Isle Of Skye – A Scottish Heaven
November 27, 2009 / 0 Comments


Isle Of Skye – A Scottish Heaven

The Isle of Skye has been immortalized in the Gaelic poetry and song as Eilean a’ Cheo or the Misty Isle.  Gaelic is the language of this place.  This Scottish isle is worth visiting if sea, mountains, palaces, wildlife and history of a place is what interests you. Each part of the isle has its won charm to attract you for your fist visit here and the appeal that will make you want to come back here again. Location Off the west coast in Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides, is the Isle of Skye, the largest of the Inner Hebrides islands and the second largest Scottish island, after the island of Lewis and Harris. It spreads to about 1,656 square kilometers of land. How to reach The Skye Bridge links Scotland to the Isle. From Mallaig, you can reach Armadale in Skye by a ferry and from Glenelg to Kylerhea. Tarbert on the Harris Island, North  [...] 


“Icon Of Queensland” – The Great Barrier Reef
November 19, 2009 / 0 Comments


“Icon Of Queensland” – The Great Barrier Reef

Lounging on the gigantic expanse off the coast of Queensland in Northeast Australia, The Great Barrier Reef is gifted with awe-inspiring world’s largest natural beauty. Mother Nature has bestowed the Great Barrier Reef with profuse treasure of marine life, comprising of nearly 2,900 individual reefs, coral cays, 900 tropical islands spanning over 2600 kilometers, altogether reclining over an area of about 344,400 square kilometers. This ‘natural wonder is the largest across the globe, even larger than The Great Wall of China, and the only single structure on Planet Earth visible from the space. The Great Barrier Reef is the sole natural wonder formulated out of living organisms, comprising of billions of tiny organisms called as coral polyps. The year 1981 proved to be a golden moment as it was designated in the prestigious “World Heritage  [...]