Wednesday, 30 August 2017

TOP 5 honeymoon places in world..!


5. Jamaica:

The easiest answer of having this place in the list is that off course the scenic beauty found in every nook and corner of this honeymoon location. The specialties of this place are enlisted in the contrasting views of Blue Mountains and Tropical beaches. People around this area are very fun-loving and enjoyable to be with. An exceptional feeling of this location can be gained from visiting Dunns River Falls. A candle-light dinner on a floating boat to enjoy after diving and swimming is an amazing opportunity also.

4. Croatia:

This place has gained its reputation for celebrity visits to patch up its newly found excitements. This has been enlisted in most beautiful honeymoon destinations for the romantic views enjoyed by couples on the beaches of Vis, a sidewalk especially marked with pine forest and colorful water of the sea. There are many areas to be included in the package like Rovinj or an outstanding visit to sunsets behind those huge mountains.


3. Hawaii:

The exotic tropical beaches will never stop giving you thrills after choosing Hawaii as a honeymoon destination. At night, moonlight will increase the glamour of those beaches where a candle-light dinner will make a wonderful addition to the plan. The Napali coast is known for those cliffs, the cause of the gorgeous sunrise and sunset. There are beaches like Waikiki, Papohaku and Hulopoe that are on top of the list of visiting places for any newlywed couple.


2. Mexico:

If a couple wants to relax to its fullest meaning then Mexico is that particular destination for the newlyweds. The complete tropical personality of this place has marked it for an amazing place to visit even for regular tourists! Going for choices like Mayan Riviera, Nueva Vallarta and Huatulco are best for them too. When visiting Mexico one should definitely try and fix a tour package where they can see Acapulco divers and Los Cabos


1. Paris:

Everyone knows Paris for its natural romantic personality. This is one of the most visited destinations of honeymooners. Although there has been less visits for few years but still it didn’t lost its charm on newlyweds. The fashion city is always a wonderful selection for art through carvings and paintings found very naturally.

Most haunted hotels in INDIA

As per the legends, untimely death of people in these properties has given rise to hauntings, making guests experience inexplicable events for years. Located in different parts of the country, these ‘haunted hotels in India’ have also attracted a lot of travellers who consider it an adventure to stay in one of these properties. If you are one of them, take a look at this list of the most haunted hotels in India and set some ghostbusting goals. But remember, do so at your own risk, as you have been warned.
Hotel Savoy, Mussoorie
Hotel Savoy in Mussoorie was built way back in the year 1902 and is one of the oldest hotels in the region. In the year 1910, a guest named Lady Garnet Orme was found dead in one of the rooms of this hotel. It is the same incident that inspired one of the most popular murder mysteries by the queen of thrill Agatha Christie. The lady was, supposedly, murdered in the hotel by adding strychnine to her medicines. Since then, it is believed that the hotel’s corridors and halls are haunted by the lady’s ghost. In fact, years later, the doctor who was looking after the lady was also found dead inside the hotel under similar circumstances. While the guests staying in this hotel have reported a lot of unexplained sightings and events, the Indian Paranormal Society has also recorded a lady’s whispers!
Hotel Brij Raj Bhavan, Kota
Although it is one of the most beautiful heritage hotels in Rajasthan, Hotel Brij Raj Bhavan in Kota is 178 years old and was originally home to a royal family of Rajasthan. It was in the year 1980 that the property was turned into a hotel. What, as they say, haunts this hotel is the ghost of Major Burton, a British official, who stayed here with his family for 13 years before he was killed by Indian sepoys during the mutiny of 1857. As per the sighting reports from this place, the ghost of Major Burton has been sighted walking in the corridors of the hotel. Besides, it has also been reported that the ghost slaps guards who fall asleep while on night duty! Reportedly, even the queen of Kota has spoken to journalists about her experience of seeing the ghost in this hotel.
Hotel Raj Kiran, Lonavala
Although not one among the fanciest and luxurious hotels, the paranormal activities in Lonavala’s Hotel Raj Kiran have earned it a place in the list of the most haunted hotels in the country. According to guests’ experiences, the hauntings have been reported from a room in a corner behind the reception of this hotel. As per the experiences of guests who stayed in this room, the entity living in it forcefully pulled off the bed sheets when the guests were asleep. Some guests have also reported sightings of a ray of blue light when they woke up in the middle of the night. The hotel management has stopped renting out the said room to guests now.
Hotel Fern Hill, Ooty
Built in 1844, Hotel Fern Hill is a heritage hotel in Ooty that is known for its beautiful classic British architecture. But there is one more thing that made this hotel famous. It was during the shooting of Bollywood horror film Raaz that this hotel’s hauntings came to the fore. Choreographer Saroj Khan and her crew were staying in this hotel, and they woke up in the middle of a night when she heard noises of furniture being rearranged on the floor above. She called up the reception immediately, but there was no one to take her call. Next morning, to everyone’s horror, the receptionist revealed that the hotel has no first floor at all. The hotel was even shut down for some time due the reports of paranormal acitivities.
Morgan House Tourist Lodge, Kalimpong
The Morgan House Tourist Lodge in Kalimpong is set within a beautiful old British house, which itself makes for a great travellers’ attraction on a hill station. The hotel was built in the 1930s and it belonged to an Englishman named George Morgan and his family. The family is believed to have stayed in this property before the untimely death of Lady Morgan, whose ghost still haunts the place as per the locals. If the rumours are to be believed, the ghost of the lady walks the halls of this establishment. A lot of guests have even heard the sound of someone walking the wooden corridors of the hotel in high-heels.
Hotel Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai
As surprising it may seem, but the iconic Hotel Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai is believed to be haunted. The hotel has been home to a lot of historical events including the unfortunate terrorist attacks a few years back. According to the legends of this place, the hotel’s plan was originally designed by French architect W.A. Chambers. But when he returned from a trip to England, he was shocked to find that the construction of the hotel was not done according to his architectural plan. Chambers was so heartbroken that he committed suicide, jumping off from the fifth floor of the hotel. According to first hand reports of several people, including the hotel staff, the ghost of Chambers still walks around in the Old Wing of the property.

World's first beer pool..!



world's first set of beer swimming pools.
The pools are part of The Schloss Starkenberger brewery in Tarrentz, Austria. They comprise seven, beer-filled pools of 13 foot each, where one can enjoy a two-hour session for Pounds 200 (Rs 16518.60).
The pools are located in the cellar of the 700-year-old Starkenberger Castle.
Not just a potential 42,000 pints to consume in total, the pools are also known for their health benefits. The beer's calcium and vitamins are said to soften the skin while curing skin conditions.
The beer baths also help in improving blood circulation, reported Independent.
That's not all. While swimming in the pool, one will also be treated to glasses of fresh beer.
However, since the pools are not cleaned after each dip, visitors are cautioned against drinking the pool beer for fear of consuming contaminated liquor.
Besides, there is also a whiskey distillery in the surrounding area!

Maldives - Heaven on earth

Half a million tourists equate to twice the number of residents, so to keep mass tourism at bay the country only allows one resort per island and has specifically targeted the high-end market and offers many luxury five star resorts, with some costing around £700 a night. The strict building regulations and the focus on the luxury travel market mean that the rise in tourism stays at around eight per cent a year, a reasonably sustainable rate of growth.


The Maldives needs to carefully manage the number of visitors to its islands, but the biggest issue facing the future of the whole country is climate change.
The islands of the Maldives are in a very precarious position. No part of this beautiful country lies more than two meters (6.5ft) above sea level and around a quarter of the 200 inhabited islands suffer from coastal erosion problems. With the effects of climate change being felt around the world, the Maldives could end up being underwater and might not even exist by 2100 – according to the Maldives’ housing and environment minister, Mohamed Aslam.


To highlight the problems faced by his country and the people who live there, the charismatic president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, staged an underwater cabinet meeting in October 2009. President Nasheed and his government are planning to make the Maldives carbon neutral by 2020, not only to help slow down the effect that climate change is having on the Maldives but also to push the rest of the world into action to prevent environmental disasters across the world.
Resorts are being encouraged to adopt eco-friendly, carbon neutral technology and practices and the people of Male, the capital of the Maldives, are being encouraged to walk, cycle or drive clean energy vehicles. Ferry companies are being encouraged to use cleaner fuels and there are wind farms being built to help the country meet all its energy needs.


Resorts are also taking it upon themselves to find new ways to use renewable sources of energy and to cut down on their carbon footprint. The resort of Soneva Fushi has invested in solar power and has been experimenting with using cold sea water from 300 meters down to cool rooms instead of using power hungry air conditioning. They are also using a special oven to turn waste wood into charcoal or biochar, which they use in gardening as it improves soil productivity and is a carbon neutral process.


For the country to keep promoting Maldives holidays might seem an oxymoron when you are trying to create a carbon neutral country, but tourism accounts for 28% of its GDP and the project to create a carbon neutral Maldives could cost an estimated $1bn to implement. Other alternatives, such as artificial islands and research into coral reefs that could help protect the islands, will cost large sums of money too, so tourism will still have to play a vital part in this country’s uncertain future.

Tuesday, 29 August 2017

Waterfalls..


Cautley Spout is England’s highest waterfall above ground. (Gaping Gill on Ingleborough falls a greater distance but into a pothole). The broken cascade of falls tumbles a total of 650 feet (198 m) down a cliff face at the head of a wild and bleak glacial valley that comes down from a high plateau called The Calf. It is located in the Howgill Fells, traditionally in the West Riding of Yorkshire but now in Cumbria on the western edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The waterfall is just north of the small town of Sedbergh. This fall is one of the few cascade falls in England, most are either tired or plunging falls.

Gaping Gill (also known as Gaping Ghyll) is a natural cave with the highest unbroken waterfall with water falling 110m from the surface into an underground cavern in North Yorkshire, England. It is one of the unmistakable landmarks on the southern slopes of Ingleborough – a 105 meters (344 ft) deep pothole with the stream Fell Beck flowing into it. After falling through one of the largest known underground chambers in Britain, the water disappears into the bouldery floor and eventually resurges adjacent to Ingleborough Cave.
The first recorded attempted descent was by John Birkbeck in 1842 who reached a ledge approximately 55 meters (180 ft) down the shaft which bears his name. The first complete descent was achieved by Edouard-Alfred Martel in 1895.


Due to the number of entrances which connect into the cave, many different routes through and around the system are possible. Other entrances include Disappointment Pot, Stream Passage Pot, Bar Pot, Hensler’s Pot, Corky’s Pot and Flood Entrance Pot. In 1983 members of the Cave Diving Group made the underwater connection into Ingleborough Cave.
Hardraw Force is a waterfall on the Hardraw Beck in Hardraw Scar, a wooded ravine just outside the hamlet of Hardraw at the foot of Buttertubs and the head of Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales.The penine Way long-distance footpath passes close by.
Comprising a single drop of 100 feet from a rocky overhang, Hardraw Force is claimed to be England’s highest unbroken waterfall – at least discounting the underground falls.
Geologically, the bed of the river and plunge pool is slate; on top of that is sandstone and the top layer is Carboniferous limestone.
Public viewing of Hardraw Force is rather unusual, as the visitor has to go through the bar of the Green Dragon Inn public house in Hardraw to reach the falls; an entrance fee is payable on the way through the pub. It is currently £2 per adult. Access behind the falls is now prohibited.