If you are seeking to escape from the drudgery of city life and reconnect with nature on the idyllic beaches of the Maldives, all you need to do is to visit the 5-star Crowne Plaza Dubai-Deira and have Iftar at their Spice Island restaurant. An Iftar in Dubai can give you a chance to win a three-night’s stay with breakfast at Intercontinental Maldives or Holiday Inn Resort Maldives. Besides ...
Mumbai zoo is located inside the Veermata Jijabai Bhonsle Udyan Botanical Garden of Mumbai. Here you can see many rare and endangered species of birds and animals apart from tigers, lions, elephants, bears and many migratory birds as well as native birds. There are many species of plants as well. There are over 3000 tress belonging to around 276 species. Some of the trees here are the ol...
This temple dates back to the Song Dynasty. This is a very important temple and the largest of its kind in Shanghai. The four halls contain statues of Buddha, his disciples and other protagonists. Do not miss the over 3 tonne bell which is rung 108 times at New Year's to rid the world of all its problems and diseases. Timings: Daily 7 A.M- 5 P.M Admission: Y 10 [+ Y50 for a chance...
A commendable effort to showcase the traditional Romanian way of life that is depicted in the Village Museum. The open air museum houses about 300 buildings related to various aspects of history such as churches, mills, workshops, furniture shops, pottery and clothing that are all laid out in a natural environment. Various cultural festivals are also hosted by the museum for tourists to experience...
Formerly known as the Revolutionary Museum and housed in the former building of the Government of Cochinchina, the Ho Chi Minh City Museum contains valuable artifacts from the Communist period. Here visitors can view weapons, medals, uniforms and photographs portraying the Communist struggle between the French and the Americans. Outside the museum stands a military collection that includes a helic...
Peering out of the Emirates Boeing 777-300ER flight from Dubai to Yangon, you can see the lazy river. A muddy, sludgy, squidgy creek. Meandering. That is the Irrawaddy – the river that Kipling’s famous Road to Mandalay poem glorifies. No fishes jumping skywards. No hathis pilin’ teak. Just a snake like river engorged with sand and silt making its way past green paddy fields to the sea. ...
