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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

In geographic terms India is located in southern Asia. India shares its borders with Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, Nepal and Pakistan. In the oceanic terms, India has the Bay of Bengal on the eastern side while the Arabian Sea is on its western side. A lot more on it can be read in the sites specific to India Info and many interesting submissions made by visitors to India in the travel blogs about India or travelogues on India, plus India Commonwealth Games 2010 city Delhi.

India Holidays: Unlike many countries where most of the holiday tours are generally confined to around major cities (except some Cruise destinations) and well developed regions, Indian tourism and vacation destinations are spread throughout the length and breadth of India. It is often quite an exercise to finalise the travel destination in India holidays and India Cheap Hotels for stay. Explore its vast array of kaleidoscopic landscapes dotted with magnificent historical sites and princely cities, mesmerizing golden beaches, misty mountain retreats, colorful people, rich and dazzling culture and exotic festivals. Choose from a range of Goa India Holidays, Rajasthan Holiday Packages, South India Holidays, and North India Tours where you dig deeper into yourself as a human being.

Major Indian cities and important tourist places in India include: New Delhi, Mumbai, Goa, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Cochin, Trivandrum, Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Ahmedabad, Haridwar, Amritsar, Jaipur, Agra, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Madurai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Ludhiana, Bhopal, Indore, etc. The Himalayas have many of the tallest mountains in the world with tourist places like Darjeeling, Gangtok, Shimla, Dharamshala, Kullu, Manali, Srinagar/Kashmir, Kathmandu (Nepal), etc. Holidaying has taken on an entirely different connotation in present times. Today, it is not just about getting the right booking for a desired destination in India but a multitude of activities and events that truly make the holiday tour to India a memorable picture-perfect experience. Nowhere in the world is beauty defined in such diverse and vibrant way as one come across while traveling in India with a guide or without as you take Cultural and Heritage tours of India in a group, couple or even as a single female.

India Hotels: A plethora of offers with maximum discounted rates for online India Hotels bookings and reservations for cheap rooms at bread & breakfast Apt homes, Budget Hotels, Deluxe Hotels, Luxury Hotels, Five star Hotels, Boutique Hotels, Heritage Hotels, and Resorts are available. Look for recommended hotels in India to book rooms with the ones offering hot deals, like with India Cheap Hotels, or pamper yourself in splurge $500 a day!!  A private hotel room with a bathroom or staying in mid-range cheap/budget hotels and serviced apartments, eating in more expensive restaurants, and occasionally hiring a car and driver will require a daily budget of around $40-70 per person sharing basis. You are not considered a bad person as a guest if you do not tip; you ‘tip’ in India not so much for good service but in order to get things done. In any case, enjoy your relaxing vacations in India to the hilt reserving room as hotel packages in India.

India Tours: There is an Indian tour of choice for every one. India tours range is nearly unlimited as there are tours to India destinations for enjoying culture, history, architecture, temples, and monuments, spiritual, wildlife, exotic hills, exciting backwaters, golden beaches, forts & palaces, honeymoon resorts, and more. There are a plethora of tour packages in India, particularly as your North India Tour and South India Tour. It is conveniently possible for you to make choice of India tour or have India tour operator offer customized tour package in India. You can enjoy the tourism of India tourist places in Delhi tours and Rajasthan in north India and then travel to Kerala and other tourist places and beaches in south India.  The popular India city tours with the India tour guide include Chennai tours, Hyderabad tours, Bangalore tours, Kochi tours, Pondicherry tours, etc. The India beach tours can be enjoyed as leisure tour to Goa beaches as also Mumbai beach tours before your final departure from there.

India Travel: Once you land at one of the international airports of India, your travel into the main city is full of exciting scenes if it is day time. You come across people of various skin hues, from very fair to brown to smoke brown to even black. While a license is required to drive a vehicle on the road, there is no such need for the people on foot, cows, dogs, goats, cats, et al. You find people are weaving in all directions across the road, dodging cows, motorbikes and beggars with bowls. Watch all this with amusement as you are on a leisure trip to India. After taking Discount Air Tickets to India or Cheap flights to India, if  you stay in cheap hotels, guest houses or Homestay, travel 2nd class on trains and can survive on a diet of dhal and rice, you could see India on just $10-20 a day. There are a great number of business travellers to India as the country offers best in IT, BPO, engineering goods, knitwear garments, etc. These business travellers from all over the world can be spotted staying at luxury hotels and moving in swanky cars when on a trip to India.

India Guide: Tour travel tourism may not be the only field you have guides in India, you have business, finance investment and career guides in India as well. Much will depend on the kind of guide in India you are looking for. A tourist guide organizes tailor-made tours and packages that will ease the process of planning for your India travel and ensure an unmatched travel experience. Most tourists read articles before traveling to the places of tourism and feel they do not need a guide unless language is an impediment. But a good Indian tour guide is the one who manages you to gain a better understanding of what you didn’t know or read about, explaining in your own language – English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Dutch, Japanese, Portuguese, Arabic.

Trip to Taj Mahal

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Taj Mahal is synonymous with India. Emperor Shah Jahan built the mausoleum Taj Mahal in Agra in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, meaning the “Jewel of the Palace”. The calligraphic work on the arch of the entrance spells exquisite class, where verses from the Quran, the holy book of the Muslims have been quoted.

Trip to Taj Mahal is one of the most exciting parts of India tour package or as an excursion trip to Taj Mahal from Delhi in the leisure trip to India. After Goa holidays and Delhi tour a tourist to India on vacation trip in India or India holidays often opts for a day trip to Agra Taj Mahal and some times prefers to stay overnight India Cheap Hotels for sightseeing Taj Mahal at sunset and again viewing of Taj Mahal at sunrise which is a beautiful treat for the eyes and there are relatively few people around. It is most exciting to see the Taj Mahal by moonlight and admire its marble perfection under the mellow radiance of the full moon. More than 350 years have passed, but even today Taj Mahal in Agra India looks new and magnificently stands as a witness to eternal love. The beauty of the monument amazes you with the light changing, and shadows shifting on the white marble and its reflection in the ponds are also interesting. In the year 1983, Taj Mahal was declared a World Heritage Site by UNSECO. Taj Mahal is India’s top World Heritage site.

The Agra city may otherwise be economically low but its richness in Taj Mahal and in culture and tradition is well accepted. Every year millions of people from all over the world visit the Taj Mahal and admire its unparalleled beauty. It is easy to find bed & Breakfast accommodation Agra India or cheap rooms of India Cheap Hotels. One of the tourist remarked negatively to the fellow tourist friend on the prevailing conditions and situation of the city. It was amusing and amazing to witness them have a healthy wordy dual that as a tourist you visit other countries to see, admire, appreciate, understand different culture, customs, history, traditions, existence of primitive modes of transport like horse cart, bullock/ox cart, camel cart, three-wheeled paddle-pulled rickshaws and even man-pulled rickshaws. You wouldn’t be travelling as tourist to any city in the world if all city features and culture looked similar to where you live. You enjoy leisure tourism and holiday tours only when the place has different architecture, history, culture, cuisine, lifestyle, and even flora and fauna to offer. Assess your travel destinations in India reading interesting and informative travelogues about India.

A period of 22 years was devoted by 20,000 workmen and master craftsmen paying perfect attention to all minute details in its design and craft, landscaped gardens laid out in the quadrate plan based on geometric arrangements of nature, Taj Mahal was finally completed in the year 1653. There are perforated marble screens surrounding the tombs that are inlaid with semiprecious stones. One thing is for sure that if you visit Taj Mahal once, its memories will remain etched in your memory forever. A day is barely enough to appreciate the fine Mughal craftsmanship, from latticed marble screens to decorated archways, from pietra dure to gilded finials. The marble and precious stone inlays are fit together with such dexterity as to make it impossible for one to detect a seam. India Cheap Hotels enlisted hotels directly offering Budget boutique deluxe luxury discount hotels Agra can be opted for cheap & comfortable stay to further explore intricate design of Taj Mahal Agra.

“I can’t describe how beautiful it really is”, a standard expression generally made by almost all of over 3 million visitors making trip to Taj Mahal in Agra India every year. Reasonably good India cheap hotel accommodations in star hotels and budget hotels discount categories with modern comfortable rooms are also available for your short trip or long stay in Agra the city of Taj Mahal, only 200 kms from New Delhi the city of 2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi, India.

Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Commonwealth Games are held after every four years. It may be interesting to note that there are certain criteria that the member country has to meet before it can even “bid” for the Commonwealth Games to be held on its land. The proposed dates for the 2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi are 3 - 14 October, 2010 inclusive of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies marked for Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. India Cheap Hotels brings in the general information about India Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010.

The political leaders are often and invariably involved to intensely campaign, influence the voting participants and procedures, negotiate the majority votes, and eventually successfully conclude hosting various games and events in their respective countries. This however is only possible when there is a solid backing and participation of intelligentsia, planners from technical and engineering fields, fund raising banks and financial institutions for investment in infrastructure, and equally enthusiastic public, sportsmen and sports personnel. Kudos to entire Indian public for standing up raised hands, with same craze as for Cricket, in favour of Commonwealth Games 2010 New Delhi India.

Games and Events: Commonwealth Games and events Delhi 2010 India event followers eagerly wait to witness participation by the elite of the athletes and the best of the nations. It was a matter of pride for India when New Delhi was voted as Hosting City for the Commonwealth Games 2010. And going by the words of Indian sports minister Suresh Kalmadi, “The colour, costumes, the traditions and heritage will be world class, the public will be welcoming and friendly and the flair of India is what will make the next 2010 Commonwealth Games India really unique.”  The rich Indian culture, infrastructure and sport all will be successfully combined to create yet another memorable experience for Commonwealth Games, rightly initially called ‘Friendly Games’. The commonwealth is NOT a political union; rather the Commonwealth is primarily an organization in which countries with diverse economic backgrounds have an opportunity for close and equal interaction.

It was long since the international games of the multi-sport magnitude that the Commonwealth Games have become today were held in India. The 2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi venues marked for various sporting events are Dhyan Chand National Stadium for hockey, Indira Gandhi Arena for Archery, Cycling, Gymanstics and Wrestling, Delhi University Sport Complex for Rugby 7s, Tyagaraj Sports Complex for Netball, Siri Fort Sports Complex for Badminton and Squash, Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range for shooting, Talkatora Stadium for boxing, SPM Swimming Pool Complex for Aquatics, RK Khanna Tennis Complex for Tennis and Yamuna Sports Complex for Table Tennis.

Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 India
In past New Delhi has proudly experienced playing host to the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982 (Asiad’82). The subsequent sporting events of international stature India hosted are International Athletic Circuit Meet 2000, Asian Athletic Grand Prix 2002 Asian Athletic Grand Prix 2003. India also hosted the 7th SAF Games in 1995, 6th Indira Gandhi International Gold Cup 1997 for Women hockey, 4th Women’s Asia Cup in Hockey, 1999, and various Table Tennis tournaments like 15th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship, 13th Asia Cup Table Tennis Tournament, and 14th Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament. The Test-Series in favourite yet struggling game of Hockey include India-Australia 1996, India-Poland & India-Germany in 1997, India-Pakistan 1998, India-Germany & in  2001.

Commonwealth Nations
Commonwealth Games India Info: The participating nations in the Delhi Commonwealth Games of 2010 include: Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cayman Islands, Christmas Island, Cook Island, Cyprus, Dominica, England, Eritrea, Falkland, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guernsey, Guyana, India, Israel, Isle of Man, Jamaica, Jersey, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Ireland, Palestine, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Scotland, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Wales, Yemen, Zambia. The existing sports venues and facilities being given a major facelift that includes construction of new venues like New Delhi games village to see about 8,500 athletes and officials comfortably accommodated.

Delhi Tourism: India being a culturally rich country, the tourists to India visiting Games are not only going to enjoy sightseeing of Delhi monuments in New Delhi and Old Delhi but will be pleasantly surprised to find themselves mingling with colour and culturally different looking Indians from various parts of India. Culture will be making tour to Delhi than tourists making a culture tour of Indian destinations!! However, there are very interesting spots nearby for enjoying vacations in India. One can opt for North India tour enjoying Jaipur holidays, Trip to Taj Mahal, Agra holidays, Rajasthan tour, wildlife tiger safari tour package, forts & palaces, and much more. Moving to south, you can enjoy south India tours of Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kovalam, Alleppey, Kumarakom, Kerala backwaters tour, Pondicherry, Madurai, and other historical temples of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, etc. In the west India tour you have Aurangabad, Ajanta, Ellora, Mumbai, and famous beaches of Goa. The east India tour takes you to Kolkata, Darjeeling, Bhubaneshwar and Puri. An international sporting event of the scale of 2010 Commonwealth Games will prove a great aid for the Indian tourism industry.

Accommodation in Delhi / Commonwealth Games Delhi Hotels in India: Cheap hotels are available aplenty along with budget hotel accommodation in Delhi for Commonwealth Games. The Bed & Breakfasts in Delhi can also be found closer to the sporting action of your interested. Room bookings in India for deluxe and luxury hotels of choice need to be done in advance due to shortage despite addition of new budget boutique hotels in Delhi offering made by India Cheap Hotels. Continuously added/updated, book India rooms at government approved and recognized B&B Accommodation Delhi and India Games Hotels in India Delhi for cheaper stay.

Small Group Tours India

Monday, July 20th, 2009

There is general acceptance of the fact that travelling in a small group tours (6-16 pax) offers the business traveller or leisure tourist various advantages, starting as cheap tour to India/abroad. Such budget tours group tour(s) allow you get to know each member on small group tour to India equally well if not more when on holiday trip overseas to India as couple. Your experienced tour operator in India guides you, the small group tour members, leaving fewer footprints on the areas that you travel through and happier staying at India Cheap Hotels accommodation of luxury rooms or bed & breakfast.

Group tours India cheap hotels: Responsible travel ethics that a touring small group adopts during India culture tour, India pilgrimage tour, India beach & hills tours, India heritage tour, etc. ensures less impact on the environment and the communities that they come into contact with in the cities, towns or village areas. The small boutique hotels in India or cheap hotels in India further expands area of interaction with your tour group. The small group tours India presents more opportunities to be enjoyed in interacting with the locals. Besides doing the sightseeing the group itineraries allow free time to independently explore a town to pick up street nuances that are some times missed and/or indulge in local shopping in India of goods of personal interest and souvenirs to be taken back home. Games and events enthusiasts would prefer traveling during Asian Games, European Games, Commonwealth Games, etc.

In a matter of just couple of days of travelling together in group tours India with like-minded you find having formed a bond of new friendships with your fellow group members as individuals, something which is not always possible in a larger and more impersonal group. The positive feature that group tour to India components like is the flexibility it mostly presents in the travel program, and what sights or events you’d like to spend your time exploring. Even the small group tour to India may be customized in some circumstances, giving you the freedom to extend or tailor your stay. In order that the India tour progresses seamlessly, surely avoid doing any cancellation of train or domestic air tickets as some routes may not have daily or frequent service to intended destinations in India. Leisure trip to India and stay booked at recommended cheap hotels in India are fantastic value as first class accommodation. No one can offer the value holiday India tours other than the engaged travel agent for the India tour package.

Small group holidays India: There are number of places and regions like Delhi Agra Jaipur Mumbai Goa Chennai Kochi Kovalam Alleppey Kumarakom backwaters Jodhpur Jaisalmer Udaipur Bangalore Hassan Hampi Aurangabad Pune Ajanta Ellora Pondicherry etc where small group tours in India on holidays are very enjoyable and economical when arrangement is for an India Homestay or cheap hotel accommodation or at standard or luxury Kerala houseboat.

Delhi Agra Jaipur Tour in India

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

The most popular and very exciting tour package of Golden Triangle in India: There are quite many tourists who would immediately get excited about the idea of a laid back beach holidays in India. There are plenty of nice beaches worldwide and so are the exotic beaches in India in the states Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, and Orissa. But the most popular and very exciting tour package in India that leads is the Delhi Agra Jaipur tour known to every one in the world as Golden Triangle Tour and is also considered top in the list of cheap tours in India. Except the existence of a beach, this North India tourism package is all rolled into one – history, culture, heritage, pilgrimage, business and Royal power - Golden Triangle India. Cheaper Hotels rooms, Bed & Breakfasts, Budget, Boutique, Luxury and Heritage/Palace hotels can be booked to suit your taste and style for discounted and India cheap hotels. One of the top India tours for foreign visitors to the Commonwealth Games 2010 New Delhi India.

Delhi Tour: The Indian capital Delhi is the travel hub of northern India. Delhi has long been the center of political and cultural activities. Holidays to Delhi, the historical city of India, mesmerizes you with the information that the modern day city is actually unified form of seven cities of olden times. The crowded (chaotic) main bazaar Chandni Chowk of today in Old Delhi continues to be the big center of business and trade in Asia. The New Delhi was created by British Raj that has well laid and spaced out buildings. The old and new architectural edifices such as Red Fort, Jama Masjid, Qutub Minar, Humayun tomb, Birla temple, India Gate, Old Fort, Tughlaq Fort, and much more are worth engaging your attention for long. There are attractive shopping centers in Delhi where you should make a hard bargain before concluding a purchase.

Agra Tour: The world knows the city of Agra as synonym with Taj Mahal. In the tours to Agra the hardest of hearts can see itself melting standing in front of the world’s only ‘Monument of Love’. In Agra tourism you are never tired of seeing it again and again and admiring from all 360 degrees. The Agra Fort is another imposing structure like what you in Red Fort of Delhi. During the King Akbar’s time the Agra Fort was principally a military structure but when Shah Jahan took the reins of kingdom the emphasis shifted and the Agra Fort was partially converted into a palace. You get to see Moti Masjid, the Pearl Mosque, also built by Shah Jahan; Ittemad-ud-daulah — the tomb of Mirza Ghiyas Beg has beautiful inlay work; Akbar’s Mausoleum is located at Sikandra a 10 kms north of Agra on Delhi road. The tomb is situated in the centre of a large Mughal garden and four identical red sandstone gates lead to the tomb complex. The bazaar visit can be made for souvenirs of cotton textiles, carpets, and iron steel and leather goods during holidays in Agra. Some wonderful monuments of Mughal times located at Fatehpur Sikri 40 kms outside Agra on the way towards Jaipur. Due to scarcity of water the city was deserted and is also known as Ghost Town. Some of the highlights at Fatehpur Sikri include the Panch Mahal (Palace of Five Storeys), Buland Darwaza and Dargah of Sheikh Salim Chisti.

Jaipur Tour: Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan and also popularly known as The Pink City. In the tourism of Jaipur you find it interesting that the wall of homes and markets are all painted in pink. The history, culture, tradition, valour, Royal kingdoms, forts and palaces, and havelis are the hallmark of holiday in Jaipur the royal city. Some magnificent structures of Jaipur include the Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar (observatory), the City Palace, the Amber fort, Albert hall, Statue Circle, Moti Dungri (Ganesh Temple), Govind Dev Ji Temple, Gaitore, Kanak Vrindavan, Jaigarh Fort, Nahargarh Fort. Amber Fort is an architectural delight and consists of some prominent buildings such as the Diwani-i-aam, Kali Temple and Jai Mandir along with magnificent marble palaces and gardens. Elephant ride excites young and old alike in Jaipur holiday.

Commonwealth Games India

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

“Come Out and Play” is the motto adopted for Commonwealth Games India 2010. Earlier, it was after a tough competition with other countries as contenders (toughest Hamilton, Canada) that India, the cricket crazy country, was awarded holding of Commonwealth Games 2010. Delhi, India, had had the experience of hosting the first big International sports event Asian Games way back in 1982. Even prior to that New Delhi had hosted the inaugural Asian Games further back in 1951.

Games and Events: In the sphere of holding international sports events India was not considered a novice, and the recent sporting events include International Athletic Circuit Meet 2000, Asian Athletic Grand Prix 2002 Asian Athletic Grand Prix 2003. India also hosted the 7th SAF Games in 1995, 6th Indira Gandhi International Gold Cup 1997 for Women hockey, 4th Women’s Asia Cup in Hockey, 1999, and various Table Tennis tournaments like 15th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship, 13th Asia Cup Table Tennis Tournament, and 14th Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament. The Test-Series in favourite yet struggling game of Hockey include India-Australia 1996, India-Poland & India-Germany in 1997, India-Pakistan 1998, India-Germany & in  2001.

One of the most important sporting events now slated in India is the 2010 Commonwealth Games scheduled to be held in New Delhi in 2010. It is a matter of pride for India that the Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 will be staged in India for the first time and in Asia for the second time. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was the first country in Asia where the Commonwealth Games were held in 1998.

Commonwealth Games India Info
As per the schedules announced, the Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi opening ceremony will be held at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium on 3rd October 2010, while the Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 closing ceremony is scheduled to be held on 14th October 2010. Besides daily score of medal won, the final medal tally of the Commonwealth Games and events Delhi 2010 India results will be compiled and declared on the last day of the premier event. The duration of the premier event will be 11 days. Athletes from various commonwealth countries will be competing in the sports including Commonwealth Games Aquatics Athletics Boxing Hockey Netball Shooting Table Tennis Weightlifting Archery Badminton Cycling Gymnastics Lawn Bowls Rugby 7s Squash Tennis Wrestling.

Commonwealth Games Venues
The games are to be held over the following venues:
- Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
- IG Sports Complex and India Gate/ Red Fort
- SPM Swimming Pool Complex
- Talkatora Indoor Stadium
- IG Indoor Stadium
- Tyagaraj Sports Complex
- Maj. Dhyan Chand National Stadium
- Dr. Karni Shooting Range
- Delhi University
- Siri Fort Sports Complex
- RK Tennis Complex
- Yamuna Sports Complex

In days of yore, as per the old scriptures as also anecdotes, the Indian traditional schools (Gurukul), sport was an essential part of studies. There was high level of competence in sporting events like chariot-racing, archery, horsemanship, military tactics, wrestling, weight-lifting, hammer throwing, swimming and hunting; there is a fascinating link between Greece and India in all these which stretches back to 975 B.C. There is a mix of Indian sportsmen having achieved higher level of competence in games like CHESS (Manuel Aaron, P. Harikrishna, Vishwanathan Anand, Dibyendu Barua, Koneru Humpy (female), Krishnan Sasikiran, Parimarjan Negi -youngest Indian), BADMINTON (Prakash Padukone, Pullela Gopichand, Aparna Popat, Chetan Anand, Saina), TENNIS (Ramanathan Krishnan, Vijay Amrithraj, Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Sania Mirza), HOCKEY (The Golden Era of hockey in India was the period from 1928 - 1956 when India won 6 consecutive gold medals in the Olympics. Now??? Enthusiasm continues while winning big events continues to be elusive!!), KABADDI (won gold medal in all the four successive Asian Games since 1990), CRICKET (is a religion now after India achieved its first ‘World Cup’ victory in international cricket in 1983, and there are too many icons to be packed in a limited space here!!), SHOOTING (Beijing Olympic Gold Medalist Abhinav Bindra, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Jaspal Rana, Anjali Vedpathank Bhagwat, amongst others; India ranked first in shooting during the 2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne Australia with a total of 27 medals in gold, silver, and bronze.), ATHLETICS (The illustrious past performers having a crack mostly in Asian games include GS Radhawa, PT Usha, Ashwini Nachappa, KM Beenamol, Anju Bobby George), BOXING (Md. Ali Qamar, Akhila Kumar, Vijender Kumar).

Looking back is always an eye opener. The Indian sportsmen often complain that not enough competitive events are held at local district level in various states. Instead, stadiums are either allowed to rot due to lack of maintenance or are more often used for officially sponsored “non-sporting events” events like cultural and musical evenings, and private weddings.

Free Accommodation Booking
All athletes and officials coming to India to participate in Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 in all sports will be provided free accommodation at the world class Games Village. The traditional Indian hospitality and modern amenities at the Games Village exceeding CGF requirements will definitely make a heady mix in higher standards of comfort & excellence never seen before by participating teams. The provision of free lodging extends to 2 free rooms in a luxury hotel for accommodating CGA officials. All the rooms will be provided in the name of the CGA to be utilized by them or their authorized representatives, and can be retained for the full duration of the Games. Provision for extra Officials is done at Games Village under the CGF (Commonwealth Games Federation) norms and guidelines, to be informed in advance and US$50 per person per day payable extra. The charges are very reasonable considering the much needed convenience and togetherness of the athletes and officials at same place. The 2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi India officials claim the Games Village to be state-of-the-art where services and facilities will have a unique “athlete-comfort” orientation and approach. Buy your 2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi tickets from India authorized agencies.

Eco System
A sporting event to the magnitude of Commonwealth Games 2010 is obviously likely to spill over to disturbing or creating imbalance in the eco system as hundreds of trees need to be cut to make way for holding the Games and housing the international athletes and officials. But any responsible government will ensure to make-up for the loss. Individuals and NGO’s keeping a watch should rather come forward offering qualified constructive suggestions and also extending hand in taking part in minimizing and compensating temporary loss. For example, the concerns raised at the construction of the Games Village complex on the floodplains of river Yamuna.

India Travel Tourism
Tourism travel in India you find a fascinating and interesting mix of several things from various countries put into one, and yet India stands out with its unique diversity of culture, history and heritage.  Delhi being the hub of Commonwealth Games 2010 in your leisure trip to India, you can travel to enjoy Budget India Tour to any part for India holidays after having watched the sporting events of your special interest. India adventure tour trekking water sports snow skiing wildlife safaris; India beach tour to golden Goa Kerala Mumbai; India heritage tour – any heritage is the pride of world and India is full of heritage sites throughout it length and breadth, including Taj Mahal, forts & places in Rajasthan, Ajanta & Ellora, Konark Sun Temple, etc.; India culture holidays – besides Delhi, you can also choose to take a leisure visit to Jaipur, Jodhpur, Goa, Cochin, Trivandrum, Bangalore, Mysore, Pondicherry, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Shimla, Darjeeling, Leh-Ladakh, etc.; India spiritual pilgrimage tour takes you to the trip of Amritsar, Varanasi, Haridwar, Mathura, Vrindavan, Tirupati, Rameshwaram, Kanyakumari, etc.; Same day trips can also be easily made to Indian destinations nearby using cheap car rentals in Delhi India; Cheap health care in India offers you to have any medical condition resolved under medical tourism, dental tourism or therapeutic Ayurveda tourism.

India Hotel Accommodation / Commonwealth Games Hotels in India
Cheap hotels in Delhi India are available in all types of categories of Indian bed & breakfast accommodations, budget India hotels, deluxe hotels India, luxury India hotels, India boutique hotels, Serviced Apartments India, chain-group of hotels India, basic hotels, government approved hotels, and room bookings should be done using India Cheap Hotels website much prior to the dates of your travel to watch Commonwealth Games India 2010 in New Delhi. Due to their proximity to 2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi, hotels in Noida and hotels in Gurgaon can also be considered for stay. Continuously added/updated, book India rooms at government approved and recognized B&B Accommodation and India Games Hotels in India for cheaper stay.

Business Trip to India

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Business trip to India main destinations are cities Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kochi, Surat, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Jaipur, Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore. The overseas businessmen normally arrive at the Indian airports where most of the international airlines operate more flights that prove to be cheaper. These cities have various types of budget hotels in India as also all other categories like luxury hotels, boutique hotel accommodation, and cheap rooms at bed & breakfast guest houses.

 

If you happen to be visiting Bangalore on a business trip and schedule of appointments with companies like Infosys, Cisco Systems India, HCL Technologies, etc. you cannot escape from being impressed by the modern buildings they are housed in or the ones in the surrounding areas if you are visiting for the first time. The first timers are not more surprised in the form of presence of old and modern culture in most of the business cities of India than when suddenly they see stray dog or a cow roaming listlessly and stopping in front of their vehicle. It is also a business as usual.

 

Business trip in India to multiple cities including Delhi Mumbai Chennai can fly with low cost carriers offering cheap air tickets and encouraged many travellers on business trip to India to happily combine more business travel and escape to leisure vacation spots in India and enjoy abundant destination choices marked as tourism of India. Guest on a business trip to India can have the luxurious hotel stay in cheap cost which is also generally possible in budget cost with India Cheap Hotels where room bookings can be done in advance from your starting city or country or even after arrival. It may be worthwhile to look for the last minute room deals before checking in.

 

The opportunity to mix business trip to India with a leisure holiday trip in India and setting out for excursion to nearby places of tourism is always relaxing welcome to the business tourist to India. The stay can become eventful if the availability of excellent hotels and houseboats are there for cheaper cost. If you are on the north India travel package the cheap rooms at heritage hotels in Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaipur, or other parts of Rajasthan state the overseas guests feel quite pleased with the royal experience. Hotels in Delhi business center offer greater variety of comfortable stay. Hotels in Mumbai offer excellent business services to the guests at variable price according to the nature and level of demand that differs from one deluxe and star hotel to another.

 

The worked up senior executives of MNC’s on business trip to India can look for various ways of relaxing of which one could be an Ayurvedic massage that was only a south India tour travel specialty earlier but is now available at all the major cities throughout India including Delhi Goa Mumbai Rajasthan Kolkata and many more. Finish your buy-sell-trade-investment business trip to India on a relaxing note.

Leisure Trip to Goa

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Taking a leisure trip to India pops several options including a leisure trip to Goa. While New Delhi is the Capital of India which is another much sought after leisure trip destination in India, Goa is ‘unwind’ capital of India. Casinos in Goa are quite a draw for many holiday makers to Goa coining a new name as ‘Casino Capital of India’. Your leisurely pace at beach of Goa takes you to several beach destinations where spending a day or two in a laid back manner would make you feel unwinding from your daily worked up business or domestic chores. Sightseeing and excursion tour to Old Goa and Panaji in North Goa tour & South Goa tour is an inescapable treat in the leisure trip to Goa India. Casinos in Goa are quite a draw for many holiday makers to Goa.

In your leisure trip to India if you happen to be in Goa for just a few days, it would be ideal to take a guided tour of Goa one at a time with leisure – North Goa Tour and South Goa Trip. Depending on where you are staying room by India Cheap Hotels, most Goa hotels budget Guest Houses, Villas & Cottages, cheap Apartments, Holiday Homes, Beach Hotels, Star Hotels, Boutique Hotels, Eco-Resorts, Beach Luxury Resorts, Beach Huts & Beach Tents, low cost Lodges have onsite travel desk or nearby tour operator for Goa. The Goa agent can offer the tour travel package by a car/taxi or a coach according to your budget. In the tourism of Goa you are mesmerized by the old architecture predominantly of Portuguese rule now a Goan culture.

Goa beaches in India are world famous where not only Indians but foreign tourists from all over the world flock in great numbers throughout the year, barring only a couple of months of heat and heavy rains. Several travel blogs or travelogues on Goa and India by tourists and knowledgeable make interesting reading. Beaches in Goa are such a big draw that even wildlife lovers give a miss to the wildlife in Goa in their leisure trips in India.

Leisure trip to Goa India becomes exciting for wildlife lovers visiting Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary which is rich in wildlife and a paradise for bird watchers. The sanctuary houses and is particularly known for its Leopards, Elephants, Deer & Gaur Or Indian Bison. Bondla Forest has Botanical Garden, fenced Deer Park and Zoo. Elephant rides and the hills to the southeast are populated by Monkeys, Wild Boar, Deer, Gaur, Langurs, Jackals, Pythons, and Leopards are quite an attraction here. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary is another bird-watchers’ paradise aptly named after India’s best-known ornithologist. Apart from a rich variety of coastal birds, one may spot flying foxes, jackals and crocodiles.  With the Catigo Wildlife Sanctuary here one needs a bit of luck to spot Gazelles, Sloth Bears, Porcupines, Panthers and Hyenas that allegedly lurk in the woods but their appearance is a bit rare. At Netravali wild life sanctuary located in south Goa big python, King cobra, leopard, wild bores and varieties of birds may be an easy find.

Besides leisure trips to Goan beaches, package tour in Goa to the famous churches, temples, waterfalls may be of much interest for the first timers. One can stay at cheap hotels at busy beaches like Calangute or Colva. Goan fish curry & rice in an authentic local village restaurant is more attractive option than taking any launch and dinner in the hotel you are staying.  Fun, food, adventure, solitude, frolic, you ask for it and Goa has it. Indulgence in activities like water sports, motor boat rides, swimming, parasailing, river and sea cruises, and a dolphin trip by boat at Palolem beach could really be a memorable experience in your leisure trip to Goa India.

Trip to India

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Trip to India Packages: Getting in touch with tour operators in India or online travel agent India for your intended trip to India package to enjoy holidays to India is quite easy. Natural and cultural wonders in India are in abundance. You can enjoy the rich and varied wildlife in India and also take trips to Indian beaches as family vacations in India. There are a great number of forts and palaces in India pointing to dynastic rules. It is worth to take an India guided tour to the tourist places in India with experienced tour travel agent of India who is known to have raised the standards of hospitality and tourist satisfaction to a higher level. Cheap hotels in India make your overall stay inexpensive during India holiday tour or business trip to India.

Trip to India to the popular destinations of India is a delightful experience that you see in the diversity that exists in this mesmerizing land which is a continent in itself from north to south and east to west, where the people are different, and the customs also change from region to region which is unique to India. The budget India hotels offer you a comfortable stay. Despite varied culture, traditions and religions specific to areas you find there is an interesting mix of these entire in India trip throughout the country. There is a profusion of styles and types in the buildings, monuments and temples of India when you take a south India trip, north India trip, west India trip or east India trip to mixed destinations like Kanyakumari, Rameshwaram, Kanchipuram, Khajuraho, Varanasi, Haridwar, Mount Abu, Udaipur, Ranakpur, Mathura-Vrindavan, Delhi, Himachal, Orissa, Gujarat, etc. The India cheap hotels offer you a number of bed & breakfast room booking options according to your budget and cheap car rentals for your comfortable intercity travels in India.

Some of the exotic destinations in Indian trip are most visited by leisure tourists to India. The destination Kerala is a green paradise, with wide sandy beaches for a laid back vacation in India; houseboat trip on its clear backwaters; and much more. The India trip package for the Royal lifestyle of bygone era in Rajasthan is very interesting where interior designing, wall paintings and frescoes in palaces and havelis have an intrinsic element of honor and bravery engraved in them. A romantic Honeymoon tour package in India can take you to culturally rich Indian states of like Delhi, Goa, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, etc. Some of these India tourism places in cheap India trip boast of best beaches in the world thronged by tourists from all over the world throughout the year. The theme trip to India could also include culture tour, heritage tour, golf tour, yoga tour, spiritual tours, pilgrimage tours, and Ayurveda rejuvenation tours. The major and important India tourist destinations have luxury boutique India hotels to meet your standard of stylish room stay in India. Heritage hotel stay in India is quite an experience to relish the trips in India for long with a post in travelogues or travel blogs on India.

Room Bookings in India

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Guide to room bookings in India is often searched to know the hot hotel discount deals which is possible in the case of either direct room reservation specials from the hotels in India or the dealer website focused on promoting cheap/budget hotel rooms and tourism in India. Hotel or Resort in India room booking done separately or as India tour package is the choice of tourist.

 

 

India being the melting pot of multifarious cultures and religions, holiday makers to India seek to know as much as possible about ancient civilizations, architectural marvels, glorious history, awe-inspiring natural beauty, fort & royal palaces many now converted into heritage hotels. Online travel information by India Cheap Hotels on hotel room booking and luxury holiday hotel packages to India for destinations like Delhi, Rajasthan, Goa, Kerala, Golden Triangle tours, south India tour, and north India tour during India vacation.

 

 

Find a hotel room in India: As the saying goes, no two zebras are alike; same is true for the different type of travelers coming to India and looking for special hotel room booking deals for in India for accommodation to suit their individual requirement, taste and budget. Hotels and rooms packed with excellent facilities and amenities are mostly luxury hotels in India. Online hotel room bookings in India have made the life easy for business travellers as well as tourists on leisure vacation trip to India.

 

 

Cheap room bookings in India for budget and deluxe lodgings are done using few websites offering cheap hotels in India deals of almost all types and star category hotels at the tourist destinations in India as well as the business cities. The strategic locations and ambience with onsite dining facilities at the budget hotels in India, and discount rates is preferred by all the travelers. Experienced travellers know which hotel to stay at in India, while others search according to the list of recommended hotels in India for booking. Low-priced and economical hotel rooms booking in India is simply effortless with many having near world-class facilities in the cheaper range of serviced apartments as well.

 

 

Discount hotel room bookings in India information being offered by hotels, resorts, Apt and internet marketing websites like India Cheap Hotels to the tourists and travelers are strategically set up. Cheap rooms offered help hotels keep the occupancy as well as popularity levels high. Travel room in India sales made by websites like India Cheap Hotels keep the conversions for hotels and savings for the guests reasonably high. The walk-in room bookings in India are quite less as compared to other places. The last minute room booking in India comes handy in increasing the overall hotel rooms’ occupancy when pre-planning the India tour package before making actual visit has not been done.