Remember Them If You Choose Air Travel
Last year been very busy flying and delivering the ITIL trainings. so got handful experience of flight travels and gathered enough information to write a book about air travel: what to do and what not to do”. Here are few inputs from the same:
You dont need to carry printout of the air tickets, all you have to do is give your PNR number at the respective airline ticket counter, on the contrary to above point, it’s enough if u give your name and ID proof alone to get the ticket at the airline counter !
Either be the first few who gets the boarding pass or the last few who gets the boarding pass. by this way you’ll get your baggage first from the conveyor belt after u alight, on the contrary to above point, irrespective of boarding first or last, it’s your luck which will decide the baggage collection at conveyor belt. This has never worked for me, so i’m sure it’ll work for you all.
While answering the seat preference question, dont fall in the trap by telling “i want window seat so that i can get the view of the word”. Check with them whether the seat is close to exit or not, on the contrary be sure that you mean the exit from flight and not the “emergency exit”, coz, thats just in the middle !!!! u’ll end up sandwiched !
Never try to flirt with air hostess until you are so sure that you have all the cards, coz most of them got bulky boyfriends.
Never get influenced by your co-passanger to buy foods sold in flight….particularly domestic flights…coz, the moment you got down, you run for rest room.
Never take a windows seat when you are drunk, logical !
Never talk to middle aged co-passenger, they always talk as if the flight is not going to land !
Taiwan Travel Need To Know A Few Common Sense
Taiwan travel need to know a few common sense.
● Drugs: travel abroad, may be due to lack of acclimatization and physical discomfort, please prepare some of the usual drugs; more winding mountain road in Taiwan, to prepare some motion sickness drugs. If you need long-term use of certain types of drugs, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, stomach or diabetes and other chronic diseases, should also bring enough medicines and doctor’s prescription, just in case.
● Currency: RMB in Taiwan can be exchanged for NT, with their own documents, in amounts of not more than 20,000 yuan per person per exchange. Reference rate.
1 yuan is about to change NT 4.2 yuan. So far, the mainland commercial banks to provide RMB exchange business of the NT. Exchange rate fluctuates daily volatile and subject to specific exchange rate was announced. Taiwan banknotes cents in 1000 yuan, 500 yuan, 100 yuan; coin is divided into 50 yuan, 20 yuan, 10 yuan, 5 yuan, 1 yuan, RMB, U.S. dollar, the Hong Kong dollar is not universal, first exchange in the airport or hotel. The credit card you can use UnionPay cards can be used in some businesses.
● voltage: The voltage is 110 volts outlet for the type of the flat head and two feet, some hotels have 220 volt equipment, travelers should bring conversion plugs and turn the voltage back.
● Weather: a subtropical island climate, the summer temperature of about 33 degrees in winter about 20 degrees hotter southern alpine cooler, 5-June is the rainy season, summer Showers. (May-June average of 25 degrees, 7-August average of 30 degrees, 9-November average of 20 degrees in December – in the coming year in April an average of 15 degrees).
● Taxi: Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung NT $ 70 from (1.5km km or less wait time of less than +2 points). For each additional NT $ 300 plus $ 5 each to wait for two minutes plus NT $ 5, the night after 23:00, the fare increase of 20%.
● Office Hours: Banks are open from nine in the morning to 3:30 pm Monday to Friday, the department store from 11:00 to 10:00, the weekend is open late.
● Useful Telephone Numbers:Tourist service center :02-2 717-3 737, Taipei Life Hotline: 25059595, Chinese directory assistance (Local Directory Assistance): 104, long distance directory assistance: 105, reported: 110, SEF emergency services: [ save me save me green] 02-27129292.
Tip passengers into the hotel Check carry large luggage by the waiter on behalf of delivery in the room, in accordance with general international practice, will give tips for every room about NT $ 50 or $ 2 yuan each, or each the baggage NT $ 50, accommodation and meals will be further 10 per cent service charge (this trip Service charges included).
● Customs: All international prohibited items are listed as the list of prohibited goods, fresh fruits and vegetables, salted fish, meat allowed to bring into the. The duty-free goods, including wine bottle (1 kg), 25 cigarettes one or cigars, perfume small amount of self-supplies the right amount. Chinese customs regulations: currency equivalent of $ 5,000, or 20,000 yuan per person to carry exit to avoid carrying too much cash the inconvenience, and can carry a debit and credit cards with “UnionPay” logo. To bring cameras, camcorders, portable computers and other items of more than 5000 yuan, the need for reporting, please fill out the exit when the declaration of customs auditing, to retain their own in which a joint declaration, to prepare for entry. Prohibited own use of silver and gold, precious metals, heritage or other restricted or prohibited items leaving the country. Travelers for personal use drugs in the six limited to its limits to each of two bottles of.
My Travel Assistant Is The Best Thing
This major update brings several improvements and adds new features as well, like support for Retina Display on the new iPad (3rd gen), and the option to easily switch between currencies in the currency converter via a single tap. The app has been also further optimized for speed and smaller memory consumption.
Designed as an intelligent assistant for international travelers, the app stores all expenses in both the local and converted, home currencies. With a high-end, dark wood-grain GUI, the app includes no instructions for use; all operations are intuitive and trouble-free. One-time set-up includes entering the user’s language, home currency, and the frequency of exchange rate updates. The designers have paid great attention to human factors.
For example, English, Spanish, French, Italian and German appear in their respective places in the scrolling list that appears by touching “Your Language”, but the group of five most common languages also appears at the head of the list. Similarly, the app defaults to US dollars, with the yen, euro, swiss francs, british pounds and Canadian dollar leading an alphabetical list of 156 different currencies.
Set-up complete, the home page displays four buttons: Travel Expenses, Currency Converter, Translator, and Quick Add. A summary of the last expense is also shown on the main screen for convenience. The quick add function allows fast expense entry, and goes straight to the entry page of the last trip.
Travel Expenses is the heart of the app, and the Travel Expenses page contains an artfully designed scrolling list of all trips ordered by date by default. The order of trips and expense items can be customized. The user may substitute any photo or graphic for the generic icon displayed with each travel expense listing, which includes the trip’s label (i.e. the country or city), the description of the expense (e.g. work, personal, etc.), the date and the total amount of all expenses, automatically converted to the user’s home currency.
Selecting any entry brings up an itemized listing of each individual expense for that particular trip. When entering an expense in the local currency the user may enter a description using the pop-up alphanumeric keyboard, or choose a predefined category. Included, with appropriate icons, are: Transportation (Flight), Cash Withdrawal, Taxi, Local Transportation, Hotel, Camping, Fuel, Road Tolls, Souvenirs, Food & Drink, Treatment (Hospital), Shopping, Entertainment, Additional Fees, and Other. Sums are entered using the built-in, multi-function calculator. Both the trips and the expenses scrolling list is fully editable, and displays individual expenses in both local and home currencies, plus the date and description. Expense items also display the corresponding category.
The currency converter function features side-by-side odometer displays for going from any one of 156 currencies to another. The large entry keypad also includes a calculator function. Results are displayed in the dual odometer highlight window with the currency listing. For example, entering 1,555 displays “Japanese Yen – 1,555 JPY” on the left cylinder, and “US Dollars – 20.202 USD” on the right.
The translator function employs two text fields, each with a labeled flag beside it. The user selects his native language/flag and enters the word or phrase to be translated in the text field. The translator supports copy and paste functionality, allowing translation of eMails or web content. Selecting any of 51 languages displays the translation in red type in the second text field.
my Travel Assistant’s currency converter and expense tracker supports 156 currencies and precious metals. Excerpt: US Dollars, Euro, UK Pounds, Australia Dollars, Canada Dollars, Japan Yen, Albania Lek, Algeria Dinars, Arab Emirates Dirhams, Argentina Pesos, Bahamas Dollars, Bahrain Dinars, Barbados Dollars,Belarus Rubles, Bermuda Dollars, Brazil Reals, Brunei Dollars, Bulgaria Leva, Chile Pesos, China Yuan Renminbi, Colombia Pesos, Croatia Kuna, Czech Koruna, Denmark Kroner, Egypt Pounds, Estonia Krooni, Fiji Dollars, Hong Kong Dollars, Hungarian Forint, Iceland Kronur, Indian Rupees, Indonesia Rupiahs, Iraq Dinars, Israel New Shekels, Kenya Shillings, South Korea Won, Kuwait Dinars, Malaysia Ringgits, Mauritius Rupees, Mexico Nuevo Pesos, Morocco Dirhams, New Zealand Dollars, Norway Kroner, Peru Nuevos Soles, Philippines Pesos, Poland Zlotych, Russia Rubles, Saudi Arabia Riyals, Singapore Dollars, South Africa Rands, Sri Lanka Rupees, Swedish Krona, Swiss Francs, Taiwan Dollars, Thailand Baht, Tunisia Dinars, Turkey Lira, Venezuela Bolivares Fuertes, Zambian Kwacha, and more.
“A personal assistant would keep all your expenses during international travel well documented, clear, and instantly comprehensible no matter what foreign currencies have been used,” stated Developer Karoly Nyisztor. “my travel assistant for iOS is the next best thing.”
Rwanda Is a Very Pleasant Journey
In Januanuary 2011, I made my way to Rwanda after climbing Kilimanjaro. Rwanda is beautiful, The countryside is beautiful, and Rwandan women are beautiful. Rwanda is nothing I expected. Im slowely learning that the media we receive about african life and current events is a total misconception of what is really out there. ..But ill leave it at that. I just need to say, that East africa is an amazing place and east africans are some of the coolest and kindest people ive met when traveling.
So with that out of the way, Ill quickley describe a trek I did in the Jungle on the border of the DRC and Rwanda. When we took off at six in the morning, you meet in a single spot to receive your gorilla tracking permits. There, you group up with other travelers in your fitness range and you take off in search of the some of the few remaining mountain Gorilla of Volcanes National Park. A place made famous my Dian Fossey’s Gorillas in the Mist -
We started out hiking up the volcano walking through what seemed like an endless collection of african farm houses and Farmers tending to their fields. The children would chase after us laughing and calling me an “ageezy” meaning white man – ha
Then after a fewe hours, we came to the last farm, and there we faced the wall of a bamboo forrest. I also need to take a minute to say how much I hate bamboo. The only way to describe it, is that its like walking through a forrest where people are constantly punching you in the face and all over your body as you try to push through, and crawl under or around the stems of that horendous plant. Death to Bamboo.
So after the bamboo forrest, the Jungle became more abd more dense – Giant bushes of stinging nettel – the thickness of natural jungle made it so the only way to move forward was to chop with the machete – Two hours in, the jungle plantlife was so thick, that we stopped even touching the soil, and we were just walking on a raised layer of plantlife. All the while was hot and damp and uphill. I was exhausted and still quite sore from Kilimanjaro 4 days before, and this jungle was trying its hardest to push me back and spit me out -
Eventually we reached amazingly peaceful bowl shaped valley with calm wind and quiet with only the random bird making a noise – As we stopped to rest for a minute, I saw two black medium sized gorilla climbing the lush green walls of the valley. My jaw dropped. I was expecting to see a gorilla or two, but part of me, the cinic in me thought Id only get to see a gorilla for a split second as it ran away – not for a minute would I expect to see what I was about so witness.
As we climbed up after the two gorilla; up the almost vertical wall of plants, while the guide was haking away with his machete, I was in front – and at the top he stopped and pointed towards a bush that was to my left – There in a shadowy little hole, a giant Silverback Gorillas Ivory Black face was sniffing and staring right at me from about three feet away. My heart stopped and we just stared at eachother. Absolutly crazy.
I ended up spending a little over an hour with the Susa Gorilla family, and it ended up being one of the most moving experiences of my life.
The Tourists’ Attractions In Mauritius Also Become Popular
Mauritius is among one of the islands of the world that is known for its spectacular beauty. It is situated on the South Western side of Indian Ocean. It is among one of the favorite places of tourists because of its pleasant tropical climate. Its modern lifestyle, exotic and beautiful beaches and developed economy have always managed to attract a large number of local and international tourists. The tourists’ attractions in this island also become popular because of contemporary infrastructure and transportation facilities. All these things demand a visit to this island. There are some other attractions that can stimulate you to visit this place and answering the question that why should you visit Mauritius. Here I am going to describe some attractions that will provide you a solid reason to visit Mauritius.
Historical Attractions
Along with the contemporary buildings and infrastructure, there is a historical side of Mauritius. The historical sites include Balaclava ruins and Dutch ruins at Vieux Grand Port represent medieval history of this magnificent island. Another historical place in Mauritius is ruins of European settlements and some other testimonials of that period. It feels quite different as well as pleasant to visit the historical places of Mauritius.
Glorious Beaches
Beaches in Mauritius are one of the most glorious beaches of the world. It is a great experience to see the beaches having white sands and blue sparkling waters. These beaches have all the facilities and a large number of tourists’ attractions and activities. Here you can enjoy the experience of water skiing, sailing, swimming; surfing, boating and more interestingly you can do fishing. These beaches also serve as a picnic place where you can enjoy your holidays with your friends and family. Beaches are also very popular among the visitors as they provide an ideal location to take sunbath. Another attraction is to see the marine life from these beaches. Some most popular and famous beaches are:
Belle Mare
Grand Bay
Blue Bay
Flic and Flac
Le Morne
Tamarin
Wildlife Destinations
Mauritius is also very popular for its wildlife destinations. These destinations provide you the opportunity to see the wildlife found in this region as well as some very rare species of some animals. Moreover, you can also have a chance to see the marine life by going underwater in submersibles. The most famous and popular wildlife parks in Mauritius are:
Black River Gorges National Park
lle aux Aigrettes
La Vanille Crocodiles Park
Domaine du Chasseur
Religious Buildings
The religious buildings include the biggest Hindu temple of this island named Triolet Shivala which has been dedicated to Gods Shiva Vishnu, Krishna, Brahma and Ganesha. Other pilgrimage sites are Pere Laval shrine and Lake Bassin.
These are some of the attractions that attract a large number of tourists to this beautiful and stunning island. One can enjoy being there with one’s family and friends.
