Relaxing in Scotland – top travel tips

relaxing in scotland

It’s never a bad idea to travel, is it? If you work hard day in and day out at your office or are too busy in managing your business, either ways you know the importance of getting away from work. Some times all you need to do is pack your bags, leave your phone back home and leave! And when it comes to travelling, what better place that Scotland! Whisky in one hand and a map in other, you are set to achieve peace of mind. Well if you are planning to visit, here are some tips on relaxing in Scotland. While you might know already about some of these tips, some other ones will make your trip more beautiful and memorable.

relaxing in scotland

Do all your bookings in advance!
Yes, there are many travellers who pop in some new place and then find themselves with no place to live in. One must avoid this. To have a smooth trip you must do your planning well in advance. First of all, research about the air tickets. There are various sites online offering different for the same flight. So choose wisely. Following you air ticket bookings, you must research about what are your options to stay there. Reserve apartments well in advance but only after browsing through a number of options. You will find right from cheap budget accommodations to very expensive luxury ones, depending on how much you are ready to spend. Continue reading “Relaxing in Scotland – top travel tips”

Packing for a tech savvy travel experience

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The tech markets are always abuzz with action. Whereas some manufacturers are busy experimenting with underwater vehicles to make your Caribbean travels more exciting, some are actually producing some special travel centric tech products that you’d not want to miss. Whether you wish to pack for a relaxed weekend with lots of gaming at luxurious and fully loaded Ibiza Summer Villas, or want to head off to seclusions of Alps, these products stake claims to your attention.

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The August Smart Lock – remote controlling access to your home, car, and whatever
How about remotely controlling the locking and unlocking of your house’s main door for your home help, while you are away on a tour? With the August Smart Lock, the technology used by the leading financial institutions in the world is packed into a lock which can be controlled via an application resting on your Android and iPhone devices. This is a keyless entry system that continues to be compatible with single cylinder deadbolts. Settings and access controls can all be managed through the application associated with the device. What’s more, if your smartphone is stolen, all you need to do is to visit the August.com website and disable authentication from there. Though technically something that you’d not pack into your travel suitcases, this gadget is a must have for the techy traveler. Continue reading “Packing for a tech savvy travel experience”

8 things to do in Japan

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Despite globalization, Japan is still very far away from us, especially when it comes to customs. Easy to go wrong in these cases, and although most of the time the error is not so severe as to cause irreparable consequences, know the customs and traditions of the country that you are visiting, it is a sign of attention and respect. Especially in Japan.

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Walking on the wrong side of the road. Although Tokyo is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, here also the crowd is ordered. Pedestrians, even on wider sidewalks, follow the tacit rule standing to the left, even when it would not be necessary. On escalators in Tokyo the rule becomes even more complicated: it is necessary to stand up to the left, but if you want to walk, you must do it right.

Call a sexual organ with his own name. Pronounce the proper name, the linguistically correct, a genital organ, especially women, is one of the most serious taboo by violating Japan. A polite Japanese uses the term “asoko”, which literally means “there, that place”. The beauty is that everyone understands the meaning.

Touch. If you think that some form of physical contact helps the relationships between people, in Japan at least consider it strange. Unlike Westerners, the Japanese do not like to share their germs when greeting.

Leave the tip. Forget the tips in Japan! Leave a tip only creates confusion. If you let it, then do not be surprised if the waiters will chases, even in the street.

Blow your nose in public. The Japanese do not like to blow your nose in public, or worse, to see someone blow in front of them. It is not that they are immune to cold, just prefer sniffling; those parts is perfectly normal, and no one pays any attention.

Pour soy sauce over white rice. Although for us the white rice and synonymous with intestinal flu or “hospital diet”, even if we don’t like white rice, better not add sauces, so as not to offend our host. In this case the solution is simple: pour the sauce over the other dishes, eat, and immediately after eating the rice.

Cross your legs. Crossing your legs is considered a gesture very informal, not correct, even if you do it in the most polite and graceful as possible. In Japan, you should try the experience of the “seiza”, a form of traditional Japanese sitting (in the knee), according to some, invented to torture foreigners.

Eat on the street or on the subway. In Japan eat when walking is considered disrespectful to those who prepared the food. Even when ordering from vendors, the Japanese expect than food is eaten there on the spot, or alternatively, that it is brought to home.

Where and when to see the Northern Lights

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The Aurora Borealis is evocative of a spectacular granted to a relatively high number of lucky. The same people who with patience and determination after enduring the cold, are “rewarded” by chromatic nuances that make the special sky. It is never guaranteed to be able to witness this phenomenon, but certainly better to carefully choose the place where to avoid waiting a certain disappointment.

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When you see it?
The period is rather large and is between late autumn and early spring, to be precise between the two equinoxes. For months in which it is easier to be able to attend the event, because its increase the hours of darkness, including mostly between 18 and one in the morning. To prevent the mercury drop too, might be a good idea to start between September and November, but even after if you feel because by December snow increases and the polar nights, mainly from parts of Norway. Sometimes auroras appear for several days and continuously, on other occasions, however the sky is still dark with no gradation. Let’s say that you still need a bit of luck. Continue reading “Where and when to see the Northern Lights”

Travel between the archipelagos of Sweden

archipelagos of sweden

There are many, some small, some large, some rocky and uninhabited other green. There are the many islands and islets that make up the archipelagos of Sweden.

The archipelagos of Sweden are 5 and mainly located near the city of Stockholm and Gotheborg, but generally surround the entire country, from the extreme north of Swedish Lapland to the extreme south and along the west coast.

archipelagos of sweden

The Sweden’s archipelagoes are a tourist destination much sought after, especially for nature lovers – are rich in flora and fauna – and the sporting and outdoors. Let’s find out more. Continue reading “Travel between the archipelagos of Sweden”

The best India tours feature wildlife!

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There is a lot more to wildlife in India than just tigers. The best India tours seek to show you the country in its entirety, not just the popular highlights from a TV show. The best wildlife tours in India feature 10 days in Bangalore, or reach into Madhya Pradesh and beyond, that will leave you breathless at the range of wildlife, beauty of the environment and the best overall experience of India possible.

india tours

Where are the best wildlife tours in India?
There are two ways to do wildlife tours in India, go north or go south. In the north, the wildlife tours in India focus on the areas of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Karnataka. Part of the reason these spots are listed is that this area has four of India’s largest and best National Parks – the Satpura, Kanha, Kaziranga and Nagarhole. To the South, the focus is on the region of Karala and Bangalore. The unique climate of the south makes it ideal to explore the intensity and variety of the flora and fauna in this mostly coastal region. Continue reading “The best India tours feature wildlife!”

5 secret locations to explore tourism in Britain

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There are some travel destinations virtually unknown to the great mass of travelers, almost snubbed, which almost deserve a visit. And today we’re going just to see some of these secret trip destinations in the UK, places and locations not emblazoned, considered almost secret places for a few followers, who instead have good potential as to the British tourism. Because England is not made only of Stonehenge and Westminster Abbey, there is much more to go see.

lake Loch Ness

The secret places in Britain to discover
It starts with one six most famous sites of military history, that of the Battle of Hastings of 1066. In its surroundings, in addition to the site of the battle, it is an Abbey of the 11th century and the city Battle, surrounded by typical meadows of East Sussex. It is a place of incredible natural beauty, yet no one considers it as a potential destination trip. Everyone knows the Battle of Hastings, but also among the English are few who make the trip to go and see the place where it all happened. Continue reading “5 secret locations to explore tourism in Britain”

Aokigahara, the suicide forest in Japan

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Called “the perfect place to die”, Aokigahara forest, where there are different stories related to the mythology of Japanese demons, holds the unfortunate record of second place in the world to commit suicide. (The first is the Golden Gate where now would put the toll even to pedestrians and cyclists). Since 1950, at least 500 people are no longer out of this forest, with an increasing rate of deaths between 10% and 30% per year. Recently, these numbers have increased even more, with a record of 78 suicides in 2002.

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Japanese Spiritualists believe that suicides occurred in the forest have permeated Aokigahara trees, causing the increase of paranormal activity, such as the loss of guidance to those who enter. Although for the latter phenomenon, the explanation lies in the presence of minerals that interfere with normal compasses. Continue reading “Aokigahara, the suicide forest in Japan”

Reopen the Picasso Museum in Paris

Picasso Museum

Saturday 25 October, attended by President Hollande, after 5 years of work, reopened the Picasso Museum in Paris. The Museum dedicated to the great Spanish painter, has reopened to the public with an official ceremony in style, after being closed for five years due to restoration and modernization.

Picasso Museum

The Picasso Museum is a public art gallery, which is located inside the Sale palace, as the French say, it is a “Mansion”, a large building with a lot of garden surrounding it completely, built in the city. Continue reading “Reopen the Picasso Museum in Paris”