Amazing Srinagar in Beautiful India
December 28, 2012 / 0 Comments


Amazing Srinagar in Beautiful India

Visit India and go back with a valuable travel kitty for here lies the beautiful city of Srinagar in the beautiful confines of the state of Jammu & Kashmir. Situated in the middle of the lovely valley of Kashmir this is rightly known as the Venice of the East. Srinagar means the city of wealth and abundance in Sanskrit. It was King Pravarasen II who founded the city in the year 150 AD. Located on the banks of the river Jhelum, there are lakes surrounding the entire region. So you have the Nagin, Dal, Anchar and other such lovely water bodies which make up the entire beauty of the region. the lovely sight of the reflection of the sun rays is a beautiful sight to behold. With the fascinating sights of the beautiful houseboats and the vibrant background behind, the city seems to come alive with the natural beauty here. Srinagar is a dream  [...] 


Travel tales from Palmyra
December 21, 2012 / 0 Comments


Travel tales from Palmyra

Palmyra is a lovely city in the beautiful land of Syria. It has been a caravan city with the travellers crossing the Syrian desert. It was earlier called the Bride of the desert. It is said that the city has been existing since ancient times. Then in the past it was called Tadmor, Tudmur or Tadmur. The ancient region was extinct and then after the 16the century it gradually developed again and then got to be known as Tadmor. This is a new settlement of the earlier Tadmor. A beautiful oasis in the middle of the Syrian Desert this lies to the north east of Damascus. It has the best monumental ruins and is today one f the important cultural centres across the world. The Palmyra art and architecture are so famous. The architecture here also has the Graeco Roman techniques which provide more visual delights. There are four cemeteries outside the  [...] 


Wild Pleasures at the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary
December 14, 2012 / 0 Comments


Wild Pleasures at the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary

Visit Wayanad and come back totally enchanted and hypnotized. There is something so cherishable in this beautiful verdant paradise in South India that tours here never seem to end. The Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary thus occupies a memorable place in the heart of every traveller and is a great place to visit on tours to this part often world in India. Popular as the habitat of the Asiatic elephant there is something very enigmatic about Wayanad and the sanctuary only goes to prove it further. Today Wayanad is considered to be the safest haven for tigers. In fact a recent tiger monitoring has said that this could perhaps be the place where you would get the larges tiger population in the southern part of India. This monitoring conducted by the forest department goes a long way to making Wayanad an accepted tiger paradise here. Karnataka’s  [...] 


Nohkalikai Falls
December 7, 2012 / 0 Comments


Nohkalikai Falls

Nohkalikai Falls is the tallest waterfall in India and is at a height of around 1100 feet. This is a fall that is located near the wettest place in the planet, Cherrapunji. This is also the fourth largest waterfall in the entire world and has the rainwater feeding it. In the months of December and Februray it decreases in the water level. There is a plunge pool with lovely coloured green waters in the falls below. Translated as the Jump of Ka Likai in the Khasi language the Nohkalikai Falls has a lovely legend behind it. It is said that the local women Likai jumped off the cliff and fell I the falls. Legend has it that there was a woman who was called Ka Likai and she remarried. The new husband got jealous of her devotion to her daughter. He plans to kill the daughter when Ka Likai went out. He kills the daughter eventually and cooked her  [...]