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Cambodia Adventure Travel

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Rom asked:

decided on taking this Cambodia adventure travel it is time to make yet another decision: do you mind travelling with other tourists or not? If you don’t mind, your best bet is to try a travel agency who will assist you with your booking of the flights and hotels.

 

The travel agency will also be helpful with choosing the best tourist locations that will be sure to reveal as much of the Cambodian culture as well as Cambodian country sightseeing.

If you are a real adventurous type and you don’t like being in the company of other tourists than you have the option of just getting yourself over there and find it out all yourself once you’re there. Cambodia is a fantastic beautiful country and the people are ever so nice. The country is filled with thousand and one things to see and to do. You can get a general idea of its beauty by going to any travel website and enter the keyword " Cambodia".

Most people will immediately think of Angkor Wat, when thinking of Cambodia, and rightfully so. The Khmer people who established the mighty civilizations on the bank of the Mekong River reached the pinnacle of their cultural and religious activity during the period of Angkor Wat in the second half of the twelfth century. The best period for a visit is December through to February. The humidity is at its lowest then and there is not much rain. Temperatures range in the 22 to 25 degrees centigrade. From February on the temperatures are on the rise and can go to 40 degrees in April! The rainy season starts in May and goes on till October. Mind you it will not rain all day long but in heavy bursts.

A day pass to Angkor costs 20 dollars, a three day pass 60 dollars. Since the complex is vast ( the complex is more than 154 square miles en counts dozens of temples) you are well advised to plan your trip carefully: the best times to visit the temples are sunrise and sunset. Even in the rain the temple complex is magnificent and enchanting.

Despite all this beauty we should not forget that the country knew decennia of war and terror by the Khmer Rouges of Pol Pot and only in the early eighties things stabilized. Whenever you have the chance to meet Cambodian people one always wonders what they did during the Khmer Rouge regime: were they victims or aggressors? In most cases the answer stays in the mist… maybe better that way.

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Indiana Jones is Back to Save Us

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Charles Harper asked:

First, Rocky came back from the dead, from poverty, from old age to remind us of what really matters in life. We didn’t bother engaging each other about the implausibility of a fifty year old getting in the ring with a twenty something. We didn’t want to. We wanted to believe in Rocky because he (even though is just a fictional character) represents more to us. He is inspiration; he is our comeback kid. He is hard work, determination and most of all humility. When we go to see him in the movie, we are not interested in reality; and I dare say we are not all that interested in being entertained. Additionally, it is probably true that we are not all that interested in ‘feeling good’. We want to be inspired. We need to be inspired.

It stands to reason that not too long after that Rambo came back to let us know that the world belongs to the American with the tough exterior but heart of gold: velvet and steel. We dismiss the rampant violence in the movie; because again, we want inspiration. We are able to leave the news about mortgage crises, jobs going overseas and rising racial tension. We are able to see a good guy win. Even if he is misunderstood, as all of us think we are at some level. Rambo is everyman. He is, unlike us at many points, clear on his mission. He walks with the certainty that we need to walk during difficult times.

Finally, have you noticed that Indiana Jones is coming back too? He rescued us from the wrath of God, from evil men who threatened the divine balance and even from poverty in India.

He reminds of the lines between good and evil. We never really leave his side and we are with him in spirit in his adventures and we want him to win. We expect him to win. He has come back just in time. Heck, if we can’t have Jack Bauer for a whole calendar year; who to save us but Indiana Jones. Indiana Jones is back, and he is welcome.

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Indiana Jones

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Reynaldo Gonzales asked:

Movie posters can make for great wall art. Movie posters of box office hits are particularly popular collectors’ items. Movie poster collectors often view rare poster prints online and print them using online poster printing services. Whether a film’s poster features unique graphic design, haunting imagery, brilliant photography and a catching tagline, film posters play a significant role in bringing a film to box office heights. Whether the films follow through from the posters is another consideration but posters do their job of gathering the moviegoer market.

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One poster print considered to be one of the most memorable is that of 1984′s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Some critics of the film have suggested that this is one of those examples of posters that did not follow through with the film. Following the successful launch of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, fans were anticipating and had high expectations for part two. It features the dashingly adventurous professor and archeologist Indiana Jones helping an Indian village retrieve their missing children through the powers of a mystical stone found inside the temple of doom. Indy agrees to retrieve the stone and meets perilous adventures in the form of a secret cult and dark voodoo doctor performing murderous rituals inside the temple. Indiana Jones, ever the hero, saves the day by retrieving the stone, putting an end to the secret cult and retrieving the children.

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The film’s poster can be considered as the poster that sets the bar for all treasure hunt adventure film posters of all time. Designed in the classic style of 80′s graphics, the poster features Indiana Jones at the doorway to the Temple of Doom, about to enter its dark, deathly depths. The imagery created successfully conveys the excitement, danger and adventure of the film, a characteristic that launched the film franchise’s all the way to box office glory.

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