A Visit to one of the seven wonders

China is well known for its great population and the Great wall. Without visiting the Great wall, any trip to china remains incomplete. It is one of the seven wonders of the world and very significant for all Chinese. It is so outsized that it can be seen by anyone, standing from the moon also. The Great Wall of China is made up of three main sections called Ba Da Ling, Mu Tian Yu, and Simatai. To reach the last one, we need just three hours journey from the capital city of China. The Great Wall is surrounded by lash green grasses at the top of the mountains. There are totally 36 watchtowers in the Simatai section. Twenty of them are in the eastern section and other 16 are the western section. Jinshanling section is one of the most beautiful parts of the Wall, where we started our journey.

In Simatai, cable cars are available to reach at the top of the mountain. It is faster and amazing to travel. As we are closer to the Great Wall, we feel the gigantic structure that was made by the ancient Chinese to protect Beijing. The cable cars are very tiny in size and just a single person comfortable travels in it. From the cable car terminal the Wall is just a couple of kilometers way.

People used to travel this distance on foot. This is a real pleasure for the nature love travelers. The history and nature welcome you in China. Standing on the Great Wall, one can feel the war between the China and Mongolians. You become a soldier for a moment. The gapes between the watchtowers were filled by a huge number of soldiers, during the war. The Great wall is so wide in breath, that seven horses can easily passes in a row.

 

The mountains are more than 100m higher than the sea level. The vegetation, on the top of the hills is full of unknown plants and flowers. The Ba Da Ling section is most nearest to the Beijing city. So a large number of visitors from different part of the globe visit this place everyday. Standing on the great wall, just watching the sunset is a treasure experience in the life time.  Singapore Airlines and Thai Airway arrange regular flight to Beijing from different part of the world. The hotels and apartments are available at an easy reachable price in china. 

 

Rameswaram - a holy place in south India

Rameswaram is a most ancient holy place in south India. It is a place for both Saivates and Vaishnavates located in the state of Tamil Naru possessing a distance of 160 kms from Madurai.

The hereditary habit of worshipping the god in three forms namely “Moorthy, Sthalam and theertham’ in India has been worshiped in common figure incase of Rameswaram. Rameswaram is considered as one of the twelve Jyothir Lingams in India.

 

The Rameswaram shrine shines like a place where the great Bharath from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and Bengal to Bombay and beyond that coverage on this place to foster the national integration and unity.

The Jyothir Lingams in Rameswaram temples setup by the side of Sri Visalakshi Ambigai Sannithi was established by Vubeeshna.

Rameswaram is an island. It has been divided by narrow sea from the main land. The rail bridge built upon this narrow sea connects Pamban railway station with Mandapam railway Station.

Rameswaram is situated in the North-East of Pamban and Dhanuskodi in South-East of Pamban. The Dhanuskodi Railway line was destructed in the cyclone from Pamban station.

At present one can reach Dhanuskodi on foot along the sea shore or by Buses and Jeeps or by Boats. The Rameswaram Island is found in the shape of the shell one of the two instruments in the hands of Sri Vishnu who took the avatar of Sri Rama.

As a whole Island is consider to be holy plugging as well as the oil extraction is chekku are strictly prohibited since the resembling the appearance of a hallow and Siva lingam respectively.

Rameswaram is as old as the Ramayana. Its importance as a place of pilgrimage in equaled by only that of Kashi (Varanasi). The architecture of the Rameswaram temple stands out as a typical Dravidan in style. The temple nearer to the sea on the coast of Island is renounced for its magnificent three corridors with massive sculptured pillars lining them. The temple is 865 feet long and 657 feet width. The ceiling is supported by stone beams of 49 feet long. The sanctum is built of polished granite stones. One of the wonders of the world is third corridors of the temple in all measuring about 4000 feet length.

 

Rameswaram contains many theerthams each one is associated with some God or Saint.

 

For Tourist Information Please do visit the official website of the Tamil Naru truism board. 

 

 

ONE DESTINATION FORM “MAHARASHTRA UNLIMITED”

Today, we introduce you with another dream destination in India. Nasik is a place of enjoyment for all the fruit-lovers and other food buffs around the world. When our train has reached just a few kilometers away from the station, we see a lot of grape-garden along the side of the train –lines and it looks like a heaven. The fruit’s gardens are full of various fruit-trees like apples and some best variety of pomegranates.

The river, Godavari divides the city in to two parts and some small hill-caves surrounded the city also.

According to archeological survey, it was found that these caves were built in first or second century in the year of our Lord. These were actual Buddhist’s pagodas and there were more then 24 such caves were found by the archeologists. Not starting from No.1 we just enter into the No. 10 cave. The caves are full of various ancient idols and the walls are decorated by Ditty of Indian Kings. The darkness of other caves makes them more mystifying. The cave no. 17 is known as ‘Demetrious cave’ according to an Indo-Greek Goddess.

It is so clean and beautifully decorated that it seems to be a holy place. The cave no. 18 is a fantastic example of the best antique collection of prehistoric art and crafts. This is known as ‘the dream of stone’ and it was build more than two thousand years ago. We have completed journey to 24 different caves which are full of different interesting unseen beauties.

Some children parks are available near the hills in the Nasik City. It is not too far away from the city of Mumbai. We have to come cross a good numbers of men-made tunnels to reach to Nasik. Ratnaghari, a beautiful hill- station near Nasik is very well furnished for the travelers. In our way to Goa we stopped at that station and it was a full-moon night. It is a famous place in India for fruits storage and sea-foods and fruits like coconuts, bananas, pineapples and a special variety of juicy mangos are available in abandons. We bought some fresh fruit Juice from the station- vendors and they suggested that it was good for appetite. There is a huge demand for these fruits in Mumbai and Nasik and it is one of the giant suppliers of fruit along with Himachal Pradesh all over India.

Next day at very early morning just taking our breakfast tea we started for Theba-palace, a place where an Indian king named ‘Theba’ had lived with his beloved Queen since 1911 A.D. This couple lived a lonely life in that palace consist of only four rooms after losing their dynasty to the British. It is a very tiny palace but it is superbly decorated with beautiful flower-gardens. The palace is now a museum of antique furniture, utensils and other articles. We feel the grief and sorrows of the royal couple that they suffer in the last few years of their life.

 

“So leave those hectic schedules, rush hour traffic and stressful deadlines behind and come to a land that takes you miles away from the maddening rush. Slow down; take a break, experience heaven.” - Source www.maharashtratourism.gov.in

 

THE ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLAND- a beautiful Island in the Bay of Bangle

It is a beautiful Island in the Bay of Bangle. Environment lover, marine enthusiast will surely love this exotic Island of India. The lovely beaches, coconut gardens and its other natural beauty are ready to provide full satisfaction of a naval tour.  Those who have a romantic sensitivity to feel the romance of the lonely planet are appropriate to visit the unique piece of work by God in the sea. The lush green forests and the sandy beaches are full of diverse types of flora and fauna.  Historically, this place is out of the world and a lonely planate for so called civilized people. The British enlightened this Island and show the world its unlimited beauty. In 1858, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands were colonized by the British. There were just only 9,000 people in the Islands in 1941.

 

Most of them are the son of the soil and they lived on fishing and hunting. During the World War II, the Japans choose these Islands for annexation. Understanding its valuable resources, after independence the India government administrates   decided to join the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the main land. The Port Blair is the only airport in the Andaman and Nicobar and it is connected to Kolkata and other North- Eastern airports. You can also choose the fishermen’s boats for novel traveling. It is long but more adventures than regular flight travels.  The local people are till like the apes and the fishing and hunting are their main occupation. The interesting places of interest are not too far from the Port Blair airport and connected by boat also. The sea-shores are always in realistic mood and the village life is enjoyable.

 

The Neil Island and Long Island are two exotic places very near to Port Blair. An Eco- friendly environment for Eco-tourism is available here.  Rangat is 170 km from Port Blair and just 90 km away by sea. It is another Treasure Island created by the Mother Nature. Panchavati waterfall is a real pleasure for your eyes and it is better than any flash aquatic park. Guesthouses and resorts are available in almost every places of interest in the Islands. One can book a Guesthouse and within one week the most memorable journey will be over. The oil palms plantation in Little Andaman Island is a place for the Onge tribal community. The place is restricted for the travelers. You can enjoy the delicious tastes of seafood and local vegetable.

  The tribal recipes are hot and spicy for outsiders. The places like   Ross and Smith, Diglipur, Mayabunder and Ram Nagar beach are some other interesting places of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

 

Tips to design a travel websites

A Travel Website provides complete guide and travel services to the visitors on different locations. Some are very specific on a particular part of the world and they don’t collect everything on the same table. It is better to have some traveling agents and guide for a Traveling website. There should be some contact number to get specific information for a tour. A traveling writer is very important to develop the content of the site, so that the promoting places are finely highlighted by his writing. To present the pictures and beauties of the landscape, a travel website should employ a professional photographer. By the romance of his photography, his aim should be to increase the hunger for beauty in the mind of travel lovers. They can publish the pictures of seas beach with sparkling sands, blushing sunsets and even the small flowers and butterfly also. It is impotent to facilitate the visitor, how they could get the online air ticket booking or reservation across the globe. There should be a good number of links of major airlines. Hotels are a must requirement for any kind of tourists. So the list of all available hotels in every specific location must be included in a travel websites. A tool to compare the facility and price of different Hotels is essential to get tourists with different income levels. Some tourist posses a minimum financial plan for their holyday tour, but they are interested more. For them, a financial assistance is necessary. Holiday tour lone agents must be included in a travel website. Tourists from high income group are not doughty about long tour. For them Holiday insurance is essential and a travel website is requested to include Travel Insurance agents in their pages. Travel Maps, Tourist Maps, or Tourism maps all are powerless to attract all kind of tourist because they have less interest in them. Check out, all this tips before creating another travel website.

 

Vietnam- Asian tour remains incomplete without it

Vietnam is one of the most excellent holiday spots for all travel lovers around the world. The South China Sea coastline is a paradise for beach traveling. The country has developed a lot by using tourism. The Vietnam War was responsible to rebuild the nation.

Vietnam is a habitat of a large number of verities of species. So, the UNESCO recognized the country one of the best natural heritage in the world. Any Asian tour remains incomplete without traveling Vietnam.

Vietnam is a part of Indo China Peninsula and the main land is at 0-200 m altitude from the sea level. The timeless beauties of natural are in abandon in Vietnam. Hanoi is the capital city of Vietnam. From Hanoi, you can start for the Halong City. In this trip, you must need a guide to understand the local language. This is a one-day long drive. But, in the road you get a lot of fresh seafood which are really very delicious. In Vietnam, The cities are full of heavy traffic. To beat the traffic, you should have to pass through the main city in the morning. The urban population mainly uses motorcycles as one of the cheapest transport vehicles. Rented Bikes are also available for city to city travel. In most of the small towns a lot of people walk in the street without any proper direction. This also causes high traffic gathering. So in small towns the speed of the vehicles becomes 20-30 km per hour.

The Vietnamese believe in the existence of the Dragon. The Dragon is a mythological creature that inhales air and gives way fire from its mouth. Most of the shops and Hotels are decorated by lovely painting of the dragon. They also think that these Dragon are helpful to keep away their enemies. The word Halong comes from two Vietnamese word ‘Ha’ and ‘Long’. ‘Ha’ means land and the second one, ‘Long’ means Dragon. Rice is the main food of Vietnam. The fertile valley of the river, Red is famous for high quality paddy production. The lush immature paddy fields are real charm for the eyes. Some people use their land for producing local vegetable and varieties kind of fruits. They bring them in the local markets for sale. The village people ware a special kind of bamboo made hats that protect them from sun and rain. We find a restaurant where some dogs are kept in a cage. The guide informs us that Dog meats are available in that restaurant. The Vietnamese are affectionate of dog meats, rice wine and snake meats. They also use the snake meat to make a special kind of wine and there is a huge demand of that snake wine in this part of the world. One liter of snake wine costs a round 20 – 25 USD. Every year, a lot of snakes are killed in Vietnam for producing snake wine. After killing a snake, its blood is squeezed out form it. This fresh snake blood is also traded in high price. The Vietnamese people love to drink snake blood for good sexual health. They are ready to pay a big amount to eat the raw snake gall bladder. Boating is very common in the seashore of the Vietnam towns. You can easily get the pleasure of luxuries paid boating during the sunrise and sunset. Some magnificent combination of blue water and sky is unforgettable for any tourist.

The Vietnamese are very friendly with the tourist. In the villages their life-style is very simple and exotic. They take the tourist as their own gusts. To visit Vietnam, from any part of the world, it is better to reach to Bangkok first. From Bangkok, it is easy to fly to Hanoi by the Thai Airways. So, please do visit Vietnam for a pleasant, great experience.