Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques directs the opening of turnkey projects in the expansion of the Grand Mosque

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques directs the opening of turnkey projects in the expansion of the Grand Mosque

 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the opening of sites ready building expansion and squares Foreign northern and western, southern and eastern project Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for the expansion of the Grand Mosque and the elements associated with it, and it is keen to create an appropriate atmosphere for the pilgrims.

The expansion of the Grand Mosque

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques is keen to create the appropriate atmosphere for pilgrims

As the face of the Custodian of the Two Holy securing the necessary services to provide comfort to the pilgrims and processing cycles of water and Moadi new part of the expansion project, with the provision of walks chilled water inside a building expansion and in the squares of Foreign Affairs and running stairs and elevators to serve the vertical movement between the roles of a building expansion and operation of the air conditioning system, lighting and sound system and control TV and fire fighting systems as well as the operation of the First Ring Road in Makkah and partly on a temporary basis following the completion of an estimated 67 per cent of the work of the implementation of the project.
Included directives of the Saudi monarch to take advantage of sites ready Bmnsop saucer and ground and first floors and the roof of the first phase and the second project to raise the capacity of took shape in addition to the available spaces of the first Saudi expansion and take advantage of up temporary, and provide the elements of lighting and ventilation required for all roles, as well as providing audio systems and CCTV , and fire-fighting, drinking water and run a set of escalators to facilitate movement to and from the dish of the day directly.

For his part, Dr. Hussein Al-Sharif, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Hajj for Hajj Affairs that the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, to take advantage of ready-made sites reflects the interest of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to make every available means and available for the convenience of guests the house of God.

He pointed out that the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques reflected undoubtedly raise the capacity of the campus SHRINE, and take advantage of those pilgrims expansions during the next pilgrimage season, which always helps improving the quality of services provided to pilgrims, from all sectors of government.

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A trip to the jungles of Africa in Uganda

A trip to the jungles of Africa in Uganda

Uganda .... Country is different in shape for his day to night, day and feel like you are in the pastures of Australia and New Zealand, and in the darkness of the night ..
Africa faces many of them beautiful and picturesque, which captivate the hearts and the ones who tell you the ugly face of war and famine .. but this time my trip to Uganda with it obliges me to see the bright side of the country and the owners of the hot sun, dark skin ..
Scenic Lake Victoria
Scenic Lake Victoria on a most famous tourist attractions in Uganda

My time in this country were not great and did not exceed 36 hours for the mission work of the press, I have not tasted the taste of sleep, and barely was able to pick up some souvenir pictures on Lake Victoria (one of the headwaters of the Nile River) and do a free tour in the capital, Kampala to be my impressions about this country .. at first glance turns out to those who walked us through the streets of the capital, Kampala over bliss, who live in other countries such as Egypt, India and China; Valzham congestion there is a crisis daily citizen of Uganda and visitor alike, and suffice it to say that I took about four hours to cover a distance of 12 kilometers caused for the delay in catching a plane back to Cairo.
Women and Traffic
Traffic control responsibility for the fairer sex in Uganda
Traffic control responsibility for the fairer sex in Uganda

This is due to the lack of infrastructure for roads, there are no bridges or tunnels as well as on a tight Street View that do not exceed four meters at best, but the only advantage of this hustle on the opinion of citizens is the lack of traffic accidents and traffic or lack of proportion. Ironically, some of the reasons for this is due to Alozmaalmarwria control of the female element to conduct traffic who can not from the point of view of men deter violators.
Scooters to escape from the hustle Kampala
Scooters to escape from the hustle Kampala

This crisis has created a viable market traffic "for a motorcycle taxi," which has become gathering places because of the constant reveled great flexibility in dealing with the hustle the streets and be conducted twice taxi fare microbuses and mass transit.
Here Uganda

Uganda has an area of ​​243 thousand square kilometers, covering freshwater about fifteen percent of the area, and is considered the most beautiful parts of the territory of East and Central Africa because of the abundance of clothing green savannah horticultural.

The population of this country of about 30 million people, Christians make up the majority of the population by 52%, Muslims 40% and the remaining percentage religions and different faiths, some heavenly and others and bend, and consists of Uganda's population of several tribes of more than twenty tribe belonging to the Negroes Bantu and Nilotics Hamitic and there are some dwarfs in isolation of forest areas and some tribes Syriatel.

This country suffers from inflation, the value of the dollar amounts to the equivalent of 1680 Schilling, a local currency there, bringing the handle thousands and millions normal thing, for example, you change the amount of $ 20, bringing only their equivalent in local currency of 33 thousand and 600 shillings!
Story mosque

There is Uganda's second largest mosque in Africa after King Hassan II Mosque in Morocco, a mosque Libyan Colonel Chaser Muammar Gaddafi, but this mosque story ... it took a trip built around 30 years old; where he first started to create Ugandan President former Idi Amin in the late the seventies of the last century, but stopped construction after the military coup that ousted him and the outbreak of the civil war there between government forces and rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army in the north, led by Joseph Kony, which lasted about twenty years until 2005 .. then he wanted Gaddafi to complete the building of this mosque and named after him , is expected to raise the name of the mosque during the days.
Gaddafi Mosque, Uganda
Africa's second-largest mosques built and took 30 years

Islam reached this country by Arab traders, and the Ugandan people and Muslims in particular their hearts is very thin so Vdjulhm Islam is very easy, but they lack knowledge of religion; where control them, especially in the farm some beliefs tribal For example difficult for them to cross a river or lake for fear of the unknown there in their own words and private islands in the heart of the Lakes.
Country with two faces

The shape of this country during the day with him at night With the daytime you can enjoy the idyllic scenery and the houses scattered on Tlalh lush green, but at night, and because the road is equipped with lighting for night, the visitor will be able to enjoy these scenic, so that I when the pilot announced that Oqltna to Entebbe airport there that we have entered the atmosphere of this city, I looked out the plane window and noticed small pools very luminous.
Ugandans are still afraid to cross the water to the islands for fear of the unknown by their beliefs

Ugandans are still afraid to cross the water to the islands for fear of the unknown by their beliefs

Strangely in this country that the people of Uganda in spite of having the largest source of the Nile have and a number of its tributaries, they do not benefit from it at all, there is no Corniche or parks or clubs, recreational or even the role of the Cinema only Culture Palace ... .So open forests scattered in the West Varahlat to high cost and exceed $ 300 per hour, but a journey well worth the adventure and spend the money when roaming in cars Alofaqas Hodeidah amid the animals in the forest deployed there on the Kenyan border, to be this scenic tropical forests open are the main tourist attractions, which he refers morbid wildlife of all sides.

With the end of my visit, which was destined to have only 24 hours and lasted for up to about 36 hours, how much I wished to stay more time in the arms of these hearts white inside flesh brown, especially when waved to me with their hands, saying, "eBay Moszenju" any Goodbye Man White.

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An exciting experience with the Sheraton Adana, Turkey

An exciting experience with the Sheraton Adana, Turkey

 Company announced "Starwood Hotels & Resorts", today announced the official opening of the Tenth her ​​hotel in Turkey "Sheraton Adana" in cooperation with "Srka Tourism er feed" of the company "Adali Holding." The new hotel enjoys a prime location on the banks of the River Seyhan in the center of the city of Adana, which is the fifth largest city in Turkey and is located in the southern region of the country.

 

Located "Sheraton Adana" just 4.5 kilometers from Adana airport Sakirbac, and the distance of a simple walk to the park Marquis, and near the "Opettmm Outlet", which is a shopping mall in the central city. The hotel consists of 17 floors, featuring 240 rooms, including 18 suites, all provide an excellent experience sleep through the family "Sheraton Sweet Sleeper" which is characterized by brand

Guests can enjoy a variety of cuisines, including eaters specialized local "Kebab Adana", through the dining options ranging from Restaurant "does not Spzaa" open to provide food throughout the day, where serves Almtabkhin global and Turkish, to Seafood Restaurant Excellence "Villa Marie ", which offers seafood accompanied by a view of the river and the city of Adana Seyhan

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$ 185 per night in the jungles of Africa

185 Dollars per night in the jungles of Africa

 For those looking for excitement and suspense forest and who have the courage to deep sleep amid the sound of the population of the woods, this display is ideal where you will be able to spend nights filled with a sense of adventure in one of the finest resorts of South Africa. The cost per night for this luxury cottage only $ 185

 

The name of the resort

Johannesburg getaway retreat



Title resort

Mount Grace Country House Hotel, A Mountain Getaway
Tel: 0145 / 771-350

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The most beautiful beaches in the world

 The most beautiful beaches in the world

Clifton Beach in Cape Town, South Africa.

Pink Sands Beach in Islands Behms.

Beach Larvotto Beach in Monaco

Poipu Beach in the Hawaiian Islands

Beach South Beach in Miami, Florida

Paradise Beach in Greece

Beach Ipanema Beach in Brazil

Beach Surfers Paradise in Australia

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Tips for filming while traveling

Tips for filming while traveling

Considered digital cameras from the elements necessary when you travel, but it is not necessary to buy cameras with high prices to get the best quality, so it can get it at a lower cost, especially if your goal is to portray the sights, as the expensive cameras are used for imaging professional and artists imaging, and require high technical expertise to activate the advantages of advanced. And considerations that must be taken when buying a digital camera for reasons of travel: size, weight, storage capacity, and battery, and the ability to communicate with a computer, and lenses. The cameras can also use some of the mobile phones that use figurative high precision sensors, each up to 12-megapixel camera, and at a reasonable price. And could use some programs cellphones to modify the captured images and make them look great beauty, meeting only a few dollars, and do not need to carry more luggage with you.
* Tips when buying travel

* The internal battery of the important factors in buying a digital camera, as they may run out quickly in modern cameras, due to the ability of the cameras to connect to the Internet, and preview the image on the screen is not small, and communication satellites to record location information within the imagery, especially when recording Offers video audio and video, and high precision. If you are looking for buying cameras are small, they will contain mostly on non-standard batteries and you can not buy extra batteries have easily while traveling. It is advisable in this case to buy extra batteries from one place to buy the camera in your city before you travel, carry adapters especially reach in power sockets, and even tools to change teams voltage between 110 and 220 volts, according to the power of the country's travel and electricity in your city, in order to ensure your ability to arrived Charger electricity from the battery without trouble. In general, it is advisable to buy cameras that operate with batteries of standard AA or AAA size available in most stores and pharmacies, where you can refill them from eating any city, and put it inside the camera runs out of its battery while capturing images in a beautiful place.

And can be connected to different lenses (or use the camera itself to different lenses) digital cameras to get different results. If you want to get the best shots, you should take some factors into consideration when buying additional lenses or camera, such as: What do you want filmed? I want to portray the historical buildings or beautiful, advised using a 28 mm lens, while the 100 mm lens is recommended if you want to landscape photography. But if you target shooting or racing animals from afar, advised 200 millimeter lens.

For the memory you want to capture a lot of photos, make sure that the camera supports external memory cards, especially powered by «SDHC - SDHC» which supports sizes up to 32 GB per card. It is advisable to carry two cards or more while traveling, so as to ensure the registration of the highest possible accuracy of the image without the end of the storage space. And weighs more than a single card only a few grams, and therefore very easy to carry. It is advisable to buy one card with a storage capacity large, rather than the card over a small or medium-sized, so that the total cost will be less in the case of one large card. And are often not equipped with digital cameras cards are free, and are advised to ask the seller for additional cards before buying.

If you send photos to friends and relatives while traveling, especially if you will be using computers Internet cafes, you will have reached a computer, camera, and the device should identify them before you can send photos. It is advisable to make sure that the cameras do not require special definitions (Drivers) when connecting to running, and it will work on any device without the need to use the CDs that contain the definitions, or downloaded from the Internet.

But if you want to carry a big camera does not fit in your pocket, it is advisable to purchase cameras «SLR - Single Lens Reflex SLR» Digital containing greater internal sensors pick up the pictures clearly better, compared to the small cameras. And these cameras can capture images in low light conditions are high quality without the use of flash light, which makes them suitable for recording memories in romantic restaurants and museums that do not allow the use of the flash, or anywhere dim lighting.

* Tips while traveling
* For travel arrangements, do not prevent the majority of airports carry the camera with you in the cabin, but is entitled to airport security request put the camera in a travel bag, especially if the camera is great and there is a lot of glass lenses, which can be broken and used as a blunt instrument. If asked to do so may break the camera or lenses inside the bag during and placed in the designated area to store luggage in the plane, and are advised to purchase a special bag to prevent solid camera instead of cloth or leather bags that will not protect it from shocks. There is no harm in passing the digital cameras in the organs examined bags X-ray «X - Ray», but the metal detectors, which broadcasts a magnetic field could disrupt memory cards and memory modules phones, and are advised to request examination of the camera manually by airport security rather than pass device metal detector near them.

Though the price of your camera up is advised to purchase travel insurance covers compensation in the event of theft or abnormality (either at airports or during use in travel). Even if the camera survived the luggage storage area, could be disrupted by rain, snow and dust that were not protected properly. And should not carry the camera in a pocket or on the neck, so that the process becomes much easier to steal, and is advised to buy protective bag placed around the user's waist is difficult to cut materials used have pulled strongly.

This, and are advised to write the serial number and the cost of the camera and accessories in special paper, for submission to the police station in case they are stolen, where it will save you a lot of time with the insurance companies claim compensation agreed. And also advised no information off your computer and mobile phone, mobile, and any other electronic device, in this list.

It is advisable also save the images from the camera to external storage, such as hard drives powered by «flash» instead of traditional hard drives, so that tablets «flash» more resistant to shocks and liquids. It is advisable to copy images daily to the hard drive, so as to protect the memories in the event of theft of the camera, or upon the occurrence of fluid, which may mean scanning the memory card or abnormality permanently. It is advisable also save additional copies of the images on another device, in anticipation in the event of hard drive crashes, it crashes to the two devices at the same time is a very small probability. It is possible to copy the images to a lot of modern devices carried by an ongoing basis, such as music players (such as «iPod» and different mobile phones. Advised to download the instruction manual and the instructions from the manufacturer of the camera and save it off your computer and mobile reading it, instead of carrying a booklet printed heavy weight .
* Cameras and phones distinctive pictorial

* It is cameras lightweight high performance «December Paurashwt ASD 1300 ISV - Canon PowerShot SD1300 IS» weighing about 139 grams only, but uses a sensor with 12.1 megapixel camera, and Technology «ISV - IS» for the company «Canon» which prevent vibration impact the user's hand during filming, especially in the case of the use of shutter speeds low during capture images without the use of flash light. And allow cameras filming landscapes and buildings are high quality, and priced at about $ 100. The camera can «Nikon Coolpix S 5100 - Nikon Coolpix S5100» bring the picture up to 5-fold, and video presentations accurately portray 720 serial «Progressive», it is in the camera «Canon» mentioned, the effect of which is to prevent the user's hands shake. The camera weighs 132 grams, and a list price of about 150 dollars, but larger than the camera «Canon».

The gathering camera «Olympus FEA - 5020 - Olympus FE - 5020» advantages cameras mentioned above, as they contain a sensor 12 megapixel carefully, inhibit the effect of vibration the user's hands, and you can shoot landscapes and buildings, the quality is high, and weighing 136 grams, and a list price of about $ 100. The remaining camera «Sony Cyber ​​- shot DS C - T X 1 - Sony Cyber ​​- shot DSC - TX1» small that operate accurately 10.2-megapixel camera, and you can zoom images up to 4-fold, and weighing 142 grams, and a list price of about $ 200 billion.

For phones soundtracks, advised by phone «Nokia 8 - Nokia N8» which uses the camera accurately 12-megapixel camera, and can store 16 gigabytes of images in the inside, with the ability to add 32 GB of additional via flash memory cards, and with a built-in flash and the ability to change the dimension focus automatically and modify the properties of the camera, and to identify the aspects of the images, and video imaging offers high accuracy (serial 720). The price of the device about $ 500. And is also advised by phone «iPhone 4 - iPhone 4» who operate his camera 5 megapixel, and can store images on internal memory up to 32 GB (depending on the model), but can not be reached flash memory cards do, and can change the focal length automatically and add location information to the captured images, and with a built-in flash. The price of the device about $ 700.

It phones soundtracks other distinctive «Sony Ericsson Xperia X 10 - Sony Ericsson Xperia X10» which uses a camera accurately 8 megapixel camera and can identify the smiles and faces and change the focal length automatically, and add geographic location to the captured images, and remove the effect of vibration user's hand during filming, imaging at night and adjust lighting intensity. Images can be stored on flash memory cards up to 16 gigabytes, and with a built-in flash. The price of the device about $ 450. And can phone «Samsung Behuld - Samsung Behold» imaging accurately 5 megapixel camera, and photographing images broad panorama with great ease, and bring the image up to 4 times, and change the focal length automatically, adjusting the intensity of the lighting, and photographing several consecutive images quickly, and with a built-in flash. The price of the device about $ 300.

* Software for mobile phones

* You can use some great software on mobile phones to edit the captured images and add effects characteristic that will increase the beauty of these images and moments, directly from your phone without having to use a computer at all. The first program is «Photoshop - Photoshop» which can be downloaded from the site which relates to the location of the service and allows you to edit images, such as changing the viewing angle, and cut unwanted parts, and reverse the image, and color correction (especially skin tones), plus the ability to change what color grades, and make the picture look old, and even converted to black and white image, cut corners and sharp edges in the image to look comfortable and quiet. The user can store the final picture as a background or upload to the site of the service in the Internet and share them with others, either automatically or when you want it. It is possible to interact with the images by touch, which makes adding special effects is very easy, and can be added after removing the effects that you want. This, and the program allows to browse the pictures in the phone, and those in the service site, from one central area.

And despite the fact that digital cameras in mobile phones offer high purity and clarity in the photos, a lot of photography lovers prefer the impact that offer regular movies, such as shadows and dark saturated colors and even some impurities minute after the photo development. There are programs add these influences distinctive to your digital photos, including «Habstamatik - Hipstamatic» on the phone «iPhone» or shop «iTunes»), which allows the addition of a lot of influences, such as the simulation of different lenses and the effect of reflection of the flash light on the objects pictured. You can mix several different effects in the program to get a result distinctive, and can choose the type of flash light and the type of film the default user, while providing the ability to send pictures to friends in networks «Facebook» and «Flickr» or via e-mail directly. For phones «Android», offers a program «FX camera - FxCamera» effects and filters for many mimic Photos Cameras «Polaroid» instant, and lenses «fisheye» the petition, and add an effect over time on the colors of images that become faded somewhat.

We turn now to the program adds a very distinctive visual effects. Have you seen a black and white image, but one element in the images shows bright colors to highlight? This type of image is very beautiful, and you can use these effects very easily through the program «Kalar Bob - Color Pop» phones «Android», which allows you to select the area you want to keep the colors, to remove himself colors from other regions in the image and converts colors those areas to black and white, with the ability to provide the adjustment manually. For phone users «iPhone», offers a program «Kalar Splash - Color Splash» this feature (from the shop «iTunes») and the ability to upload images to the final sites «Facebook» and «Twitter».

But if you love taking pictures panoramic widescreen, you can be considered a tool for your mobile phone when using the program «Ottostic Panorama - AutoStitch Panorama» on the phone «iPhone» (from the shop «iTunes»). The program allows paste several images taken and combined to become one large image, and with great ease. It can also modify the intensity of illumination in the images taken in the event of the passage of the clouds in the period between taking pictures. For users «Android», offers you a program «Banovoto - PanoPhoto» This feature is beautiful.

There are tools to raise the contrast color grading «Dynamic Range» (meaning this property to use the available colors between the highest degree of brightness of the color white and more shades of black darken), so as to get on the property its name variation high to extreme colors «High - Dynamic Range HDR», which offers pictures more realistic than those taken with a regular camera, and can provide pictures look like taken from the inside of dreams. It is possible to use the program «HD-R camera - HDR Camera» on the phone «iPhone» (from the shop «iTunes») to get these wonderful pictures that will appeal to all those who watched, and that by capturing several images characteristics portray different, and then merged into a single image to get the gorgeous scenery. As for the operating system «Android», offers a program «Photo Enhance Pro - Photo Enhance Pro» this feature, while providing the ability to upload the final image to sites «Facebook» and «Twitter», or sent via e-mail. 

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