Day is coming closer for all the chocolate lovers. Belgium, a country of traditions, has always been the very essence of one of the great homelands of chocolate on the world stage. At a global level, Belgium is still the second highest consuming country for chocolate – 10 kg per person per year. From time immemorial chocolate has represented a remarkable love story so dear to our Low Country. To honor the tradition, along with Belgian creativity and talent, the Salon du Chocolat will take place – and this is a first! – at Tour & taxis (Shed 1) from February 7 to 9 2014, right in the heart of the European capital. Brussels is therefore very proud to be hosting the first “Salon du Chocolat” to be held on Belgian soil. A wonderful occasion for bringing together and displaying in one p...
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Upendra Swami
Nothing engages me better than just travelling and photographing. Both are my first loves. Also love trekking, biking and anything that has a bit of adventure mixed into it. Successfully tried bungy jumping and rafting. Experienced an eight day solo high-altitude biking expedition and equally enjoyed a F1 track drive in a pilot car at sepang circuit. Nature pulls me- from snow capped mountains to deep seas... Alas! Still looking for a profession that lets me do just that. By the way... love humans as well!!
Want to know what did everyone ordered on New Years Eve? As one of the India's leading food portals, TastyKhana.com was an integral part of New Years celebrations across the country for all the food enthusiasts. While doing so, certain fixed food ordering habits were observed by the portal during that time. The survey clearly highlights some of the key food ordering patterns of its customers like: The most preferred cuisines, the most preferred dish, the most preferred time of placing orders etc. As per survey, the five most preferred cuisines were: Chinese, Fast food (burgers, sandwiches), North Indian (includes Mughalai), Wraps & rolls and Sea food. Among the food that were ordered the most, top three were- Chicken Lollipop, Chicken Biryani and Kadhai Paneer. While most popular o
Read MoreAs you get set for a trip to the land of royalty- Rajasthan, you witness an array of festivals that await you this January, Ranbanka Heritage Hotel welcomes you to indulge in a cultural fiesta with special festive discounts for you to experience a majestic stay. Ranbanka provides the perfect backdrop to explore and experience a cultural celebration where you will experience the artistic grandeur and magnificence of Rajasthan at its best. Bidding farewell to the chilly winters, the sky is clear and Jodhpur is all set flock to the polo grounds for this annual Kite Festival. The sky colored in a plethora of colors, the kites of different designs vying with each other, is a sight to see. Scheduled on Makar Sankranti (14th January) or the Hindu New year, this is a day related to kite fly...
Read MoreIndians mostly welcome and celebrate spring with a festival of colors (Holi), which incidentally a night before also has an occasion to light a fire to burn the evil spirits. Similarly, Valencia welcomes the spring with its Fallas festival. Monumental, yet transitory cardboard statues are carefully built over the course of months, to then be devoured by fire in a unique spectacle. In nature it resembles more like Dussehra celebrated in India just before winters. Las Fallas is Valencia's most international festival. In the week of 19 March, the city fills with gigantic cardboard monuments, called ninots, for a competition that is marked by art, ingenuity and good taste. The origin of the celebration goes back to the carpenter's parot: these were wooden lamps used to light their w...
Read MoreFlorida has some interesting events lined up for visitors and locals alike coming into new year. Included among them is a Orchid Show and the Annual Florida fair at Tampa. International Fort Lauderdale Orchid Show: The Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society proudly presents annual Fort Lauderdale Orchid Show, “Exotic Orchids” for 2014. Enjoy beautiful exhibits, and displays, competitions, raffles, artwork, plant and supply vendors. American Orchid Society accredited judges will award prizes for best displays and best plants on the next weekend, Friday, January 17, 2014: 10 AM – 6 PM, Saturday, January 18, 2014: 10 AM – 6 PM, Sunday, January 19, 2014: 10 AM – 6 PM. Celebrating the growth of orchids has been a popular event since 1957 and today still serves to educate everyone about orchids, to d
Read MoreTintin is celebrating his 85th birthday today, 10th January, and Brussels Ice Magic – which is entirely dedicated to comic strips – is taking part in the festivities. Thus from Friday 10 January to Sunday 12 January, every visitor arriving at the ticket desk with a Tintin album will receive a €2 discount on the entrance price. On Saturday 11 January, mega-fans dressing up as one of the many Tintin characters will be allowed free entry to the ice-sculpture festival. Even ‘Snowies’ will be welcome. Winter has well and truly arrived in Brussels, with temperatures recorded on the Paleizenplein/Place des Palais ranging from +10°C to - 12°C! This is all down to Brussels Ice Magic. Until 9 February, in an eco-thermal pavilion 1100 m² in size, visitors had the chance to discover a fantasy worl
Read MoreThink you have found the best hotel rate available for your next trip? Findmystay.com guarantees to “Beat It” with its new contest that goes by the same name. The quirky and user-friendly online hotel booking site urges people to send the most low-priced hotel rate they can find online. In return, they will find you a better deal giving a spin to the concept of online bidding. The contest commences on the 27th of December 2013 and goes on till the 27th of January 2014. As India’s first website that allows you to bid for lower hotel rates, Findmystay.com enables users to find a hotel at holiday destinations across India at a price that they wish to pay! Thus you can enjoy staying at your preferred hotel and save money while you are at it. The bidding is for free, with no upfront charges
Read MoreFrom sculpture, to landscape, Dylan Thomas and the UK’s biggest art prize, National Museum Cardiff in Wales has a feast of art exhibitions for everyone in 2014 and admission is free! 2014 sees the celebrations surrounding the Dylan Thomas Centenary year. At National Museum Cardiff Sir Peter Blake presents his illustrations of Under Milk Wood (1953). This major body of work is the culmination of a 25-year project and is exhibited for the very first time. The show includes portraits of each of the characters in the cast, watercolours of the dream sequences and collages and paintings of scenes and locations in the fictional village of Llareggub.(now until 16 March 2014). Ivor Roberts-Jones was one of this country’s finest portrait sculptors and produced some impressive monumental publi...
Read MoreSay good-bye to location spelling mistakes and unmapped areas while ordering now. TastyKhana.com, the leading Indian online food portal, has unveiled its new search feature engine powered by Google Map to facilitate an even easier and more convenient food ordering experience. Tastykhana is the only food portal in India to adopt such a unique initiative to further simplify the experience of ordering food at the click of a button. Keeping in mind the growing trend in online food ordering, the company has revamped the search process wherein the user needs to only type in his/her location and TastyKhana will figure out where the food needs to be delivered from! The Google map feature enables the portal to extract the geographical location (address) of the user. The entire system is based on
Read Moreकल आपने पढ़ा हिमालय से जुड़ी दो जगहों के बारे में। आज जानिए समुद्र से जुड़ी उन दो जगहों के बारे में जहां आप बीते साल का आखिरी सूर्यास्त या नए साल का पहला सूर्योदय देख सकते हैं- कन्याकुमारी का संगम: कन्याकुमारी हमारे देश की मुख्यभूमि का आखिरी सिरा है। यहां अद्भुत समुद्री संगम है। यहां पर बंगाल की खाड़ी, हिंद महासागर और अरब सागर मिलते हैं। इसीलिए इसकी महत्ता किसी तीर्थ से कम नहीं। अंग्रेज इसे केप कोमोरिन के नाम से जानते थे। तमिलनाडु में नागरकोइल व केरल में तिरुवनंतपुरम यहां के सबसे नजदीकी शहर हैं। देश का आखिरी सिरा होने का भाव भी इसे देशभर के सैलानियों में खासा लोकप्रिय बना देता है। लेकिन यहां की सबसे अनूठी बात यह है कि यहां आप एक ही जगह खड़े होकर पूरब से समुद्र में सूरज को उगता हुआ भी देख सकते हैं और पश्चिम में समुद्र में ही सूरज को डूबता हुआ भी देख सकते हैं। यह अद्भुत संयोग आपको देश...
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