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Jun02

Indian biker, Deepak Kamath, applauds Nigeria’s hospitality

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A renowned world biker, Deepak Kamath, aka Armstrong a motorcyclist, who has travelled across all seven continents was hosted in Lagos by the Office of the High Commission of India, on Saturday, March 26, 2022.

The atmosphere was filled with excitement as Kamath, who is currently on a motorcycle adventure ride across Africa (Southern and West African corridor), shared key insights about his journey, his past and his records.

In his speech at the event, the Head of Chancery, Rachi Rawat, said, “This evening is about celebrating an individual’s remarkable achievements and his ongoing long-distance motorbike journey through a large number of African countries.

He is the first Indian to have covered all the seven continents of the world on a motorbike. We also celebrate the warmth and hospitality extended to him in Africa, particularly in Nigeria, where he has chosen to stay the longest.”

Asked about his experience in Nigeria, Kamath said, “I have spent 10 days (in Nigeria) as of this moment. Nigerian people have been really nice to me. I am not talking about the Indian community that I am around. Whenever I go out, immediately Nigerians see my motorcycle, they say ‘welcome’.”

Questioning the negative perception tourists have about Africa, the biker said, “I am not sure why whenever people talk about Africa, they speak about dangerous experiences, including getting robbed. As I crossed the border, people told me it was dangerous. But, I have experienced such warmth and welcoming hospitality by these people. I find it difficult to understand why people describe Africa as being treacherous and dangerous. It’s not that way at all. Or, is it that I have been lucky? No, I don’t think so. I am doing the same thing other people perceive to be dangerous. I have really enjoyed my travel, right from when I left South Africa on November 29, 2021. It has been a fabulous journey. I have enjoyed my travels around these (African) countries.”

Asked to advise young people who may want to follow his path, Kamath said, “Age is just a number, so don’t be deceived by the loss of my hair and white beard. One should be disciplined. We all should get away from the comfort of our homes and explore this big and beautiful world. There are so many countries with beautiful landscapes, rich cultures and food. For the young ones, please make sure you get your focus right.”

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May15

Planning A Trip In An Organized Manner

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To plan a holiday has become a rare event just because of our busy business schedules, these days. However, the best part of this era is that most of the people are aware of the benefits of different activities whether it is conducting an online meeting or arranging a holiday trip. This is the reason, which is why you will notice a lot of people, who prefer to organize even a one-day holiday trip within their capacity. For example, if the individual is a happy, proud father then he will love to take his kids to a zoo whereas when he is acting as a supervisor, then he will know the importance of arranging an official trip for his employees to refresh their minds.

You will be amazed to know that different researches have been conducted to find out the impact of recreational activities on the human mind. The most amazing thing is that according to all researches, the productivity of every individual can be enhanced if his or her mind will be fresh and the best way to make mind fresh is to organize trips whether it is a one-day trip or more than that.

It is a fact that planning a day trip is straightforward and easy. You just have to select few things including the place to visit, budget, means of transportation to reach the destination, etc. However, if you are planning for more than a day trip, then your planning should be detailed. Keep in mind that the cost of travelling, food, and accommodation is increasing day by day. Thus, a step by step planning is an essential thing to focus on. Here are few things, which you should keep in mind while planning a holiday. The details are as follows:

Prepare Checklist

First of all, make the list based on the type of trip you are planning to organize. If you are planning a trip with your employees, then you will be responsible for each and everything for a holiday. However, in the case of organizing a family trip, you can ask someone from your family members to help you in arranging your holiday trip.

Keep in mind that preparing checklist will serve you in two ways. Firstly, you will be able to find the budget that will be required to have an enjoyable trip. Secondly, you will be able to plan your journey in a systematic manner, and with this approach, you will not forget anything.

Select The Holiday Destination

Choose the destination, which falls within your budget. Do not ignore the preferences of the other travelers. The best approach is to ask them what kind of place they want to visit and offer them different choices, which lie within your budget so that they can select the one based on their preferences. To make your holiday within budget, you can also consider buying travel deals. These days, many specialists are offering travel deals for people having different budget brackets. These travel deals not only include best accommodation deals but also provides various bed and breakfast deals.

Make Reservations

Try to make all kinds of reservations before time. Keep in mind that these reservations include not only flight reservations but also the hotel’s bookings. Do not worry, as now you can book discount hotel rooms via online hotel booking system. The best part is that finding discounts on hotel booking is not that difficult, as nowadays everything is available online.

Pack Your Luggage

Once everything is done, then the next step will be to inform everyone so that they can start packing their luggage for their holiday trip.

Book your next holiday accommodation plan now and you will surely love the experience.

Courtesy: Hammad H Sheikh

May15

Great Tips To Make Your Dream Vacation

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You are planning a vacation and feel a bit nervous about how will you spend your precious holidays? Best answer is: Active Holidays. Excursions, marvelous Tours and day trips are exciting and a great way to fulfill your vacation schedule. Different activities which include exploring hidden paths of ancient ruins and wrecks, or maybe adrenalin adventures such as zipline or snorkeling in a blue lagoon could offer you dream time. If you see yourself as an adventurer and you love exploring amazing places, then private tours in small groups may be something interesting for you. The private guided tours can be just a sightseeing or active excursions and active and full adrenalin day trips like canoeing, rafting, zip-line and more. Weather you like water sports, hiking, rock climbing or easy walk in a forest with delicious lunch at the end. We should all agree that active holidays are the right solution for you.

Choosing a tour domain shouldn’t be your main factor. Other important factors are tour length since tours and excursions can be full-day and half-day long. Depending on your physical shape, you must decide how long you want to be on a trip. Private tours are always flexible and they are no time framed, but there is always a difference between half and full day excursion. Even tough all tours represent active holidays, some tours include lots of actions and your occupation in something.

Tip A – Travel agents will suggest you the best excursions, and present you the most important highlights of the tours. Still, be sure that you will read all descriptions about the trip you are looking for, and prepare yourself. It increases your know – how and quality time spent during the tour. You will pay for it, so at least read and learn what you are paying for.

Tip B – Be physically and mentally strong for the upcoming activities on the tour. Some tours can be really hard to handle with. Hot and burning sun, wet climates and extremely tough areas can make you trouble on a tour. It is important that you select a tour that you can handle physically.

Tip C – Your budget should be a really important factor, but definitely not the most important. It is always tricky to decide how much is something worth. Unwritten rule is: better to pay more than to calculate and let someone rule your vacation.

Tip D – Simply enjoy and memory everything. We are living for moments, try to capture them. Don’t ruin a perfect moment with unnecessary selfie or stupid move which can eventually hurt you.

Courtesy: Mario B.

Jul09

5 Water Bridges From All Around the World

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Bridges are always overwhelming. Bridges help connect places that have never been connected before. Everyone drives their trucks, bikes, cars and trains over them regularly. But, what if you are told that there is a bridge for boats and ships too? Yes, it does sound a little kiddish, but humans, the greatest engineers have made that possible. Water Bridges are purely a wonder of modern engineering. They are also known as the navigable aqueduct, which exactly means a bridge that carries water and allows a boat or ship to navigate. Even a thought of this sounds unique and dactylic. Acting as connectors between channels and canals, these water bridges are incredible achievements of engineering and are certainly perfect places for fanciful and dreamlike experiences over water.

Some of the water bridges from all across the world are:

Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany

The Magdeburg Water Bridge, the largest navigable aqueduct in the world, started in the year 2003. It is a connector between the Elbe and Havel channels, and is also a streamlined bridge cross over 918 meters.

Aqueduct Veluwemeer in Netherlands

It is 25 meter long open flowing water exactly above an underpass in the center of the Veluwemeer Lake, well known as the Aqueduct Veluwemeer. It is a perfect connector between Netherland and Flevoland – two of the largest and artificial islands in the world.

Pont Du Sart Aqueduct in Belgium

Well placed in the western Belgium, Pont du Sart Aqueduct weighs about 65,000 tons, nearby the town Houdeng-Goegnies. This enormous structure was constructed to carry the Centrum Kanaal water channel, which is one of the largest of its kind.

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in UK

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is the longest and the highest navigable water bridges in Britain, which was formed in the year 1805. This is 307 metre long and 38 metre above the river flowing below. The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct also comes in the list of world heritage sites. Exploring this amazing destination will be on the top of your must do list.

Aqueduct Ringvaart Haarlemmermeer in Netherlands

Ringvaart Haarlemmermeer Water Bridge is the oldest in the city of Netherland. It is in the shape of a circle well enclosed by the Haarlemmermeer polder – a low-lying expanse of land surrounded by dikes. The astounding structure creates the borderline of the Haarlemmermeer municipality, and makes for a lustrous sight to look at. Come and experience a completely new place.

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