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Hampi (Kannada) is a village in northern Karnataka state, India. The name is changed from Pampa, which is the puranic name of the Tungabhadra River on whose banks the city is built. Hampi is located within the ruins of Vijayanagara, the former capital of the Vijayanagara Empire. Possibly predating the city of Vijayanagara, this village continues to be an important religious centre, housing the Virupaksha Temple. The village of Hampi contains several other monuments belonging to the old city. It extends into some of the old ceremonial streets of Vijayanagara. As the village is at the original centre of Vijayanagara, it is sometimes confused with this ruined city. Hampi is also called “The City of Ruins”. Most of the ruins are along the road leading from Kamalapura to Hampi. Three kms down the road, on a commanding site, stands the temple of Malyavanta Raghunathaswamy. It is built in the Dravidian style. Strange-looking fishes and marine monsters carved along its outer walls are worth noticing. The Hampi Bazaar, 35 yards wide and nearly 800 yards long was known to be a very beautiful street with very beautiful houses.
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Travel in Japan is very exiting because Japan has good maintenance on its transportation mode. When you are deciding to travel in Japan, you can decide to travel with train and in this section; you can get several tips to get around in Japan by train.

Japan has the best train transportation system in the world. Train schedule in Japan is very punctual. For tourist, you can buy Japan Railways Pass that can save more money. If you do not know how much you should pay for your train travel, go to the ticket machine and buy the cheapest one. Until you arrive on your destination place, go to the fare adjustment machine and pay the difference. Be careful with Woman’s Only Car, it is a railway coach for woman only, especially during the rush hours.

If you want to save your time, you can take the Night Train. Moonlight Nagara is the famous night train in Japan, because it serve route Tokyo to Ogaki. Moonlight Kyushu serves Osaka to Hakata route and Moonlight Echigo for Tokyo to Niigata route. If you won’t take train as your transportation mode, you can take bus. Night bus is another option for cheaper transportation mode. But, never take taxi in Japan if it is not compulsory. Taxi fare in Japan is very expensive.

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Boracay Island is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Philippines. It is located about 315 kilometers (200 miles) south of Manila and 2 km off the northwestern tip of Panay island in the western Visayas region of the Philippines. The island consists of the barangays of Manoc-Manoc, Balabag, and Yapak (3 of 17 barangays from which the town Malay) and is under the administrative control of the Philippine Tourism Authority in coordination with the provincial government of Aklan.

Boracay’s two primary tourism beaches, white beach and Bulabog Beach, are located on opposite sides of the narrow central island area. White Beach faces west and Bulabog Beach faces eastwards. The island also has several other beaches.

White Beach is the main tourist beach. It is a bit more than four kilometers long and is lined with resorts, hotels, lodging houses, restaurants and other tourism-related companies. In the central part, about two kilometers, there is a footpath known as the path on the beach separates the beach from the premises along. North and south of the path on the beach, beach front companies do literally on the beach. Several roads and paths connect the path on the beach with Boracay

You can read more about Boraca Island here.