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Popular Destinations All Around The World

Popular Destinations All Around The World
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Victoria fall the most amazing waterfall

Victoria Falls is an amazing place to stopover especially meant for lovers of wildlife. You can get all sorts of vegetables and wide variety of fishes on display near the Victoria Falls. It’s a great sightseer spot where mainly meant for natural environment lovers. It is known to be the world’s largest fall in the world. The height of the fall is 5600 feet. 


During rainy season it’s like an adventure trip. Rainy season in this beautiful place starts at the month of November and ends at the month of April. Rest of the year dry season prevails.
 

 You can have a fantasy of inverted rain during the rainy seasons. The experience of the inverted rain can be seen only during the rainy season. The attractiveness of the falls is mainly seen in the full moon day, it’s an amazing view to look upon. The beauty of the romance of the night amplifies a great deal when the full moon’s reflection is seen on the falls. At that instant it seems that there are two moons one on the sky and the other on the falls. The melodic voice of the sound of the falls can mesmerize you.


Apart from this magnificent falls, there are many more places to visit upon, such as Victoria National Park which is home to many wild animals such as Elephants, lions, zebras, giraffes and many more. Victoria Falls and its surroundings are great place to visit upon. So enjoy the trip with great fun and adventure.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Take a trip to Yangon, Myanmar

Most of the people still are uncertain about travelling to Myanmar due to political state of affairs. Myanmar has very varied population that sometime stirs an anxiety between civilizations. But don’t get it mistaken, even though tourism in Myanmar is gradually developed, but it has huge potential that yet to be discovered. 


Myanmar located in South East Asia is otherwise known as Burma bordered with China, India, Thailand, Bangladesh and Laos. Myanmar travel site is centered on its main city, Yangon which also a formal capital city of Myanmar. 


As an Ethic country with royal culture, Myanmar heritage culture consists of Temples and Pagodas, and Yangon has lots of it. One of the most notable is the Shwedagon Pagoda, a 98 meter Pagoda, which was build in early 6th century, is the most sacred Buddhist Pagoda for Burmese with relics of the past 4 Buddha’s enshrined within, namely the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Konagamana, a piece of the robe of of Kassapa and eight hairs of Gautama, the historical Buddha. 


Besides Shewdagon Pagoda, there are also abundant other Pagodas in Yangon and Myanmar, to be precise Sule Pagoda, Botataung Pagoda, or Kaba Aye Pagoda. as Myanmar @ Burma opens itself to vacationer, many places and sites that deserted before are currently rebuilt for tourism. Pagodas alone are not the sightseeing attraction for the country many other places like Famous Temples, Allied War Memorial, Hlawga National Park, St.Mary’s Cathedral or National Museum of Myanmar, which are all located in Yangon.

Monday, November 8, 2010

The world's most hazardous destinations (based on Los Angeles Times)

The Los Angeles Times in recent times gathered a list of their picks for the world's most dangerous places, with some admired sightseer destinations earning in the midst of their ranks. They mechanically omitted places like Baghdad or Afghanistan, which are not voyage friendly to start with. As an alternative this list points out the real hazards that a traveler might face while visiting one of these places.

For example, Gansbaai, South Africa earns a spot in the middle of the world's most hazardous destinations since of the shark infested waters that enclosed the city. The province has a profusion of seals and penguins, which draw hordes of great white sharks, making it an admired place for visitors who desire to see those predators up close. Adventure seekers can take a dip in those hazardous waters within a shark cage, while most will look on as of the security of their boat.

Other risky destinations include Mt. Everest in Nepal for the extreme conditions and high elevation. The whole country of Australia gets the nod gratitude to all the dangerous snakes and spiders that live there, and Memphis, Tennessee is a astonish entry for its proclivity for earthquakes. The metropolis is seated on a major fault line that might make it a major tragedy waiting to happen.

There are a number of additional admired destinations on the list, each of it with its well known and unique threat. The list is a good reminder that we don't have to visit a war torn nation to face real dangers on our next trip.