The Karate Kid 2010

The Karate Kid, known as The Kung Fu Kid in China and Best Kid in Japan and South Korea, is a 2010 martial arts remake of the 1984 film of the same name. Directed by Harald Zwart, produced by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, the remake stars Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith. Principal photography for the film took place in Beijing, China; filming began around July 2009 and ended on October 16, 2009. The Karate Kid was released theatrically in the United States on June 11, 2010 and Singapore a day earlier on June 10, 2010.


The plot concerns a 12-year-old boy from Detroit who moves to China with his mother and incurs the wrath of the neighborhood bully. He makes an unlikely ally in the form of his aging maintenance man, Mr. Han, a kung fu master who teaches him the secrets to self-defense.

 

• Jaden Smith as Dre Parker, the protagonist of the film. An immigrant from Detroit to Beijing, he is bullied by a kung fu expert, and must learn to stand up to him.
• Jackie Chan as Mr. Han, the maintenance man who teaches Dre kung fu.
• Taraji P. Henson as Sherry Parker, Dre's mother
• Zhenwei Wang as Cheng, the bully and film's main antagonist.
• Yu Rongguang as Master Li, a kung fu teacher who instructs his students to be merciless towards their enemies.
• Wen Wen Han as Mei Ying, Dre's crush who quickly befriends him.
• Ming Xu as Bao
• Ji Wang as Mrs. Po, the principal of Dre's new school.
• Yi Zhao as Zhuang
• Tess Liu as History Teacher
• Harry Van Gorkum as Music Instructor
• Luke Carberry as Harry, a boy who also befriends Dre.
• Michelle Yeoh as Woman with the cobra (uncredited cameo)

   

Arches National Park (Moab, UT)

Arches National Park is a U.S. National Park in 

eastern Utah. 

It is known for preserving over 2000 natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations.

Delicate Arch

A 1.5 mile trail (500 foot elevation gain) leads to the base of Delicate Arch, possibly the most famous natural span in the world. The La Sal Mountains are visible through the opening in the arch.

Landscape Arch

The longest natural rock span in the world, this arch's opening is 306 feet wide - 6 feet longer than a football field. A nine story building would easily fit beneath this thin span. In 1991, a massive slab of rock fell from its underside, resulting in an even thinner ribbon of rock.

Climate

Southeast Utah is part of the Colorado Plateau, a "high desert" region that experiences wide temperature fluctuations, sometimes over 40 degrees in a single day. The temperate (and most popular) seasons are spring (April through May) and fall (mid-September through October), when daytime highs average 60 to 80 F and lows average 30 to 50 F.

Summer temperatures often exceed 100 F, making strenuous exercise difficult. Late summer monsoon season brings violent storm cells which often cause flash floods.

Winters are cold, with highs averaging 30 to 50 F, and lows averaging 0 to 20 F. Though large snowfalls are uncommon (except in nearby mountains), even small amounts of snow or ice can make local trails and roads impassable.

Double Arch
Located in the Windows Section of Arches National Park,

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Travel to Rotorua

The Prince of Wales Feathers thermal spring erupting

Rotorua  is a city on the southern shores of the lake of the same name, in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. The city is the seat of theRotorua District, a territorial authority encompassing the city and several other nearby towns.

Rotorua is a major destination for both domestic and international tourists; the tourism industry is by far the largest industry in the district. The city is known for itsgeothermal activity, and features geysers – notably the Pohutu Geyser atWhakarewarewa – and hot mud pools. This thermal activity is sourced to the Rotorua caldera, on which the city lies. Rotorua is home to the largest tertiary institute outside of the university centres, the Waiariki Institute of Technology.

Museum of Rotorua

Rotorua is built over a geothermal hot spot. There are numerous natural vents, hot pools and other geothermal features in and around the city. Many of these are in parks and reserves. Natural eruptions of steam, hot water and mud occasionally occur in new locations. Many places have their own private geothermal bores for heating and water for bathing although private use of naturally occurring geothermal water and steam is controlled. It has recently been refurbished. Wai-O-Tapu is also an entertaining day out.

Geologically, Rotorua is in the middle of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, which is named after Lake Taupo, the largest volcano in the area. There are four major volcanic calderas, which now contain lakes, and several more recognisable volcanoes in the surrounding area. It is this geologically active zone that produces the heat that is needed to drive all the geothermal activity

Champagne Pool

Rotorua Caldera

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Restaurant

 The Restaurant

Tauranga harbour and Mt Maunganui

luxury lodges rotorua