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Nov 28 2009
Search PlanetAbroad Widget For Wordpress
Uncategorized - 8 months ago - admin
We have made our search available for all WordPress blogs through a plugin which can be downloaded here!
The details are in the readme.txt in the archive as well as below. Let us know your thoughts!
Search Planetabroad Widget
Plugin Name: Search Planetabroad Widget
Description: Helps you find your ideal holiday destination
Author: Alexandr Dorogikh
Author URI: mailto:dorogikh.alexander@gmail.com
Contributors: Alexandr Dorogikh, PlanetAbroad
Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9548481
Tags: travel, inspiration, destinations, holidays
Requires at least: 2.6
Tested up to: 2.8.6
Stable tag: 1.0
This plugin recommends the best holiday destinations by using your criteria: “hiking, beach, party => Sydney, Rio de Janeiro or Dubai” Try it!
Description
This plugin recommends the best holiday destinations by using your criteria: “hiking, beach, party => Sydney, Rio de Janeiro or Dubai” Try it!
It connects with the unique holiday inspiration site http://planetabroad.com – based on individual criteria like “beaches, golf courses, party” it recommends the best destinations for this.
It is a fun and easy way to discover the ideal holiday. Content is user generated on the main site http://www.planetabroad.com which leads to independence and high quality results.
Installation
1. Upload the full directory into your wp-content/plugins directory
2. Activate the plugin at the plugin administration page
3. Optionally you can chose a separate title as well as change the language. Currently however, http://planetabroad.com is almost exclusively in English so it does not make a lot of sense to chose a different language.
Frequently Asked Questions
No FAQs yet
Screenshots
The widget in the initial state:
The search results:
Changelog
1.0
* initial functionality completed
License
The widget is released under: GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3
Oct 14 2009
Japan Food Culture
Uncategorized - 10 months ago - admin
Perhaps one part destiny and two parts luck; your resolve has finally brought you to the Japanese mainland. While marveling at the sights and inviting smiles of the locals, your appetite awakens prompting you to seek a meal. Or you unfortunately did not make it to Japan yet but still want to indulge in some Japanese culture. What will you eat? Where will you dine?
As chance and centuries of tradition yield, Japanese Food Culture embodies wonderment, zest, and sumptuous styled multiple-course meals.
During the Edo and Sakoku (locked country) eras (1600 – 1868), the character of Japanese cuisine reached consummate levels of sophistication. Through profound religious influences of Buddhism and the Shinto faith, meals are symbolic; featuring five distinct flavors and colors. The tastes of sweet, spicy, sour, salty, and bitter, and visions of red, green, yellow, black, and white, fuse skillfully into three main cooking styles – that of Honzen Ryori (Formal/Elaborate Banquet), Chakaiseki Ryori (Tea Ceremony), and Kaiseki Ryori (Artistic Presentation). A fourth style, Shojin Ryori (Vegetarian) developed by Buddhist monks, has come to include some non-vegetarian elements.
Typical Japanese cuisine couples the staple foods of gohan (white Japanese rice) and noodles, with soup, tsukemono (pickled vegetables), and an array of savory okazu (side dishes); with a standard meal being ichiju-sansai (one soup with three side dishes).
As an island nation, many dishes incorporate the abundance of various types of freshwater seafood including finned fish, shellfish, crab, roe, sea mammals, and seaweed. Cooking techniques may vary from raw (sashimi), to simmered, grilled, steamed, deep-fried, or dressed. Various green teas are ubiquitous to Japan and are sipped as the perfect after mealtime beverage.
Ambiance, presentation, and table etiquette all play prominent roles in Japanese cuisine. Together, each converges to define a particular harmony; pleasing to the palate, and enjoyed visually as a work of art. Arrangement, placement, color, the influence of the seasons, and choice of receptacles are all strategic. How one holds his bowl or chopsticks, partakes from a communal receptacle, or receives a tablemate’s kind gesture of keeping his cup full, create a relaxed and pleasing dining experience. As a grateful guest, you will impart itadakimasu “I humbly receive,” before consuming the meal, and gochisosama deshita “This was a feast,” in praise of the host, before leaving.
Experience the elite of Japanese Food Culture, while dining abroad in some of the world’s most favored Japanese restaurants.
Daidaiya Shinjukuten Restaurants of Tokyo
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The Daidaiya Shinjukuten restaurant chain of Tokyo offers an impressive nouvelle-Japonaise cuisine. [more...]
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Compliments of Chef Ronnie Chia; Tatsuya Japanese Restaurant in Singapore is an elite, and choice, sushi establishment. [more...]
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Singapore’s Akira Japanese Restaurant serves up delicious meals at affordable prices. [more...]
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Operated by the Thai Express Group, the Shokudo Japanese Food Bazaar is a lively show-kitchen style restaurant. [more...]
Oct 7 2009
Help release Filipino pain
Uncategorized - 10 months ago - Jonas
We all have seen the awful images in Manila by the typhoon “Ondoy” (Ketsana) and I am hoping everybody is safe now.
PlanetAbroad in the past was fortunate enough to work with a range of Filipino freelancers. Their continuous efforts are helping to build PlanetAbroad step by step.
By consequence, I feel a high level of responsibility to support the wonderful people of the Philippines in these tough times. Countless of my friends have had awful hours desperately trying to reach friends and relatives to check their well-being. One of our freelancer’s husband was trapped in a car all night long due to the flooding. These are just small pieces of a huge catastrophe. To play our part in helping to rebuild and ease the pain we have decided to donate all of PlanetAbroad’s revenues until Sunday the 25th of October.
Donations will be transferred to “The Philippine National Red Cross” as they are a proven and trusted source of support.
So how exactly does this work? Every time you book a trip online instead of going straight to the websites like hotels.com or zuji.com you visit through the following links:
PlanetAbroad gets a commission of the trips you book. In most cases this money is transferred upon check-in (at the hotel, flight etc.). As soon as we receive the money we will transfer it to the Philippine National Red Cross.
So, to cut a long story short, simply by going through one of the above links when booking trips you can help a beautiful nation terribly hit by a natural disaster!
Thank you very much in advance, we highly appreciate it.
Jonas
PS. Join our Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/PlanetAbroad/154698602533?ref=ts to make sure you get all the updates on the status of the fundraising process
UPDATE:
We added another agent:
Click here for Expedia
Sep 24 2009
Fresh Mountain Air
Travel ideas / Uncategorized - 10 months ago - admin
Throw caution to the winds in the fresh mountain air; adopting laissez faire for your much-needed escape. Never mind the date or time, leaving urban woes behind, as your date with peace, respite, and tranquility awaits… Welcome Abroad! The time has finally come and you’ve earned it. Avail yourself a well-deserved retreat from the trappings of modernity. Envision simple, remote, yet quaint as you surpass the cares and pressures of the daily and mundane. “Nature’s Tonic” – Fresh Mountain Air, is sure to revive, rejuvenate and soothe you. Delight in a pleasing zephyr or a crisp cool breeze as you settle on your perfectly suited getaway. Have you any destination in mind? Australia, Europe, or the enchanting ambiance of Africa; experience the essence of an ascending locale. Some places to consider include:
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Lying within the Drakensberg Mountains of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, the Dragon Peaks Resort is a charming and rewarding mountaineer’s paradise. [more...]
(image by Stig Nygaard)
The Faroe Islands are an 18-island archipelago, peppered by a dramatic shoreline of volcanic basalt cliffs. [more...]
The Blue Mountains (Australia)
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Majestic, serene, and yielding breathtaking panoramic mountainous views, the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia offer up a tantalizing and enchanting escape. [more...]
(image by m0rula) Composed of the three valleys Valdidentro, Valdisotto and Valfurva, Bormio is situated in the National Park of Stelvio. [more...]
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Picturesque villages and rolling hills – that is what the Toelzer Land in Bavaria looks like. [more...]
Welcome to PlanetAbroad’s Blog
Uncategorized - 10 months ago - admin
Hello everybody and welcome to PlanetAbroad’s Blog.
Here we will share our newest recommendations with you, keep you updated on new features on the website and provide you with further interesting travel related news.
We will start off later this week by publishing a post on some fresh mountain air destinations… Stay tuned!
