Comet McNaught above Korcula

Comet McNaught above Korcula

Local group of amateur astronomers from Korcula took these photos of Comet McNaught, which passed couple days ago above Island of Korcula.

The comet was located on 15 degrees north of Venus.

As they informed local newspapers, it is not really known which kind of comet is this.

The only info local astronomers could provide is that Comet appeared at the sky above our planet sometimes in August last year and due to its parabolic route, it will never come back near our Planet again.

Read more about Comet McNaught here

Hotel Marco Polo The most luxurious hotel in Korcula

Hotel Marco PoloThe work begins at the second phase of reconstruction and refurbishment of Hotel Marco Polo in Korcula, in which the local hotel company ?Hotelsko Turisticko Poduzece Korcula? will invest 23 million Kuna.

After last year?s reconstruction in which Marco Polo?s rooms were improved, the hotel?s kitchen and restaurant will get a facelift on this occasion.

A brand new outdoor and indoor swimming pool will be also constructed as well as fitness and wellness club.

After the renovation, of which the completion is expected in mid May 2007, Hotel Marco Polo will get its 4 star tag and become the most luxurious hotel on the Island of Korcula.

Booking Hotel Marco Polo

Floating Hotel for Korcula Harbour

Talking about statistical possibilities of Cruise Jam in Korcula next summer, it came to my mind something interesting and cute I found earlier, for possible use in our waters  The Floating Hotel!

Floating Hotel

This is a brand new thing coming all the way from Copenhagen. Next summer, visitors to capital of Denmark will have a new way to book accommodations with prime views of Copenhagen’s harbour.

The CPH Living Hotel is the country’s first floating hotel. The 12-room structurec( click for extra large photo), which looks something like a high-tech houseboat, features rooms with private terraces, great views and interiors designed by up and coming local artists.
The restaurant that is floating next door will provide room service to guestrooms…

I think this innovative way of accommodation would be perfect for our small harbour.

If nothing else, at least this could mess up our harbour even more and be some kind of competition to overwhelming cruisers.

Cruiser Jam

If cruising statistics of Croatia will continue with its present trend (24% more cruising holidays along Adriatic Coast in the first 11 months of 2006 / 93% of them in Korcula and Dubrovnik) we can easily expect total traffic jam in Korcula harbour next summer.

My only hopes now lay with korcula new harbour authority to make sure cruisers will anchor well away from Korcula harbour.

Related links : Croatia Cruising Figures for 2006
New Korcula Harbour Authority

Korcula Video on YouTube

I was browsing throught the various Korcula video clips at youtube.com, and found recently uploaded one , made entirely of still images.

The source of these still images is not mention, although I can recognize, at least some of the images, as photos that are already published at various websites.

The video is done in the pleasant manner, with soothing music in the background, but I find it way to long (almost 7 minutes).

See it for yourself:

Peljesac Wine Roads

WineLast week, Peljesac got a new wine society called ?Pelje?ki vinski puti?, which translates as Peljesac Wine Roads.

The society?s aim is to improve communication between Peljesac wine producers, as well as offering Peljesac?s visitors a chance to get to know the local wine production.

The head office of the Peljesac Wine Roads society will be in Kuna, small village in interior area of the Peninsula, which is, beside Potomje, Dingac and Trstenik, also well known for its wine production.

The Peljesac Wine Roads Society will be party financed by Dubrovnik-Neretva County.

Wind Power Takes Off at Peljesac

Wind Farm - Wind Park
Truly exciting news is coming from Croatian media!

It seems that the first wind farm in our Dubrovnik-Neretva County will be built at Peljesac Peninsula!

The location will be at the hills above Ponikve (a small village near Ston) between hamlets Boljenovi?i and Dan?anj.

This wind farm will be the third one that is built in Croatia. Other two, already in use, are Sibenik - Wind Farm on Trtar-Krtolin hill (Vjetropark Trtar-Krtolin) and wind farm Ravne I at Island of Pag.

Allegedly, the new Peljesac Wind Farm project (Peljesac Vjetropark) is in the phase of obtaining all necessary paperwork, and building work is expected to start next year.

The wind farm will be built by German-Croatian wind farm planners and wind energy company Enersys and the cost is expected to be about 35 million Euros (loads of zeros!)

Peljesac Wind Farm / Wind Park will be the biggest one yet to be built in Croatia . It will have 17 wind generators with power of 34 MW.

They will produce 100 GWH per year, which is enough energy to cover all energy needs for about 30000 homes ? so the whole area of Dubrovnik- Neretva County can have this enviromentally friendly electricity :-)

Each wind turbine pillar will be 65 meters height . The turbines / rotors / ellipse will have diametar 70 meters .

I checked Enersys website www.enersys.info and found some really nice images of wind farms.

Here is another, arty one:

Wind Park Wind Farm
Read more about Wind Turbines and Wind Farms around the world.

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