Travel

Maximum City: exhausting and beautiful love-note to Mumbai

 

Suketu Mehta’s “Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found” is one of those books (like Mike Davis’s City of Quartz, Peter Ackroyd’s London: The Biography or Will Eisner’s New York: Life in the Big City) that seems to capture, in one gigantic breath, the whole and entire soul of a huge city.

Exotic Road Drives Across Australia

Just try a Google search typing Australia in your search box. You will get several results offering stays at various places in this wonderful country. One most prominent search that may arise will be offers from Cheaper than Hotels. Yes cheaperhanhotels.com offers quality accommodation through out Australia at affordable rates. Once you are confident about the Hotels in Australia we can go for a road drive across Australia.

Great Wall of China

                                          

The Great Wall of China, one of the greatest wonders of the world, was enlisted in the World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987. Just like a gigantic dragon, the Great Wall winds up and down across deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus, stretching approximately 6,700 kilometers (4,163 miles ) from east to west of China. With a history of more than 2000 years, some of the sections of the great wall are now in ruins or even entirely disappeared. However, it is still one of the most appealing attractions all around the world owing to its architectural grandeur and historical significance.

Mauritius– heaven of earth

                                             

  History of Mauritius

Solomon Islands

Men in traditional costume participate in welcoming ceremony, Honiara, Solomon Islands, July 20, 2004. [© AP Images]

PROFILE
Solomon Islands Geography
Area: Land–27,556 sq. km. (11,599 sq. mi.). Archipelago–725,197 sq. km. (280,000 sq. mi.).
Cities: Capital–Honiara (on the island of Guadalcanal), pop. 54,600. Other towns–Gizo, Auki, Kirakira.
Terrain: Mountainous islands.
Climate: Tropical monsoon.

WHERE TO SEE BIRDS IN NEWZELAND

                                    

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Frozen Waterfall

 

 The frozen waterfall located at Beijing’s Myun County attracts tourists from all over the country as well as internationally. A beautiful display of nature’s art at work.

Ice Kremlin in Russia

 

It is ice cold winter in Russia and ice made statues are an attraction in the Moscow downtown right near Kremlin. Some of the ice sculptures are the Kremlin towers, ice cannon, clock towers and various others.

 

Source: English Russia

Maldives-One of the most beutiful places in the world

 

The Maldives is an island nation located several hundred kilometres southwest of Sri Lanka and is the smallest Asian country in terms of population (300k). Tourism is the country’s biggest foreign exchange earners and these photos will show why the Maldives is one of the beautiful places on this world.

The New Seven Wonders of the World

The Pyramid at Chichen Itza; Mexico
Chichen Itza once served as the political and economic center of Mayan civilization. The city housed masterpieces like the Temple of Chac Mool, the Hall of the Thousand Pillars, the Playing Field of the Prisoners and the pyramid of Kukulkan, which was the last Mayan temple.

World’s best private beaches

When Bill Giles, 60, an advertising executive from Lexington, Ky., wants a vacation, he doesn’t look for a resort with a long list of daytime activities and a hopping nightlife. He simply wants sun, surf, and sand — and he does not want to share them.