Tsymbaly Traditional Slavic Folk Music in Pirogovo Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine Valentyna Pliushch 2019-09-13 | Tsymbaly is one of the oldest East Slavic multi-string instrument that belongs to the zither family and creats a beautiful melodic sound, specially if played in nature.
24 hours in... Venice Valentyna Pliushch 2020-01-05 | How much can you expect to see in Venice in 24 hours?! Even if not as much as you would like to, but definitely worth seeing! Here what you definitely will manage to visit in 24 hours without any rush and with great pleasure:Piazza, Basilica & Camapanile San Marco Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo Rialto Bridge Grand Canal Rio del Palazzo, Rio del Ferai Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute Ponte dell’Accasemia Ciesa si San Simeon PiccoloSanta Lucia Railway StationTo get to know more about this day in Venice, check out this post on #LocalGuidesConnect : localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Colorful-Venice-Pre-Italian-Dolce-Vita-Meet-up-recap/td-p/2123675
Appolonia beach in Herzliya, Israel Valentyna Pliushch 2020-01-05 | Very picturesque spot for beach walk, hiking and even paragliding.
Italian Dolce Vita 4 Meet-ups in Treviso Valentyna Pliushch 2019-12-24 | A 2 days - 4 meetups event organized in Treviso on November 23rd and 24th by @ErmesT!To find out more: localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Heavy-rain-and-a-lot-of-fun-When-the-Local-Guides-meet/td-p/2111545
Rosh HaNikra Reserve in Israel Valentyna Pliushch 2019-12-21 | At Israel's northwestern border with Lebanon , where the sea meets the cliffs, you will find this incredibly beautiful & conveniently ACCESSIBLE nature reserve Rosh HaNikra, recommended to visit all year round!
Accessible 360 Kyiv Miniatures Meet-up Valentyna Pliushch 2019-10-22 | Натхненням для цієї зустрічі послугувало одразу декілька подій:Попередня надзвичайно цікава зустріч місцевих експертів Києва декілька місяців тому.Оголошення #TeamChallenge @ermest конкурсу щодо командних постів про свої рідні країни.Командра робота над статтями щодо нашої мальовничої України та яскрава розповідь @GLG_BVF щодо проекту «Шукай» в Києві.Дякуємо всім її учасникам та запрошуємо на наступні тих, хто не зміг до нас приєднатись цього разу!
Druze Pita Bread Making in Tel Aviv Friday Market Valentyna Pliushch 2019-09-13 | Druze Pita Bread is one of the traditional Israeli breads, known for its taste and interesting way of making with the help of pillow before being dropped on the dome shaped oven where it is cooked.
Traditional Ukrainian Dance Valentyna Pliushch 2019-09-04 | Traditional Ukrainian dance is one of Ukraine’s most recognized cultural exports. Known and respected worldwide, audiences are not only entertained with the energetic, often fast paced dance, but by also by elaborate, hand embroidered costume and accompanying folk music.This one is a part of Traditional Dance Youth Festival, performed in Kyiv, Ukraine in 2018.
Accessible 360 Kyiv Meet Up, Ukraine Valentyna Pliushch 2019-08-07 | This meet-up had several great tasks: accessibility, meeting of Kyiv LG and 360 master class walk. Our itinerary included: The Maryinsky Park, Museum of Water, National Dolls theatre, Kyiv New Walking bridge, Volodymyrska Hill, St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery and Korchma Taras Bulba Restaurant. On our way we checked the accessibility options of the places we visited and found out that in most cases there is an access to the museums and sightseeing points on our way, but it is not indicated at all.We took all types of pictures, including spherical, posted them on Google Maps and wrote the reviews, paying special attention to accessibility.
48 Accessible hours in Gdansk, Poland Valentyna Pliushch 2019-06-17 | Taking advantage of coming there for the conference, I was eager to find LG in Gdansk and to explore the city center in terms of accessibility and was delighted with the results that most of attractions, cafes and restaurants in the old city center have accessible options for their visitors. Not all of them, of course, but still, the city looks to be in the process of making it accessible for everybody!
48 hours in Munich, Germany Valentyna Pliushch 2019-06-09 | Munich is a wonderful city for tourist due to its architecture, amount of churches and warm sping public places. And it is very close to the mountain range of the Alps for hikers. But the most fascinating spot not far from Munich is famous all over the world due to Walt Disney, - Neuschwanstein Castle.
Israel Local Guides Tel Aviv Meet Up Valentyna Pliushch 2019-06-02 | We had a wonderful time together, exchanging our life stories, hobbies, LG and Google Maps knowledge that was the very best part of the meeting, which took place in Sarona Market, a newly renovated market complex for boutique stores, artist galleries, quaint cafes o discover local and foreign food, dinks, crafts and other goods in the heart of business quarter of Tel Aviv, surrounded by high buildings and beautiful landscape, whichin 33 original Templar buildings dating back up to more about 150 years (!!!).Instead of going to the restaurant we have visited Sarona Museum, taking advantage of the free tours here every Friday at 11.00, explaining the history of this place since its beginning till nowadays, travelling through time due to Museum Exhibition. It was a one in a lifetime event for each one of us, showing show much we can offer to each other and how much we can learn more!!! Israel Local Guides Team
Wadi Arugot trail in En Gedi Nature Reserve, Israel Valentyna Pliushch 2019-05-25 | Ein Gedi Reserve is a famous oasis in a desert near the Dead Sea, where several springs, Nakhal David and Nakhal Arugot, provide water to support desert vegetation together with abundant wildlife in face of ibexes and rock hyraxe. The Reserve offers many different hiking trails, suitable for everyone from kids to experienced hikers, and lasting from just half an hour to a full day.
Sergeevka kitesurfing spot near Odessa, Ukraine Valentyna Pliushch 2019-05-20 | It is a nice kitesurfing place, specially for beginners from end of May till the end of September.The water is flat and not deep.The winds are about 15-20 knots from around 10 am till 2 p.m.In the evening there is a beauuuuutiful sunset from another side of the lagoon!Higggly recommendes ;)
Sunrise in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Valentyna Pliushch 2019-05-08 | Before my coming to the city of my dream - Rio de Janeiro - as usually I was obsessed with "the view places", starting with the hotels with the view and finishing with the restaurants. But in Rio there are noooo problems about the view... You get up little bit higher near the harbor or any beach and you feel like in heaven! This time in particular, before chosing the "right hotel with the exeptional view" I checked every hotel and every picture from the rooms called "with the view". Then I checked the reviews and the quarter description to make sure it is the best location in terms of safety and facilities, just in case.And... when I arrived to the hotel, it overcame all possible expactations cause the view from my room was like on all the best postcards I have ever seen. So I did a set of picture from the same window in different time of the day and that is for the first time in my life I realised that I need a professional camera ))) The view was fantastic!!! The only one thing that the quarter the hotel belonged to was mention Santa Teresa, center. But indeed my street, was going from the center up to favelas and the hotel actually was almost in the middle of the favelas :)). When I was in the taxi I saw police from two sides of the narrow streets going deep into the quarter and I understood that something is wrong here. In the evenings when I took the taxis back I saw on the Google Maps that the road they took was much longer then Googe proposed and the reason was the same, the favelas surrounding :). In reality, dispite the common reviews about favelas, I you don't do alone nor approach to their homes, you can feel absolutely safe, taking the taxi, car, and even visiting favelas with the local tour guide cause they know the rules of this community.To conclude, my stay in that hotel, surrounded by favelas, was absolutely gorgeous because of the amazing view from my room so that I almost didn't want to go out ))). That view was the best in my whole life for now!
Sunrise over Makhtesh Ramon in Negev desert, Israel Valentyna Pliushch 2019-05-05 | *Even though Makhtesh Ramon means "Ramon crater" in Hebrew, it is not the crater from meteorite, nor from volcanic eruption. It is the world's largest natural "erosion crater" 🌬💦💨.*Hundreds of millions of years ago, the Negev desert was covered by an ocean. Due to tectotic movements the ocean started to move to the north, leaving behind a steep cliff .*In this way, approximately 5 million years ago, the valley started to form with rivers carving the inside of the crater much faster than the surrounding walls because of its softer rock.*The crater gradually washed out, reaching the deepest point of 500 m (1600 ft) below the sea level in Saharonim Spring, that became the crater's only one natural water source.*The best time to visit the Ramon crater is in the early morning, specially before and right after the sunrise. First of all it is soooooooo beautiful to see the sun popping up behind the mountains and the valley. Secondly, later on, after 10.00 it may become extremely hot in the desert. So take it into account and enjoy the great great view!
Iguazu Falls, Brazil-Argentina Valentyna Pliushch 2019-05-04 | Translated from the local Indian language, Iguazu means “Big Water” 💙.Formed 170 million years ago, Iguazu is considered today as one of “The 7 wonders of nature”, consisting out of 275 falls spread 3 km (2 miles) long.In rainy season ☔️ the waters of Iguazu is so powerful & fast that its public area may be closed for tourists ⛔️.In dry season ⛱, the opposite, it may dry out totally so you can hike & clime river channel canyon 👣
Angkor Wat took-took ride in Cambodia Valentyna Pliushch 2019-05-04 | *Wonderful place, full of history, architectural masterpieces & extremely beautiful scenery. A complex of Angkor Wat has two main circles to explore the temples. Normally the guides propose 3 days tickets & 3 main circles, but even if you don’t have enough time for all 3 days, the small circle will be great & fascinating to get an idea about the history & the style of this magic place in general. *Much less people in the morning, & too humid & hot in the afternoon in a dry season. So I highly recommend to dress up wet cloth & take water with you to cool yourself down during your trip. *Of course it’s possible to ride a bicycle there as well as take a took-took for the whole day. Keep in mind that the distance from Seam Reap to Angkor Wat is about 20-30 min drive by took-took & the distance between the temples even within the small circle is quite significant (5-7 min by took-took). If you take the big circle the distance will be doubled. *In any case you will enjoy the view, the temples & the spirit of this magnificent place!
