UK and Kerala wins best destination Lonely Planet awards

Kerala  and the UK has been voted as the best family destination  Indian and International  categories respectively. by Lonely Planet magazine. Kerala’s entry  “tropical symphony”, was judged as the “destination that makes it as easy and convenient as possible for one to travel with family offering lots of attractions activities and reasonable priced accommodation and dining…

Gallos power of Cornwall at Tintagel

Eight feet Bronze statue of a Dark Ages King donning crown and gown and his hands on a sword, standing near the cliff edge was unveiled to public last week brings pride to local nationalist and the fortunes of a village built on a legend. The 13th– century ruin of Tintagel Castle, straddles the Cornish…

168 year old royal railways the Luxurious Maharaja Express

Maharaja’s Express is one of the five luxury trains with 19 carriages, operating in India, providing unrivalled view of some of the historical known sights in the north and west India. The train moves on each night, and everything in the train is kept looking immaculate by an army of meticulous staff. In 1844, the…

The Flying Scotsman leaves King’s Cross

The Flying Scotsman, one of the world’s most famous locomotives, painted in its traditional British Rail colours, is making the journey from London King’s Cross to York where it will go on display at the National Railway Museum (NRM). It departed King’s Cross as scheduled at 07:40 GMT and is heading up the East Coast…

Booking.com website fraud

The  vital link between Booking.com, Planet Earth’s number One accommodation site and the connection to the hotels has been compromised as hackers stole personal data and used them to con thousands of harmless customers on one of the world’s biggest hotel booking websites. It all started when Booking.com developed a new app for the mobile…

Explore the unexplored and expect the unexpected

Are you a travel enthusiast or an archeologist or a research student or someone who is in wait for a break from your hectic work schedule? Then pack up to your next destination !!! The breathtaking beauty of Edakkal Caves is awaiting you. Edakkal Caves is located in the Wayanad district of Kerala( India) at…

2 British tourists dead and 8 injured in Shimla as train derails

  Two British tourists dead and 8 injured   after the Kalka-Shimla Railway narrow gauge ( 2ft 6in , 762mm) railway train in North- West India, which covers the mountainous region of Himachal Pradesh, derailed at 12:58pm( 5:28 GMT), close to Taksal station, one mile from Kalka. The toy trains cross the longest tunnel 0.78 miles…

Kerala Tourism wins the PATA award for its Muziris Heritage project

Kerala Tourism’s efforts towards heritage conservation have won it the top Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Award for its Muziris Heritage Project. PATA had earlier honoured Kerala Tourism for its Responsible Tourism initiative in Kumarakom and Kerala tourism’s popular e-Newsletter in 2014. This time the award came for the state’s trendsetting efforts in reinventing the…

Travelling Divas from Chennai complete road trip of 5000kms

  During these troubled times when the Indian news media is awash with rape incidents across the country and a particularly insecure environment for working women in Delhi during late night hours, three working women from Chennai who like to call themselves ‘The Travelling Divas’ chose to take the initiative to instill confidence in women…