Fort of Santa Cruz is one of the popular tourist attraction in Algeria. However, majority of the nationalities requires Algerian visa except for the 7 countries namely, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, Seychelles and Tunisia whose eligible for visa on arrival up to 90 days. For more information on the visa requirements, please contact the nearest Algerian Embassy in your country of residence. The panoramic view on top of the Fort is exceptional with overlooking views of the Mediterranean Sea and the City of Oran, the second largest city in Algeria. Fort of Santa Cruz is situated on Mount Murdjadjo also known as Pic d’Aidour, 400 meters above sea level. The Fort of Santa Cruz was constructed by the Ottomans in 15th century and taken control by the Spaniards after being defeated in the war. Oran was under Spanish rule for more than 300 years until 17th century and in 1831 the French occupied Oran. The fortress served as the residence of various Oran governors during the Spanish colonization. The chapel of Santa Cruz is a small chapel with a statue of the Virgin Mary. The chapel was built below the fort of Santa Cruz in 1850, after the terrible cholera epidemic that struc
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Based on the current trend on the family of Filipino Overseas Workers (OFW), the popular family set-up is rapidly changing. The image of father and mother is alternatively set aside to sustain their livelihood especially for those who choose to work abroad. Is it alarming to recognize this changing family set-up, or this is now the trend of a modern family lifestyle? This set-up is the same also with countries such as US who deploys soldiers around the world who left their family for the sake of duty and work outside their country, some families failed to see them for a period of 6 months, but some become handicapped or dead when they arrived. Those pilots who left their family for different airlines suffered the same also. Most businessmen who are frequent travelers experience the same fate of not seeing their families for 2 or 3 months due to different meetings around the world. Every society now has different reasons for working overseas that’s why alternative family set-up is becoming widespread. (Photo Credit: Illustration of modern family set-up) What is alternative family set-up, this is the set-up where wife plays the dual roles as mother and father or vice versa in the ca
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A chewing gum is popularly known for kids as “bubble gum”, a softy gummy meant to be chewed but not to be swallowed. Kids love the different taste and fruity flavors of bubble gum. For adults, it is fresh taking to avoid bad breath. You can see more celebrities chewed gum whenever they are in public engagement, find-out why? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Chewing gum is made-up of gum-based substance from physical-chemical properties of polymer. It is practically an elastic-plastic due to presence of plasticizer, and resin to make it sticky and chewable. With added sweeteners, colors and flavors to make it more addicted to chew and taste. It is present on different shapes and sizes. Most chewing gums nowadays use no sugar additives to make it healthier for commercial purpose. The practice of chewing gum is an old way tradition dated back from Neolithic period where it is called mastication. The thinking at that time is instinctive in nature, it is a need to masticate or chew until it is sought for nutritional value upon a period. It is believed that it has antiseptic and oral health benefits. (Photo from Left: Starbucks and Gum Wall at Pike Plac
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Don’t you know the meaning of Katsuya, a Japanese term means “victory” or “to win”. The name Katsuya is a true name taken from Master Sushi Chef Katsuya Uechi. He brought three decades of culinary artistry and first-rate execution of high-quality traditional sushi in Los Angeles. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The design of Katsuya was made by Philippe Starck who is known for designing luxury restaurant and hotels in Beverly Hills. His designed is now exclusive for Katsuya and for sbe ventures. The sbe is the leading concept builders in restaurateur industry. The combination of Best Japanese food and exclusive restaurant designs made Katsuya a piece of pop culture in North America. A venture that brought expansion in middle east that offers finest Japanese food that is now found here at Avenue Mall, Kuwait. (Locations of Katsuya from left: Avenue Mall Kuwait, Nassau Bahamas and Dubai Mall UAE) Let’s taste the beef ramen, salmon teriyaki and chicken teriyaki plus the different sushi available at Katsuya. Watch our video “Jon & Jeri” on Katsuya at YouTube/ePro Webstore to taste our food adventure. Those planning
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When writing scripts for our Vlog on YouTube/ePro Webstore Channel, we must come up with a sensible narrative about the Cricket Sports even though the tournament is just being played inside the camp in LFHO Kuwait. This is to ensure that our vlogs get the interests of our viewers. So, we started writing the content then while reviewing the videos I took from the tournament I have notice something outrageous is happening. You can watch the vlog through this link https://youtu.be/YtW8mcfnMoA to be amazed. As we are 2 people currently in a team, writing scripts will be part of task plus editing will be shared between me and Jeri. You need to review hundreds of times about the content so that you can fit-in with the ideas, this is the script we made that you can watch to our YouTube Channel: “Bestfriends, this is a serious Cricket Tournament with full pack of Cricket enthusiasts (showing the video) that promotes sportsmanship and camaraderie…Welcome to Camp Cricket Tournament 2018. Thanks to the organizers for promoting peace and happiness through sports!” The vlog is short and precise so that viewers can relate to the content of the story being presented. The on-the-spot dance choreo
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As Jericho's Place Blog shows our solidarity with the victims and community of New Zealand, we will delete the name of the suspect in all our blogs not to make him fame but devote our sympathy to the victims of this horror attack. Updates from different News Agencies state that the man behind the shooting was charged with murder after the attack of the 2 mosques at Christchurch, New Zealand last 15 March 2019 during Friday prayers. The motive behind the killings is still being investigated by authorities. Some reports show that a manifesto circling the internet stating a subculture of extremism played an influence over the terror rampage, but it is still not confirmed. The death toll rose to 50 people with more than 30 people recuperating in hospitals. The victims arrived with multiple injuries on their bodies, cuts and embedded glass fragments that require multiple surgeries. Some of the victims are refugees from Syria and Afghanistan who fled to their country because of political insurgency but suffered and died on this atrocity. (Tourist landscapes and sceneries of New Zealand- photo credit from Jerichosplace.com) The world cannot believe that a quiet place like New Zealand
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Spain is my 69th country/territory to visit around the world and Barcelona is my 239th places to discover and explore. Barcelona is the largest city in the Autonomous Region of Catalonia, Kingdom of Spain. Catalan language is widely used after Spanish language. Tourism is the major economy of Barcelona and it was the 20th most visited city in the world. View this post on Instagram #239places #barcelona #70thcountry #spain #europe A post shared by Jericho's Place (@jerichosplace) on May 15, 2017 at 2:08am PDT Barcelona–El Prat Airport is located 12km from the city center and the second busiest airport in Spain after Madrid, the capital city. Aerobus is much cheaper compared to hire taxi at around 5.90 Euro one way trip and can be book from their website. Aerobus is serving from the airport Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 to Plaça de Catalunya and vice versa. Thanks to the hop on and hop off tour buses and I was able to discover some of the famous places in Barcelona. City Sightseeing offers three routes, red route, blue route and green route. Prices and details can be found on their website at https://city-sightseeing.com/en/17/barcelona Now
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Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory since 1713 and it is located on the south of Spain facing the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean and the African Continent. Gibraltar airport has daily scheduled from London Gatwick and other major cities in UK. Easy jet is the low cost airline where I booked my flight with 3 hours flight duration. From Central London there is direct train operated by Gatwick Express to the London Gatwick Airport. There are 2 terminals which is the North and South and it is both accessible by airport monorail. Gibraltar is member of EU however, it is not part of Schengen Agreement and there is immigration and customs upon entering the tiny territory. If you have UK visa whether it is residence or tourist visa with at least six months validity then you may enter without visa otherwise, visa shall be arranged in advanced. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); After passing the immigration, the exit point is the runway of the airport and immediately cross as soon as possible and a little bit of selfie will do. Now I need to find the room which I booked for my stay and it is inside the barge where it
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Whenever you are passing by Abdaly after the Jhara City here in Kuwait, you will see tons of tents lining-up from a far with spectacular lights at night. This is called Sarrayat, a camping tradition taken from long stint cultural tradition of Kuwait. The Sarrayat Season starts from November to April every year at time winter season kicks-in. There are eighteen (18) camping sites identified from area of North, West and South of Kuwait. The locals with age of 21 and above who wish to do camping are permitted to rent up to 1000 square meter with a rent fee of 50KD as authorized by the municipality. Participants are reminded of certain environmental protection to be followed for the preservation of the camping sites. Locals are excited to join on this popular long-time tradition. Their activities include bonfire as the night is cold and chilling while doing barbeque on the side, offering Arabic coffee (qahwa) on the other hand and sesha session together with family and friends. Ladies activities express their love for the art of henna painting. Outdoor activities include ATVs, sand boarding, carousel and roller coaster rides that will be loved by the kids and young families. More famil
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United Arab Emirates is my 5th country/territory to visit around the world and Hatta is my 240th places to discover and explore. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Some people may not know that Hatta is part of Emirates of Dubai although it is 134km away from Dubai City and it is bordering to Oman. For the first timer visitor like me, I am much dependent on GPS but sometimes GPS could lead you into wrong way. From what I experienced the GPS instructed me to go straight to E44 however, the immigration officer asked me to make u turn. Although if you will check in the map E44 will go straight to Hatta but you need to pass to Oman territory. So I rerouted from E44 headed north to E55 and then turn to E102 and finally I reached my destination. View this post on Instagram #hatta #dubai #uae A post shared by Jericho's Place (@jerichosplace) on Oct 13, 2017 at 2:11am PDT Hatta’s main economy is tourism and Hatta Dam is one of the popular destination which was built in 1990 to supply water and electricity. Inside the Dam there is Hatta Kayak where guest can experience Kayaking activity. Make
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