Vacations

16/12/2018

Health benefits of travel :

An annual vacation can cut a person’s risk of heart attack by 50%.

Blood pressure, heart rate, and levels of epinephrine – a stress hormone – decline on holidays of only one or two days.

Travelers rate their overall health one full point higher (on a scale of 1-5) while on vacation. They also get three times more deep sleep after their vacation and sleep almost 20 minutes longer after their vacation.

Life satisfaction increases during vacation and these effects continue after returning home, according to a study at the University of Tennessee.

Vacations lift depression and heal emotions.

Three out of four executives believe that vacations are necessary to prevent burnout, and that vacations improve job performance.

According to one study more than one third of small business owners say their best ideas, the ones that lead to business growth, come not at work but during their downtime.

Studies show that recuperation and improvement from exhaustion are facilitated by: free time to one’s self, sunny and warm vacation locations, exercise during vacation, good sleep, and making new acquaintances.

09/12/2018

Water villages are settlements that are usually built on the water. Houses often float on the water or are located on stilts and rarely on small islands.

29/09/2018

The distance between USA and Russia is just 2.4 miles, but the time difference is 21 hours!

29/09/2018

21/09/2018

18 Sexiest places :

Rio de Janeiro
Amsterdam
Budapest
Paris ( France )
Mykonos ( Greece )
Las Vegas ( USA )
Berlin ( Germany )
Ibiza ( Spain )
Tokyo ( Japan )
Negril & Runaway Bay (Jamaica)
St.Tropez ( France )
Barcelona ( Spain )
Osaka ( Japan )
Bangkok ( Thailand )
Buenos Aires ( Argentina )
Cannes ( France )
Seville ( Spain )

21/09/2018

10 beautiful beaches :

Camilo Beach, Portugal
Bello Beach, Victoria, Australia
Zlatni Rat (Island of Brac in Adriatic Sea )
Cancun
Gulf shores
Geneva Lake
Limantour Beach, California
Railay Beach, Thailand
Lanikai, Hawaii
Waikiki, Honululu

14/09/2018

The world's largest flower garden... in the last place you would expect:
Rainbow-coloured oasis with 45 MILLION flowers is in the middle of a desert.

20/07/2018

Bus stops around the world

01/07/2018

Travelling ?

Do you have travel insurance ?

We all insure our house, our car. But we all avoid travel insurance.

Home insurance is mandatory to get mortgage. Lenders understand that the property can be burnt or destroyed, but property owners feel that it will never happen.

What can happen while travelling that if not insured, could cost you lots of money ?

1. Emergency Medical

Emergency Medical Insurance cover up to $10 million emergency medical coverage. This can include Emergency Hospital services, Emergency medical evacuation/return home, Emergency prescription drugs, Emergency Accommodation and meals, Emergency vehicle return, Emergency eyeglasses or hearing aid expenses, Emergency medical treatment.

2. Trip Cancellation Insurance

Unless you are buying a ticket that is fully refundable anytime, you might want to have Trip Cancellation Insurance.

When you buy your ticket next time, ask the agent if you have the freedom to cancel anytime and get a full refund.

3. Travel Accident Insurance

This insurance provides coverage for accidental death, loss of limbs or sight.

4. Baggage insurance

Say, your baggage doesn't arrive at your destination, how much will your airline refund ? If you buy travel insurance, you could get $750 per person if baggage is delayed for 10 hours or more as well as replacement cost for passport and visa if lost/stolen and $200 for accommodation and meals.

Even if your wallet or money is stolen, if you get travel insurance you could get up to $ 200

Yes, travel insurance can also cover Rental Vehicle Physical Damage. That is up to $ 50,000 for physical damage or loss of rental vehicle.

Make it a point to never leave home without proper insurance. You never know what can happen. Have a peace of mind that whatever happens, you are covered.

25/06/2018

In addition to the USA, the US Dollar is the currency of the following countries:

American Samoa
Bonaire
British Indian Ocean
British Virgin Islands
Caribbean Islands
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guam
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Northern Mariana Islands
Panama
Puerto Rico
Saba
Sint Eustatius
Timor-Leste
Turks and Caicos Islands
US Virgin Islands Territory
Zimbabwe

23/06/2018

Economics joke :

TRADITIONAL ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies and the economy grows.
You retire on the income.

*INDIAN ECONOMICS *
You have two cows.
You worship them.

* PAKISTAN ECONOMICS*
You don't have any cows.
You claim that the Indian cows belong to you.
You ask the US for financial aid,
China for military aid,
Britain for warplanes,
Italy for machines,
Germany for technology,
France for submarines,
Switzerland for loans,
Russia for drugs and
Japan for equipment.
You buy the cows with all this and claim of exploitation by the world

*AMERICAN ECONOMICS*
You have two cows.
You sell one and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
You profess surprise when the cow drops dead.
You put the blame on some nation with cows & naturally that nation will be a danger to mankind.
You wage a war to save the world and grab the cows.

*JAPANESE ECONOMICS*
You have two cows.
You re-design them so that they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
You then create cute cartoon cow images called Cowkimon and market them worldwide.

*CHINESE ECONOMICS *
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim full employment, high bovine productivity and arrest anyone reporting the actual numbers.

*RUSSIAN ECONOMICS*
You have two cows.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
You count them again and learn you have 17 cows.
You give up counting and open another bottle of Vodka

* FRENCH ECONOMICS *
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.

*GERMAN ECONOMICS *
You have two cows.
You re-engineer them so that they live for 100 years, eat once a month and milk themselves.

*BRITISH ECONOMICS *
You have two cows.
They are both mad.

*ITALIAN ECONOMICS*
You have two cows.
You don't know where they are.
You break for lunch.

*SWISS ECONOMICS *
You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you.
You charge others for storing them.

23/06/2018

In Iraq, a little girl drew a picture of her mother on the floor of her orphanage.
She carefully took off the shoes, lied down on mother's chest and fell asleep... I really don't know how to use human language to interpret such a picture.
We still have qualifications and enough reasons to complain about happiness?

Cherish what we now have.

01/12/2017

http://pakiholic.com/17-incredible-aerial-views-of-karachi/

Karachi is one of the most amazing cities of the world. It is among the biggest cities of the world, both in terms of population and in terms of land area. Although, there are many great things abo…

01/12/2017

Lake Superior ( in Canada )

LAKE SUPERIOR FACTS

1 Lake Superior contains ten percent of all the fresh
water on the planet Earth.

2 It covers 82,000 square kilometers or 31,700 square miles.

3 The average depth is 147 meters or 483 feet.

4 There have been about 350 shipwrecks recorded in Lake Superior

5 Lake Superior is, by surface area, the largest lake in the world.

6 A Jesuit priest in 1668 named it Lac Tracy , but that name was never officially adopted.


7 It contains as much water as all the other Great Lakes
combined, plus three extra Lake Erie's!!

8 There is a small outflow from the lake at St. Mary's River
(Sault Ste Marie) into Lake Huron , but it takes almost
two centuries for the water to be completely replaced.

9 There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover all of North and South America with water one foot deep.

10 Lake Superior was formed during the last glacial retreat, making it one of the earth's youngest major features at only about 10,000 years old.

11 The deepest point in the lake is 405 meters or 1,333 feet.

12 There are 78 different species of fish that call the big lake home.

13 The maximum wave ever recorded on Lake Superior was 9.45 meters or 31 feet high.

14 If you stretched the shoreline of Lake Superior out to a straight line, it would be long enough to reach from Duluth to the Bahamas .

15 Over 300 streams and rivers empty into Lake Superior with the largest source being the Nipigon River

16 The average underwater visibility of Lake Superior is about 8 meters or 27 feet, making it the cleanest and clearest of the Great Lakes . Underwater visibility in some spots reaches 30 meters.

17 In the summer, the sun sets more than 35 minutes later on the western shore of Lake Superior than at its southeastern edge.

18 Some of the world's oldest rocks, formed about 2.7 billion
years ago, can be found on the Ontario shore of Lake Superior ..

19 It very rarely freezes over completely, and then usually just for a few hours. Complete freezing occurred in 1962, 1979, 2003 and 2009.

13/11/2017

London - is there a city more famous?

There have been settlements in the area of London for more than 6000 years, according to archaeologists, and its own historic roots are stuck deep within the soil of history.

A city so ancient has many secrets hidden in its alleys, buildings and monuments, here are some.

10/09/2017

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People always complain about how busy airports are, but some of the busiest ones are even more hectic than we could have ever imagined. Data compiled from passenger traffic from 1,179 airports across the globe has given us a little more insight into the number of travelers who depart and land at the...

09/09/2017

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01/09/2017

Strange creatures... These pictures show us creatures so unique and bizarre it's hard to believe we live on the same planet as they do. Most of them are endangered animals, living only in the smallest and most remote places on earth.

27/08/2017

Do you know what is meant by 'China syndrome', 'Boston marriage' and 'New York minute'?

China syndrome : Effects of huge & growing Chinese economy in the global marketplace.

Boston marriage : A long term, intimate friendship between 2 women after sharing a household.

New York minute: A very short period of time, an instant.

And in bonus, what is 'matutinal' ?

Matutinal : Relating to or occurring in the morning.

21/08/2017

04/08/2017

Park benches around the world

02/08/2017

https://player.vimeo.com/video/107995891

28/06/2017

Where are the following made?

25/06/2017

Incredible cities which have changed beyond recognition.
Take a quick trip back in time and see how much the world around has changed.

20/06/2017

10 Greatest Wonders of the World

19/06/2017

Continued.. permitted or prohibited goods allowed on board in the cabin or cargo.

19/06/2017

Travelling ?

What can you take with you in the aircraft cabin ?

What you cannot take with you in the aircraft cabin, but can put it in your checked bag ?

What you should not have and can cause serious problems ?

23/04/2017

There is a stadium in Brazil in which the midfield line supposedly lies exactly on the Equator making each team defends one hemisphere

23/04/2017

Point Nemo is a place in the South Pacific ocean that is the furthest point from any terrestrial life. It is at a distance of 1,670 miles from the nearest landmass.