Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Piazza San Marco in Venice at Italy

Many tourists make a direct path to the Piazza San Marco, the large broad public square. This is the main meeting place in Venice and a well known tourist spot attraction. When you land at St. Marks you will see two round pillars. One is crowned with Saint Theodore and the other is topped with the lion of saint mark.

This is the only place that has the name square in Venice. The areas that are called square are known as campo.

This place is one of the lowest places in Venice and is almost flooded during high tides. The site is always covered with tourist and pigeons. The carnival atmosphere makes a warm pleasant to visit the place.
St. Mark’s Cathedral, the Doge’s Palace, the Campanile and several museums are the other tourist attraction in Piazza San Marco. It is a public square open all the year round. Though its attraction is opened throughout the year there are more restrictions on some schedules.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Golden Temple, Amritsar

The Golden Temple or Temple of God is ethnically the good number momentous place of devotion of the Sikhs and one of the oldest Sikh gurdwaras. It is situated in the city of Amritsar, which was recognized by Guru Ram Das Ji, the fourth guru of the Sikhs.

Attractions around the Golden Temple

AKAL TAKHAT

It rightly faces the Golden Temple and Built by the Sixth Master Guru in 1609, has been the Sikhism yet since. All commandments distressing the groups of people as a sum total were and are issue commencing here.

BABA ATAL

A nine-storeyed tower, built in recollection of Atal Rai, a son of Hargobind, is called Baba Atal. Atal Rai died at nine. He was called 'Baba' head in excess of young shulders. Be head and a shoulder above was built between 1778 and 1784. It is the no more than of its category in the conurbation with 108 ft. elevation.

GURU KA LANGAR

A Sikh place of worship without a group of people Kitchen is unbelievable. Fit to be eaten food is service in the kitchen of the Golden Temple 24 hours to all visitors irrespective of religious conviction, social group, faith and ethnic group. The fixed cost is met out of the place of worship resources. in the region of 40,000 visitors share the meals on a daily basis at the moment.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Traveling with kids

Planning the trip along with the kids is overpowering. Too much attention must be paid in packing. Traveling with many luggages along with the kids is not a good idea. Plan only the essential items.

Planned your trip in the car, then have enough foods for the kids. Pack only biscuits, fruits that are mess free avoid heavy foods. The children might get bored while traveling so carry with you some handy games. At the time of traveling you can teach your children many things that they watch outside.

Carry the first aid box and the kid’s medicines along with you. Always choose a place to stay that is near hospitals or medical stores. Consult the child pediatrician about their health before traveling and the type of medicine to give them. Also carry with you some mosquito repellent, sun screen, calamine, antiseptic cream, etc.

Children would feel over excited if they happen to travel in a train. They would be amazed to see the running trees and houses, sitting in the upper berth, etc. During train journey carrying basic stuff like hand sanitizer, wipes, etc is highly hygienic.

Make sure that you involve your child in the packing process. And even in traveling have look at them and ask their opinion.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Munnar – Beauty to Kerala

Munnar, a hill resort on the western ghats of Kerala is a beautiful spot in India. Lakes, Reservoirs, and forests act to its beauty. Not only a hill resort it is also famous for the tea estates and act a center for tea trade. Munnar is situated on the convergence of the three rivers. This is a heavenly place for the nature lovers.

Munnar receives heavy rain at the month of June to September. So anytime of the year is best to have a visit to this heavenly paradise expect the monsoon seasons that last from June to September.

The lovely landscape, beautiful tea gardens and the pleasing weather make this hill resort a perfect spot of tourism. This resort is situated at a height of 1520 meters in the Eastern part of Kerala. The highest peak Anaimudi is situated close to this resort. Once in every twelve years the neighboring hills of Munnar give a fabulous sight. The mountain range is covered with beautiful Neelakurunji flowers.

Top station is the typical point that gives a amazing view of the lovely landscape and the valleys around Munnar. Hydro electricity dam, Indo-Swiss cattle breeding centre, rajamalai wildlife sanctuary, Ernakulum National Park, and Nilgiri tahr are the places that can be visited around Munnar.

Munnar is situated close to the airport at a distance of 130 km. The Kochi railway station is the nearest railway station. Munnar is connected to the places like Madurai and Coimbatore. So from these places also you can move to the heavenly paradise.

Monday, August 3, 2009

Great wall of china

One of the seven wonder of the world is the great wall of china. The wall has been built to protect the Chinese from the invaders. Therefore the wall acts as a soul to the Chinese empire. The china wall extends to about 4,000 miles westwards from the sea town. The great wall of china has a long story of wisdom, dedication, blood, sweat, and tears. It has been said that about 2 to 3 million Chinese people has died as part of the centuries of building the wall. So this wall stands as a symbol of bravery and wisdom of Chinese people.

The great wall starts from the peak of Badaling. The wall extends up to the south peak and north peak from the guan city and on the ridges of jundu mountain and quian mountain. So for a person standing at the beginning of the wall is unable to see its ending.

Millions of people have climbed this huge wall, surfed on it and are deeply inspired. All the people visiting the wall usually have few questions in their mind which cannot be answered. Today the great wall is top world famous of her melodramatic history.

What a historical and fantastic place to visit…