Archive for the ‘News’

  • Prepare To Unwind Through A Travel Of Its Kind
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    Prepare To Unwind Through A Travel Of Its Kind
    In one of his famous bestsellers, Paulo Coelho mentioned a man, a faithful Muslim man who dreamt of going to Mecca one day. When the alchemist asked him the reason why he is not going, he wisely said, “Because it is the thought of Mecca that keeps me alive. That’s what helps me face these days that are all the same…I am afraid that if my dream is realized, I will have no reason to keep living.” If you are still reading on, then definitely you are one of the two categories mentioned above. You have dreamt of trotting around the globe but are still thinking on 5Ws and 1H (What, Where, Who, Why, When & How). Some people are fortunate enough to have realised their goals while others are still contemplating.  If you belong to the latter, then just read on, get inspired, pack your bags and LEAVE. If you are a true travel  [...]
    Posted at August 15th, 2009 at 11:08 am
  • DNA of a Lean, Mean Traveler…
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    DNA of a Lean, Mean Traveler…
    Have you ever imagined yourself to be just traveling… far far off… On a DIET BUDGET!!!! At this point, you have to stay at least once, (if not all the time) in a hostel dorm. Dorms are great for giving you the opportunity to make friends while taking away from you the sleep that u desperately are in need of. And to top it all, the squeaky bunk or the cheap plastic mattress or a heavily snoring roommate, can really take out any fun that was left to be enjoyed… A wise man once said, ‘when u have to sleep, you have to sleep and cannot do anything else.’ And so let us give you some tips so that u can endure all this and still, are able to catch up on your most revered SLEEP. Ready yourself for anything : Before embarking on any such tour, you should mentally prepare yourself well in advance. If you are doing it for the  [...]
    Posted at August 14th, 2009 at 09:08 pm
  • Spontaneous Writings
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    Spontaneous Writings
    You are on a travel and guess you come across a wonderful picturesque land and you don’t have a camera to capture it, what do you do in such a situation? If you are a creative writer and don’t want to miss out on this wonderful picture you simply pull out your pen and paper and start scribbling. Scribbling in terms not merely scribbling but write notes on what you just saw. For creative writers, any place is the best suited may it be the last deck of the bus or a bench near the sea shore. You can select the place as per your preference. The best advantage of spontaneous writing is that you don’t miss out on any details, if the matter is delayed then you might miss out on some points but when it is live that you are jotting down all the points its highly impossible for you to miss out on any thing that is important. Travel blogs  [...]
    Posted at August 13th, 2009 at 08:08 pm
  • Words To Be Avoided In Your Travel Blog Writing
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    Words To Be Avoided In Your Travel Blog Writing
    To write your travel experiences is not an easy task, you have to get right amount of words and creativity to indulge your readers in to reading your travel blog. In our day to day life, we come across so many things that we read let say newspapers or magazines, one thing that catches our attention is the use of words written in a creative way that gets us engrossed in the books but sometimes, it so happens that you nearly get annoyed with the writer as to what exactly he is trying to say for some, the sentence might be confusing and for some the style and yet for some it’s the words or phrases that they don’t like. When you are all set to write make sure that you don’t use the words which makes your sentence incomplete, don’t let your readers keep guessing as to what you were trying to say. It is a little annoying when you  [...]
    Posted at August 13th, 2009 at 08:08 am
  • Information On Tsunami
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    Information On Tsunami
    Over and again, world has been facing varied natural disasters in which millions of people have died up to now and losses amounting to billions of dollars, but what we can do about natural disasters when they hit us, the least we could do is to predict them and take steps to avoid the loss of life and property. I never knew of the word called Tsunami unless for the event which took place on 2004 Indian ocean earthquake, it was under the sea earthquake which occurred at 00:58:53 UTC, December 26. The under water earthquakes are called Tsunami, it happened at the epic centre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. I still remember the days of December 2004 in which nearly 230,000 people died in over 11 countries, the major cause of the quake as the research says was due to subduction, which triggered a series of tsunamis, which were  [...]
    Posted at August 12th, 2009 at 09:08 pm
  • Swine Flu Plays Spoilsport For Tourism
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    Swine Flu Plays Spoilsport For Tourism
    There are people all around the globe who are who are following the news of swine flu. Health officials have repeatedly stated that people cannot contract swine flu from eating pork or pork products. However, this does not imply that eating meat is safe.  After bird flu and recession, it is swine flu that is threatening to hamper this year’s tourism in a big way. There is a million dollar blow to the tourism industry.   Even as the tourism industry which was trying to come out of recession, swine flu has broken the back bone of this sector. There are many airlines that are feeling the pinch by having considerable low bookings and a high number of cancellations. Hotel operators are also seeing travelers postpone their plans. There is great fear among tourist who have planned their travel itineraries particularly to places like  [...]
    Posted at May 16th, 2009 at 07:05 am
  • Making The Most Of Having An Enjoyable ‘Earth Day’
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    Making The Most Of Having An Enjoyable ‘Earth Day’
    Earth Day is rated in my top 10 list of enjoyable days I spend with other community members in my area as we learn in an interesting way of many different things we can do to help our environment. There are numerous different neighborhoods, communities, and cities that spend a large amount of time in planning some fun and exciting activities where individuals and families alike can take part in and have a fabulous time learning how you can also do your part in helping the community that you live in. You can still take advantage of this day even though the area you live in does not provide activities and events to take part in. You and your entire family can take advantage of some beneficial time spent together as you perform a variety of worthwhile tasks that can help a great deal to clean up the earth and make it a more enjoyable  [...]
    Posted at April 26th, 2009 at 09:04 pm
  • Easter Does Not Have To Be Over When The Holiday Passes
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    Easter Does Not Have To Be Over When The Holiday Passes
    Just because the Easter is another holiday that has come and gone, it does not mean that you have to cease all of the enjoyment that this wonderful day brings to us each year. One of my favorite things to do every single year is to drag out this particular day as long as I possibly can, and I usually take advantage of it and make it last as long as a week and sometimes even longer. The reason that I do this is it is unbelievable in how much hard earned money that can be saved simply by visiting a few stores in your local area. There is a large number of name brand stores that will generally have clearance sales that are marked down to prices that give you as much as a 50% savings off of the left over gorgeous array of decorated Easter baskets and several other items and trinkets that were to be sold f or this special holiday. You  [...]
    Posted at April 24th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
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