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Terms and conditions for the VedamTea Giveaway on Instagram!

Surprise!!! Here’s an extension to our already going on giveaway on Instagram live now! Today, let’s grab this chance to win some amazing tea hampers from Vedam Tea. So are you ready? Check the rules below that’s mandatory to follow to win.

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This giveaway is for Indian citizens above 18 years of age.
Follow @saba_relishingrascal and @vedamtea on Instagram.
Like and repost the contest image with the hashtag #vedamteagiveaway and #sabarelishingrascal
Tag 5 friends and urge them to participate in it.
Let us know why you are addicted to tea.
The more entries entries you submit, the more are your chances of winning.
The contest starts from Friday 22nd June 2018 till 6 pm Monday 25th June 2018. (After these no entries would be allowed)
There will be two winners who would get an amazing hamper from VedamTea
The winners would be decided solely on the basis of their participation and will have to submit their adress, contact number and email id to us for the products to be couriered.

About Vedam Tea

Vedam Tea is an online shop of the finest handcrafted Indian teas where you get unique craftsmanship of blending teas with natural ingredients. These teas are formulated on Indian Vedic scriptures and can provide you maximum health benefits. Some of their gourmet tea blends are mixed with fresh herbs to give maximum health benefits. Through this authentic tea store you can buy fresh and quality tea online with worldwide shipping option.

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So what are you waiting for? Hop in now and grab your chance to win some awesome tea hampers! Best of luck!!

Know the previous giveaway’s winners here.

Terms and conditions for Mojoco giveaway on Instagram!

After the first phase of the giveaway on my Instagram account, let’s start with the second phase of the same! Here’s your chance to win a healthy dose of coconut water from Mojoco from habhit!

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Find below the terms and conditions to enter the giveaway and get selected to win a week’s supply of fresh coconut water from Mojoco.

This giveaway is for Indian citizens above 18 years of age.
Follow @saba_relishingrascal and @habhitwelness on Instagram.
Like and repost the contest image with the hashtag #mojocogiveaway and #sabarelishingrascal
Tag 5 friends and urge them to participate in it.
Let us know why you want to win a cool hamper of fresh coconut water.
The more entries entries you submit, the more are your chances of winning.
The contest starts from 6 pm(IST) Wednesday 20th June 2018 till 6 pm Friday 22th June 2018. (After these no entries would be allowed)
There will be three winners who would get an amazing hamper from Mojoco.
The winners would be decided solely on the basis of their participation and will have to submit their adress, contact number and email id to us for the products to be couriered.
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About Mojoco coconut water. Mojoco is rich in Vitamins & Minerals, making it a perfect energy drink. It boosts up your energy instantly and Mojoco Nariyal Pani remains fresh for a longer time. So, you have to be least worried about freshness and expiry date. Well, let’s get started with shooting your replies in the comments section to win!! Want to know the first phase giveaway’s winner? Click here.

Breathefresh vayu bags- A perfect solution for indoor air pollution!

Indoor air pollution!

Indoor air pollution is real! The daily use of electrical’s, chemicals in perfumes or room fresheners, pesticides, plantations, the continuous cooking and household works all are responsible for lots of toxins in air. The dust that enters the house through windows, footwear, rain wears and after kids outdoor play is humungous. These all contribute a lot to the air pollution in houses. These indoor pollutions are double as dangerous as the outdoor pollution is! While you just pass on the outdoor pollution sources as we keep on commuting, while we stay indoors, we are in continuous contact with these pollutants. Hence, major breathing issues can be caused with these reasons.

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Breathefresh

Breathe Fresh looked into this issue with the seriousness it deserves and brought about a range of beneficial, natural products that can help us deal with indoor pollution. These products are easily accessible through their site BreathFresh.in and on Amazon also. They are affordable and have all natural ingredients, hence they negate the side effects of air-borne chemicals in our houses. Varying from Air Purifying bags to natural Air purifier with anti-bacterial essential oil these products can be easily placed around the house to absorb the pollutants present in the air. Hence, providing a cleaner, fresh and pure atmosphere within the house.

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Vayu bags from Breathefresh

I recently used Vayu bags from BreatheFresh, the only advanced air purifying bags with three layer technology providing maximum coverage of gases commonly present in the houses. Some of the benefits of using it are:

It absorbs excess moisture from humid and musty corners.

Keeps away the mold, mildew, bacteria and allergens.

Naturally removes odour.

As it’s made up of natural ingredients like activated charcoal, hence it doesn’t adversely affect in any sense.

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Where to place it!

Just hang it in your wardrobe with your clothes or in your bathroom to let it absorb humidity and smell. Or place it in your car as an air purifier. You can also place in refrigerators to avoid smell mixing from various foods. You can place them in your travel bags too, it will keep all your belongings fresh.

My personal experience

I reside on twenty fifth floor, hence along with the breeze, there enters a lot of dust too. These dust particles often formed layers on our open bookshelf and this resulted in allergic bronchitis for my daughter. The unavoidable situation called for a safety measure that should be both natural, without any side effects and effective to cope up with the large amount of dust particles entering the place because of strong breeze.

Vayu bag seemed to fit in the criteria perfectly. I just placed it along the bookshelf that’s most frequently used by my kids at home. The effect on it was visible from the first day. I actually saw a rapid decrease in her breathing issues within a week of usage. We also got away with the flies and small insects that used to often gather around the books each day.

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Seeing this my husband got so impressed with its natural ingredients and positive effects within days that he ordered one for his travelling needs as well.

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He often goes for road trips for longer distance and hence always complains about his belongings stinking, due to excess moisture and even dampening of clothes sometimes. This had previously got him embarrassed a lot of time.

We just placed Breathefresh’s Vayu bag between his clothes while he travelled from Mumbai to Ajmer this time for a road trip. Quite surprisingly, even after rains being on a very scale during most of the trip and the bags being packed for more than fourty eight hours, there was no damp smell, no dampness between the clothes. And this had no side effects on clothes colour or other expensive materials present in the bag.

I have actually pre-ordered some more of these Vayu bags for my new house too. I’m pretty sure this will definitely be more useful to absorb the fresh paint smell in the new house that’s actually quite dangerous for children.

Hence, as a mother, a home maker and a lifestyle blogger, my review for breathefresh Vayu bags is a big thumbs up. It really works wonders to capture the unwanted smell and dangerous dust particles at home while keeping air fresh and germ free naturally.

If you care for your health and your family’s health, want to live in a home that’s actually sweet with no unbearable odours and is free of any type of harmful chemicals, I am sure you would love check these wide range of air purifying products from Breathe Fresh.

Terms and conditions for the instagram giveaway with debon herbals!

Love giveaways? Here’s announcing an exciting giveaway on my instagram page here in association with debon herbal, a leading herbal beauty products manufacturers in India. Do find below the terms and conditions for the giveaway to be followed to be eligible to win their authentic and herbal products.

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This giveaway is for Indian citizens above 18 years of age.
Follow @saba_relishingrascal and @debonherbals on Instagram.
Like and repost the contest image with the hashtag #debonherbalsgiveaway and #sabarelishingrascal
Tag 5 friends and urge them to participate in it.
Let us know which product from debon herbals is your favorite.
The more entries entries you submit, the more are your chances of winning.
The contest starts from 2 pm(IST) Monday 18th June 2018 till 2 pm Wednesday 20th June 2018. (After these no entries would be allowed)
There will be two winners who would get an amazing hamper from debon herbals.
The winners would be decided solely on the basis of their participation and will have to submit their adress, contact number and email id to us for the products to be couriered. Now let’s start shooting your entries and get ready to win a herbal treat from debon herbal. About debon herbals.
Debon Herbals Pvt. Ltd, a leading herbal cosmetic manufacturer in India, was started in the year 1993 with a mission to create natural herbal products which are superior in quality, conforming to International standards but with affordable pricing. The mission was to make an impact on the human skin through ingredients and raw materials procured from natural resources.
Lets congratulate the winners of the giveaway: @_shah_hiiral and @nuzhatmalkani
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Terms and conditions for the instagram giveaway!

Love giveaways? Here’s announcing an exciting giveaway on my instagram page here in association with debon herbal, a leading herbal beauty products manufacturers in India. Do find below the terms and conditions for the giveaway to be followed to be eligible to win their authentic and herbal products.

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This giveaway is for Indian citizens above 18 years of age.
Follow @saba_relishingrascal and @debonherbals on Instagram.
Like and repost the contest image with the hashtag #debonherbalsgiveaway and #sabarelishingrascal
Tag 5 friends and urge them to participate in it.
Let us know which product from debon herbals is your favorite.
The mkre entries entries you submit, the more are your chances of winning.
The contest starts from 2 pm(IST) Monday 18th June 2018 till 2 pm Wednesday 20th June 2018. (After these no entries would be allowed)
There will be two winners eho would get an amazing hamper from debon herbals.
The winners would be decided solely on the basis of their participation and will have to submit their adress, contact number and email id to us for the products to be couriered. Now let’s start shooting your entries and get ready to win a herbal treat from debon herbal.
About debon herbals. Debon Herbals Pvt. Ltd, a leading herbal cosmetic manufacturer in India, was started in the year 1993 with a mission to create natural herbal products which are superior in quality, conforming to International standards but with affordable pricing. The mission was to make an impact on the human skin through ingredients and raw materials procured from natural resources.
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The trendiest desserts in 2018! #GodrejFoodTrends2018 #GFTR2018

Foodies are evolving and so are food trends! Strange hunhh? Never thought even food had a trend too? Or do you assume the latest craze for Italian or Mexican cuisine as a whole idea of food trend? Actually, that’s just the part of it. Food trends is the day to day preferences of foodies about various food items and their increasing demands comprises of a food trend. For instance, the recent healthy bowl options that are getting so much common is a growing food trend, while Indo-continental food that we delightfully have is a great food trend and there are much more. Related to these trends, Vikhroli cucina brings out the food trends report each year that has the best prediction done by food experts on diversed food trends and their possibility of getting more popular hence onwards!

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Desserts are BAE!

From that large predictive list is the one dedicated to desserts! As they say so rightly, we indians aren’t just ready to desert our dessert! That sweet taste after our normal meal had become almost like an addiction to us. Although those calories do show us the red light, but dare we stop having those sweet taste buds at any cost?

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A BITE CAN DO WONDERS!

Such are we! Hence I think the prediction of bite sized desserts taking a huge leap in 2018 is highly possible. We are now hung between our cravings for sweet after each meal and the growing fats threatening our healthy routine. So, the Savior here comes in the form of these bite sized positions. The one which are prepared in smaller positions so as to limit the consumption of the same. Such that in the end, we can say, “we had just little dessert after the meal.” And a little less guilt too!

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PRESENTATION REPRESENTS!!

I also feel presentation counts a lot! We have always heard that hindi dialogue,”jo dikhta hai wo bikta hai!” This is especially going to take quite a big leap in the dessert trends in 2018! Food, especially desserts that would look devastatingly tempting. Why? Because I feel somehow with the growing use of social media, we hardly order something to eat it, rather it’s to post it! A story on instagram or Snapchat is all we are concerned of nowadays. In the hussle of posting them on social media platforms, we often tend to forget to enjoy what’s been presentated such beautifully to us! But, again, some people will especially visit that place to enjoy that dessert because it looked so tempting on another’s Insta story! Hence the assumption comes automatically that the taste would be amazing too. So, I personally think there would be an increase in beautifully and uniquely presented desserts largely in 2018.

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HEALTHY IS THE NEW TASTY!

Healthy desserts are again something that’s going to reign the 2018 food trends. We just read above how guiltless food is important to health conscious foodies. Well, because of this, they’ll definitely choose deserts which consist of healthy ingredients rather than living them off altogether. Just recently, I have tasted innumerable desserts that used honey or brown sugar instead of white sugar, chia seeds being the prominent ingredient in many of the desserts, bananas and berries being included in many desserts and cakes. And not to forget the latest trends having cakes being made up of whole wheat and multi grain flour. Thus, I think even healthy options in desserts are going to dominate over the dessert trend in 2018.

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PHIR BHI DIL HAI HINDUSTANI…

Even indian fusion desserts seem to be a highest possiblilty this year. Did you ever before hear of pani puri or paan or motichoor laddoo flavoured icecream? Well, this is what’s reigning the ice cream world right now. The Indian fusion desserts are getting loved across the nation. People are actually enjoying a rasogulla pastrie. They are loving the idea of having their jalebies being made in Mexican style! Well, that’s another food trend that’ll definitely be seen quite a much in this year.

There may be more trends that are going to get a role in the Godrej Food Trends Report 2018, but these factors are going to effect our food choices and preferences a lot! But whatever the teendlist displays, one thing’s for sure, though we may not the have the habit of having our gargling session after meals, we just cannot quit or sweet toothing session after those meal times!

This post is a part of the Godrej Food Trends Blogging contest hosted by FashionableFoodz in association with Vichroli Cucina and should not be repurposed, republished or used otherwise. The content herein is owned by the blogger. Godrej Food Trends Blogging contest, Fashionablefoodz or Godrej is not responsible for any kind of infringement caused.

5 Healthy and Tasty Breakfast Recipes.

The perfect start of a day calls for a perfect breakfast! Hence, it’s extremely important to have a healthy breakfast whch is rich high nutritional value and what’s more, it should be yummy too.

Lets read below some easy and simple recipes of healthy meals that are good to taste too! You can try them as your healthy breakfast recipes and enjoy them on a daily basis.

Dates, oats and semolina cake

A healthy cake rich in iron, protein and fibre.

Ingredients:

Half a cup of seedless soft dates mashed with hands to make them extra soft.

Half cup pieces of nuts

A cup of semolina.

1 egg

Pinch of baking powder

Pinch of baking powder

Half cup brown sugar.

Method:

Beat the eggs adding sugar and milk.

Add in semolina, dates, baking powder and nuts and mix well

Bake at 180 degree Celsius in an oven for thirty minutes.

You can bake it fresh or store it for maximum three days and enjoy in your breakfast with warm milk to have a filling and healthy breakfast.

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Healthy yogurt bowl

A healthy breakfast rich in proteins, vitamins, fibre, folate.

Ingredients:

1 cup yoghurt

Half cup chopped avocados

Half cup chopped berries

1 teaspoon almonds( chopped)

2 teaspoon honey

Methode:

In a bowl add in the fruits and chopped almonds

Top it with honey

Mix it well and chill for fifteen minutes.

Enjoy your mummy and healthy yogurt bowl breakfast with a rekening sweet and sour taste.

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Veg curtained eggs

A healthy and filling breakfast meal with lots of proteins, fibres, carbohydrates, vitamins and calcium.

Ingredients:

I cup mixed veggies( carrot, cabbage,capsicum, onion) all cut finely.

Half cup finely chopped tomatoes

3 eggs

Half cup cottage cheese or feta cheese

Olive oil

Half teaspoon Chilli sauce

Sale to taste

Pepper or oregano herbs

Method:

In a non stick frying pan, add half a teaspoon of olive oil, add all the veggies except tomatoes and saute for a minute.

Add salt, tomato and chilli sauce and mix them well.

Scatter them all around the frying pan, make sure it’s on low flame.

Add in the eggs on separate sides of the frying pan on the veggies.

Directly shred the cheese on top of the eggs on all the sides and cover with a lid.

Let it remain on low flame for 7-8 minutes and serve hot after sprinkling some oregano or pepper on it.

Enjoy a yummy and healthy egg breakfast either along with a brown toast bread or have it directly with a fork.

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Banana and oats pudding.

A delicious and rich breakfast option containing of carbohydrates, fibre and calcium.

Ingredients:

2 bananas

Half cup oats

2 cups milk

1 teaspoon honey

Method:

Bring the milk to a boil.

Add in the oats and cook for five minutes.

Switch off the flame and stir the mixture to let the heat go off.

Mash the bananas and add it to the oats and milk mixture along with the honey.

Cool it for half an hour and enjoy a yummy and healthy treat for your breakfast.

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Whole wheat berry pancakes

The rich in fibre, carbohydrates and vitamins breakfast that’ll keep you full for longer.

Ingredients:

1 cup Whole wheat flour

Half cup milk

2 tablespoon brown sugar

1 egg

A cup of berries

1 teaspoon honey

Method:

Mix all the ingredients together and beat till it’s a soft paste

Take a non-stick frying pan and pour a tablespoon of batter on it, spread evenly to form a circle, turn after a few seconds and remove when it’s golden in colour.

Crush the berries with a whisker, add gradually honey and pour on the finished pancakes.

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Do try out these real time amazing and nutritious breakfast meals and leave a comment below if you loved it!!

5 tips to become a travel blogger

After my recent 26 posts on travel and globe trotting and the successful launch of my ebook on The A2Z of Globetrotting, I have got various queries on how to become a travel blogger. Hence, I am dedicating somw quick tips and basics for the same for all of you.

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Dedication

Becoming a travel blogger or any other blogger needs a proper dedication on the matter. If you think you are passionate about writing, sharing your views to the world, have that art of using your words and phrases with an attractive twist, can blend your creativity well with the latest trends, there you have the quality of becoming a full fledged and successful blogger. That was for the blogging quality, for travel blog in specific, you need the curiosity to explore mother nature and her beauty. You should be an avid traveller and always with a camera or your smartphone ready to click whatever is distinct of that particular destination. What you think is eternally beautiful and captivate the souls of the spectators.

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Register on WordPress or blogger or tumbler

There are various blogging sites that have proved to be amazing for the start of the blogging journeys. You can chose your pick from WordPress.com, blogger or tumbler. They all are great in terms of being timely updated and giving you the perfect platform for your blog start. These apps are free and easily available on IOS or android stores and even the websites are super easy to use. Just make sure you even keep an app of the website handy in your mobile always, this will help your writing a lot. You can always start a post whenever you feel inspiration is just ahead of you in the form of the beautiful scenery or a calm lake!

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Catchy blog name

First impression is the last! We have heard it since ages now. Time to work on it. Make sure your blog name us something related to travel and depicts your true traveller spirit perfectly. Being a travel blogger can be just defined in your username if you chose your website name or username correctly. You can search for the various synonyms of the word travel from Google and plan your website name accordingly. For example, you can choose Life of a Wanderlust, The travelpeodea, etc. Just make sure these names aren’t already registered and used before as someone else’s website.

Format your images

I am sure if you have the idea of being a successful travel blogger, you may be having some thousands of images of those places you went to inspire you! Now is the time to format them location wise and keep the like ones in a particular folder. Make sure your images are cropped well to give the locations proper visibility. If you want you can also watermark your images with the help of apps like photogrid, photoeditor, etc. In case, if you don’t have your personally clicked images and still want to use images from someone or get it downloaded from web, make sure you have their permissions or are giving due credits for the images. From Google, of you want images without the copyrights, you can choose from thousands of images from pixabay. They don’t need any credits are available easily from web for free.

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Get your researchs right

Make sure all your facts about the place are intact. If you need, you can cross verify your research through google. You can even inquire and take some ideas from the locals there and then describe all those factors briefly in your blog. Don’t try to over emphasise your your details. Its really good that you want to share all your ideas and informations on your blog with people, but frankly speaking, no one has the time to read so much about anything. So, it’s advisable to get all your details and informations compact in few lines, yet covering all the aspects well and jot it down in your blog beautifully.

Travel related keywords

If you want to become a successful travel blogger, it’s really important to check for the travel related keywords which are trending and get used in your blogs. This will help in catching major readers for your blogs and get your travel post better reach. You can also make use of relative and suitable hashtags and keywords when you promote your blog through your social media sites like Facebook, instagram, twitter, trell, etc. When it comes to trell, you just can’t be a perfect travel blogger if you don’t have this app on your phone. It totally displays your travel passion to the world with all your active updates on the app.

I am pretty sure these these five tips of being a great travel blogger is the best guide for the aspiring travel bloggers and those who are presently a travel blogger, but need to improve their skills on the same too. You can download my ebook, The A2Z of globetrotting for free by clicking here, and do let me know in the comments below if these tips were helpful to you or in case you are left with any doubts on this. Happy travelling! Happy blogging!

Zurich- Zestful beauty of Switzerland

The beautiful side of already a beautiful country, Switzerland, Zurich carries an appeal for spectators. The one destination that leaves it’s impression on your senses even after you have visited it long back. Known for its effecient working banks and ultra ordinary infrastructure, Zurich is no less when it’s comes to flaunting natural beauty and irresistible tourist attractions.

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Some of these destinations which can prove to be exciting and rewarding when you visit them are listed below.

Fraumünster

One of the four main churches from Zurich, this church is dedicated to feminism or women in general. Originally built in 853 by Louis the German for his daughter, Hildegarde, this church served as a convent for several years. The stained glass of the church is tall as 9 meters (30 feet) high, and the church clock tower is a main attraction for explorers too.

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Swiss national museum

The excotic musuem dating back to 1898 flaunts some exclusive collection of monuments and prized possessions belonging to stone age men to the leaders till date.This musuem shows some of the exquisite collection of armory tower and a large collection of religious wooden liturgy carvings, panel paintings, and altars. A historical collection of Swiss coins dating back from the middle ages, and a wonderful chivalry display and gothic art collection round out this uniquely excellent museum.

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Uetliberg

The astounding natural view that’s attractive to see from the mountain top is really amazing. Adjacent to the lake, this mount top shows off the spectacular view of the lake side and the neighbouring areas. A view that enchants is amongst the most popular destinations at Zurich.

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Zurich Altstadt

This area consists of some important monuments from the times of history dating before the twentieth century. You can catch a glimpse of certain tourist attractions in Zurich including Lindenhof, Fraumunster, St Peter’s Church, the New Market and the old Medieval Rathaus quarter. With the blend of medieval and gothic architecture, this shows off the best heritage sites till date at Zurich.

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Lake Zurich

A huge lake formed through the glaciers of the Alps, this lake attracts millions of tourists towards it each year. The clean and clear lakes is a home to many aquatic lives plus offers some calm time boating and relaxed time swimming here. Through the ferries that goes through the lake, tourist explore a whole lot of attractions over here.

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Zurich being one of the most beautiful places on the earth, offers varied more options to explore when it comes to viewing spectating natural beauty and irresistible historical heritage. What you need is a soon planned trip here and an awesome te travelling through the heaven near the Alps.

Yemen- Unique yet alluring travel destination!

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Yemen, the alluring nation standing just at the bordedrs of Saudi Arabia and Oman, is said to be the most unique place on the earth. The Captivating beauty of the beaches, the breathtaking view of the gulfs and some exceptional heritage sites comprises of a beautiful nation that charms it’s visitors. Getting to know these some of these spectating sites would surely give you the craving of visiting them soon.

Zabid

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The beautiful city that takes you to a journey back to the 14th century. The city that produdly holds some exceptional proof of the reigns of Egyptian power on them. The old ruins are much of a site for any explorer.

Socotra

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One of the four islands that are stated as world heritage site by UNESCO, Socotra is an alluring island with amazing view and some fauna that’s hard to find anywhere else.

Old Sanaa

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Built over the 11the century with hundreds of mosques and more than 6000 houses,this 25,000 years old city preserves the signs of old Islamic rulers and is a World heritage site. The old, rusty beauty of the city is captivating and offers so much to the ones who want to study about the past passionately.

Al- Hajjarah

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The beautiful village at Yemen will give you some rough idea on how their fore fathers loved years back. Being the village dating back to the 11th century,this village houses have some ornamental designs on them that were much profound during the islamic reigns centuries back.

The Ancient Tombs, Sanaa

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These ancient tombs standing at Sanaa also has an history dayin back to centuries ago. But the unique shape and formation of the tombs give them an alluring and intriguing look. These lands were inhabited by ancient civilizations and cultures before nearly 40,000 years and These tombs are basically some of the oldest historical landmarks.

Bottle Trees, Socotra Island

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These bottle shaped trees are quite famous around the world. Explorers don’t mostly leave Yemen without taking a glance at these se bottle shaped trees which are grown at Socotra islands. Their stems are are huge, and thicker near the ground and thinner near the crown. The crown alsp consists of a couple of branches in most cases, and these branches are embraced by different leaves.

While tou treasure your memories of Yemen visiting the spectating locations, make sure you take a lot of pictures of the heritage sites that have been standing here proudly since centuries and more!