<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776245475114356513</id><updated>2011-11-27T16:09:20.228-08:00</updated><category term='tour'/><category term='beautiful'/><category term='hotels'/><category term='waterfalls'/><category term='travel'/><category term='water'/><category term='boating'/><category term='taj mahal'/><category term='vacation'/><category term='horse riding'/><category term='holiday'/><category term='lake'/><category term='tourism'/><category term='scenary'/><category term='india'/><category term='mountains'/><category term='hills'/><title type='text'>PARADISE- INDIA- Visit a new place everyday</title><subtitle type='html'>If you have something interesting about INDIA and its beauty: text, pic, video, etc. then mail it to myrule.ashish@gmail.com and we ll include it in the postings if approved.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paradise-india.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5776245475114356513/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paradise-india.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>ashish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15144372530637113479</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776245475114356513.post-1810463648306207498</id><published>2008-08-05T06:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T21:57:14.686-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;COORG:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;This is one of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;finest place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; in the geography of the planet. Known for its &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;lushy green tea and coffee estates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;, this place is the destination to the millions of visitors who rejoice the beautiful scenary of this place every year. The crown of hill stations, Coorg, is situated in Karnataka, India.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SJhbkmeKrvI/AAAAAAAAAM4/A4xfXwxI-OY/s1600-h/coorg_02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SJhbkmeKrvI/AAAAAAAAAM4/A4xfXwxI-OY/s200/coorg_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231031651551325938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SJhcAsIF4zI/AAAAAAAAANI/HORQ3lB0U5Q/s1600-h/abbey-falls-coorg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SJhcAsIF4zI/AAAAAAAAANI/HORQ3lB0U5Q/s200/abbey-falls-coorg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231032134105686834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SJhcNC2ATAI/AAAAAAAAANQ/ee4_l_f0mr4/s1600-h/1coorg3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SJhcNC2ATAI/AAAAAAAAANQ/ee4_l_f0mr4/s200/1coorg3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231032346362268674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The beauty of this place is breath-taking. Isnt it??? An awesomely fun filled place for honey-mooners and an adventurous place for a group of friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coorg is situated in the karnataka region of the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Western Ghats&lt;/span&gt; of India. Its about 225 kms from Bangalore. The climate of this place is mostly wintery almost throughout the year. During the summer months, the temperature rises upto 25 degrees Celcius. The ideal time to visit this place is between &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;August to October and January to March&lt;/span&gt; to enjoy the bloom of the vast grenary of this place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A very preferred destination by tourists, Coorg has a lot of historical background. It has been ruled by numerous dynasties over a period of time, bringing in a variety of culture to this place. Mixed with a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;lot of traditional values, cultural aspects and languages&lt;/span&gt;, this place shows the richness of the cultural diversities of India. For &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;food lovers&lt;/span&gt; this place would be like THE DESTINATION, because this place boasts of one of the best food zones in the world. The traditional dishes to the high style food, everything gets aromatised exorbitantly at this place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A tour of 4 days and 3 nights is highly sufficient for this place. Orange county being the most preferred resort of this place, there are a number of tourist packages available for this place, suiting everyones pockets. The first day, i.e. the arrival day of yours to this heavenly abode, can be dedicated to rest, massaging, local sights viewing, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second day of the tour is to be dedicated to sight seeing of the &lt;a href="http://www.valleyviewresort.in/sightseeing.html"&gt;local hotspots&lt;/a&gt;. These places are like, the life of Coorg. The most famous places to be visited here are the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Madikeri Fort, the Raja's seat, the Iruppu falls, the Abbey falls and the Nagarhole national park&lt;/span&gt;. This national park is the home of the 1000's of elephants of India, and an &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;elephant ride&lt;/span&gt; in this park is worth the money spent on this place. Have a look at some of the spectacular looks of the hotspots of Coorg.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SJhg9EJedFI/AAAAAAAAANY/DG2NF4juyv8/s1600-h/iruppu+fall.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SJhg9EJedFI/AAAAAAAAANY/DG2NF4juyv8/s200/iruppu+fall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231037569392604242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Iruppu falls&lt;/span&gt; in Coorg. A fantastic view of this place with the chilling air containing small water droplets bringing a pleasant sensation to your mind is always cherished by the visitor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SJhhdRc8WOI/AAAAAAAAANg/3IijbrmcP_A/s1600-h/elephant.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SJhhdRc8WOI/AAAAAAAAANg/3IijbrmcP_A/s200/elephant.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231038122719729890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Elephants at the Nagarhole national park&lt;/span&gt;. This park is the center of attraction for tourists coming to this place. An elephant ride at this park can be one of the most memorable moments in the life of someone. Variety of birds and animals are found in this national park.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SJhiJQpxyLI/AAAAAAAAANo/NAjvu7x69ZE/s1600-h/waterfalls.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SJhiJQpxyLI/AAAAAAAAANo/NAjvu7x69ZE/s200/waterfalls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231038878419372210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Abbey falls&lt;/span&gt; are explicitly beautiful in the evening. The sunset view near the abbey falls are one of the most spectacular ones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The third day of the trip can be spent on all the activities oriented stuff at this place. Coorg has in store some of the most adventurous activities to thrill the thrill lovers at this place. A lot of local activities installed at this place to make a perfect time for nature lovers. These activities include &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;trekking &lt;/span&gt;on the mountains of Coorg, with dazzling slopes and thundering mist. &lt;strong&gt;White Water Rafting:&lt;/strong&gt; There are few good camps around Coorg that offer rafting down the Cauvery river. For some fast paced action, visit the Upper Barapole River to the south of Coorg in Brahmagiri. The best time for rafting is from mid-June to mid-September. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Angling &lt;/span&gt;is also a favourite past time of the people. There is a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;golf &lt;/span&gt;course down the lane for all those golf lovers who want to enjoy on the lush greeny grass in a chilling climate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fourth day of the trip is designated to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;out of town sight seeing&lt;/span&gt;. As suggested in the Kodaikanal and Munnar posts, the most important activity at this place would be hiring a cab and travelling beyond the crowd to the appealing mountainous views and the awesome scenary embarked in this region. Enjoy the privacy with your loved ones at the most spectacular scenic views of this place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With so much of beauty filled in it, this place makes a paradise out of India.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe id="lookery-ad-10665" name="lookery-ad-10665" src="http://ads.lookery.com/ad/?p=3d41a92a09b6745af3b303b3c12e5c7f&amp;amp;z=10665&amp;amp;d=728x90" framespacing="no" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="728" height="110"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SJhb0P59tII/AAAAAAAAANA/5C5DLTPf55s/s1600-h/1coorg3.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5776245475114356513-1810463648306207498?l=paradise-india.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paradise-india.blogspot.com/feeds/1810463648306207498/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5776245475114356513&amp;postID=1810463648306207498' title='58 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5776245475114356513/posts/default/1810463648306207498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5776245475114356513/posts/default/1810463648306207498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paradise-india.blogspot.com/2008/08/coorg-this-is-one-of-finest-place-in.html' title=''/><author><name>ashish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15144372530637113479</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SJhbkmeKrvI/AAAAAAAAAM4/A4xfXwxI-OY/s72-c/coorg_02.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>58</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776245475114356513.post-1916954300678076385</id><published>2008-06-14T02:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T21:57:16.297-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;OOTY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;This place is indeed the most sought after tourist place in the country. This place is known as the&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; QUEEN OF HILLS&lt;/span&gt; because this was the Britishers favourite summer spot. The original name of this place is &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;UDHAGAMANDALAM&lt;/span&gt; and its situated on the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;NILGIRIs&lt;/span&gt; which means &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;blue mountains.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SFZ6B1Nuv_I/AAAAAAAAALo/NHBwbxpeP1A/s1600-h/ooty1ey5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 144px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SFZ6B1Nuv_I/AAAAAAAAALo/NHBwbxpeP1A/s200/ooty1ey5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212487790611054578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SFaGePf2zVI/AAAAAAAAAMw/5FfQRl73-Vo/s1600-h/ooty-festival.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SFaGePf2zVI/AAAAAAAAAMw/5FfQRl73-Vo/s200/ooty-festival.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212501472842272082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SFZ6nUhAvCI/AAAAAAAAALw/IZ0J8wgcRR4/s1600-h/ImageReader.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SFZ6nUhAvCI/AAAAAAAAALw/IZ0J8wgcRR4/s200/ImageReader.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212488434668583970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Ooty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is situated in the heart of the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Nilgiris&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; mountains at an altitude of about 2500 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;mts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; above sea level. This place has a &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;very pleasant climate throughout the year&lt;/span&gt; with mercury swinging between 10 and 25 degrees &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;celcius&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; all round the year. The ideal time to visit this place is &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;april&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;to &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;june&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;september&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;november&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;The only thing which is not to be forgotten while touring this place is&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; warm clothes&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The best part of the tour to this place is the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Mountain train&lt;/span&gt; from &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;mettupalayam&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to the hill top. This journey is a remarkable one as it crosses hundreds of bridges and several tunnels on its way. This train ride is rated as the best &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;coz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; it gives a &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;complete insight of the mountain &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;scenary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of this place. 1000's of water springs and falls mark the way of this journey, and makes it one of the most pleasant ones. Have a look...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SFZ9wKWrAQI/AAAAAAAAAL4/l60dmRlux54/s1600-h/ooty-roylaverick-2005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SFZ9wKWrAQI/AAAAAAAAAL4/l60dmRlux54/s200/ooty-roylaverick-2005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212491885094568194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SFZ-LcprDOI/AAAAAAAAAMA/5aUZE9978Iw/s1600-h/vijayakanth-ooty-train.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 162px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SFZ-LcprDOI/AAAAAAAAAMA/5aUZE9978Iw/s200/vijayakanth-ooty-train.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212492353862569186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This ride dot marks all the great &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;scenaric&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; views of this place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lake of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;ooty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; needs special words of description. The whole trip to this place becomes worthless if one fails to have a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;boat ride in this fantastic lake&lt;/span&gt;. Its an artificially made up lake by damming the streams flowing through. Near the lake is the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;childrens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; park and the deer park for activities. Altogether this place is a perfect combination of beauty and amazing crowd which makes it a must tour destination. Have a look of some of the lake's fantasies....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SFaAueppUMI/AAAAAAAAAMI/UKKp90GhS0k/s1600-h/1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SFaAueppUMI/AAAAAAAAAMI/UKKp90GhS0k/s200/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212495154718003394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SFaBbLDSbtI/AAAAAAAAAMg/vWwQOxt68Vw/s1600-h/lk7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SFaBbLDSbtI/AAAAAAAAAMg/vWwQOxt68Vw/s200/lk7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212495922550959826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;For more pics of this place &lt;a href="http://www.ooty.com/travel/lakegallary.htm"&gt;click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The general places to visit in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;Ooty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; include the &lt;a href="http://www.ooty.com/travel/botanicalgarden.htm"&gt;Botanical garden&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.ooty.com/travel/pykara.htm"&gt;The &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;Pykara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; falls&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.ooty.com/travel/garden.htm"&gt;The Rose garden&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.ooty.com/travel/doddabetta.htm"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;Dodabetta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; peak&lt;/a&gt;, etc. But the main catch of this place is the lake and the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;scenaries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; encountered in the mountain railway journey. If you are a true nature lover then like in the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"&gt;Kodaikanal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; post and the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"&gt;munnar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; post, hire a cab and tell the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"&gt;cabby&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to take you a place filled with nature and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"&gt;scenary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. He ll take you to places outside, which i think is the ultimate tourist attracting spot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The main catch of this place is the sprawling &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;tea gardens&lt;/span&gt;. The major income source of this place has flourished beauty into this place. The tea gardens cover all the crevices of the mountains and give it a breath taking look. The tea gardens dazzle with sunlight in the morning, and the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"&gt;flomboyant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; taste of tea in this place cannot be obtained anywhere else in the world. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"&gt;Ooty&lt;/span&gt; is also famous for its &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;home made chocolates&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;handicrafts&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This place definitely make India a paradise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe id="lookery-ad-10673" name="lookery-ad-10673" src="http://ads.lookery.com/ad/?p=3d41a92a09b6745af3b303b3c12e5c7f&amp;amp;z=10673&amp;amp;d=645x60" framespacing="no" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="645" height="80"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5776245475114356513-1916954300678076385?l=paradise-india.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paradise-india.blogspot.com/feeds/1916954300678076385/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5776245475114356513&amp;postID=1916954300678076385' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5776245475114356513/posts/default/1916954300678076385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5776245475114356513/posts/default/1916954300678076385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paradise-india.blogspot.com/2008/06/ooty-desparately-this-place-is-first.html' title=''/><author><name>ashish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15144372530637113479</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SFZ6B1Nuv_I/AAAAAAAAALo/NHBwbxpeP1A/s72-c/ooty1ey5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776245475114356513.post-4993422776540542251</id><published>2008-06-08T05:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T21:57:20.227-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;MUNNAR:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;This place is definitely one of the best places in India to visit. An &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;ideal place for a couple&lt;/span&gt; for their sweet honeymoon. No disturban&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;ce around, admiring nature and complete privacy often accompany visito&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;rs who come to this place to relax completely and spend a good time with their companions. Dont beleive?? Then just check out some of these pics.....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvRmEQVmbI/AAAAAAAAAJY/3yW9Ya5fgo0/s1600-h/3013093-MORNING_MIST_RISES_IN_MUNNAR_VALLEY-Munnar.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvRmEQVmbI/AAAAAAAAAJY/3yW9Ya5fgo0/s200/3013093-MORNING_MIST_RISES_IN_MUNNAR_VALLEY-Munnar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209487845891611058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;This is an early morning view of the greatest hill station of India. Looking at the picture, mi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;st and cool breeze enlighten th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;e morning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; scenary. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The mist covers the mountains so beautifully that it looks as if the mountains are c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;overed with a warm blanket of snow. All this gives a great start to the tour of Munnar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvSkIJUgpI/AAAAAAAAAJg/4lQsGF7nDX0/s1600-h/DSC00269.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvSkIJUgpI/AAAAAAAAAJg/4lQsGF7nDX0/s200/DSC00269.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209488912087810706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The glory of Munnar li&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;es in this place. The &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;great lake&lt;/span&gt; on whic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;h the Mattupetty dam is built. This is one of the major tourist attracting spots of this hill station, not just because of the lake, but also because of the scenary covering this part. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Beautiful mountains&lt;/span&gt; give a pose as never before. The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;whole set of th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;is lake complime&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;nts each other in enhancing the beauty of this place.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvTey9q_6I/AAAAAAAAAJo/Dx_fpEIucg0/s1600-h/1278250648_47748b6f73_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvTey9q_6I/AAAAAAAAAJo/Dx_fpEIucg0/s200/1278250648_47748b6f73_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209489920014090146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Munnar is one place whe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;re beauty comes before anything else. Any person coming to this place is awesomely dazzled when he looks at the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; scenary around him, just like this pic. Munnar is blessed with the extreme &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;speciality of Kerala,,, "&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;backwaters&lt;/span&gt;". Yes, this is somet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;hing which supports life at this place. Backwa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;ters form the backbone of the natural scenary of this place.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Munnar is located in the state of Kerala in India. This breath-taki&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;g &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;p&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;lace is located on the Southern &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Western Ghats &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;in the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; Idukki district&lt;/span&gt;. The altitude of this place is about 1600 to 1800 mts above sea level, w&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;hich affects its temperatu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;re to range between &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;10 to 25 degrees&lt;/span&gt; celcius. The ideal time to visit this place is &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;"&gt;august-sept-october zone&lt;/span&gt;, coz this place is, at that time, genuinely adorned by the beauty of mother nature. To reach Munnar, its advisable to travel to Cochin(ernakulam) by air or land, and then by a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; cab to the high mountains which is about a 6 hour journey by road.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;As popular, Kerala is known for its numerous &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;backwaters and waterfalls. Mu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvXkaSsKPI/AAAAAAAAAJw/3-AgNJ_FKPM/s1600-h/munnar-waterfall.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 157px; height: 204px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvXkaSsKPI/AAAAAAAAAJw/3-AgNJ_FKPM/s200/munnar-waterfall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209494414517086450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;nnar keep&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;s K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;erala's head high in this aspect.  While from Cochin towards M&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;unnar, one finds &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;hundreds of streams&lt;/span&gt; forming the outlet of a major waterfall s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;hown in the pic on the right. The &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;water from the streams is ultrapure&lt;/span&gt; coz it penetrates rock soil and is ex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;tremely tasty. Drink this water for a few days continously and you ll get rid of all the sickness and infections. An extremely photogenic region, these fountains and water streams &amp;amp; falls, form the major tourist attractions. Standing at a least distance from&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; running water which is extremely pure is a heavenly feeling. It make&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;s you get rid of all the tensions in life. Th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;ats why most people prefer Munnar for a holiday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvX-76jKqI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/N-WXNDi4rDc/s1600-h/waterfall+munnar.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvX-76jKqI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/N-WXNDi4rDc/s200/waterfall+munnar.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209494870219238050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Yes. Th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;is is Munnar in real form. This is why this place is so popular. A vibrant water fall. Standing for just 5 mins near this site &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;makes you feel so fresh&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;that you automatically gain the energy to further t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;our this place inspite of your tiredness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Munnar has numerous sight seeing spots such as the wild life sanctuary, and g&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;ardens. But as said in the Kodaikanal post i would suggest you hire a cab and ask t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;he cabby to take you to a place which is naturegenic. And beleive me, the sites you ll see, will make you say WOW!!!! Coz this place is absolutely filled with a lot of scenary, w&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;ater streams and grenary everywhere. A person can spend a whole day on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;the outskirts of munnar enjoying the lush green mountains and enjoying the best scenaries in the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;And if you want to roam in the interior of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Munnar, there are loads of options. The mighty famous lake of Munnar is one of the best options. Get a &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;boat ride on the lake&lt;/span&gt; and you get to see amazing views of the place and whatmore, you enter the elephant zone in the boat, where you get to see the herd of elephants. This is one of the rarest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; sights on the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;planet. This makes this place a lot more famous. On&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; the lake is built the &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Mattupetty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; dam&lt;/span&gt;, which is also an amazing photo taking zone. One pic makes it a remembral of this very famous place. This place also holds the credit of containing one of the rarest species of goats in this world,,, &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;THE NILGIRI THAR&lt;/span&gt;. This p&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;lace is full of adventure and activity for every person who wants to explore the beauty &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;of this place. Have a look at some of the most eye catching view of this pl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;ace.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvqPW7r0zI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/vNIpdG2oNLY/s1600-h/munnar-lake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvqPW7r0zI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/vNIpdG2oNLY/s200/munnar-lake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209514943558964018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvpxRwtxII/AAAAAAAAAKI/VjhK0tAYQlM/s1600-h/mattupetty-dam.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvpxRwtxII/AAAAAAAAAKI/VjhK0tAYQlM/s200/mattupetty-dam.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209514426774701186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;And one of the most important things to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;be done at this place is to visit the tea gardens of this region. This region is one of the oldest &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;tea cultivating regions in the world&lt;/span&gt;. It was started by the British and later due to huge popularity adopted by the natives. The tea gardens by themselves are a major tourist spot, coz they cover huge mountains and look as if the mountain had&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; a smooth even surface, they cover all the trenches and ridges of the mountains. Tea plants s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;pread over 1000's of hectares make the area look so beautiful and the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;climate of this place is ideal for drinking tea&lt;/span&gt;. So if you visit this region then dont forget to have a taste of the brilliant tea &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;which &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;refreshes you every moment. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvtGv9-pMI/AAAAAAAAAKY/PCdHuG2crMk/s1600-h/134100083_360e0eec72.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 169px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvtGv9-pMI/AAAAAAAAAKY/PCdHuG2crMk/s200/134100083_360e0eec72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209518094195532994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvuMisTqVI/AAAAAAAAAKg/iHrmPjQVIIE/s1600-h/munnar.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 164px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvuMisTqVI/AAAAAAAAAKg/iHrmPjQVIIE/s200/munnar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209519293222594898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvu6iLSKqI/AAAAAAAAAKo/YM7SolU-R3g/s1600-h/p232267024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 142px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvu6iLSKqI/AAAAAAAAAKo/YM7SolU-R3g/s200/p232267024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209520083358067362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvvbe1M2OI/AAAAAAAAAKw/BhQ2pDvJlCI/s1600-h/tea-plantations-in-munnar.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvvbe1M2OI/AAAAAAAAAKw/BhQ2pDvJlCI/s200/tea-plantations-in-munnar.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209520649395820770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvwESOPcVI/AAAAAAAAAK4/XHYmM7vF5rA/s1600-h/munnar13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvwESOPcVI/AAAAAAAAAK4/XHYmM7vF5rA/s200/munnar13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209521350385824082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hmmm. Munnar is rightfully a favourite tourist spot. Just check out some of these pics. This should definitely make you nerves sense the love of nature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvwpUCkkqI/AAAAAAAAALA/7O3w_RzX34Y/s1600-h/lake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvwpUCkkqI/AAAAAAAAALA/7O3w_RzX34Y/s200/lake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209521986528907938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a view of the famous Munnar lake in the morning time. Have a look at the clouds and the beautiful scenary around the lake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvyz6kWD0I/AAAAAAAAALI/KizW5qkNm7A/s1600-h/munnna.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvyz6kWD0I/AAAAAAAAALI/KizW5qkNm7A/s200/munnna.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209524367693057858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A view of a stream which flows like blood in the veins. The flowing streams flow the purest water in the world. Drinking this water for just few days makes a person healthy and fit. One of the most spectacular views when watched in reality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvzvEH9O3I/AAAAAAAAALQ/mOTAoOju6QM/s1600-h/munnar_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvzvEH9O3I/AAAAAAAAALQ/mOTAoOju6QM/s200/munnar_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209525383870626674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scenaries. This is what this place is all about. One should definitely visit this place atleast once in a lifetime. Rightfully it forms the paradise of India.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe id="lookery-ad-10665" name="lookery-ad-10665" src="http://ads.lookery.com/ad/?p=3d41a92a09b6745af3b303b3c12e5c7f&amp;amp;z=10665&amp;amp;d=728x90" framespacing="no" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="728" height="110"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5776245475114356513-4993422776540542251?l=paradise-india.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paradise-india.blogspot.com/feeds/4993422776540542251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5776245475114356513&amp;postID=4993422776540542251' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5776245475114356513/posts/default/4993422776540542251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5776245475114356513/posts/default/4993422776540542251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paradise-india.blogspot.com/2008/06/munnar-this-place-is-definitely-one-of.html' title=''/><author><name>ashish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15144372530637113479</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEvRmEQVmbI/AAAAAAAAAJY/3yW9Ya5fgo0/s72-c/3013093-MORNING_MIST_RISES_IN_MUNNAR_VALLEY-Munnar.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776245475114356513.post-3123698661677699604</id><published>2008-06-06T03:16:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T21:57:21.552-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" &gt;Kashmir!!!!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;The ultimate tourist destination. A &lt;strong&gt;beautiful nature blessed land&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;and the Crown Of India. A &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Shikara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;ride&lt;/span&gt; (boat ride) in the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;dal&lt;/span&gt; lake or a &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;tre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;kking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; adventure of the snow clad high mountains,&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEkQ7KHLU_I/AAAAAAAAAIU/5Kc5eXYrigs/s1600-h/13879-alpamayo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEkQ7KHLU_I/AAAAAAAAAIU/5Kc5eXYrigs/s200/13879-alpamayo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208713052543472626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; everything basks in &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/R_ChWC240JI/AAAAAAAAAEs/WZB8bJPRwyk/s1600-h/P1012519small.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183820571199721618" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="file:///D:/blog/28may%203.%2049_files/P1012519small.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;the glory of itself in Kashmir. And a quite economic tourism place too. Tour packages are available from 1000 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;INR&lt;/span&gt; to 100000 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;INR&lt;/span&gt;(approx. 250 to 25000 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;USD&lt;/span&gt;). It is the &lt;strong&gt;ideal place for all nature&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; lovers n honeymooners&lt;/strong&gt;. Blessed with a brilliant mountainous      climate, with temperatures dipping to freezing points at times, Kashmir is very famous for its food and culture. &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Chole&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;bhature&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on a local &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;dhaba&lt;/span&gt; to the multi cuisine food in a 5 star hotel, everything here is so taste filled and yummy. And something very eye catching is that &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;Kashmir inhabitants are rated among the most good looking and beautiful people in the world&lt;/span&gt;. I can bet the people who &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;beleive&lt;/span&gt; in beauty with brains, that once you come here, you ll be so &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;enthusiatic&lt;/span&gt;, looking at the people around that you wont wish to return. (Well, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;thats&lt;/span&gt; exactly what happened with me too when i went to that place).With nature blessing Kashmir with every ray of light, Kashmir has got &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;awesome gardens&lt;/span&gt; with a mind blowing collection of flora (not to forget the enchanting flowers and attractive saffron flowers).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEkTrbZCafI/AAAAAAAAAIk/xADeqpY8Jkw/s1600-h/ladakh-746371.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEkTrbZCafI/AAAAAAAAAIk/xADeqpY8Jkw/s200/ladakh-746371.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208716080838765042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a view of the road leading to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;ladakh&lt;/span&gt;. This road is perfectly constructed amidst the beauty of nature. Amazing &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;scenary&lt;/span&gt; on both sides of the road and the latitude effective cold climate of this place make it the tourists favourite spot. Snow capped mountains provide a pleasing view to the eyes on both sides of this road.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEkUqr3UsaI/AAAAAAAAAIs/qUb_VlI_GNo/s1600-h/roadtrip_0008_JPG.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEkUqr3UsaI/AAAAAAAAAIs/qUb_VlI_GNo/s200/roadtrip_0008_JPG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208717167592518050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is one major thing why tourist flock this place in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;arge&lt;/span&gt; number always. One of the scenic views of this beautiful place. This pic shows the mountainous &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;scenary&lt;/span&gt; enclosing a lake. Kashmir is full of such lakes which are major inland transportation bases and also provide the tourists with a number of water sports.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gulmarg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; the meadow of flowers, and an awesome place to visit(as you can see it i&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEkVi-W3AEI/AAAAAAAAAI0/xiEuZurw328/s1600-h/P1012519small.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEkVi-W3AEI/AAAAAAAAAI0/xiEuZurw328/s200/P1012519small.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208718134629302338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;n the picture) boasts about its high altitude snowy mountains and has one of the &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;best high altitude golf course&lt;/span&gt; in the world. &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/R_CiKi240KI/AAAAAAAAAE0/1h40rjs7uvQ/s1600-h/PL+general+view.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183821473142853794" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="file:///D:/blog/28may%203.%2049_files/PLgeneralview.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A trip to this place can cost you from 1000 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;INR&lt;/span&gt; to 25000 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;INR&lt;/span&gt; including transportation and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;accomodation&lt;/span&gt;(approx 25 to 650 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"&gt;USD&lt;/span&gt;). But make sure that you have your bookings done right in advance. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"&gt;Coz&lt;/span&gt; the chill climate can even be inhospitable to you &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"&gt;incase&lt;/span&gt; you &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"&gt;dont&lt;/span&gt; find &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"&gt;accomodation&lt;/span&gt;. This place can fit into the budget of all classes of people. For those who can unleash money out of their pockets without hesitation, Just take a &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;cable car ride&lt;/span&gt; in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"&gt;gulmarg&lt;/span&gt; n get enthralled by the scenic view of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27"&gt;Gulmarg&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28"&gt;coz&lt;/span&gt; i &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29"&gt;dont&lt;/span&gt; think you can have such a view in any other corner of the Earth. The &lt;strong&gt;dazzling high mountains bathed with snow, the temptingly large gardens with awesome collection of colourful and blissful flowers, the adventurous skiing and ice sports form the integral part of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30"&gt;Gulmarg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and is something i recommend you not to miss. But for people who cant spend lavishly, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31"&gt;dont&lt;/span&gt; be discouraged. There is a lot of stuff for you there. Probably you ll enjoy more than the wealthy ones with the awesome gardens and scenic mountain view. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32"&gt;Gulmarg&lt;/span&gt; is the abode of snow and the ultimate tourist destination to spend a part of your time relaxing, and enjoying the great piece of engineering and creativity by nature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEkVzCqN90I/AAAAAAAAAI8/TwXHiPjOKbc/s1600-h/flowery%2Bmeadows.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEkVzCqN90I/AAAAAAAAAI8/TwXHiPjOKbc/s200/flowery%2Bmeadows.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208718410662147906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33"&gt;Roshan&lt;/span&gt; gardens in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34"&gt;gulmarg&lt;/span&gt;. People just simply love this place for the various species of flowers which grow here and bloom up the place with their absolute beauty. Added to these &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35"&gt;exhuberant&lt;/span&gt; flowers is the scenic view of the mountains on which it is based. A combination of all these factors make this the most preferred destination by the tourists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEkXNgAuNsI/AAAAAAAAAJE/QPELBGWyOHY/s1600-h/PL+general+view.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEkXNgAuNsI/AAAAAAAAAJE/QPELBGWyOHY/s200/PL+general+view.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208719964729390786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A general view of a farm house on the way to the Roshan gardens in Gulmarg. Streams as in pic run throughout the state of kashmir. The trees glitter in the sunshine giving a pleasing effect to the eyes of the visitor. And for more recreation, such streams are always there to provide swimming and water activities.&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shikara&lt;/span&gt; in Dal lake&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; This thing is seriously the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37"&gt;SHAAN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (pride) of the &lt;strong&gt;Heaven On Earth&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38"&gt;Shikara's&lt;/span&gt; are basically boats used for inland transportation on the numerous&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEkYWschamI/AAAAAAAAAJM/QS5Gz1l2HrA/s1600-h/kashmir_dal_lake_boat_trip_1989_0126.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEkYWschamI/AAAAAAAAAJM/QS5Gz1l2HrA/s200/kashmir_dal_lake_boat_trip_1989_0126.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208721222197668450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39"&gt;strea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/R_CjvC240LI/AAAAAAAAAE8/UbNqQcAq4Y0/s1600-h/kashmir_dal_lake_boat_trip_1989_0126.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183823199719706802" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="file:///D:/blog/28may%203.%2049_files/kashmir_dal_lake_boat_trip_1989_0126.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;ms &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40"&gt;unning&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41"&gt;throughtout&lt;/span&gt; the state. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42"&gt;Shikara's&lt;/span&gt; range from small tiny boats hand run by rafts to huge House Boats run by powerful engines. But to be honest &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43"&gt;Shikara's&lt;/span&gt; earn more revenue from tourism than transporting goods. They are the &lt;strong&gt;major tourist pullers&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44"&gt;coz&lt;/span&gt; what better than a boat ride in a cold climatic lake(frozen most times of the year) with breath pulling &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45"&gt;scenary&lt;/span&gt; all around??? Every few hundred metres of ride in this lake, you ll find the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46"&gt;scenary&lt;/span&gt; changing drastically n every scene of it better than the previous one. A few dollars, may be 5 or 10, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47"&gt;thats&lt;/span&gt; what you might spend in this trip. Numerous &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;water sports&lt;/span&gt; are also available in the Dal lake. &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Surfing &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48"&gt;canoeing&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; White water rafting &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;and the&lt;/span&gt; great Himalayan ride&lt;/span&gt;, everything in an around Dal lake is always fully occupied by numerous tourists who feel amazingly relaxed after reaching this place. This is the perfect place for the youth who want excitement and thrill in their life &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49"&gt;alongwith&lt;/span&gt; beauty and serenity. And not to forget the &lt;strong&gt;honeymooners&lt;/strong&gt; for whom this is the ideal place who also require privacy and few moments of silence along with the youthful excitement and thrill. There are numerous markets around this lake where you can find the traditional stuff that Kashmir is famous for, especially the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50"&gt;Pathani&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51"&gt;Kurtha&lt;/span&gt; Pajama and its turban. And after your fantastic &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52"&gt;Shikara&lt;/span&gt; ride &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53"&gt;dont&lt;/span&gt; forget to taste the &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54"&gt;Kashmiri&lt;/span&gt; Kaaba&lt;/span&gt;(tea), you ll find the tea &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55"&gt;fantasticly&lt;/span&gt; refreshing. 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A &lt;strong&gt;beautiful nature blessed land&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and the Crown Of India. A &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Shikara&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;ride&lt;/span&gt; (boat ride) in the dal lake or a &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;tre&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/R_CfDy240HI/AAAAAAAAAEc/54RF50fF6tY/s1600-h/mission%2Bkashmir%2B%2Bpart%2BII.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183818058643853426" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px; height: 178px;" alt="" src="file:///D:/blog/28may%203.%2049_files/missionkashmirpartII.JPG" border="0" height="193" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;kking&lt;/span&gt; adventure of the snow clad high mountains,&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/R_Cb8i240CI/AAAAAAAAAD0/yOOpjOWla6I/s1600-h/13879-alpamayo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183814635554918434" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 240px; height: 193px;" alt="" src="file:///D:/blog/28may%203.%2049_files/13879-alpamayo.jpg" border="0" height="240" width="279" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; everything basks in &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/R_ChWC240JI/AAAAAAAAAEs/WZB8bJPRwyk/s1600-h/P1012519small.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183820571199721618" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="file:///D:/blog/28may%203.%2049_files/P1012519small.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;the glory of itself in Kashmir. And a quite economic tourism place too. Tour packages are available from 1000 INR to 100000 INR(approx. 250 to 25000 USD). It is the &lt;strong&gt;ideal place for all nature lovers n honeymooners&lt;/strong&gt;. Blessed with a brilliant mountainous climate, with temperatures dipping to freezing points at times, Kashmir is very famous for its food and culture. &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Chole bhature&lt;/span&gt; on a local dhaba to the multi cuisine food in a 5 star hotel, everything here is so taste filled and yummy. And something very eye catching is that &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;Kashmir inhabitants are rated among the most good looking and beautiful people in the world&lt;/span&gt;. I can bet the people who beleive in beauty with brains, that once you come here, you ll be so enthusiatic, looking at the people around that you wont wish to return. (Well, thats exactly what happened with me too when i went to that place).With nature blessing Kashmir with every ray of light, Kashmir has got &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;awesome gardens&lt;/span&gt; with a mind blowing collection of flora (not to forget the enchanting flowers and attractive saffron flowers).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;Gulmarg&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; the meadow of flowers, and an awesome place to visit(as you can see it in the picture) boasts&lt;br /&gt;about its high altitude snowy mountains and has one of the &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;best high altitude golf course&lt;/span&gt; in the world. &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/R_CiKi240KI/AAAAAAAAAE0/1h40rjs7uvQ/s1600-h/PL+general+view.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183821473142853794" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="file:///D:/blog/28may%203.%2049_files/PLgeneralview.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A trip to this place can cost you from 1000 INR to 25000 INR including transportation and accomodation(approx 25 to 650 USD). But make sure that you have your bookings done right in advance. Coz the chill climate can even be inhospitable to you incase you dont find accomodation. This place can fit into the budget of all classes of people. For those who can unleash money out of their pockets without hesitation, Just take a &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;cable car ride&lt;/span&gt; in gulmarg n get enthralled by the scenic view of Gulmarg coz i dont think you can have such a view in any other corner of the Earth. The &lt;strong&gt;dazzling high mountains bathed with snow, the temptingly large gardens with awesome collection of colourful and blissful flowers, the adventurous skiing and ice sports form the integral part of Gulmarg&lt;/strong&gt; and is something i recommend you not to miss. But for people who cant spend lavishly, dont be discouraged. There is a lot of stuff for you there. Probably you ll enjoy more than the wealthy ones with the awesome gardens and scenic mountain view. Gulmarg is the abode of snow and the ultimate tourist destination to spend a part of your time relaxing, and enjoying the great piece of engineering and creativity by nature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;Shikara in Dal lake&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; This thing is seriously the &lt;strong&gt;SHAAN&lt;/strong&gt; (pride) of the &lt;strong&gt;Heaven On Earth&lt;/strong&gt;. Shikara's&lt;br /&gt;are basically boats used for inland transportation on the numerous strea&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/R_CjvC240LI/AAAAAAAAAE8/UbNqQcAq4Y0/s1600-h/kashmir_dal_lake_boat_trip_1989_0126.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183823199719706802" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="file:///D:/blog/28may%203.%2049_files/kashmir_dal_lake_boat_trip_1989_0126.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;ms unning throughtout the state. Shikara's range from small tiny boats hand run by rafts to huge House Boats run by powerful engines. But to be honest Shikara's earn more revenue from tourism than transporting goods. They are the &lt;strong&gt;major tourist pullers&lt;/strong&gt;, coz what better than a boat ride in a cold climatic lake(frozen most times of the year) with breath pulling scenary all around??? Every few hundred metres of ride in this lake, you ll find the scenary changing drastically n every scene of it better than the previous one. A few dollars, may be 5 or 10, thats what you might spend in this trip. Numerous &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;water sports&lt;/span&gt; are also available in the Dal lake. &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Surfing &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; canoeing &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; White water rafting &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;and the&lt;/span&gt; great Himalayan ride&lt;/span&gt;, everything in an around Dal lake is always fully occupied by numerous tourists who feel amazingly relaxed after reaching this place. This is the perfect place for the youth who want excitement and thrill in their life alongwith beauty and serenity. And not to forget the &lt;strong&gt;honeymooners&lt;/strong&gt; for whom this is the ideal place who also require privacy and few moments of silence along with the youthful excitement and thrill. There are numerous markets around this lake where you can find the traditional stuff that Kashmir is famous for, especially the Pathani Kurtha Pajama and its turban. And after your fantastic Shikara ride dont forget to taste the &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Kashmiri Kaaba&lt;/span&gt;(tea), you ll find the tea fantasticly refreshing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe id="lookery-ad-10665" name="lookery-ad-10665" src="http://ads.lookery.com/ad/?p=3d41a92a09b6745af3b303b3c12e5c7f&amp;amp;z=10665&amp;amp;d=728x90" framespacing="no" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="728" height="110"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5776245475114356513-8033381615746964428?l=paradise-india.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paradise-india.blogspot.com/feeds/8033381615746964428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5776245475114356513&amp;postID=8033381615746964428' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5776245475114356513/posts/default/8033381615746964428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5776245475114356513/posts/default/8033381615746964428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paradise-india.blogspot.com/2008/06/kashmir-ultimate-tourist-destination_06.html' title=''/><author><name>ashish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15144372530637113479</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776245475114356513.post-34907084738201965</id><published>2008-06-04T23:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T21:57:23.604-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='horse riding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beautiful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scenary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tourism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mountains'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='waterfalls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hills'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='water'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;KODAIKANAL:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Wow! What a place!! Breathtaking!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;!!&lt;/span&gt; Dont get confused. These are the first words which comes to the mind of every tourist who visits this beauty on Earth. Dont beleive it??? Then just have a glance at&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; these pics. I am sure this would definitely temptate you to visit this place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEeOUZbX-wI/AAAAAAAAAGE/3w0wduUdmuY/s1600-h/Kodai+Lake-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 138px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEeOUZbX-wI/AAAAAAAAAGE/3w0wduUdmuY/s320/Kodai+Lake-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208287975151500034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This pic is the view of the very famous &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kodai lake&lt;/span&gt;. This lake is always full of tourists coz there is enough stuff around here for tourists to spend a couple of days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEePdA4LcsI/AAAAAAAAAGM/kp3OQ4SpBi0/s1600-h/kodai1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEePdA4LcsI/AAAAAAAAAGM/kp3OQ4SpBi0/s200/kodai1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208289222691877570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a view of the &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Kodai road&lt;/span&gt; which is the pathway to this great place. All around this road you ll find&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;beautiful scenary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; full of lush green mountains and amazing looking streams of pure n fresh water. Not to forget the very sought for greenary of trees which is the major factor for this place being so beautiful and tourist attracting&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hmmm! Now it s time to describe this place. As simple as it goes, Kodaikanal is an &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;excellent hill station on the Palani hills&lt;/span&gt; of the Western Ghats of the Great Indian subcontinent. It is about 500 kms from chennai and about 125 kms from Madurai in the Tamil Nadu state of India. Being at an altitude of about 2000 m above sea level this place has a very good climate with mercury running between &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;10 to 20 degrees&lt;/span&gt; all round the year. There is no particular visiting period for this place as whenever tourists visit this place they are given a royal welcome by the amazing mist and pleasure filled weather.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ideal amount of time to spend at this place is 3 days and 2 nights. There is all sorts of luxury at this place to suit your budget. Ranging from the best resorts in Kodai to the average hotel room, everything over here gives you a warm blanket of love and eye pleasing view of this great place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The best thing to be done at this place, is to just take &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;a walk around the Kodai lake&lt;/span&gt;, meet new people, socialize more, etc, etc. Something more amazing to be done is that you hire a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;pedalbike&lt;/span&gt; (its pretty inexpensive at rs.10 per hour) and enjoy the chilling weather and the playful mist around the lake. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Horse riding&lt;/span&gt; is another exclusive option as it gives you a enjoyable experience around the lake. And if you are a bit hydrophilic, then dont forget to miss the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;amazing bo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;ating experience&lt;/span&gt; in the lake, with all the lotus flowers surrounding your boat royally guarding you. To enjoy this place to the fullest i would suggest you spend a full day doing this. This is a perfect touring option for the first day of the trip as it would be close to your stay location. And this is also the best way to get rid of the tiredness at the place. Enjoy the joy of the chilling air down your throat n you ll have the maximum fun at this place. Heres some proof to the beauty of this great place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEe5YgUX7zI/AAAAAAAAAGU/cXRyhUX6Ylo/s1600-h/450px-Kodaikanal_lake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 135px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEe5YgUX7zI/AAAAAAAAAGU/cXRyhUX6Ylo/s200/450px-Kodaikanal_lake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208335324720656178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEe6QBxPWmI/AAAAAAAAAGk/pKVrGpTlL0k/s1600-h/kodai_lake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 131px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEe6QBxPWmI/AAAAAAAAAGk/pKVrGpTlL0k/s200/kodai_lake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208336278592903778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEe51SAkUyI/AAAAAAAAAGc/93YRWt_2m5g/s1600-h/Kodai+Lake-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEe51SAkUyI/AAAAAAAAAGc/93YRWt_2m5g/s200/Kodai+Lake-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208335819095692066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second day of your trip can comprise of visiting the official suggested tourist spots such as &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;the suicide point, the rock caves, the 500 year old tree, coakers walk, the liril falls, the pine forest&lt;/span&gt; etc. To visit all these places you can hire a cab and tell the cabby to take you to these places. He ll also suggest you various other places and you can spend your entire day enjoying them. Dont forget to take as many photos possible to keep them as a memory of those amazing tourist spots. And a few things which are unofficially recommended are &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;eating fresh carrots&lt;/span&gt; available at these places, and not to forget, the special &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;HOME MADE CHOCOLATES&lt;/span&gt; at these places. These things raise your nerves to more enjoyment and fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEe-94wnucI/AAAAAAAAAG4/5dAX6J-9t5s/s1600-h/coalkers+walk.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEe-94wnucI/AAAAAAAAAG4/5dAX6J-9t5s/s200/coalkers+walk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208341464494881218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A scene of the &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;COAKERs WALK&lt;/span&gt; in Kodai. A great exercise track for visitors and has a lot of importance too. A place where nature is adorned by beauty and pure chilled air. This is one place where a person does not realize the passage of time when he s deeply ingrossed into it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the famous &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;pine forest&lt;/span&gt; of the Kodai. Its an ideal place to take a photo n keep it as a&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEfPbp9gI2I/AAAAAAAAAH4/Z_h2WVgmKck/s1600-h/pine.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEfPbp9gI2I/AAAAAAAAAH4/Z_h2WVgmKck/s200/pine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208359568104498018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; memorable collection for your life. To the outside of this place are available fresh carrots. This is something which no person should miss. I dont think carrots get more tastier anywhere else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEfCeoLysKI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/RQbOa6qZ1V4/s1600-h/liril+falls.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 138px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEfCeoLysKI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/RQbOa6qZ1V4/s200/liril+falls.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208345325516009634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Have a close look of the &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;Liril falls&lt;/span&gt;. Its water is extremely pure and its said that drinking the water of this lake fulfils all your ambitions. An excellent creation by nature, this is the location where the advertisement of Liril was shot, and hence so nicknamed. But an amazing place to visit coz this is the main branch of water supply to all the small small falls which run throughout Kodai.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For all the nature lovers, the main attraction of this place is the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;outskirts of kodai&lt;/span&gt;. Just ask your cabby to take you to a beautiful nature filled place, and he ll take you about 40 kms from the main city to a place which will make you say BRILLIANT. This is the main catch of this hill station. All through your journey to that place you ll find amazing glimpses of scenary of implicit beauty. Spectacular waterfalls, the chasing mist behind you, the refreshingly chilling air and the gentle rays of the sun, make your body dance to the tunes of joy. A truly memorable place and an excellent tourist destination in South India. Have a few glimpses below of the beauty of this marvellous place&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEfK_g1-euI/AAAAAAAAAHY/3s62SYlhUBA/s1600-h/KodaiTreks.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEfK_g1-euI/AAAAAAAAAHY/3s62SYlhUBA/s200/KodaiTreks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208354686574164706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mist playing with the trees. &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEfNaZ8VXXI/AAAAAAAAAHo/HOSyYZGEJeE/s1600-h/kodai.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEfNaZ8VXXI/AAAAAAAAAHo/HOSyYZGEJeE/s200/kodai.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208357347601505650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spectacular scenary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;An outlook of one of the resorts in Kodai.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This place definitely makes India a paradise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe id="lookery-ad-10665" name="lookery-ad-10665" src="http://ads.lookery.com/ad/?p=3d41a92a09b6745af3b303b3c12e5c7f&amp;amp;z=10665&amp;amp;d=728x90" framespacing="no" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="728" height="110"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5776245475114356513-34907084738201965?l=paradise-india.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paradise-india.blogspot.com/feeds/34907084738201965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5776245475114356513&amp;postID=34907084738201965' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5776245475114356513/posts/default/34907084738201965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5776245475114356513/posts/default/34907084738201965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paradise-india.blogspot.com/2008/06/kodaikanal-wow-what-place-breathtaking.html' title=''/><author><name>ashish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15144372530637113479</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/SEeOUZbX-wI/AAAAAAAAAGE/3w0wduUdmuY/s72-c/Kodai+Lake-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776245475114356513.post-5592103900325128342</id><published>2008-03-20T22:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T21:57:24.134-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beautiful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tourism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='india'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taj mahal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holiday'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" &gt;TAJ MAHAL:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184893999491109090" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/R_Rxny240OI/AAAAAAAAAF0/V3MpvjK9Zos/s320/601px-TajMahalbyAmalMongia.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;This monument has stood the test of time to showcase LOVE. Rated as a &lt;strong&gt;Wonder Of The World&lt;/strong&gt;, this historic marble marvel was built on the banks of the river Yamuna by one of the greatest architectural Emperor Shah Jahan to symbolize his love for his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Its a white marble structure which engaged around 22000 men for about 20 years. The first element of this architectural feat is the &lt;strong&gt;royal entrance gateway&lt;/strong&gt; (shown in the pic) which gives a royal welcome to the visitors. Beyond the entrance are two pathways which lead to the main structure. A pool runs between the two pathways with vibrant fountains, designed to provide refreshment to the eyes of the visitor. If you ve experienced tiredness, then there are magnificient gardens around the pathways to feed you with relaxing moments. Ideal time to visit this place is during the winter season between &lt;strong&gt;November to January&lt;/strong&gt;. This place looks vibrantly beautiful in the moon light of the full moon.&lt;/span&gt; Thats the ultimate moment to look at this monument.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then its the turn of the Taj Mahal itself. The main catch of it is the white marble tomb resting on a square plinth. Four &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/R_Rx4i240PI/AAAAAAAAAF8/OAqq-S8n9-Y/s1600-h/800px-Entrance_fort.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184894287253917938" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/R_Rx4i240PI/AAAAAAAAAF8/OAqq-S8n9-Y/s200/800px-Entrance_fort.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;minarets surround the main structure signifying security. The most important feature to be noted is that from whichever side you look at the Taj Mahal, it looks the same viz. its &lt;strong&gt;symmetric in all directions&lt;/strong&gt;. Surrounding the huge white marble tomb are four other tombs at equal displacements. Behind it, you can find a mosque with the fabulous muslim architectural style, and rest sure, you can go there freely and spend time with god. The &lt;strong&gt;calligraphed walls were once filled with precious gems&lt;/strong&gt;, and the intricate carvings on both the interior and the exterior walls signify the mughal literature. For sure it would have taken tremendous human resource to build calligraphed walls decorated with gems. Inside is a huge spacial area with literary scripts inscribed everywhere. Discover the heights of engineering and architecturals achievements at the Taj Mahal. Do not fail to visit this place, coz this is rightfully rated as &lt;strong&gt;THE WONDER OF THE WORLD&lt;/strong&gt;. There are several hotels here for accomodation ranging from 500 to 10000 INR, depending on the consumers budget. Along with the famous Taj Mahal there is also the &lt;strong&gt;fort of Agra&lt;/strong&gt; for the tourists to visit. Several tour operators provide a luxury package to this place and they make sure that every single need of yours is fulfilled. All that the tourist has to do is to go to one of the links to the right side of this page or the bottom part of the page, click, book and enjoy a trip to the most awaited destination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe id="lookery-ad-10665" name="lookery-ad-10665" src="http://ads.lookery.com/ad/?p=3d41a92a09b6745af3b303b3c12e5c7f&amp;amp;z=10665&amp;amp;d=728x90" framespacing="no" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="728" height="110"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5776245475114356513-5592103900325128342?l=paradise-india.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paradise-india.blogspot.com/feeds/5592103900325128342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5776245475114356513&amp;postID=5592103900325128342' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5776245475114356513/posts/default/5592103900325128342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5776245475114356513/posts/default/5592103900325128342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paradise-india.blogspot.com/2008/04/taj-mahal-this-monument-has-stood-test.html' title=''/><author><name>ashish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15144372530637113479</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/R_Rxny240OI/AAAAAAAAAF0/V3MpvjK9Zos/s72-c/601px-TajMahalbyAmalMongia.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776245475114356513.post-6537221662563688856</id><published>2008-03-20T21:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T21:57:25.490-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beautiful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tourism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='india'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vacation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hotels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holiday'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" &gt;GOLDEN TEMPLE-AMRITSAR:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/R_MScS240MI/AAAAAAAAAFE/I1I4M0pRutg/s1600-h/golden,white-temp-767289.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184507873341264066" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 344px; height: 300px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/R_MScS240MI/AAAAAAAAAFE/I1I4M0pRutg/s320/golden,white-temp-767289.jpg" border="0" height="263" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Engineering at its feat. The Golden Temple-Amritsar, the &lt;strong&gt;Shaan-e-Hindustan&lt;/strong&gt; is an architectural achievement of the 16th century. It s located on the intersection land of two mighty rivers, viz. the ravi and beas. Constructed by 1000's of workers, this place has got a museum at the entrance and 4 "&lt;strong&gt;BERS&lt;/strong&gt;" (trees) to mark the outstanding works of the Sikh guru's. Its a fantabulous Sikh Shrine with the most outstanding feature of it being that the main temple has entrances on all the four sides, signifying that everyone is welcome to the home of god without any discretion whatsoever. But once the tourist goes to this place there are certain rules to follow there:&lt;br /&gt;1. Every human has to cover his head as a mark of respect to god. Men do it with turban or handkerchief, n women with dupatta. They are also available for sale near the temple premises.&lt;br /&gt;2. No human is permitted to drink, smoke or eat non vegetarian food inside the temple premises.&lt;br /&gt;3. This is half way a rule. No human should enter the temple with bad intentions in mind or with bad thoughts. Enter the home of god with a clean heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you reach this place make sure you visit this place in the early hours of the morning when hundreds of people reach this place to worship their lord. The best season to visit this place is during the month of Vais&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/R_MTOC240NI/AAAAAAAAAFM/zc1SR7urZbY/s1600-h/amritsar-golden-temple.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184508728039755986" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/R_MTOC240NI/AAAAAAAAAFM/zc1SR7urZbY/s320/amritsar-golden-temple.jpg" border="0" height="211" width="253" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;akhi(generally the second week of april) or during the Diwali time when the temple is beautifully lit with the lights of thousands of diya's(candles). As the climate is generally cold here make sure you have enough warm clothes, to maintain the heat and the enthusiastic spirit in you. And nearby this famous architectural feat, is the Jallian wala bagh which has been a landmark in the Indian Independence struggle.&lt;br /&gt;And after you finish this remarkable tour to the Golden temple, you have a busy market place and the famous Punjabi Dhaba's waiting for you. Dal makhani, kadhai paneer, chole bhature, the famous punjabi lassi and many more traditional foods await you at these places which brings out the stuffed hunger in the tourists and gives him a refreshingly new spirit to explore the busy market place. Make sure that you wear the Patiala jibba pajama(traditional wear) atleast once and probably buy one as a souvenir or for you personal comfort.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe id="lookery-ad-10665" name="lookery-ad-10665" src="http://ads.lookery.com/ad/?p=3d41a92a09b6745af3b303b3c12e5c7f&amp;amp;z=10665&amp;amp;d=728x90" framespacing="no" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" width="728" height="110"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5776245475114356513-6537221662563688856?l=paradise-india.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paradise-india.blogspot.com/feeds/6537221662563688856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5776245475114356513&amp;postID=6537221662563688856' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5776245475114356513/posts/default/6537221662563688856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5776245475114356513/posts/default/6537221662563688856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paradise-india.blogspot.com/2008/04/golden-temple-amritsar-engineering-at.html' title=''/><author><name>ashish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15144372530637113479</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_N9pIPN6SMIg/R_MScS240MI/AAAAAAAAAFE/I1I4M0pRutg/s72-c/golden,white-temp-767289.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
