Beautiful place to visit Kerala (South India)

Advantages: Nice place to visit
Disadvantages: no disadvantages other than spending money on your trip

...Kozhikode is previously know as a Calicut and It is a most important region of Malabar in Yesteryears, Kozhikode district was found in 1498 by Portuguese navigator Vasco Da Gama. The name Kozhikode is derived from the Malayalam word for the crowing of a cock. Kozhikode has several institutions of higher learning including a National Institute of Technology and an Indian Institute of Management. In my opinion Kozhikode beach is famous for the spectacular sunset views and the beach has two sea piers very old one extending well inside the sea are the specialty and a lighthouse that offer stunning views of the seashore and the Arabian Sea. The places of interest in Kozhikode are:- · Art Gallery and Krishna Menon Museum. · Vadakara · Chaliyam · Kappad Mananchira Square....

my_user 22.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Kerala Backwaters (India)

Paradise Of Beaches

Advantages: Food, Beaches, Fort, People, oh so many
Disadvantages: None

...Goa - place of beaches, My fav spot in India, Most you might have already been there and know almost everything about Goa but this can be Usefull for someone who has not yet been to this place, its paradise for all beach lovers. Its the 25th State in India, Panjim being its capital. Earlier portuguese did settled over here in Goa so you could still see the construction and work done by portuguese over here, the Portuguese culture. it attracts many tourists every year, and the new celebrations are just too good over here by the beach. It has Basilica Of Bom Jesus, it has the Mortal remains of St. Francis Xavier. Goa is situated along the Konkan belt with Maharashtra, it shares Border with Maharashtra 7 karnataka. Vasco Da Gama was the first to European to find india through see route, there is Place in goa by his name and its...

majeedkazi 04.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Goa (India)

There is more to Portugal than the Algarve - visit Lisbon

Advantages: Easy to get around and different quirky places to visit, everyone speaks English
Disadvantages: The City seems a bit 'faded glory'- places uncared for and tired

...the earth quake or other damage. One was of Our Lady of Belem (The Virgin Mary) is also the guardian of sailors. The window shows her with two caravels guiding them on their way. The other windows all depict St Jeronimo who is apparently the Patron Saint of navigation. Another item of interest in the church was Vasco da Gama?s tomb (the famous Portuguese explorer who discovered the route round the Cape of Good Hope to the East), although as he died overseas no-one is quite sure how much of his remains are buried within. Just on the River front in this same area as Jeronimo?s Monastery there is the Monument of the Discoveries built to honour Portuguese heroes of discovery in the past; these include, Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus. It is a very impressive monument built in the shape of a stylised caravel...

catsholiday 21.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Lisbon (Portugal)

From Curry To Cataplana

Advantages: Good writing
Disadvantages: Unconvincing characters

...gradually brought in: Vasco the fat barman daydreaming about the years he spent in the States, young Teresa who wants to move to London and a host of others, some Portuguese and some foreign. To complete the picture even transient visitors are accommodated into parts of the novel. The novel straddles an uneasy world between the timeless stability of life in a traditional village and the duality of emotions these inspire: the ambition to better oneself normally represented by a move to the big city or abroad versus the pull of the place where you have been born and raised. To that extent a parallel can be drawn between "Alentejo Blue" and "Brick Lane", immigrants dreams inevitably face this dilemma, a contradiction which leads to ghettoes where the homeland is replicated as much as possible and which invariably reduce the immigrants' chances...

JoePoirot 04.10.2006 · Read review
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Review of Alentejo Blue - Monica Ali

Valdezaro Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

Advantages: Well made Cabernet at a price below $15 retail
Disadvantages: Lots of great competition at a similar or better price

...for Cabernet Sauvignons in this price range. It is fairly complex with the oak ageing adding considerable accents to the good fruit. I would highly recommend this wine with leg of lamb, beef, or hard cheeses such as English Farmhouse Cheddar, Aged Gouda, or soft ripened styles such as Explorateur. Valdezaro Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon has many worthy competitors. Depending upon price, consumers should check Santa Rita's Medallia Real, Los Vascos Reserve, and Casa Lapostelle's Cuvee Alexandra....

cgjazaz 26.02.2003 · Read review
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Review of Valdezaro Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve, Lontué, Chilean

A decent MB at a decent price

Advantages: Cheap. Well laid out. Plenty of expansion potential.
Disadvantages: Not the best but not the worst.

...With all the new processors about with their Slot 1, PPGA, Slot A or Socket A there is still a place for Socket 7 (or SuperSocket 7 for processors that run faster than 233Mhz). I bought my Asus P5A last year when I decided I needed more speed but wanted to keep to the same processor family (AMD K6). I had previously used an Asus TX-97E (which is now running in a second machine) but decided to take advantage of the 100Mhz bus and other revisions brought in with ATX motherboards. The first thing I needed was a new case and I bought a Vasco desktop ATX case. I fitted the motherboard and all the cards, cables etc. and I was up and running. The first thing I noticed was that the connectors used for the floppy and hard drives have been located so as not to foul access to memory slots and cpu socket. This is a brilliant idea as older...

steve.toplis 01.03.2001 · Read review
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Review of ASUS P5A - motherboard - ATX - ALADDiN V

Blue Haze

Advantages: Ali's lyrical evocative prose
Disadvantages: weak plot, incomplete as a portrait

...made them run this far. He provides our connection to a touring married couple, bickering their way through one of "her" holidays (as opposed to one of "his") in which she is still not truly allowed to do as she will?and to the engaged couple who are trying so hard not to talk about the upcoming wedding they have arranged, but neither really wants. Through him we see the other runaways, the German Dieter and the unnamed Dutch girl. What we don't see - where he doesn't take us - are the villagers themselves. These we must meet on our own terms, or rather theirs. Vasco - the café-owner - laments his glory days in the US?days that we can see were far harder and, despite his marriage, no more full of love, than these. But days when he was, in his own eyes, something bigger and better than the village boy. Completing the cycle...

hiker 26.12.2006 · Read review
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Review of Alentejo Blue - Monica Ali

Discover the Golden Age of Bethlehem

Advantages: An area filled with beauty, history and is very laid back
Disadvantages: None

..., but the complex originally stood by the water's edge near Restelo harbour, from where the Portuguese explorers set sail. Before the monastery was built, a small chapel existed on the site and it was in this chapel that Vasco da Gama prayed before leaving for India in July 1497 and where the King of Portugal welcomed him back in September 1499. With a discovery of a sea route to India, the King commissioned the building of a monastery on the site of the chapel and the foundation stone was laid in 1500. It was not finished at the time of the King's death in 1521. Work stopped in 1572 and the project was never completed, a fate shared by many other grand schemes. Consequently, the building cannot be attributed to any one architect but it is known that Joao de Castilho was most influential in its design. One of the most striking features...

Praski 16.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Belém, Lisbon

Going up to the Hilt In Ya

Advantages: Beach Club, Restaurants, Service, Choice
Disadvantages: None really.

...looking for a lively evening on a Wednesday, thursday or even Friday night, this is the place to look! Adjoining is the Jazz Bar which has live music late at night and also offers good food for the late diner. In the beach club across the road is Vasco's, a restaurant popular with all sections of society, and great for a quiet, romantic dinner. There is also an outdoor cafe at the Beach Club, a cafe bar above the lobby, and of course 24 hour room service. So there is no reason to ever go hungry - or thirsty! Facilities Well, I've hinted a few times at the beach club so let's start there! The Hiltonia - or Hiltinya as it became known by yours immaturely - is across the road from the hotel, connected via a subway, and is funnily enough on the beach. Here they offer a large pool with swim-up bar offering fantastic cocktails...

Vodkaboy 19.07.2006 (20.07.2006) · Read review
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Review of Hilton International, Abu Dhabi

Everyone have their own Style

Advantages: Funny, Performance, Dialogues, Direction
Disadvantages: None

...Rawal is a great actor and you will love his criminal character. In fact the one dialogue which he says in the movie is really hilarious when his key man give him a gun saying this gun is of Vasco digama and he ask Kiske Mama Ki ' Mama means Uncle'. Shehzad khan speaks in his fathers (One of the great Bollywood Villain Ajit) ascent and is really funny, he always says to Teja you don't worry and I'l take care of everything. Viju khote is brilliant, he acts as an assistant to Bhalla and always make mistake in whatever he does. So he always says one thing which I just love ' Galti se Mistake ho Gaya' here Galti means Mistake and he says he has done a mistake by mistake. Shakti Kapoor as crime master Gogo is also funny, you will laugh every time he comes on screen and says any dialogue. He wants to recover his money from Teja...

majeedkazi 16.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Andaz Apna Apna (Hindi Language) (DVD)