52 Places To See In 2014 by NYT-Chennai One Of Them

This week I was planning to write about the Sundaram Finance Mylapore Festival  in Madras (Now chennai).Madras city is vibrant throughout the year with lot of Arts ,Cultural and Festivals taking place in different parts of the city .Any Traveller who is interested in tasting the culture of Tamilnadu in India can visit First Madras and then travel to other parts of Tamilnadu for more specific experience.It is no wonder yesterday New York Times has chosen Chennai as one of the 52 Travel destinations to see in 2014.

Hostel : Yoschi Hotel Near Mt.Bromo,Probolinggo,Indonesia

When I was researching the places to stay near Mt.Bromo ,All Travellers were giving their wonderful experiences both positive & negative of staying in Yoschi's Hotel in Probolinggo.I decided to book my stay in this place with beautiful mountains surrounding at it.But when I scheduled the travel with my flight landing at Surabaya from Singapore was pretty late at 11 am in the morning and catching a bus to Probolinggo with 6 hours tiresome journey and then getting ourselves dropped at the Yoschi Hotel will be late in the night.

Saturday Shoot Bits # 9 :View From Petronas Towers

A Soap Box -Petronas Towers In KL,Malaysia

I was standing in the long serpentine crowd to buy a visitor ticket to the world famous Twin Towers of Malaysian city of Kuala Lumpur.I was eager to go to the top of the tower at the evening twilight time so that I can see both day and Night views of the sprawling city.This tower was the tallest tower in the world for 6 years.It now holds 5 th position when Burj Khalifa in Dubai became the tallest now.

Erotic !! Cultural Street Scenes of Melaka

A Travel Blogger's main agenda is to reach out to the unexplored places in a city ,do the research and publish the Blog.All the time one will be searching for the untold truths in that place forgetting the present and enjoying the scenes around .This time during my Travel to Melaka I decided to spend time with my surroundings rather than running around taking pictures which puts me under pressure to deliver the quality stuff.

Do You Know The Forgotten Tomb In Melaka

Hang Kasturi was one of the five great warrior brothers who fought for the Melacca Sultanate in the early struggle.His other brothers were Hang Tuah,Hang Jebat,Hang Lakir and Lang Leklu.The five brothers were great warriors during the reign of the Melaka Sultanate especially during the regime of  Sultan Mansur Shah(1456-1477).

20 Years Of Travel Blogging

A Guest Post

Today 6 th Jan marks the 20th anniversary of a milestone few people recall.

Like other anniversaries falling on this day — the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars, for example, or the birthday of physician Percivall Pott in 1714 — it has been bulldozed beneath the heavy blade of history. A specific study of January 6th, 1994 reveals only one noteworthy event: Nancy Kerrigan being clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

But it was on that same day in 1994 that I walked into the Tourism Bureau in Oaxaca, Mexico, and attempted a maddening but ultimately successful feat: uploading the first travel blog post ever made on the Internet.

A bit of backstory here.

How To Travel Frugally-For Backpackers

All the information available in Social Media makes it difficult for Backpackers to decide the nature of application for getting the Visa to enter a country.One gets confused and ends up paying more than what is required for his stay in the country.Else a traveller spends more time in a city just waiting for the visa papers to be processed.I have made a synopsis of the countries in which I have travelled or intend to travel in the days to come.

COUNTRY	NEED	VOA	VISA FEE	DURATION	EXTN	E VISA	WHERE
THAILAND	YES	AVL	1000 BAHT	14 / 60	NO	NO	AIRPORT/EMBASSY
CAMBODIA	YES	AVL	20 USD	30 D	NO	AVL	LAND/AIRPORT/EMBASSY
VIETNAM	YES	AVL	65 USD	30  / 90 D	NO	NO	LAND/AIRPORT/EMBASSY
LAOS	YES	AVL	40 USD	30 D	NO	AVL	LAND/AIRPORT/EMBASSY
MYANMAR	YES	NO	20 USD	28 D	NO	NO	AIRPORT/EMBASSY
INDONESIA	YES	YES	25 USD	60 D	YES	NO	LAND/AIRPORT/EMBASSY
SINGAPORE	YES	NO	40 SGD	30 D	YES	NO	EMBASSY
MALAYSIA	YES	YES	20 UKP	1 YEAR	NO	NO	EMBASSY
PHILIPPINES	YES/NO	YES	40 USD	14 / 30 D	YES	NO	AIRPORT/EMBASSY
HONGKONG/MACAU	YES/NO	YES	30 USD	14 / 30 D	YES	NO	AIRPORT/EMBASSY
BRUNEI	YES	NO	20 USD	39 D	NO	NO	EMBASSY

Saturday Shoot Bits # 7A :Flower Garden in Changi Airport,Singapore

Great Heights of Melaka River Cruise

Having decided to take the night River cruise I just ran to join the long serpentine group in the wharf.Lot of children were eagerly waiting to get into the boat.As we moved out into the River a cool breeze welcomed us.The buildings on both the sides of the canal were lit with colourful lights and it was a mesmerising sight.many tourists boats were there on the river and one could hear the shrieks,shouts,laughter of the people as they pass a boat.

Singing Birds in City of Melaka in Malaysia

Having got down in the wrong Bus stop I decided to take the night tour of the town.I put my things in the Hostel and immediately started back to the central square so as  not to waste the precious time available to me.Any short stay traveller either sees the night landscape or the day time view of the city during his travel.For Budget travellers always it is a 2 night 1day halt in a place.

That Was My First Glimpse of City of Venice Iin Malaysia

After a short travel of about 3 hours from Kuala Lumpur I reached Melaka the capital State of Malacca in the late evening.It was getting dark very early since the UNESCO World Heritage city falls under a tropical climate.A good Tourists crowd was there in the Bus Station.All of us were waiting for the Bus no 171 to take us to the city from the Interstate Bus Terminal which is situated at a far away place from the central square.