A Travelogue of memories
The City of Aberdeen is part of the Scotland and from the capital city Edinburgh, it is 3 hours of travel by bus/Car. From London, there are direct as well as connecting flights. We went there during summer and the weather was ideal between 16 to 18 degrees . Being at the sea shore, you will feel some amount of humidity, but overall it is nice.
Aberdeen is situated at the shores of North sea, famous for its traditional buildings, arts & crafts.
Bendota's pristine beach attracts the crowd from various asia pacific countries, including India, japan and also many from Europe more specifically Britons who love the country and its weather.
Being a tropical town, you will see the weather a bit humid but the sea breeze is soothing in the morning and in the evening. The private beaches are neat and tidy. If you are planning a week holiday in a peaceful and serenic atmosphere, this is one of the place to choose from.
A city in Eastern England is one of tbe city of vibrancy famous for its education. River Cam is flowing through the city and making its beautiful and adjoining areas fertile.
When we talk about best education, there is always a talk about Oxford vs. Cambridge. The city colleges created multiple historical personalities like - Keynes in Economics to Stephen Hawking a notable scientist. If you are travelling from London, the distance is about 62 miles by following M11 highway. The enroute is very beautiful with farms, country side and flowing streams.
Cardiff is the capital of Wales county and has its own parliament and they have their own First Minister. The people of Wales speak - Welsh language and are part of the celdic ethinicity.
Wales is a parliamentary monarchy and part of the United Kingdom. It is a very beautiful county/state with beautiful mountains, plains, national parks and natural trekking facilities for the tourists.
The Lake city of Chicago on the shores of Michigan is one of the largest and lively cities of United states. With hundreds of kilometers to the length and bredth of the city, the place is one of the important place of Traveller's liking in his/her life time.
The city has places famous for Art, Culture and for the Collossal Museums. A magnificent city for a traveller, the city offers plenty of options for site seeing, walking, shopping, enjoying boat rides, skating, sport clubs for American base ball to various others.
Colombo is the capital of Srilanka and one of the beautiful cities of the Srilanka. The metro may have around 6 million population and the most happening city of the country. The city is the commercial capital, financial center and a tourist attraction. Many people from Europe, Americas and Asia pacific visit the city as a tourist, and for trade and commerce.
Being a small country, you can visit any part of the Srilanka within 8 hours. If you like to visit a foreign country with a medium to small budget, this country is an ideal location. Being a multi-cultural country, you can enjoy the Buddhist culture, Hindu temples and others across the country.
A city of Big Three - GM, Ford & Chrysler, A city got its meaning from Automobiles, A City with more than 300 years of history, A city which paid one of the highest wages in the History for its workers by Automaker - Henry Ford.
A large city with extended suburbs in the state of Michigan and County Wayne - Lake michigan beautifies the city. Detroit city is very close to Canada windsor town and people commute for work between Windsor and Detroit. Mr. Henry Ford built a very strong history for the town with Ford Green field Village, Ford Automobiles museum to many others. A well connected airport and a metro adds to transportation network of the city
Dublin - The capital city of Republic of Ireland is one of the very beautiful cities of the world. One of the well maintained, neat and clean city of Europe. River Lifley flows through the city with panoramic view of buildings and river banks.
My stay of 50+ days in the city and my place of stay was at an apartment called -Gasometer, which had been converted to an splendid apartment from a Gas holder or a Gas container. The entire stay was a memorable one with cherished memories.
Edinburgh is a city full of vibrancy and colour. I am not overstanding that. But true. There are many offshore islands which are very splendid but we could not visit any of them. If you are making it to Scotland visit atleast one them.
The other one of them, the entire state is full of Castles and there are lots and lots of stories around these. One of the peculiar thing the city offers is, it has something to offer for everybody - A People of different tastes. Therefore, don't forget to travel to the beautiful city of Edinburgh
The town was initially ruled by the portuguese, then by Dutch and then by British in a matter of 350 years.
The Portuguese ruled the city in the 16th century and build the fortified city which includes a Fort. This was expanded by Dutch later and British used this fort for their commerce and used it for their exports and imports. Galle being the capital of Southern province also boasts a stadium which is beautiful. The tour around the marine museum may take around 1 to 2 hours.
Glendalough is a scenic location, which is 48 miles away from the City of Dublin and located in a province called wicklow - Republic of Ireland. A place where, a medieval monastic settlement was made in the 6th century.
During the 18th and 19th century, the place was famous for its mines and minerals. If you are a nature lover and have a great interest in history, you must atleast visit the place once in your life time.
Hikkaduwa Srilanka:
is a beautiful seaside town in Srilanka. From colombo it is 120 (75 Miles) kilometers and may be taking 1 hour 30 minutes or more to reach the town. Most of the travellers to Hikkaduwa are adventure travellers and who loves the sea. The town has a splendid sea side and wonderful for exploration.
There are plenty of guest houses, hotels catering the different budgets at Hikkaduwa. You can surely spend 1 to 2 days at Hikkaduwa, which can turn to be a life time experience.
Otherwise known as Kanchi, the city is one of the oldest cities and part of the ancient civilization of india. spread from current day Afganistan and beyond today's Kanyakumari. The city is. known as - A city of Thousands temples.
The city is famous for it ancient theology, education and vedic studies. Millions of people visited Kanchi for thousands of years for education, knowledge and wisdom. The known history is from the 2nd century , when it was one of the important towns under Cholas Dynasty.
The ancient town of Maha-Bali -Puram or Maa-Mallan-Puram, is 1 hour journey from the city of Chennai. For Tourists from India and abroad, the city is one of the main Tourist attractions.
The town was the important place developed by Pallava Dynasty next to Kanchipuram. The Kings Mahendra Varman and Narasimha Valla Pallavan or Maa-Mallan (A great wrestler) developed it and it attained the glorious time during their times. Mahabalipuram is a UNESCO declared heritage site visited by thousands of Travellers from around the world.
Monmouth is a nature's bounty in the Wales province. We took a train from London Victoria terminus to Cardiff a two hours journey by train and took a cab for travel to Monmouth which was another 1 hour memorable journey.
Monmouth is a tourists attraction for tourists who wants to go near to nature, cycle, trek in a natural environment, go for boating, canoeing and other adventure sports.
The Niagara falls in USA situated at Niagara county - Newyork state USA. On the canadian side, it is at the City called Ontario. Millions of visitors throng the Niagara to see its collossal size and majestic form of its natural beauty.
Many Americans, Canadians and from other countries attempted several adventures and only some of them could be alive post their adventures. The canadian side is called Horse Shoe falls or Canadian falls. This is the biggest of the three falls There are three names to it. American falls, Bridal veil falls and Horse shoe falls.
The Tanjore Temple called as Raja - Raja - Eswaram otherwise known as Peru-Udai-Yaar temple built between 1003 to 1010 AD. The Temple was built by Raja Raja Chola - A grand king of Chola dynasty. He kept major regions of South of india under his rule and was a Powerful king of that times.
Even though the temple was built 1000 years before, it is still standing tall, standing testimony to Tamil's architectural and engineering expertise.