question. It worked well!
So, choose the right questions and you're almost guaranteed to get a nice conversation
going.
Track 4
Track 5
"If you don't hike up to Paro's tiger nest, your Bhutan trip is incomplete."
This was the line I had heard from my friends and relatives who visited Bhutan 3
years ago. So, I decided to visit Paro's tiger nest when I was in Bhutan last
year.
The day before the trip, I slept late. I had been sleeping for 4 hours when the alarm clock went off. I woke up at 6 a.m., had coffee and took a taxi to the base point. It is always important to start treks in the morning. I had read in some travel blogs that it took almost 4 hours to go up and 2 hours to come down. The trek distance was 9 kms. I reached base camp at 8 a.m. I took the ticket from the ticket office. As I was travelling solo, I met many people from Taiwan, America, Thailand, India and from many countries. After 10 minutes of trekking, I could see Tiger's Nest on the cliff. One of the most interesting parts of my trip was seeing an old lady, aged 86 climbing up towards the Taktsang monastery with the help of a walking stick. That was a huge inspiration for all and people were motivated by her a lot. After a long trek, we could see the beauty of the monastery. There was a spot where people were taking photos. I took photos as well. They didn't let people take photos inside the monastery. The beauty of the place was breathtaking. |
Track 6 A total of 2,088 British adults were asked about the activity they would most like to do abroad during their lifetime. Most people said the ultimate experience would be to travel north to see the Northern Lights - also known as Aurora Borealis. Travelling on the Orient Express and going on an African safari were the next most-desired trips.
Track 7
Part 1 The Northern lights are beautiful dancing waves of light that have got people's attention for years. Despite its beauty, this exciting light show is a rather violent event. Energised particles from the sun move toward the Earth's upper atmosphere at speeds of up to 72 million kph. Luckily, our planet's magnetic field protects us from the powerful attack. It was Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei who used the name "Aurora Borealis" for the first time in 1619. However, the earliest record of the Northern lights is in a 30,000-year-old cave painting in France. The science behind the Northern lights wasn't clear until the beginning of the 20th century. Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland proposed that electrons coming from the sun produced the atmospheric lights as the Earth's magnetic field attracted them to the poles. The theory would eventually prove correct, but not until long after Birkeland's 1917 death.
Track 8
Part 2 Auroras occur on other planets, too. All that's required to make an aurora is an atmosphere and a magnetic field. More surprisingly, auroras have also been discovered on both Venus and Mars, both of which have very weak magnetic fields. Jupiter's magnetic field is 20,000 times stronger than that of Earth, so the giant planet's auroras are far brighter than the ones that we see in our skies. The Northern lights occur frequently. But that doesn't mean they're easy to spot; you need to be at the right place at the right time. The best time of year to see the Northern lights is between September and April, when the sky |