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10 Free Things to Do in Las Vegas

January 27th, 2012 Tushar Mathur

It’s easy to spend money in Las Vegas. Whether you’re gambling away your cash at one of the city’s many casinos, drinking and dancing the night away at a club or taking in a Cirque Du Soleil show, you’re likely to return home with a much lighter wallet. However, Las Vegas is home to more great free attractions than the vast majority of other cities. The giant casino resorts are happy to lay on lavish entertainment to draw in guests, as they know the extra revenue from Blackjack tables and slot machines will more than cover the cost.

You don’t have to play the casino owners’ game. With hotels rooms in Las Vegas also being subsidised by gambling, it’s possible to have a great time in the city on a tiny budget. Here are 10 completely free activities to get you started.

10. Viva Vision at the Fremont Street Experience

Head to downtown Las Vegas, and you’ll find the sprawling, five-block Fremont Street Experience. As well as being home to a huge number of retail outlets, the pedestrian mall also hosts daily concerts and performances. The headline attraction, though, is the Viva Vision light and sound show. This sees a canopy of more than 12 million LED lights illuminate the area, accompanied by 220 speakers blasting out 550,000 watts of sound. In a move that doesn’t often happen elsewhere in Vegas, all of the buildings underneath the canopy turn off their lights for the start of the shows, which take place several times after dusk each night.

9. Wild Life Habitat at Flamingo Las Vegas

Flamingo Las Vegas is one of the oldest hotel-casinos on the Strip, having first opened in 1946. Hidden away amidst the neon lights surrounding it is a delightful outdoor wild life habitat, which houses a variety of exotic birds. As you’d expect, flamingos feature heavily, but a number of other species are also on display. The habitat itself features waterfalls, streams, grassy area and trees, which come as a welcome sight in the desert surroundings of Vegas.

8. Sirens of Treasure Island

The free Sirens of Treasure Island show, which is performed nightly outside of the Treasure Island Resort and Casino, will not be to everyone’s taste. Even if muscle-bound pirates and scantily clad sirens are not your thing, it’s worth checking the show out if only to chuckle at the excesses of Las Vegas. The plot, such as it is, is ludicrous, but hang around for the set piece moment in which an enormous pirate ship emerges and a cannon battle breaks out.

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5 ‘Must See’ Australian Travel Destinations

June 15th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

australia-kangarooAustralia is one of those few countries that have preserved its natural features despite a huge influx of immigrants. Its history has brought a rich diverse culture coming from people of a broad range of nations and highly developed traditions from the aborigines. Australians are very patriotic and careful about their environment, which goes to show how they thoroughly appreciate the vast variety of travel destinations in their country. You will see a culture of travel within Australia through caravans clubs and natural attractions.

Apart from natural features, it is also well developed with large cities like Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide. Today it is a traveler’s joy to visit Australia and find something new every visit, for every taste and style. Those who are adventurous will get to explore the Great Barrier Reef, and trekking towards the Outback, the rainforests, or even experience parachuting, while laid-back travelers can find much respite from Australia’s endless beaches or observing sunset at the legendary Red Center.

To make things simple, here are 5 top destinations that every traveler should experience before returning home.

Kakadu National Park

Those who even have a little interest in wild life will find the best of wildlife here at Australia’s largest national park. This national park shelters a variety of habitats that can get you to observe some of the rarest animals of their kind. From saltwater crocodiles to insects and animals that are unique to the area will make your travel an exotic experience. It houses natural and human stories that are over a thousand years old. This place is so large that it will take at least 3 days to make sure that you have trodden every path of this national park.

Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is a building with a unique design that earned its right to be Australia’s most recognizable icon. It was designed by a famous architect named Louis Kahn, who sought inspiration from natural bits like scallop shells, color and pieces of orange segments, Maya temples and palm frongs. Inside you will see 6 auditoriums and left-of-center studio for new artists. Tickets sell out immediately and partial view tickets are also available at short notice in case you might miss. This is but one of the many features you will see in the city of Sydney, which gathers a lot of country’s attention.

Red Center or Uluru

This is yet another of Australia’s most famous icon because of its topographical uniqueness and historical importance. It lies almost exactly at the country’s center.

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MAURITIUS – A DREAM DESTINATION

December 7th, 2009 Tushar Mathur

MauritiusMauritius is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The island got its independence from the British in the year 1968.The languages spoken are French and Creole. The island has been described by a poet as the original heaven on the lines of which the heaven is created. The island has been divided into 9 divisions for the convenience of administration. The climate is tropical on account of its proximity to Tropic of Capricorn.

A traveler can plan the itinerary to Mauritius on the four directions North, East, south, and south-east. Grand Bay is a popular tourist place in the north. It has a beautiful beach by name “La Cuvette”. It has shopping malls, restaurants, and is also famous for night life. A public beach with pubs and shopping areas can be found in Pereybere. The biggest Hindu temple, the Maheshwarnath built in honor of lord Shiva can be visited in Troilet which is the longest village of the island.

The East has more of native attractions of the island. A colorful open market where the inhabitants of the east, meet in the village “Flacq” One of the most beautiful beaches of Mauritius which should not be skipped by a traveler is “Ile aux Cerfs”.It is a water sports paradise. South-east has not lagged behind in offering the traveler the beauty of Mauritius. A wild life enthusiast traveler can have treat to his eyes when he visits the wild life parks “lle aux Airgettes” and “Domaine du Chasseur”.

The west has contributed its share of nature to the traveler. The changing colors of the soil on account of the erosion of the volcanic ash are sighted in “Chamarel”. A bird park stretching to 25 hectares containing endangered birds species from various places can be seen in “Casela”.

Mauritius is also famous for water sports. Wind surfing, sailing and water skiing is done from the famous beach Grand Bay

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