Scotland and Highland's tour

After Ireland adventure, we decided to go to Scotland before end of autumn. A nice place but it always rains :). Edinburgh is awesome. I have not seen such a royal city. Glencoe and Speen bridge are terrific. Glencoe remembers me of Gap of Dunloe. The highlight is Loch Ness boating.
Inverness is a beautiful and small city (capital of Highlands). You can literally walk around easily.
Ness bridge is amazing. The illumination at night is mind blowing.

I wanted to enjoy Scottish Highlands and went for a 2 day trip, but I realised that I was robbed by http://www.scottishtours.co.uk/ onlt at 4 pm on my first day of the tour. The 2nd day was just 4.3 hours starting at 9.30 am till 2.10 pm. I paid a whopping £155 per person. A 1 day tour by Scotline tours is £35, which is awesome.

Because http://www.scottishtours.co.uk/ is not having any buses or vans to tour they depend on Scotline tours (and others) and you end up paying double fare. An operator should be honest. scottish tours are not the right people for scotland tours. They just do business with a web site that usually does not work for booking tickets. There are no testimonials that can explain their history or customer satisfaction. They are not award winners.

Rabbie's and Haggis are recognised tour operators and generally offer good deals.

This is a good lessons learnt by me. If you want to enjoy tours then go for local operators and not fall in the hands of third parties.

Some sites are powered by google. So when you search do not just stick to the first link.

Shakira is sensational!

Watch out this video
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watch in HD @ youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRpeEdMmmQ0

Home made hindi play by students

One of the best video seen recently

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I think it is a must watch!!

Bing or Google ?

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Electronic Voting Machines - cracked

Made in India

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/10123478.stm

Flying abroad from India

When travelling abroad please make sure that you have the required documents listed below
1. Passport with Visa
2. E-ticket or ticket
3. Destination Address
4. Foreign currency
5. Zip lock covers (if you have any small liquid items)

Once you reach the airport, you need to go to the luggage check-in counter and collect the boarding pass. You may receive more than 1 boarding pass, as your journey may include a transfer flight.

Note: Make sure you collect the baggage tickets (bar code stickers). You will receive one sticker per bag. The stickers may be required when collecting your bags at your destination, so keep them safe.

Check list before leaving Check-in counter

1. Passport
2. Boarding pass(es)
3. Check-in baggage sticker(s)
4. Departure card
5. Tags for all the cabin bags

Please fill the departure card and go ahead for immigration. Please find the sample form above.

Note: It is possible that certain names overrun the blocks provided, in such cases fill as many as you can in the provided blocks. Also make sure the dates are entered in DD|MM|YYYY format

Now that you have completed the departure card, go ahead and wait in the immigration queue for your turn.

Present your passport and departure card at the immigration counter and get the passport stamped. You may need to tell the officials the purpose of your visit and visa type.

Once immigration is completed you need to go for security check. Please make sure that you do not carry liquids/fluids more than 50 -100 ml. All such items must be placed in a transparent closed bags (zip lock transparent covers).

Make sure that you do not carry items like scissors, match box, lighters, umbrellas etc.

Once security check is complete, you can head to the terminal gate. When the flight is ready for boarding, present your boarding pass and passport with picture page open.

Flight journey is not really comfortable for many because of the high pressure inside the cabin. Make sure you stretch your legs once in a while, just to keep your muscle from getting stiff. Drink plenty of water, as adviced.

The flight attendants may provide you with a landing card, for immigration purpose at the destination. The sample UK landing card is provided above. Please fill it, and join the immigration queue. Make sure you join the queue based on Visa type. There could be queues for students, Non-EU and EU citizens or similar.

The immigration official needs your landing card and passport with Visa. pay attention to the questions he/she may ask. You may be required to provide chest scan or other health related documents.

Reclaim your baggage and exit.

Funny IPL Awards

After looking at the awards categories like
BEST GROUND
BEST STADIUM EXPERIENCE

I could not resist myself to include a few more
BEST CROWD (even when the bombs blast)
BEST AUDIENCE
BEST GRASS
BEST LIGHTS
BEST STRATEGIC TIME OUT
BEST BAT
BEST BALL
BEST SUNGLASSES
BEST DRESS
BEST INSECT (when the lights were on)
BEST CHEER LEADER
BEST GRUMPY CRICKETER
BEST SCAMMER
BEST SUPPORTER
BEST MOTIVATOR (come on boys!)
BEST TWITTER POSTER

Well you can also add a few....