Jordan Trip Diary โ€“ Tryst with an Arab kingdom of Western Asia

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดย ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดย ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด 22nd December , 2013 11:50 โ€“ ย Flight from Gatwick airport to Amman by Easyjet.ย  Further flight by Royal Jordanian to Amman. Reach Amman hotel by taxi. Check in at Coral Bay. Dinner varieties of stuffed bread (stuffings inc. Leaves, cheese, potatoes, etc) with omelette cheese n Egyptian roti. 23rd December, 2013 โ€“ Sez visit to stamp passport and submarine tour of corals and under water beings. Lunch at Coral bay , consisting of Chicken burgers and chips. 24th December, 2013 โ€“ Aquaba to Wadi rum by taxi. Welcomed at house of…

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Assam

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณย ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณย ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ It was a short trip of few days to visit my in-laws place. I stayed in a resort at Tinsukia for a day. I also went to Dibru Saikhowa national park and saw river Dolphins and few species of birds. This area is also famous for feral horses. After returning to Jorhat, I visited Digboy , Asia's oldest oil refinery. ย I also visitedย Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary. Thisย Sanctuary contains India's only gibbons โ€“ the hoolock gibbons, and Northeastern India's only nocturnal primate โ€“ the Bengal slow loris. Dibru Saikhowa national park Hoollongapar Gibbon…

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Dog Sled and Northern Light : Kangerlussuaq to Sisimiut

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑย ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑย ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ It seemed a crazy idea when I first thought about it; multi-dayย dog sled in Greenland and camping in the middle of arctic desert. However logistics were arranged and we reached Kangerlussuaq on 27th March 2013. The plan was to embark on a three day dog sled expedition fromย Kangerlussuaq to Sisimuit. We had to rent seal skin clothing and shoe to cope with arctic condition. Though harsh winter was over still it was pretty cold . Whole landscape was under a thick sheet of ice. Greenland Husky is a separate breed which…

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Florence – Second time

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นย ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นย ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น This was my second time in Florence . Florence is the cultural capital of Italy . We stayed in hotel very near to Duomo. I climbed to the top of Duomo and view over the Florence skyline was amazing. Later I visited Uffizi gallery , the largest and most visited museum of the world housing largest Italian Renaissance. This 19th century piazza has undoubtedly the best panoramic view of Florence. The square is decorated with copies of Michelangelo's sculptures, but it's the view people come here to see. We visited the…

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Italy – Venice

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นย ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นย ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น This was my second trip to Italy after 2008 and first to Venice. It was a short trip for 4 days. Just the day of my trip I got some rash which quickly turned out to be chicken pox. My flight was to Venice. I arrived Venice by morning flight. My hotel was within old town square and walking distance from Rialto bridge. Today we spend our day mostly on visiting various sights in town. We visited bell tower, St . Mark Basillica and Doge's Palace. We also walked around small…

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Peak District and Monsal Trail

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งย ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งย ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง This was an activity packed tour. We booked 2 nights in YHAย Ravenstor, Buxton.ย This hostel has over 70 acres of private ground and near to river Wye. The garden view from YHA is great with real log fire. Next day we left very early after breakfast. The trail is around 8.5 miles.ย It starts at the Topley Pike junction (in Wye Dale, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Buxton) and runs to Coombs viaduct, 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of Bakewell. It follows the valley of the River Wye.ย Theย trailย passes through such places as…

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Ireland – Killarney to Cork

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชย ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชย ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Day 4 Today was the last day in Ireland. We woke up in the morning , took bath and got ready early enough for the breakfast.Breakfast was served at 8:00am and we had ordered for 2 Irish breakfast. This time the breakfast was best out of all 3 days as was the hotel. It consisted of milk, cereals, toast with butter and jam, juices, poached eggs, sausages, ham, bacon and black and white Irish meat puddings. It was heavy and very tasty. After the meal we decided to venture outside our…

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Ireland – Ring of Kerry – Cahersiveen

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชย ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชย ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Day 2 Day 2 started with a lavish and mouth watering Irish Breakfast served at the hotel. It consisted of Juices, dry fruit cereals, milk, toasts, sausages, bacons, eggs and white and black puddings (This was the first time I had meat pudding, and it was delicious). After this huge breakfast, we packed off our backpacks and checked out of the hotel. I had planned this day for a tour around the Ring of Kerry with Deros travels. The bus was at 10:00 am and hence we had quite some time…

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Ireland – Killarney

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชย ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชย ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Day 1 It was a cloudy morning of 24th august 2012 (Friday) when we started for our Ireland trip. The weekend being a long one with a bank holiday on Monday we decided to seize the opportunity for a trip to Ring of Kerry on the south of Ireland. Our flight with Ryanair was at 15:20 from Stansted airport in London to Kerry airport in Ring of Kerry reaching at 16:45. Reaching Stansted from Barking was not that smooth as the Easy bus stop in Baker street was not that easy…

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Ireland : Skellig Michael boat trip

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชย ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชย ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Day 3 Valentia island - Skellig Michael -ย Waterville We woke up fresh and energetic after a good rest the next day. The breakfast served in this hotel was not that good and quantity as also less. it consisted of just an egg and a slice of bacon with a slice of toast and juice. We had a long day ahead of us and had expected to have a good breakfast before starting off our trip to Skellig Michael as we knew we wouldn't get any food up there till we come…

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