The central European beer garden is a typical place to hang out in Vietnam.  This place has a long row of wooden table which is stained in dark rich hue.  There is a half and full liter of beer mugs that hang from large metal racks.  The brass decoction tanks are generally used for mashing traditional brewed beer.  This place is Hoa vien Brauhaus in the Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The air buzzed with many conversations that are very Vietnamese. This has surprised the local crowd a lot. Also the founder of hoa Vien is an honorary consul of the big Czech Republic.  The crowd over here is made up of young Vietnamese men in button down shirts and slacks.  The men usually also have lanyard with keycards dangling down from around their necks.  There are many couples who chat under  [...]

Japanese whiskey usually brings up a vision of Bill Murray with his ad campaign in the motion picture “lost in translation”. The reputation of this drink however over the past year has risen tremendously.  The famous single malt by Nikka’s Yoichi and the Suntory’s Hibiki. This has been wining the World best single Malt and the best blend categories respectively.  This all happens at the prestigious World whiskey awards. The Japanese offering into this category have continued to earn many awards and accolades almost every year. There are specialist bars here offering you different types of domestically made whiskeys. If you really are a whiskey enthusiast then you should go and take a look at these spots unfailingly. The Shot bar Zoetrope which is located at Nishi Shinjuku (813  [...]

Subodh Gupta, who is based in Delhi, is known for creating sculptures that are made up of shiny kitchen ware.This person joined the list of Indian artists who has sold their work for more than a million dollars. Art has become quite huge in Delhi now, as more and more people have become earnestly enthusiastic about art.  There are many places that have been setup in the city that have been designed for the purpose of commercializing art. Evidence of this, i.e. the intersection of art and commerce is found at the Atmaran Mansion at Kastruba Gandhi Marg in Cannaught place. This place has been opened by an investment firm and in a market place which is smack in the Indian Habitat Center.  This place is the cities biggest hug. You cold also top up your coffee cup at the drip coffee maker. You  [...]

Borneo is located in Indonesia is the third largest island in the entire world. This place is located to the north of Australia.  The island is divided politically into three parts, Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia.  About seventy three percent of the island is Indonesian.  Malaysia occupies about twenty six percent of the islands. Brunei on the other hand has about one percent of the total land mass. This island of Borneo is surrounded by the sea of south China.  These lie to the north and the northwest. The Makassar Strait lies to the east and the Marimata strait lies to the south.  The island has an area of about seven hundred and forty three square kilo meters. The Malay Peninsula lies to the west and java lies to the south of this place. The tallest peak here is Mount Kinabalu  [...]

Traveling is a good opportunity to see the place, culture and ways of living of different people. This part of traveling is for the more adventurous and curious kinds, who have a special interest in keeping a bunch of knowledge about the living of different kinds of people in different countries. To learn traditional culture is an art, not necessarily possessed by all! It can count as a lifetime experience to learn about the culture and traditions of a place you choose to take a holiday trip to. You could learn about different people and their even different ways of living, which may, consequently, cause some changes in your ways of living too. During the examination of history and architectures of a place, many traveling ninjas just touch the surface. But if you are serious enough to explore  [...]

When talking about varied culture, Asia takes away the pride to be the best continent. So many different countries, each, again, a maze of different colored cultures. Thousands of places, hundred kinds of culture followed, each with a different taste of society and mankind. There are so many mythologies, out of which arise the Gods. India ranks when it comes to Hindu temples. But all other countries of the continent are also in the competition. We talk about one such country, famous for its high snow-covered mountains, as well as its religious practices. If your guess is Nepal, then you’re right. Nepal is a small country along the north-eastern border of India. There may be many places of discussion in Nepal, and one of them is the Temple of Pashupatinath – the savior of all living beings.  [...]

There are many places in India which are famous for their historical importance, incredible devotion, and rich culture. But, not all hold a place that well in the eyes and minds of people. One of them is the Taj Lake Palace that stands in Rajasthan. It is a luxury hotel, formerly a palace that is built in the middle of Lake Pichola in Rajasthan. It is like a one building island. Yesterday’s glory The Taj Lake Palace is located in the city of Udaipur in Rajasthan, India. It was built in the year 1743 under the supervision of Maharana Jagat Singh (the second), of Udaipur. It was built as a royal summer palace, on a huge rocky land of 4 acres, and was formerly called Jag Niwas or Jan Niwas. After the Maharana became friendly with Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and encouraged his own craftsmen  [...]

The people’s republic of China; which is also commonly known across the world as China, is the most populated country in the world. This country has over one billion people.  China is governed by the communist party of China and the country is under a single party system’. The country stretches an impressive nine million and six hundred thousand square kilo meters. The landscape in China is quite diverse.  It has rich forests and white sandy deserts. He Gobi desert and the Taklamakan desert are the two main desert regions in China. China is surrounded by Mongolia, Siberia, these lie around the north of China. Around the south; lies, Vietnam, Laos and Burma The Wudang mountain range is also called Wu Tang Shan or just Wudang happens to be a small mountain range that lies in the  [...]

In Kaifeng, you come though a dark locked floor which is one of the boiler rooms in the age old hospital of Chinese medicine. The hospital is lined with Ming dynasty bricks. The bricks are line only few yards deep, however it still holds a good amount of water.  The Chinese city has flood plains which lay along the yellow river and this is about six hundred miles south of Beijing. The temples here are the temples of Purity and Truth. This place had a synagogue that stood here once upon a time. A large group of travelers keep coming here to experience the rich heritage that this place has been enriched with. There is a specific concentration of Jews here who are Chinese. The Chinese Jews are usually quite famous here although most of them are just stories in the history books. There  [...]

The golden route connects Tokyo to Kyoto. This place has many coastal detours that are quite scenic. The Tokaido post road is vast and goes along many different types of scenery. This road was an inspiration for many artists and poets for the kind of beauty that can be found here. They said that the elation received here when they felt inspired was just amazing hen you look at the series of these paintings. The fifty three stations of the Tokaido. This place has a lot of people who come here traveling for pleasure. This is also considered to be one of the world’s most famous touring routes. These fifty three stations were all built all in one day. Today this place has a lot of things to look at. This traveling route has many opportunities to experience an ultra Japanese experience.  [...]