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Meandering on the islands of Lakshadweep

28. May 2010

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Meandering on the islands of Lakshadweep
Lakshadweep is a beautiful group of 36 islands, three reefs, a dozen of atolls and five submerged tanks. Its natural beauty is truly remarkable and it draws tourists from all over the world. It houses some of the most wondrous islands in the world. A number of Virgin Islands are a part of the Lakshadweep. If you are a die hard fan of some adventure sports, Lakshadweep has the best to offer. Other than adventure activities,Lakshadweep is also famous for some islands which have unique destinations to visit. There are almost thirteen destinations that you can visit in Lakshadweep. Minicoy, Kalpeni, Androth, Agatti, Kavaratti, Amini, Chetlat, Bitra, Bangaram, Kadmat, Kilten, Suheli, and Pitti are to name a few. The islands of Lakshadweep are famous tourist destinations and are one of the most  [...]

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Exploring the stunning Vieques beaches

27. May 2010

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Exploring the stunning Vieques beaches
If you want to know how the beaches of Caribbean looked  10 yrs ago, in that case you should take a trip to Vieques and discover the Caribbean waves at Vieques beaches. Vieques is Small Island and is blessed with many different beaches with apparent blue, turquoise and azure waters that are rivals of any "tropical ecstasy" in the entire of Caribbean region. Each and every beach has unique sand, which ranges from pure white up to soft baby powder black sparkling with the stroke of the sun. While traveling around Vieques you will come across few of the most picturesque, calm, and isolated beaches all over the Caribbean region. Puerto Rico is an extremely popular tourist destination in the Caribbean region. The numerous stunning beaches along with the interesting attractions every year attract  [...]

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Travelling to the city of Moses

25. May 2010

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Travelling to the city of Moses
Experience the difference in the land of the Jews, Arabs, Hamas and last but not the least the Al- Jazeera! The land of West Bank awaits tourists from all the over the world. With its dry lands, belly dancers, the place that dawn the historical background of Christ, the much known Dead Sea are some of the interesting facts about the place. West Bank is known for its ancient historical background of the quarrel between the Jews and the Arabs. But the place is serene and calm and its heritage sites appeal to the minds of the travelers. Though many do not visit the landlocked territory of the Palestinians, but it offers some remarkable sites. It is a Jewish settlement in-between Israel and Jordan, to the north of the Dead Sea. The land is beautiful with its sacred mosques and churches  [...]

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Carnaval Of Barranquilla – The Festivity Of Dances

12. May 2010

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Carnaval Of Barranquilla – The Festivity Of Dances
The Carnaval of Barranquilla (in Spanish its Carnaval de Barranquilla) is an appealing carnival with various traditions, which dates back to the early 19th century. The Carnaval of Barranquilla takes place for almost 4 days before the Ash Wednesday. All through the carnival, the normal day-to-day activities of the city of Barranquilla are completely paralyzed since this city gets extremely busy with the street dances, the musical and the masquerade parades. The Carnaval of Barranquilla is quite reputed since it is second in size to the carnival that takes place in Rio. The Barranquilla Carnival consists of various forms of dance, for example the African congo, the Spanish paloteo, as well as aboriginal mico y micas. Numerous styles of the Colombian music are as well performed, most importantly  [...]

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Carnaval de Oruro – dedicated to Virgen del Socavon

10. May 2010

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Carnaval de Oruro – dedicated to Virgen del Socavon
The Carnaval de Oruro (or else Carnival of Oruro) is known to be the biggest annual cultural event that is been celebrated in Bolivia. In addition it was been declared as one of Mankind's Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in the year 2001 by the UNESCO. This carnival is celebrated all across Oruro, which is known to be the folklore capital of Bolivia, this exciting carnival marks the start of the Ito festival intended for the Uru people. The ceremonies in this carnival stem from the Andean customs, which are the ancient invocations that centers on Pachamama (the Mother Earth, which is changed into the Virgin Mary owing to Christian syncretism) as well as Tio Supay (the Uncle God of the Mountains, which is changed into the Devil). Also the local Ito ceremonies were  [...]

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Carnival in Venezuela – boasting the huge fights of water

7. May 2010

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Carnival in Venezuela – boasting the huge fights of water
Venezuela every year celebrates the carnival, or else the carnaval, which are appealing festivities with music, dance, balloons, lavish costumes, family festivities, as well as parades along with a great deal of enjoyment. Even though celebrated all the way through the country for almost forty days previous to Easter Sunday (do check out the dates of Ash Wednesday as well as Easter Sunday, it is the numerous coastal cities, which really throws a party. Merging a great deal of the Caribbean stylishness for dance, music, and the ethnic backgrounds, the metropolis of El Callao take pleasure in dressing in the costumes of the royal courts, for example of kings, couriers, queens, jesters in addition to modern movie as well as the cute cartoon characters. "Los Tambores de Barlovento” is  [...]

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The Cologne Carnival – be prepared for a hangover!!!

6. May 2010

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The Cologne Carnival – be prepared for a hangover!!!
The Cologne Carnival is known to be one of the leading street parties all across Europe. The renowned Altstadt (old town) is been transformed into an astounding and multicolored festivity, with what appears like the whole population of this city wearing fancy dress. Get ready for hordes of dancing as well as partying in the pubs, streets, and bars as well as plethora of Kölsch, which is the luscious local beer. At around 11.11am on the 11 November, the carnival season in Altstadt begins as well as the entire nation goes barking crazy. This craziness reaches the height of real climax on the week previous to Ash Wednesday. At around 11.11am on the main carnival week on 11 February in Cologne is been declared on the record open by means of the Women's Carnival Day, while the women of the  [...]

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The Notting Hill Carnival – the biggest street festival in Europe

5. May 2010

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The Notting Hill Carnival – the biggest street festival in Europe
The Notting Hill Carnival takes place every year on August Bank Holiday since the year 1966. Moreover, the Notting Hill Carnival is identified as the largest festival celebration all across Europe. The streets of West London every year come alive, by means of the sounds and smells of the biggest street festival in Europe. Twenty miles of effervescent multicolored costumes enclose more than 40 still sound systems, huge numbers of Caribbean food stalls, more than 40,000 volunteers as well as over 1 million revelers of Notting Hill carnival. Opening its life like a local festival, which was been set up through the West Indian community that was residing in the area of Notting Hill, it has nowadays turn out to be a vigorous Caribbean carnival, which attracts millions of tourists from all across  [...]

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Riviera Maya – showing off Mesoamerican Barrier Reef

4. May 2010

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Riviera Maya – showing off Mesoamerican Barrier Reef
This segment of the Caribbean coastline (located at a distance of almost 30 mins in the southern region from Cancun) shows off the second largest barrier system of coral reef in the world, as a result the snorkeling in this region is amazing. Families can come across great deals in the numerous comprehensive resorts as well as boutique hotels; furthermore there are first-class deals on the flights into the Cancun International Airport, in particular during the months from June through August. Over and above the untouched beaches, Xcaret eco-theme Park will surely permit you for swimming in the company of dolphins, sight pumas as well as jaguars, stroll all the way through a butterfly porch, or else discover Mayan ruins that are tucked into the flourishing rainforest. A number of tour operators  [...]

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The Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife – on the way of being a world heritage site

3. May 2010

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The Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife – on the way of being a world heritage site
The Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is regarded as one of the few biggest as well as most fantastic occurrences of its kind all across the world. Every year in the month of February, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which is the capital city of the leading of the Canary Islands is responsible for hosting this excellent historical event, which attracts more than a million of the tourists from every corner of the world. It is considered as the second most renowned as well as internationally acknowledged carnival subsequent to those that takes place in Rio de Janeiro (in Brazil). In actual fact the metropolis of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is doubled with the metropolis of Rio de Janeiro intended for this particular reason. In the year 1980, the Secretariat of State for the Tourism has declared The Carnival  [...]

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