Orangutans in Njaru Metang

Dear all, I suggest you to look at a life of orangutans in reserve Njaru Metang by eyes of the correspondent of "The Washington Post" of Linda Davidson.

The city of Moscow. The Japanese garden in the Main Moscow's Botanical garden

If you want, without leaving Moscow, to make small travel to Japan, go to the Main botanical garden. In one of its corners since 1987 the Japanese garden is arranged. The Japanese architects and landscape designers took part in creation of this garden. Here it is possible to see a stone pagoda of a XVIII-th century, exotic stone lanterns and a waterpipe from a bamboo.

But at all these exotic details make the main feature of the Japanese garden. According to traditions of the Buddhism and синтоизма, the garden symbolically displays a peace arrangement. Water, stones, trees, bushes, mosses, flowers, grasses are not easier material, but the particles of the Universe possessing the secret importance for its founders. They help to express primary harmony of the world. The mountain Sumeru which in a garden was designated by a small hill in the middle of a pond repeating sacred lake Munetsunoti was considered as the centre of the Buddhist Universe. Stones in a pond represented nine islands and eight seas of a Buddhist cosmogonic myth. Water and stones - the main elements of the Japanese garden. Water is a symbol of negative, female, dark, soft force инь, and stones - light, man's, positive, firm force ян. Their eternal opposition and indissoluble unity, according to ancient дуалистическому to representation, are a basis of existence of the world. In the Moscow Japanese garden two ponds with picturesque islands and the cascade of falls.

Each of plants in the Japanese garden also possesses the symbolics. So, for example, white flowering of plums means spiritual beauty, and pink colour of cherries - sensual beauty. In a garden in Moscow grows about 100 kinds of plants. The part from them is brought from island Hokkaido, including the Oriental cherry well-known for the flowering. At first sight, in it there is nothing unusual, unlike exotic apple-trees with a flat crone. An apple-tree for Japanese - a world and consent symbol. Oriental cherry flowering in Japan mark as a special spring holiday. To admire colours go the big company. It can consist of friends, relatives, fellow workers or study. Hundreds people spread rugs in parks, blankets or mats and arrange cheerful picnics. Unfortunately, Oriental cherry flowering quickly. There is enough flaw or rain, and gentle flowers, without having had time to be dismissed, quickly fall down on the earth. Probably, therefore in the Buddhism the blossoming Oriental cherry is a symbol of caducity and inconstancy of life, and in poetry it associates with the left youth and love.

One of variants of the Japanese garden - tea. The garden conducting to an input in a tea small house, acts as the important component of tea ceremony. It is executed simplicity, modesty, naturalness, not striking charm and helps to be adjusted correctly on forthcoming action. The Japanese garden - space for elements and imagination, an original window in other reality. At the same time they remains and simply garden where it is possible to admire infinite beauty of the Nature.

One day in Salzburg.

From our camping to Salzburg only 30 km, therefore Mozart's native land for a long time was in the obligatory program of our Alpine vacation.

Salzburg is a city of classical music. In the summer in city centre the set of open concert platforms will be organised. In Salzburg music sounds everywhere...

Probably, Mozart's birth in Salzburg also is the award to townspeople for them for love to a music... Mozart was born in an old city of Salzburg on January, 26th, 1756. Later Mozart's family has moved on the right coast. Mozart lived there in 1773-1780.

That at once is evident on arrival in Salzburg - set of bicycles. In city centre their large quantity.

tage. Traffic is organised so that the impression is made - the bicyclist on road to Salzburg always has advantage.

The huge chessboard in the size 10 on 10 metres and metre figures was remembered. However, wishing to play it has appeared a little - in a city was very much hot, and all tourists hid in a shade of a huge sculpture of the boy on a gold sphere.

Clocks with a perpetuum mobile. It is interesting, as them on summertime translate...

The main sight of Salzburg after Mozart - a fortress of Hoenzaltsburg. The fortress is located on a 120-metre hill where it is possible to rise on foot on a ladder or to sweep in a carriage on a cable car.

Constructed in 11 century and nobody subdued, the fortress was a reliable refuge for townspeople at the time of wars. During Thirty-year war the fortress became an indestructible stronghold of Catholicism.

The fortress consists of a palace erected in Romance style, premises, numerous extensions and church.

In a fortress excursion with audioround in different languages is organised - it is possible to hear fortress and city history, since 11 centuries.

The excellent kind on a city from a fortress allows to understand that in city centre the place even suffices small small houses with a spacious lawn.

To a note

Salzburg ("a hydrochloric fortress") - an earth Salzburg administrative centre. Salzburg is located in a northeast part of the province with the same name, on border with Germany into which structure it was included throughout more millenium.

The population of a city of 145.000 persons. Salzburg is located in the Alpes at height of 425 metres above sea level, its natural ornament - the river Zaltsah on which both coast it has taken places.

Salzburg - a city in which Mozart and veins the ingenious conductor of XX century Herbert a background of Karojan was born. It is a city of classical music: in January there passes "Week Mozart", in the summer festivals of opera art and concert programs.

People in monastic attires - characteristic feature of a city. Here many spiritual educational institutions, including theological faculty of university.