1. Watch the sun-set
Beaches have some of the most beautiful sun-sets! Just sit on the sand and let the view overwhelm you, the sky with its changing hues, the sun leaving the sky and merging with the waters, the seamless horizon!
2. Cruise the waves
This is one of the most exciting & relaxing activities for a beach vacation. Board a cruise liner and enjoy the smell of the sea! Most cruises also have live performances by local artist to keep the tempo high & brimming!
3. Savour the local alcohol
Most coasts have their very own peculiar version of liquor, like a fermented drink with that fruity flavour! For the experimental you, it’s a must try!
4. Explore an island!
During your cruise, keep your radar strong and identify an island you might want to explore. Take a motor-boat and find your way to the island. Nothing can beat the thrill of exploring land amidst the sea or ocean. Feel like Columbus! Walk around the island and have fruits to satiate your hunger... experience the Stone Age!
5. Get water-sporty
To feel your adrenalin gush, try a water-sport. There is always a host of these available like snorkeling, diving, para-sailing!
6. Sea-food
What is a beach holiday without some exotic sea-food! Try delicacies like crabs, lobsters, asparagus, jumbo prawns, fish, local coconut curries and there you go… yummm!!!
7. Shop on the Mall
Beaches have some of the liveliest shopping halts. Locate one near your hotel and go pick up some cool beach-wear, bandanas, straw hats, floral-print shirts and skirts!
8. Turn into a photographer!
The vivacity of the waves, the towering coconut and palm trees, the coral flooring of the seas are bound to get you clicking your digital camera incessantly! Carry enough memory cards and explore the photographer inside you. And, if you could, get yourself a camcorder too and make small little videos. You are going to love watching them over and over again even tens of years later!
9. Get spiritual
Beaches for some reason are known to have some of the most beautiful churches around the world! Ask the local people for directions and go visit one. You are sure to enjoy the tranquility and of course the architecture!
10. Get festive!
Plan your vacation during the carnival season and let the craze surround you! Dance on the streets, try your luck at the casino, sample exotic dishes…create memories!
(You may reach the author at richasinha22@gmail.com).
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Ten Must Do's - in the Hills
1. Awaken to a hilly sun-rise!
Devote atleast one morning to the divine pristine sunrise. Feel the serenity of the first rays of the sun gently on your skin. To further heighten the experience, walk around bare-foot on the moist grass left wet by the dew while you feast your soul with this most enchanting experience!
2. Explore a virgin trail
In the truest sense of an adventurer, put on your trekking shoes and start on a journey in an unexplored direction. Walk on, not expecting anything, yet expecting everything! You might just spot a sparkling waterfall or a small cave!
3. Sample local cuisine
This is an absolute must. Un-inhibit your taste buds! Let them try native fodder and belong to the hills!
It is a good idea to let the biker within you ride up the slope and spend an hour or two to enjoy the duskiness and watch the sky change shades as the sun moves down and across the hills and valleys.
Hill-dwellers have various means of keeping the chill at bay; warming their bloods internally is one of them. All hill stations have many such source points where you could find a good collection of alcohol to suit your taste; and if you are adventurous enough, you could try a local variety! Teetotalers, you must take a day off and try this; it will be an experience to cherish!
6. Feel the snow
So, you have been admiring that snow-capped peak from your room window. It is now time to find out which road takes you there. Take a four-wheel drive or a cable-car ride to reach the point and feel engulfed in the whiteness and vastness of the snow.
A hill-vacation seems quite incomplete if you haven’t played with its heights. Suiting the adrenalin-level in your system, you must try atleast one of these adventure sports – skiing, para-gliding, hand-gliding, rappelling, rafting, bungee jumping, sky-diving. It is going to be an experience of a lifetime!
8. Shop on the Mall
Hill stations are famous more than anything else for their elaborate Mall Roads. Find the one in your destination and spend a nice post-breakfast morning picking up souvenirs, vibrant caps & mittens. In many places you could even engage in small bargaining and enjoy the saved penny elsewhere!
9. Turn into a photographer
Such is the beauty of the hills; it turns practically every person into a photographer. Carry a good digital camera and set yourself free to click non-stop. Capture the stillness of the hills, the gushing of the waterfalls, the rising and the setting sun. And, if you could, get yourself a camcorder too and make small little videos. You are going to love watching them over and over again even tens of years later!
10. Cuddle-up
Choose to end your action-packed day with a warm bubble bath and then in the cozy of your room, cuddling up with your loved one; the fireplace corner filling the room with a warm orange hue, a glass of wine or your favourite book in hand!
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