Coffee headaches while travelling?

Have you ever wondered why the rest of the world does not resemble your home? Well, if it did, then what is the point of traveling, is the quip I often get as an answer. The world is a huge place, that is a given, but what seems to escape most of us is the fact that each and every place has its own quaint customs and cuisine. The one way to truly appreciate the ambiance would be to make friends with the locals as well as try out some of their local cuisine.

Every time we travel, we will come across strange customs and new cuisine. Well, other than that, the most essential thing to remember is to respect their customs and traditions, as we would expect them to do while on our homeland. One of the things that I found a little bit difficult to get used to was a lack of strong coffee, while backpacking through Azerbaijan. I did get the coffee I wanted while staying in this great hotel, but the minute I stepped out of the air conditioned doors, well, it became something else altogether.

Azerbaijan is a beautiful country, from the top to the bottom, in ways you would not expect. For one, this place is such a mishmash of traditions and cultures, that I could not believe that I was in a Islamic country. The coffee that I got at the street stalls was nowhere near the black coffee that my system is used to, the result being that by the end of the day I had a splitting headache that was showing no signs of going anywhere.

It is important to remember to pack all of your medicines, the ones that you will need as well as the ones you may not need. With my headache in tow, I headed to the nearest pharmacy only to find out that saridon is not sold as saridon here and I did not know the name of its local variation. So, in the end, I got a herbal treatment for my headache, which was surprisingly effective.

There are a few things you may want to do before you head down Azerbaijan's way for one, get a language translation book if possible. That aside, remember to pack all the medicines that you may need. Try and research more on the place that you are planning to travel to. You can try one of the many sites for booking your hotel rooms and make sure that you have all the details with you when you travel, for example, I left mine in my desk drawer back at home and had quite a time in finding out which hotel I had booked. So if you want to avoid the headaches that I encountered, I suggest in trying to follow some of the guidelines that I have listed.

The cuisine that you will come across in this part of the world is rich in both content and variety. If you would like to experiment then this would be a wonderful place to begin it with. For one, I have never seen meat products being cooked the way that it has been done here here. There is a variety of products of both the vegetarian and the non vegetarian variety available here in Azerbaijan. You can snack on a lot of fast food items or try out their main courses, which are quite delicious. The food here is mildly spiced with spices such as cinnamon and saffron, and there is a ready to eat service available in most of the eateries. But there are a few places here in Azerbaijan which seems to have forgotten some of the basic rules of hygiene. So make sure that you choose the right place and as a precaution, make sure that you drink bottled water/boiled water.

Azerbaijan was an important place in the old silk route and as such, there are quite a few sights to see here. From the Shrivanshah palace to the national museum of Azerbaijan literature. My trip to Azerbaijan has certainly taught me quite a few things apart from not leaving my hotel details back at home. Hope that you would be able to have a great experience as I did on my trip to this warm and friendly country.

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How do you plan to spend the next new year??

This new year has finally arrived and I hope that all of you did have a fantastic time partying away the last year.Anyway this is the advisory for last year and since it is still relevant this year as well, not just for the new year, but for all activities and parties, please do read on!

The time to celebrate the New year is almost on us and it is that time of the year when we all tend to go a bit crazy. That may be fine, for those of us who are single or without children. But for those of us who do have children, the way to ring in the new year is to do it safely and without much alcohol as possible. I can never understand why one needs to drink alcohol at a party, since alcohol tends to cause a person to feel a bit depressed and drowsy after some time, why bother drinking it all.

I can very easily imagine the chorus of voices shouting out, 'what, a party without drinks? you must be mad'. If at all, you need to drink in order to celebrate the arrival of the new year, then try and do it responsibly and most importantly, do not drink and drive.

For those of us who have children, it is better to think of our children first and party later. There are some of us who tag our kids with us to these parties, just remember that it is way past their bed time and that the atmosphere at a party is not the right atmosphere for any kid, with all that smoke and smell of booze floating around.
There are places that one can take ones kids with them to celebrate the new year, you can take them with you to the Elliots beach, of course there will be a crowd, but there are also huge sections of the beach that will be empty.

And come New year, there will be a fireworks display and the kids will love that. So for dinner, you can go to the Beach castle restaurant on the Elliots beach and have dinner, then from the terrace of the restaurant or the beach itself enjoy the fireworks display with your kids!
The other places that one can go for a new years party are as follows:

Benjarong (Thai Cuisine), TTK Road Tel :42110061
Sigree(North West Frontier Cuisine) in Hotel Aruna Tel: 4255 4222
Casablanca(Multi cuisine and there is a bar in the same compound, Zanzibar) in Chittaranjan Road Tel : 42074994
The Crown (Roof top, kids aren't allowed, Multicuisine) in Residency Towers Tel: 28156969
Southern Aroma (South Indian Cuisine), Residency Towers Tel: 2815 6363
601 (Bloody expensive, but it is once in a year right), The Park Tel : 4214 4000
Hip Asia (East Asian Cuisine), Taj Connemara - Tel : (91-44) 6600 0000)
Above Sea Level (fabulous rooftop restaurant) Raintree hotel - Tel : 4225 2525
Opal Inn, Hotel Ranjit - Tel: 28270521
Cascade (Oriental Cuisine) Khade Nawaz Khan Road, Nungambakkam - Tel : 2825 3836
Red E Food Court (Multicuisine, has a separate kids play area) Tel : 2827 2514

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