Arkansas Hot Springs National Park

The welcome board says it all and you will feel it driving along green vistas surrounding beautiful mountains. Visit this place for a relaxing spa vacation getaway midst the beautiful Quachita mountains. 

 

Rejuvenating natural thermal water at heritage bath houses, beautiful hiking trails and treasures of the crystal mines make it a great place to visit.

 

We visited the park in month of December driving up from Texas to Arkansas. Visited Lake Quachita national park for early morning hike and thereafter on return treated ourselves to a rejuvenating spa at Quapaw Bath House. Later in the evening, visited Garman Woodland Gardens and enjoyed an evening with holiday lights.

 

 

 

Following day, visited hot springs mountain tower and enjoyed beaautiful aerial views of the city. Later, got lucky at Jim Coleman's crystal mines.       Erueka.!! we did find few crystals ;-p.
This was  a good long weekend getaway trip and the mountains and drive was equally beautiful in Winters as it is around the Summer and Fall times of the year.

 

Elegant Egypt

‘Egypt’ popularly known as the cultural and political hub of the Middle East. It is a country in North Africa with Egypt is famous for one of the world’s most ancient civilizations (more than 5000 years) and for housing the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. Well more about this beautiful country you can find at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt.

Well, it was our first international travel together outside India and we had planned the whole trip on our own without the help of any travel agency. As per the visa rules for Indians and some other countries, we had to show the ticket and hotel bookings for getting visa. Getting tourist visa is not difficult for Egypt and if applying from India, you can apply to Mumbai or Delhi consulate for a visa. What you need to do is download a form from embassy site and fill it up. They need a copy of your travel ticket (to & fro) and your hotel Booking which you might have to do on net in case you are not going along with a travel agency. But you need these documents and a fee of 750/- INR (that’s what we paid per person check for the latest). And now the best part you need not be present for your visa part, you can give an authorization letter to someone and he/she can submit and collect the passport from Embassy. Easy right! you can save a few leaves here itself.

Let the journey begin..!!

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain

We are avid travelers? may be....!! hmmm not sure about that !! But we love to grab every opportunity that come our way either to drive, fly or walk no matter if its a neighborhood park, a state or a country. For the last 12 years we have traveled and added many beautiful moments in our mind and heart to cherish forever.

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