of Merapi Volcano

Central Java, Indonesia

7.54 S, 110.44 E

summit elevation 2911 m

Stratovolcano

Merapi volcano is one of the world's most active and dangerous volcanoes. It contains an active lava dome which regularly produces pyroclastic flows. Eruptions occur at intervals of 1-5 years and are of low gas pressure. Since magma is poor in gas, eruptions are usually less than VEI 3 in size.

Merapi is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia and has produced more pyroclastic flows than any other volcano in the world. It has been active for 10,000 years. [...]