AMAZING FESTIVALS IN THE WORLD

 

Trinidad and Tobago

The Trinidad Carnival is world-well known for its sheer scale and richness. It's not only a religious celebration, and it's not only a festival; it's an unadulterated scene flaunting the island's music, culture and tumultuous history. It is the greatest occasion in the island's date-book and it's said that when the islanders aren't celebrating at the jubilee, they're caught up with get ready for it. Encounter the ocean, the sun and the "soca" music (an interesting mix of customary Caribbean music with Indian impacts), before the island chills off and begins get ready for one year from now.

Beat Tip: You will require Trinidad and Tobago dollars however get them at the air terminal – Piarco International on landing. Banks work unusual hours and regardless you can expect long lines while a huge number of guests searching for money.

Barbados Crop Over Festival

For something somewhat not the same as the standard pre-Lenten fair, get to Barbados in May, June, July or August to join for the Crop Over Carnival celebrations. This is the island's reality well known summer celebration that has been going (and developing) since the sixteenth century. It begun as a festival of an effective sugar stick collect, yet throughout the years it's changed into a four-month-long blast of shading and vitality. Today it's not just about the reap; it's about island life, culture, history, music and move. Everything begins off with the processions, shows highlighting an assortment of neighborhood and worldwide groups and artists. Edit Over has profound verifiable courses and these are respected by an assortment of legacy addresses and transport visits uncover more about the island's history. The Calypso rhythms peak at Cahobblopot on the primary Sunday in August, when the Tune of the Crop is declared. Everything comes full circle in August with an amazing finale – the Grand Kadooment, a road parade pulling in tremendous quantities of onlookers and entertainers wearing elaborate ensembles and parading on great buoys.

Beat Tip: The rythms of Crop Over rhythms will make you influence, so there is just a single thing for it and that is to "wuk up," the Barbadian type of moving to soca music. Here's the manner by which to do it: move your hips in a round movement with another person moving in front or behind you in a similar way. Try not to be modest, everybody will do it.

Glastonbury Festival

Consistently more than 175 000 music sweethearts rush to an extend of ranch land in Somerset for the most energizing music occasion of the year. Introduced in 1970, Glastonbury Festival is today the biggest field celebration on the planet. This year James Blake, ELO, Earth Wind and Fire, Ellie Goulding and Cindi Lauper are a piece of a broad, elegant lineup. In any case, Glastonbury is far beyond a contemporary popular and shake music occasion – the celebration has numerous fine arts, including move, theater, bazaar and men's club.

Beat tip: Arrive as right on time as conceivable to get the best outdoors spot. Pick a place behind the family fields – you'll get minimum activity and cleanest toilets. What's more, recollect to set up your portable shelter on a delicate slant – you would prefer not to experience one of the popular Glastonbury storms while outdoors on a level or low-lying place.

Glastonbury is to a great degree prominent and may as of now be sold out. In the event that that is the situation there is constantly one year from now.

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A FULL DAY IN AUSTRIA

At the point when drag ruler Conchita Wurst won the Eurovision melody content for Austria in 2014, it put its capital into the spotlight as the host for 2015. For seven days in May, Vienna was bursting at the seams with fervor. What's more, when that was over, everybody set out toward Vienna's City Hall Square for the Music Film Festival (July 4 to September 6) to hear everything from Mozart to Elvis.

Beside these festivals of music there's still a lot of motivations to visit the Austrian capital. Once the focal point of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Vienna has a rich intelectual and creative heritage that is reflected in its structures, statues and splendidly manicured parks.

Yet, it isn't about its majestic legacy, Vienna consistently mixes old and new: Baroque design, gay-themed movement lights, nineteenth century cafés and amazing wiener stands. The city has an exquisite area in eastern Austria, on the banks of the Danube River, and figures out how to hold its superb air while offering a look at the cutting edge.

Must see in the afternoon

Vienna is the embodiment of café culture. In any case, if it's a Starbucks to-go that you're after, you've gone to the wrong place. Evening espresso and cake is taken to another level here, with many individuals whiling ceaselessly hours perusing the daily paper over a foamy melange espresso and a liberal segment of apfelstrudel. This world-renowned custom goes back to the late seventeenth century and was as of late added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list. Bistro Landtmann prides itself on being in charge of the Viennese café foundation and was once routinely frequented by the father of therapy, Sigmund Freud, and arranger, Gustav Mahler.

Must see

As not out of the ordinary from the global capital of traditional music, Vienna's show schedule is packed with musical shows, showy exhibitions and music demonstrates – a considerable lot of them happen in memorable areas and some even toss in supper and a royal residence visit as well. Sound of Vienna presents a nearby event with music from Mozart and Strauss, operetta, artful dance and waltz.

An alternate sort of artful dance is introduced at the Spanish Riding School where Lipizzan steeds have been stunning gatherings of people for quite a long time with their unmistakable paces and pirouettes, which they perform in immaculate agreement with the music. There are different alternatives to see the White Stallions: amid morning preparing, at a voyage through their stables or an evening show, and you don't need to be an equine lover to welcome any of those choices.

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ASIA’S TOP DESTINATION FOR BACKPACKING

Southeast Asia is home to opulent tropical landscape and patchwork of ancient civilizations which draws a solid stream of western backpackers since the counter-cultural movement of the 60s. The number of backpackers seeking adventure is as strong today as ever before and, it’s easy to understand the reason why. From hiking limestone cliffs from the sand of unspoiled beaches to diving into emerald waters to discover the marine life of vibrant corals, and weaving handicrafts with a multicultural population of unkempt travellers are just some of the experiences these destinations have to offer.

WEST RAILAY BEACH, THAILAND

Found on the tropical shores of the Railay peninsula, this amazing setting is among Thailand’s most scenic white sand beaches, lapped by emerald tides and surrounded by soaring limestone cliffs that cut the peninsula off from the mainland, which enhances its atmosphere of isle-like isolation. Aficionados from all over the world are drawn to rock climb up these jagged sentries.  There are also many bars and restaurants at surprisingly low prices as well as the accommodation which can range from bamboo bungalows on the neighbouring East Railay Beach, to the reasonably-priced and secluded Tonsai Bay Resort on Tonsai Beach.

ANCIENT BUDDIST CULTURE OF LUANG PRABANG, LAOS

Luang Prabang is a small town in northern Laos, which weaves together natural and man-made beauty. It sits at the convergence of the two rivers which band the town, underneath forest-swathed hills rising to rocky mountains. The town’s horizon is dominated by one sharp hill topped with the luminous pinnacles of Wat Chom Si, one of the many gold-hued wats found all over the town, decorated with complex mosaics portraying the life of Buddha. Handicrafts, which are the town’s longest tradition, are sold at the night marked which is open until 10pm.

CAT BA ISLAND IN VIETNAM

One of the most popular backpacker destinations in Vietnam is the jagged archipelago of limestone islands that comprises Halong Bay off the country’s coast.  Aside from beaches, there are also mangrove forests, rocky peaks and enthralling caverns such as Song Sot for tourists to discover. This environment houses an exceptional flora and fauna, which includes the golden Cat Ba langur and some of the world’s rarest flowers as well. The endangered langur dwells in the Cat Ba Island, which is one of the archipelago’s best stop-overs. This island boasts of magnificent beauty which packs the best of what Halong Bay has to offer into one area and is an amazing base for kayaking, rock climbing, hiking and water sports.

YANGSHOU – A DIFFERENT SIDE OF CHINA

In the 80s, backpackers started to flock in Yangshou, set on the trail by a pouring recommendation in Lonely Planet. Yangshou is a place to discover a completely different China to the fast industrializing country portrayed in the western press, a quiet, picturesque region spread from the banks of two great rivers, Li and Yulong. Threaded within these rivers is a rolling scenery of bare karst peaks, green hills, deep sharp-sided caves and exceptional wonders like Yangshou Moon Hill, which is a moon-shaped limestone pinnacle hole that can be reached by climbing over 800 marble stairs.

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BEST TEMPLES IN HONG KONG

Discover Hong Kong’s rich cultural heritage with a tour to one of its top temples, which is a great way to learn all there is to know about the hopes, dreams, fears and superstitious of this city’s hard-working urbanities, most especially during Chinese New Year and important lunar calendar festival dates. There are a few places of worship that have been given a sleek makeover, but many of Hong Kong’s oldest temples have been serving as important community gathering points for hundreds of years.

LAM TSUEN TIN HAU TEMPLE AND WISHING TREES

Tai Po’s charming collection of villages has drawn tourists to its Tin Hau Temple and two wishing trees for hundreds of years. Festival goers would traditionally write their wishes on joss paper and tie it to an orange, which would then be tossed up towards one of the banyan tree’s highest branches - according to locals, the higher the branch, the better the chances of your wish coming true. Authorities have taken over to help preserve the trees as the practice became popular and tourists are now encouraged to tie wishes to wooden racks nearby instead.

MAN MO TEMPLE

Man Mo Temple is located in Hollywood Road, and stepping into is like entering into a different world, a realm occupied by the revered deities of Man or God of Literature and Mo or God of War, who are worshipped here. The rising smoke of giant incense coils dangling low from the ceiling and down the altars of the 10 judges of the underworld with the rays of sunlight cutting through it. Remember to take in all the details, from the line of plunging green Shekwan roof tiles which represent bamboo and longevity to the antique sedan chairs inside the temple were it was used to carry statues of the gods during festival processions.

TEN THOUSAND BUDDHAS MONASTERY

The name is a bit of a incongruity, although it calling itself a monastery, since there are actually no resident monks at this diverse Sha Tin Temple. The sharp twisting path up the hillside, bordered by 500 life-sized Arhand statues will lead you the main complex and its 9-story pagoda. In here, you will supposedly find more or less 13, 000 Buddha statues and some bodhisattvas on horseback for good measure. However, the main attraction here is the preserved body of Yuet Kai, the monastery;s supremely devout founder. The upright body presently sits on display in a glass case inside the main monastery building and was embalmed in lacquer and plastered with gold leaf and dressed in robes.

The best way to arrange your travel in Hong Kong is through Asian travel agencies like Provocatours Travel and Leisure, where they offer one of the lowest possible Hong Kong packages packed with all the adventures you are looking for.

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ASIA’S TOP DESTINATION FOR BACKPACKING

 

Southeast Asia is home to opulent tropical landscape and patchwork of ancient civilizations which draws a solid stream of western backpackers since the counter-cultural movement of the 60s. The number of backpackers seeking adventure is as strong today as ever before and, it’s easy to understand the reason why. From hiking limestone cliffs from the sand of unspoiled beaches to diving into emerald waters to discover the marine life of vibrant corals, and weaving handicrafts with a multicultural population of unkempt travellers are just some of the experiences these destinations have to offer.

WEST RAILAY BEACH, THAILAND

Found on the tropical shores of the Railay peninsula, this amazing setting is among Thailand’s most scenic white sand beaches, lapped by emerald tides and surrounded by soaring limestone cliffs that cut the peninsula off from the mainland, which enhances its atmosphere of isle-like isolation. Aficionados from all over the world are drawn to rock climb up these jagged sentries.  There are also many bars and restaurants at surprisingly low prices as well as the accommodation which can range from bamboo bungalows on the neighbouring East Railay Beach, to the reasonably-priced and secluded Tonsai Bay Resort on Tonsai Beach.

ANCIENT BUDDIST CULTURE OF LUANG PRABANG, LAOS

Luang Prabang is a small town in northern Laos, which weaves together natural and man-made beauty. It sits at the convergence of the two rivers which band the town, underneath forest-swathed hills rising to rocky mountains. The town’s horizon is dominated by one sharp hill topped with the luminous pinnacles of Wat Chom Si, one of the many gold-hued wats found all over the town, decorated with complex mosaics portraying the life of Buddha. Handicrafts, which are the town’s longest tradition, are sold at the night marked which is open until 10pm.

CAT BA ISLAND IN VIETNAM

One of the most popular backpacker destinations in Vietnam is the jagged archipelago of limestone islands that comprises Halong Bay off the country’s coast.  Aside from beaches, there are also mangrove forests, rocky peaks and enthralling caverns such as Song Sot for tourists to discover. This environment houses an exceptional flora and fauna, which includes the golden Cat Ba langur and some of the world’s rarest flowers as well. The endangered langur dwells in the Cat Ba Island, which is one of the archipelago’s best stop-overs. This island boasts of magnificent beauty which packs the best of what Halong Bay has to offer into one area and is an amazing base for kayaking, rock climbing, hiking and water sports.

YANGSHOU – A DIFFERENT SIDE OF CHINA

In the 80s, backpackers started to flock in Yangshou, set on the trail by a pouring recommendation in Lonely Planet. Yangshou is a place to discover a completely different China to the fast industrializing country portrayed in the western press, a quiet, picturesque region spread from the banks of two great rivers, Li and Yulong. Threaded within these rivers is a rolling scenery of bare karst peaks, green hills, deep sharp-sided caves and exceptional wonders like Yangshou Moon Hill, which is a moon-shaped limestone pinnacle hole that can be reached by climbing over 800 marble stairs.

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What to Enjoy in NYC?

 

Get a Bagel With Everything at Brooklyn Bagel

Bagels are one of those New York signature foods that you have to try while you’re in the city. We know that they offer no nutritional value, that they probably do your body more harm than good – but they taste amazing! And for a bagel like no other, Brooklyn Bagel is the place to be. Whether you want a classic plain bagel with cream cheese, or you fancy pushing the boat out with onions, multi-seeds, cinnamon or anything else, this is the place to get your bagel hit.

Learn Something New at the American Museum of Natural History

New York City is probably more famous for its art museums than other types of museums, but actually it contains some of the greatest learning institutions to be found anywhere in the world. The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s largest museums, and in our opinion, one of the greatest too. With around 33 million specimens of fossils, animals, plants, minerals, rocks, meteorites, human remains and more, there is plenty to explore.

Enjoy Some Classic Cheesecake at Junior’s in Brooklyn

New Yorkers sure do know how to indulge, and this is especially apparent when you tuck into a slice (or five) of classic New York cheesecake. For our money, the best place for a slice of the good stuff is at Junior’s in Brooklyn. This is a classic Brooklyn diner that dates back to a time when Brooklyn wasn’t hipster central in any way, shape or form.Similarly, the cheesecake is no frills, but that doesn’t stop people travelling from all over the city to savour some of the yumminess.

Visit Manhattan’s Oldest Church, St Paul’s Chapel

New York City hasn’t always been the bustling metropolis as we know it today, and taking a stroll in Lower Manhattan to St Paul’s Chapel is a great way of getting a sense of the city in the centuries gone by. This church was built all the way back in 1766, making it the oldest church in the whole city, and at the time of being built it was also the city’s tallest building, although these days it is eclipsed by the many NY skyscrapers. St Paul’s is still an active church with services and weekday concerts. 

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