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Immediately after the tour of the Wild Goose Pagoda, we rushed to see the famous Han Yangling museum. This is located in the northern part of the city , on the banks of the Wei river. This place has the tomb of the Emperor Jingdi and his wife Empress Wang. It is said that this tomb was constructed over a period of 28 years!! There are 81 burial pits around the Emperor's tomb.The pits display

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In the previous post we saw a few places in the Wild goose Pagoda. Here are the rest of the places..... We were told that the entrance to this hall leads to the Monastery where students are taken in to learn Buddhism.This Buddha looks a lot different from the other Buddha statue- looks like he is in penance..We were not allowed to enter into this hall. Hence clicked from outside. The

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An Impromptu trip took us to the ancient city of Xian a couple of years ago.After a scrumptious lunch at the Indian restaurant, we visited the first location for the day - The Wild Goose Pagoda...... It was raining all throughout journey and even till we were having lunch. Luckily once we stepped out of the restaurant, the sky kind of cleared a bit and the rain stopped so that we could enjoy

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I had been begging hubby to take us to Terracotta Warriors in Xian,China.This nagging started when I saw a documentary on the terracotta warriors on TV and I was fascinated by the place. Then one day a couple of years ago,2009 to be precise, a few of hubby's colleagues had planned to see this place during a Chinese holiday which fell after a weekend. With 3 days in hand, there were many places

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Dazong Lake Scenic Area is located in Yancheng, Jiangsu province in China.This lake is said to be the deepest lake in the Northern part of the province. The board in Chinese at the entrance.It shows the entertainments that are available here and the most popular one is boating. The mini waterfalls near the entrance A great relief to see English on the sign boards We were eager to see the

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The 4th Covai Flower show began yesterday at the TNAU Botanical Garden premesis..Cultural programs,dog show,special orchestra using house hold articles are also a part of the event.Visitors can take part in flower arrangement,Flower Rangoli,Flowers and fashion competition. Here are some clicks from the beautiful show...  The entrance to the show The display starts from the entrance

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After our trip to Mysore-India,let me take you another good spot in China.... Milu National nature preserve is located in Jiangsu province,China.A ride from the quite town of Dafeng took us to the beautiful area known for its Elk[Milu] Park. We stayed with my friend Ju and her family.Her mom,taking into account my vegetarian food style, did not hesitate to prepare a tasty spread of dishes

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Chamundi hills is situated 3 kilometers southwest to the city and is one of the main tourist attractions here.The hill which is at an elevation of 1,000 meters, houses the temple of the Goddess of the Mysore kings -  Chamundi or Chamundeshwari. This temple was built in the 12th century.The temple Gopura is a feast for the eyes and so is the gigantic Mahishasura statue. Years ago when I

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Zoo is a place that children adore.Lil angel has just completed her first b'day when we made a trip to Mysore.I was not sure how she would react looking at all those animal.She had been to the zoo in our city in China but there are no elephants , giraffe, and the sort.You get what I mean-no huge animals to frighten her. Anyways we made a trip to the zoo with my dad.Mom decided to stay back with

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Returning home after a splendid time at the Mysore palace with all the illumination ,it was time to catch up with the family gossips.Lil Angel was thrilled to be with her great grand parents and they enjoyed her presence every single moment. After a scrumptious dinner,we headed straight to bed and I fell asleep within minutes of my head touching the pillow.So did Lil Angel. The next day dawned

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Our trip to the Garden City of Mysore was more than a year and a half ago.We decided to visit my grandparents and aunt who are in Mysore and it turned out to be a memorable trip for all of us.I visited Mysore after 2 decades and the images of my first visit are still fresh in my memory. We went to Mysore by car and the beautiful forest area was a sight to behold.The roads were flanked with

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Though the previous day had been tiring after the journey ,visit to Polar Ocean World and to the seaside at dusk we were eager to see the other places in and around Qingdao.With just one day we had to decide between the palace and the Laoshan mountain.Someone told us that a trip to the Qingdao is worthless if you don't see the mountain and so we opted for a trip to the mighty mountain. Breakfast

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Quite some days[or is it months?] back,I promised to take you to the enchanting sea side of Qingdao.After a long break here I am ready to move on..... After our visit to Polar ocean world,we wanted to go to the seaside and after a long drive we reached there.The drive parked the car nearby.Instead of crossing the road,we decided to take the subway to reach the other side and we were gifted with

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As we left the hotel room after a quick lunch I was so eager to see the polar ocean world about which hubby had told me long before we had planned this trip. With all the excitement of a school kid going on a picnic I got into the car and waited for Mrs.P family.As soon as they came off we went... The first palace that we crossed is the Wu Si square which is quite famous.This is also called the

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Now that we are packed and set to travel,our first stop will be one beautiful destination which is sometimes referred to as the 'Switzerland of the Orient'. A beautiful seaside city that is situated in the southeast part of Shandong province in China.This beautiful city is close to the yellow sea across which are the neighboring countries Korea and Japan.This makes it an important port for

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I have been busy for the past couple of weeks getting packed to return back to China and frantically shopping for stuffs that I don't get there.So I thought I would write on what I do when I travel.Hubby and me are know to our family as 'travel bugs'.We love to travel and visit new places and sometimes we would just go for a ride on his bike after dinner and roam around some nice places in the

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It has become so addictive.I am so happy doing it!It gives me so much pleasure...Oh come on ,I am talking about blogging.I wanted to write on another theme apart from my Cookery blog - Seduce your taste-buds.The first topic that struck me was -Travel.So here comes another one exclusive for my travelogue. Here I am going to share my travel experiences and of course a few tips and tricks [from my

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A blog to share my travels and experiences...I have just started this today so please come back again to see the world through my lens..Thank you for visiting....

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