The increasing popularity of low fare airlines have made railway authorities sit up and take action. In the jet-setting age, where time is money, it’s hard to find people opting for rail travel. If not for the price factor, most tracks would have been redundant by now. However, French railway authorities are on their way to make rail travel interesting and enticing by offering on board personalized services. If you are traveling in France on the new IDTGV trains, you might as well have a blast...
Post date: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 18:10
This is a place for people who have money to burn. People who have made a fortune and shamelessly spend a fortune in partying and enjoying themselves. One of the most expensive places on earth, this ski resort in the Swiss Alps is a popular holiday destination for well-known faces and royalty thanks to its brilliant skiing and vibrant nightlife, and some have even made it their permanent home. To name a few, Hugh Grant, Posh Spice, Jemima Khan, Princes William and Harry are regulars. Coupled...
Post date: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 18:07
Foreign tourists visiting the most famous landmarks of India - the Taj Mahal, will no longer be able to pay the entrance fee in dollars. The Indian government has made this ruling following a depreciating dollar, which would cause a decline in tourism revenue.
Until now, foreign tourists had the option of paying the entrance fee to the Taj in either dollar or the Indian rupee. The ruling that will become effective from next week will require foreign tourists to pay either Rs 250 or Rs 100. This...
Post date: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 18:06
‘We knocked the bastard off’, the scaling voice of the great legend resonated over the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest in 1953 after his first ever conquest over the terrain. Alas! The voice has silenced forever with Edmund Hillary bidding his final adieu to the world. The conquest reeled off in 1953 was just the beginning of the gushing enthusiasm that erupted then and flowed like a perennial chasm throughout his life and went on lapping over new heights and reaches - be it the South...
Post date: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 18:05
Those who have seen Rome, either live or on media might be wondering how the historic city looked when it was in its peak of its power. Well, you no more have to imagine things; experts have revived the Roman city, virtually at least and have unveiled the largest and the most completed simulation of a historic city.
The concept is similar to that on online virtual world complete with avatars that explore the monuments and even the villa of Livia, wife of Rome’s first emperor, Augustus. Visitors...
Post date: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 18:04
Travel Directions and Trip Planning the AAA Way: Maps, Directions, and Travel Information Did you know that Eee.org provides door-to-door recommendations as well as roadmaps for just about any of one’s take a trip requires? No matter whether you’re going locally as well as cross-country, the particular Bbb.net TripTik® journey planner will give you presently [...]
Post date: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 18:02