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- Travel Visa Requirements To Follow in the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
- Get a Thai Visa to See the Floating Market of Damnoen Saduak
- Indian Visa Requirements To Visit Goa
- Russian Visa Requirements To Explore the Mysteries of Tunguska
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Indian Visa Requirements to Travel the Grand Trunk Road
May 23rd, 2010
The Grand Trunk Road is one of India's oldest, longest and most important highways. Here's how Rudyard Kipling described it in his novel Kim:
"Look! Brahmins and chumars, bankers and tinkers, barbers and bunnias, pilgrims -and potters - all the world going and coming. It is to me as a river from which I am withdrawn like a log after a flood. And truly the Grand Trunk Road is a wonderful spectacle. It runs straight, bearing without crowding India's traffic for fifteen hundred miles - such a river of life as nowhere else exists in the world."
Winding 2,500 kilometers from Bangladesh, through India and into Pakistan, the road passes a variety of interesting destinations of cultural, historic and religious significance, including the Taj Mahal and the city of Varanasi, where Hindi
Travel Visa Requirements To Follow in the Footsteps of Alexander the Great
May 21st, 2010
From 336 to 323 BC, the Macedonian army, led by Alexander the Great, blazed through the Middle East as Alexander strove to conquer Darius, the king of Persia. Although Alexander's reign was short, his impact on history was tremendous. Now, reporter Theodore May is retracing the path the army took, on foot.
Currently in Lebanon, he is blogging about his journey here. For real-time updates, you can also check out his Twitter feed here.
Of course, travel visas weren't really an issue back when Alexander the Great traveled this route. Even if they had been, I seriously doubt he would have cared. You, however, are not Alexander the Great, and you don't have the entire Macedonian army at your back. If you want to undertake a similar journey, researching travel visa requirements is an
Get a Thai Visa to See the Floating Market of Damnoen Saduak
May 15th, 2010
When you visit another country, even mundane activities like shopping are transformed into interesting new experiences. As Gadling.com notes, shopping is also a great way to interact with local people and experience the culture of the place you are visiting.
If you are visiting Bangkok, one of the coolest shopping experiences is actually located outside the city itself, in the floating market of Damnoen Saduak. Â From around 8am to 11am each day, the canals of Damnoen Saduak are packed full of the boats of both shoppers and vendors. This is a great place to buy food of all types, as you can see from the video above.
Most of the produce comes from small farms located alongside the canals-about as fresh as you can get! Still, even if you don't buy anything, it's worth a trip just to take
Indian Visa Requirements To Visit Goa
May 13th, 2010
Goa is the smallest state India, but it's the most popular tourist destination, bringing in approximately 2 million visitors every year. One look at Goa's flawless white-sand beaches, and it's easy to understand why!
Crystal-clear sea and dazzling white sand are the main attractions here. However, Goa, which was originally a Portuguese colony, has a rich and interesting history that shines through in its architecture, food and culture.
Starting in the '60s and '70s, Goa became a destination of choice for hippies and other counterculture types. Open-air beach parties and raves that last all night are still quite common.
Necessities for visiting Goa include sunscreen, swimsuits and an Indian visa. Visas are required and you must apply for yours ahead of time. Indian visa application
Russian Visa Requirements To Explore the Mysteries of Tunguska
May 11th, 2010
On June 30th, 1908, something happened deep in the forests of Siberia, near the Tunguska River. A powerful explosion, one large enough to have completely wiped a city the size of London or New York off the map, shook the forest, leaving scarcely a tree standing. Â (h/t NileGuide)
Nobody is entirely sure what happened-despite evidence that the blast was as powerful as 185 Hiroshimas, it didn't leave a crater. Â According to the NASA website, the local people believed that the god Ogdy had cursed the area. Here's how one of them described the blast to researchers many years later:
Suddenly in the north sky… the sky was split in two, and high above the forest the whole northern part of the sky appeared covered with fire… At that moment there was a bang in the sky and a mighty crashâ
