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Friday, December 28, 2012

Working from home

Lot of people nowadays are searching for ways to earn by working from home. If you do a simple search on the internet then you will find lots of site who give various options and give lots of false promise. Some even say you will be a millionaire in next few years by working from home (Great isn't it?).

Working from home is not an option if below is true for you:
  • You want to be a millionaire or a rich person in next few years.
  • You want to leave your regular job and want to work form home full time. 

But yes if you want to earn some cash to pay your bills or need money for pocket expenses then working from home could be an option.

There are few genuine websites which can help you make money from home. Note: Don't go for websites which asks you for money before working for them.


Here are few options for you:-

1) If you have some specific skills like Programming Language,content writing etc. then you can work as a freelancer.

There are lot of websites where you can register for free and apply for suitable freelancing jobs.

Some of the top freelancing websites are: -



2) If you are a non-technical person then check out this great site from Amazon . Mturk or Amazon Mechanical Turk is a leader in work from home jobs. This site can help you earn some decent money. Click here to start making money now.

3) Selling items in Amazon or Ebay is also another way to earn some money. There could be lot of items in your home which you are not using and want to get rid of. For example, an old mobile phone, mixer grinder, toys etc. 

You can also sell new items. If you know of anyone who can sell you items in a bulk at cheap price then you can buy those items and then sell it on Amazon for little higher price. This will help you to make some profit.

4) Writing blogs or blogging is also another way. Some popular sites where you can start writing blogs are Blogger,Wordpress and Bravenet etc.

Personally, I prefer Blogger more than any other as you can easily display Ads by setting up an Adsense account. Its easy and seamless.

5) Take part in online surveys or do website reviews. This is also a good way to earn some money.

Hope this helps...Happy money making :-)


Tuesday, February 7, 2012

10 Must see places in the world

If you love to travel and fond of mother nature then here are the list of places you should never miss.

1. Virunga Volcanoes

Africa's Green and Fiery Heart

Perhaps nowhere on Earth is the dual creative and destructive nature of volcanoes more evident than in central Africa’s Virunga Volcanoes Massif. Straddling the borders between Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the eight-volcano chain is one of Earth’s most active volcanic regions and a veritable salad bowl for mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, elephants, and other wildlife. Landscapes in all three countries conjure visions of both Eden and hell.

In Congo, the swirling plume of the active Nyiragongo Volcano (above) beckons. Check on the security situation in the troubled country before going, but those who make the steep five-hour hike up Nyiragongo are rewarded with heady vistas of the world’s largest lava lake. Spend the night on the rim to fully experience the crater’s fiery light and sound spectacle.

2. Costa Brava Coast

Tossa de Mar

Tossa de Mar is perched on the Mediterranean in Catalonia, a province in northeastern Spain. The Costa Brava coastal region is a popular tourist destination, thanks to its moderate climate, beautiful beaches, and charming towns.
The best activities to do among many others are camping Costa Brava and bike tour. If you are looking for holiday trips, the experience of going to Portbou to La Bisbal within the region of Costa Brava is splendid.
A tip for the travellers is to start your ride right on the border of the country of Spain and France in Portbou, the small fishing town that can be found in between these two countries. There are many visitors come to Portbou because the sunshine is too good to sense and more affordable in prices when you compare in France.

Lake Tekapo

A violent struggle created this world, according to Maori mythology: Indigenous New Zealanders say Sky Father and Earth Mother were ripped from each other’s arms to make room for mountains, forests, and oceans. Around Rotorua, a Maori heartland and home of the mineral-rimmed Champagne Pool (above), it’s easy to believe the struggle continues, as the eerie landscape bubbles and churns like some primordial stew. Geysers erupt, mud boils, and steam seeps from cliffs and sidewalks, leaving a sulfurous scent in the air.

In a land where adrenaline lovers ride rockets suspended on wires and roll downhill inside giant plastic balls, biking seems one of the saner ways to plunge into a landscape that compels exploration: hot springs, glaciers, rain forests, and volcanoes, encircled by nearly 10,000 miles of coastline, packed into a country barely bigger than Colorado. New Zealand is made for journeys, physical and spiritual.

 

6. Machu Pichu


Trekker's paradise

When the explorer Hiram Bingham III encountered Machu Picchu in 1911, he was looking for a different city, known as Vilcabamba. This was a hidden capital to which the Inca had escaped after the Spanish conquistadors arrived in 1532. Over time it became famous as the legendary Lost City of the Inca. Bingham spent most of his life arguing that Machu Picchu and Vilcabamba were one and the same, a theory that wasn’t proved wrong until after his death in 1956. (The real Vilcabamba is now believed to have been built in the jungle about 50 miles west of Machu Picchu.) Recent research has cast doubt on whether Machu Picchu had ever been forgotten at all. When Bingham arrived, three families of farmers were living at the site.

For visitors conditioned to the explanatory signs at national parks, one of the strangest things about Machu Picchu is that the site provides virtually no information about the ruins. (This lack does have one advantage—the ruins remain uncluttered.) The excellent Museo de Sitio Manuel Chávez Ballón ($8 entry) fills in many of the blanks about how and why Machu Picchu was built (displays are in English and Spanish), and why the Inca chose such an extraordinary natural location for the citadel. First you have to find the museum, though. It’s inconveniently tucked at the end of a long dirt road near the base of Machu Picchu, about a 30-minute walk from the town of Aguas Calientes.

7. The Great wall of China


A wonder

China’s iconic Great Wall, actually a network of fortifications rather than a single structure, is the product of countless labors over a period of some two thousand years. Qin Shi Huang took the remnants of truly ancient fortifications, walls, and earthworks begun in the fifth century B.C. and linked them into a unified wall circa 220 B.C. as part of a massive project to protect China against marauding barbarians from the north.
By the time construction on most of the stone-and-brick Great Wall, with its turrets and watchtowers, was completed during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) the chang cheng had become the world’s largest human-made object.

A recent government mapping project revealed that the entire Great Wall structure spans some 5,500 miles (8,850 kilometers) from the Korean border west into the Gobi desert. Of that total 3,889 miles (6,259 kilometers) were actual wall, while 223 miles (359 kilometers) were trenches and (1,387 miles) 2,232 kilometers were natural defensive barriers, like rivers or steep hills, incorporated into the system.

Though new sections of the wall have recently been uncovered, several sections of the structure have vanished during the past half century or so. Mao Zedong himself encouraged destruction of parts of the wall and reuse of its materials in the 1950s, and rural farmers still make use of the wall’s earth and stone for practical purposes.

Some 50 percent of the original ancient structure has already disappeared, and perhaps another 30 percent lies crumbling into ruins—even as Chinese and international organizations struggle to preserve what remains of this unique treasure.

9. Lavaux Vineyard Terraces, Switzerland


A true honeymoon spot

The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces blanket the lower mountain slopes along the northern shores of Lake Geneva. Each autumn, the 2,050 acres of ancient vineyards—established by Benedictine and Cistercian monks in the 11th century and protected as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2007—attract hikers who walk and taste their way along the 21-mile Grand Traversée de Lavaux from Ouchy in Lausanne to Chateau de Chillon Castle. Yellow arrows mark the main path, which leads though working vineyards (Chasselas is the region’s predominant wine grape variety) and medieval villages, facilitating frequent refueling stops at local wine cellars, pubs, and restaurants. Saturdays through October 15, the Lavaux Panoramic wine tasting tourist train rolls—on tires, not tracks—through the villages of Chardonne, Chexbres, Rivaz, and St-Saphorin. A crisscross network of public and private railways makes it easy to explore the entire Lavaux region on foot or by bike. Or, if you’re up to the challenge, join the thousands of runners expected for the Lausanne Marathon on October 30, which follows the shore road between Lake Geneva and the terraced hillsides.

10. Banff National Park, Canada



Nature at its best

The first national park established in Canada, Banff National Park spans a region of unparalleled mountain scenery and is open year-round for wildlife viewing, sightseeing, and other outdoor activities.

Whether your fancy is glacial lakes, sandy beaches, rocky coasts, or lush forests, Canada has them all, in a national park system that’s one of the world’s best.

Nahanni National Park Reserve, Canada


Peace and Tranquility 
In the summer of 1928, American adventurer Fenley Hunter paddled up the South Nahanni River hoping to find a huge waterfall that seemed largely the stuff of Dene legend at the time. Hunter thought he would never make it. Halfway upstream he wrote: “The Nahanni is unknown and will remain so until another age brings a change in the conformation of these mountains. It is an impossible stream, and a stiff rapid is met on average every mile, and they seem countless.”

The subsequent decades have proved Hunter wrong. Multiday canoeing, kayaking, and rafting trips on the South Nahanni and to a lesser extent on the Flat and Little Nahanni Rivers are now the main attractions in Nahanni National Park Reserve.




source: http://travel.nationalgeographic.com