KOMIK, India - The main water sources in the world's highest village in the Himalayas are drying up due to global warming, making life harder for its inhabitants who rely mainly on subsistence farming.
Beaches, Travel, India, Seychelles, Scuba Diving, geotourism
The Seychelles Tourism Board, local and Indian trade partners meet to explore the tourism potential of Seychelles for Indian travellers. Beaches, weddings, snorkelling are popular in Seychelles.
Visiting people in undeveloped countries can bring deeper insights into the way they live – and bring us a new perspective at home too. Tan Yi Han tells how a trip to Timor Leste helped him appreciate life in Singapore.
Timor Leste is a country still struggling to find its feet after decades of violence at the hands of exploitative foreign powers. Even if the people have lost their faith in government or the powers that be, they have plenty of other support.
Travelling to Timor Leste is like travelling back in time to a less frantic age. But getting there is a cinch now that regular air services have started fro Changi, Singapore.
Timor-Leste’s first Adventure Race (2010) included goats, bikes, bridges, canoes and carts. But the one-day race offered sights, sounds and smells that were uniquely Timorese.