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  • SKIING IN HIMALAYAS  By : Rubby
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    Rishikesh To Auli (Best time is February)
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    High up in the Garhwal Himalayas, Auli is covered under a blanket of snow from December to February. The slopes are fabulous for skiing and it has been developed as a state-of-the –art ski resort, complete with ski lifts and cable cars. GMVN and the Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering have 7to 14-day ski courses between December and March. But even if skiing holds no attraction for you, Auli is stil
  • TRAVEL AND PHOTOGRAPHY  By : Rubby
    No pleasure trip is complete without clicking photographs. After all, they help you record your best moments and let you spend time looking at good times. When you have decided on your itinerary and made all arrangements to travel, you should keep your camera ready with you. If don’t own one, this is a good excuse to scout the markets for a good camera and purchase one in keeping with your budget and requirements. With the growing popularity of digital cameras, conventional cameras are well in t
  • LAND OF THE SNOWY PEAKS  By : Rubby
    Himachal Pradesh derives its name from the Sanskrit word, Himachal, which when split means him (snow) and achal (unmovable) of “The Mountain State”. About 350-7000m above the sea level and covering over 56,000 sq km of the Western Himalayas, the state’s terrain rises from the foothills of the Shivalik, bordering the plains of Punjab’s, and extends to the trans – Himalayan heights of the Zanskar Range, bordering Ladakh and Tibet.
  • KHAJURAHO –UNIQUE GIFT TO THE WORLD  By : Rubby
    Designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, the temples at Khajuraho are India’s unique gift to the world. These magnificent temples were built between the ninth and tenth centuries by the rulers of the Chandela dynasty, who dominated Central India at that time. These temples depict the rich history, culture, architecture and mysticism of India. Of the 85 original temples, 22 have survived till today to constitute one of the greatest artistic wonders.
  • NUTS (California: Nut-Bowl)  By : Rubby
    Not many are aware of California’s nickname of a nut-bowl, and even fewer have heard of Monterey. Don’t dismiss it as just another seaside beauty-this is where’s the worlds best pistachios come from.

    . Not many are aware of California’s nickname of a nut-bowl, and even fewer have heard of Monterey. Don’t dismiss it as just another seaside beauty-this is where’s the worlds best pistachios come from.

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  • MAURITIUS: ON THE ROAD  By : Rubby
    The sea is never too far away in Mauritius. The moment you step out of the airport, you smell the sea. And as you turn onto the M2, which is Mauritius’ only motorway that runs from the airport in the south to the capital, Port Louis, in the north, the rear view mirror captured the sea in its intense blue colour.
  • NATIONAL TREASURE (INDIA)  By : Rubby
    There are small mercies for which the Calcuttans can be grateful, and one of them is the fact that the National Library of the country is in Calcutta, and not in the capital. Delhi isn’t much pleased by this and keeps the library on a semi starvation diet. But the forces of history are too strong to be ignored: for better or worse, the National Library of independent India has become indissolubly bound with its erstwhile
  • MONSOON DRIVING TIPS  By : Rubby
    • Remove all sun-film. Nothing messes up visibility during the monsoon up visibility during the monsoon, when you need it most, than this.
    • Try to travel in pairs, at least, and between all vehicles, have at least one GSM and one CDMA phone.
  • WANA GO FOR A HOLIDAY AT CYPRUS?-Tour guide  By : Rohit chandel
    If you have chosen Cyprus as your holiday destination then it really wouldn't be the same if you didn't include a villa rental. The service provided is of outstanding quality and around the clock and you have a variety of options available by the beach in both rental villas and rental apartments.
  • Famous cars  By : Rajneesh
    Mercedes
    The German luxury car, which has been made since 1901, took its name from Mercedes, the daughter of Daimler car company director Emil Jellinek.
  • Christian festivals  By : Rajneesh
    Epiphany (also known as Twelfth Night)
    6 January (18 January in Russia; 1 February in Ethiopia). The Epiphany (Epiphaneia: Greek for manifestation) celebrates three events that are all thought to have happened on this day: Jesus’s appearance as a newborn to the Magi (three wise men); Jesus’s baptism, when God acknowledged his son; Jesus’s first public miracle, when he turned water to wine in Galilee.
  • Money facts  By : Rajneesh
    The first coins
    Coins made from gold and silver were used in Lydia, an ancient Middle Eastern kingdom, in about 687-652 BC. The coins were known as staters.

    Largest coins
    Swedish 10-daler copper coins (made in 1644) weighed 19.71km.
  • Concorde fact file  By : Rajneesh
    Concorde, the only passenger aircraft ever to fly faster than the speed of sound, was first named in a speech by general de Gaulle on 13 January 1963. The Anglo-French project began the following year.
  • Famous bridges  By : Rajneesh
    Pont d’Avignon, France
    This bridge was built in the 12th century. It was made famous by the song “Sur le Pont d’Avignon” (On Avignon Bridge).

    Bridge of Sighs, Venice, Italy
    The Bridge of Sighs was designed in 1560. It connects the Doge’s Palace with the city jail, and prisoners who had been sentenced to death had to cross the bridge to reach the jail. Its name is said to come from their sighs of despair.
  • The Empire State Building  By : Rajneesh
    New York’s tallest building is the Empire Sate Building, which stands on Fifth Avenue, New York, between 33rd Street and 34th Street. It was built on the site of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and took 410 days at a rate of 4 ½ floors a week to complete. The building was opened on 1 May 1931 by remote control, when President Herbert Hoover pressed a button in Washington DC.
    The Empire State Building towers 381m above ground-and measures 443.2m to the top of the TV tower.
  • MYSTERIOUS PLACES  By : Rajneesh
    In AD 600 Teotihuacán in Mexico was the sixth largest city in the world and about 200,000 people lived there. Just 150 years later, Teotihuacán was almost deserted, and plants had begun to grow over the city’s huge pyramids. Nobody knows why Teotihuacán was abandoned, but a huge fire may have devastated it in AD 650.

    The Nazca Lines
    The Nazca Lines are enormous drawings on the ground (called geoglyphs) that stretch across the Nazca Desert in southern Peru.
  • Go Fishing Maui for Complete Leisure  By : Amarion Rigoberto
    Fishing Maui is one of the biggest pass time and leisure activities. Using a bait, you can drift down anywhere between 50-200 feet down, in order to catch few tinier reef fishes.
  • Lightload Towels Are Perfect For Adventure Travel  By : Sallie Stone
    This article is about how Lightload Towels are perfect for Adventure Travel.
  • 5 Tips To Follow For Traveling Light  By : Sallie Stone
    This article is about 5 Tips To Follow For Traveling Light.
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