Holi Festival of Color - one of the most intersting festival in India

Holi is one of the big festivals with people in India and other countries with large Hindu populations. Holi is called the Festival of Color because it is celebrated by playing with vibrant color. People smear on each other face and playfully plash colorful paint with colored powder and water during the celebration. The festival is known for the generous use of colors, which are produced both naturally and artificially. Gulal is the main color in this festival and people also use variety color such as pink, red, green, yellow...etc

Dry Holi colors known as 'Gulal' and wet colors or 'Rang' were originally prepared naturally from the flowers and other products that had dyeing properties. However, with time, in the quest of more long-lasting and strong colors, chemically enhanced and artificial colors have come in vogue. The harmful effects of these chemicals on our body and eyes have forced us to do a turn-about to the natural colors. However, you certainly don't need to disappoint as one can create beautiful reds, greens, blues, saffron, yellows and magentas at home, and that too naturally. 

Some amazing pictures about Holi Festival of Color...

People smear colored powder on each other during Holi celebrations in the northern Indian city of Amritsar

Revellers take part in Holi celebrations in the northern Indian city of Allahabad

 

Colored powder is thrown on a girl during Holi celebrations in the southern Indian city of Chennai, India

Students smear each other with colored powder during the celebrations of Holi, in Kolkata, India

Purple-colored water is sprayed on revellers during Holi celebrations in the northeastern Indian city of Guwahati 

Source: www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/holi_the_festival_of_colors.html

Top six scents to improve your health

Discover the healing powers of different smells.

The complete holistic medicine, aromatherapy utilises the power of smell to help one heal emotionally, physically and spiritually.

Peppermint (Mentha piperita)

One of the most uplifting fragrances, Peppermint instills confidence and helps to clarify thoughts and emotions.  Physically, peppermint has the quirky talent of being both warming and cooling, which makes it the perfect digestive remedy, helping to quell nausea, indigestion and bloating. Drink peppermint tea.  Also good for sinus congestion, asthma and bronchitis, add peppermint oil to a steam vaporizer.

 

Rose (Rosa damascena)

Think love.  Think compassion.  Rose is the most sensual, not sexual of the essential oils.  Fabulously aromatic and fantastically expensive, only a couple of drops are needed to work it’s magic.  Massage over the heart chakra with rose oil will help mend a broken heart and provide harmony and strength through tough times.  Rose is used in cosmetic preparations to reduce redness and improve dry skin.

 

Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)

Derived from the Latin word ‘lavare’ – to wash, lavender is commonly used in soaps, bath oils and detergents.  A calming, soothing fragrance, lavender is the perfect stress buster.  Studies have shown that the smell of lavender can even lover blood pressure.  A drop of lavender oil massaged onto the temples and scalp can treat a headache.  Lavender is antiseptic and anti-inflammatory, perfect for insect bites and rashes.

 

Tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia)

The first aid kit in a bottle, Tea tree is an Australian indigenous medicine.  Studies have shown it to be amazingly effective against a host of infectious agents including fungi, bacteria and viruses. It is added to soaps, toothpastes, deodorants, disinfectants and even douches.  Often used for athletes foot, jock itch and thrush.  Tea tree oil is capable of increasing cell growth in damaged tissue, so it is helpful in a diluted wash or cream to treat mild burns, wounds and even acne.

 

Sandalwood (Santalum album)

The oldest perfume of all, used for at least 4,000 years, Sandalwood is a deeply spiritual essence.  Often incorporated into incense, sandalwood sets the scene for meditation and travelling deeper into self, helping one to attain inner calm.  In addition to this aspect, Ayurvedic medicine uses sandalwood to help treat urinary tract infections, skin and respiratory tract infections and as an aphrodisiac.

 

Chamomile (Matricaria recutita)

Chamomile is a soothing remedy for digestive problems, tension headaches, sleeplessness and even for babies' colic and teething. Drink as a tea, or add a few drops to a bath or on a flannel and apply to the body part as a warm compress. Chamomile is also calming emotionally, helping one cope during a stressful time.
For home use essential oils should not be taken internally, as they can be toxic.

Massage oil - 10 drops essential oil to 100mls of base oil (eg almond oil, olive oil)

Cream – 15 drops essential oil to 100g of vitamin E base cream (from pharmacy)

Bath – 10-15 drops essential oil to bathwater

Steam vaporizer – 5-10 drops

Essential oil burner - 5-10 drops in water

Source: http://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/

Jelly candies ^^

Do you love jelly candies? How I love them! The colourful and delicious candies are not only for children but also for everybody. They looks so attractive. I often use them when I'm stress :D. Now just look at the world of candies...They're so beautiful !!! ^^

 

  

Candies for Christmas day :)

I WANT CANDY

 

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Thailand's Festival of Lights

As the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (usually in mid-November) lights up the night sky, throughout the Thai kingdom, hundreds of thousands of ornately-decorated krathong or traditional banana leaf floats are set adrift in rivers and waterways in a spell-binding ritual called "Loi Krathong" - the 'festival of lights". This is one of the Kingdom's oldest and best-preserved traditions.

Some beautiful images about Thailand's Festival of Lights...

 

 

 

Source: Collection from Internet

Los Cabos - the perfect holiday trip with the enormous attraction and the ultimate fun in the sun experience

For the perfect holiday where you can forget the hustle and bustle of everyday pressures and let your hair down, Los Cabos is ideal with something to offer for everyone. Located at the place where the Pacific Ocean meets the Sea of Cortés, Los Cabos is a popular vacation spot in Mexico that is fast gaining international renown as a superlative tourist destination. Los Cabos' flourishing tourism industry offers something for everyone. There are many Los Cabos hotels in both Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo not to mention some great accommodation options in the little towns along the tourist corridor.

Another great activity or Los Cabos tours option is the ATV ride that takes you through mountains and gives you glimpses of nature, up close and personal, while acquainting you with the local flora and fauna. Or a thrilling ride in a Hummer H2 or a Chenoweth racer for those who love speed - Los Cabos ensures that you can experience adventure in just the way you want and keep coming back for more!

Los Cabos is a haven for enthusiastic fishermen looking for big game with numerous varieties of game fish available in the waters, while small inlets and coves along the coastline tempt scuba enthusiasts and snorkelers with their limpid clear waters that teem with marine life. Keen golfers will love Cabo, taking up an energetic round of golf at one of the first-rate golf courses in Cabo. If you prefer you can set out along with the sun at dawn for game fishing. Every day has something new to offer, and there are many great things to see and do in Los Cabos - an indulgent day at the spa where you can pamper your senses with a soothing mixture of Baja herbs, kayaking, surfing, diving or snorkelling at one of the numerous locations at Los Cabos.

 At Los Cabos, the ocean stretches away endlessly into the horizon and the sunset lights up the sand at the edge of lapping waves - a place of infinite beauty and bliss. Land's End marks the start of an unforgettable holiday that allows you to experience the wonder of Los Cabos and its unsurpassed beauty. It's impossible to think that something as mundane as the setting up of a cannery led to the evolution of Los Cabos into a world-class vacation spot. Even up to about a hundred years ago, Los Cabos and its natural wonders were unknown on the Baja coast. Now, visitors from all over the world throng Los Cabos to sample its justly famous natural beauty and the bounty of the Sea of Cortés - both above and below. Los Cabos is now one of Mexico's best known travel destinations.

Los Cabos boasts of some of the world's best known resorts and as a luxury vacation spot, attracts the crème de la crème of Hollywood's stars and business tycoons, offering them amenities suitable to their privileged lifestyles. Legends of the silver screen, such as John Wayne and Bing Crosby, have transformed this sleepy little fishing area along the Baja California coast into the playground for the rich and famous. But even before these famous men visited Los Cabos, and the film stars and music icons headed out here, the legend of Los Cabos was familiar to the who's who of the world.

Los Cabos, with its fabulous and magnificent natural beauty, is frequented by prominent personalities and is the vacation spot of choice for the very rich and the very famous.

Source: http://www.experienceloscabos.travel/

Just a dream - Sam Tsui & Christina Grimmie

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The Riviera Maya has all the advantages of reliable infrastructure with near utopian beaches waiting to be explored.

Hugging the eastern coastline of Mexico is the famed Riviera Maya, a dazzling string of beaches that serve as a traveller’s playground. The life pace seems to slow after stepping off the airplane, and into this tropical Yucatan climate. This up and coming tourist destination boasts snow white beaches, shores that curl into tranquil lagoons, fresh water cenotes (sinkholes), cliffs and mangrove swamps that conceal tiny islands inhabited only by exotic birds. Go with the flow and meander through charming artisanal markets, settle into a small Riviera Maya hotel, let the fashionable vibe take hold in Playa del Carmen, and dive into crystal clear waters for some rejuvenation.

Riviera Maya offers a variety of outdoor attractions both off shore and on land. Offshore there is a rich coral reef teeming with marine life and shipwrecks with relics that are thrilling to investigate on a Riviera Maya tour; on shore - there is diverse geography that compels attention. There are savannahs, wetlands and limestone terrains each of which support different varieties of flora and fauna.

Playa del Carmen

Although there are many areas of importance along the coast, at the heart of the Riviera Maya is Playa del Carmen – the heart of the region that is speedily increasing in size . It holds ample tourist infrastructure with many Riviera Maya restaurants and shopping areas; it’s an attraction in and of itself. This also an ideal jumping off point for other travels since boats from the commercial harbour of Playa del Carmen ferry visitors to and from the island of Cozumel.


Tulum - the Mayan Riviera's second most important town - is a small town made up of just a few lanes running parallel to the Federal Highway. In fact, the Federal Highway is the main street of Tulum. Tulum is famous as an archaeological zone of Mayan ruins and has some basic services which are not found in the other settlements along the southern coast of the Riviera Maya. It is wise to stock up on the essentials if stopping in Tulum when heading out to other off the beaten track destinations. Take a look at the Riviera Maya map to get an idea of the layout of the region. 

Tulum

Akumal and Chemuyil are two other noteworthy settlements. Akumal is a small old port town with Riviera Maya hotels and other options for accommodation. It offers the tranquillity of the Caribbean coast as well as the thrill of many Riviera Maya tours like snorkelling and scuba diving.

A major tourist attraction of the Riviera Maya is the Belize Barrier Reef or the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, which begins at Cancun and runs the entire length of the Riviera Maya before continuing towards Guatemala. This is the second longest barrier reef system in the world and the aquatic activities are a big draw for the crowds.
The Riviera Maya has the full package with beautiful scenery, ancient Mayan wonders full of mystery, adventure activities to please any adrenaline seeker and all the necessary hospitality services to keep customers happy. Check in with our local Mexican connection based out of the region when in search of more specific things to see and do during your upcoming Riviera Maya holiday that you have been dreaming about.


Source: http://www.hotels-rivieramaya.travel/