Posted by Tour Guide in Latest Posts, SAARC on 10 6th, 2009 | No Comments

Maldives Re-establishes Full Diplomatic Relations with Israel

Maldivian president speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in 2009 announced that Maldives will be seeking Diplomatic Relations and contact with all the countries in the United Nations. Israel was the first country to send an ambassador to Maldives upon independence, so Israel is the first country...
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Posted by Tour Guide in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Latest Posts, News on 09 2nd, 2008 | No Comments

Bhutan Woos Investors from Bangladesh

A team of Bhutanese delegates from the chamber of commerce is in Dhaka to encourage foreign investment in Bhutan.Bangladesh and bhutan has been engaged in commerce for centuries but the volume has so far been conservative. Bhutan’s main exports to Bangladesh are Vinegar, Vegetables, tobacco,wool and some...
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Posted by Tour Guide in Bhutan, Latest Posts on 09 1st, 2008 | No Comments

Bhutan the Kingdom of the Dragon

Bhutan The kingdom of the dragon, has a long history and a strong cultural background. Originally it is thought that people migrated from Tibet. Theses aboriginal bhutanese also known Monpa planted the seed of a nation in one of the highest reaches of earth. Bhutan is a land locked  nation full of rugged...
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Posted by Tour Guide in Sri Lanka, Travel Tips on 07 8th, 2008 | No Comments

Transport in Sri Lanka

There are many ways to travel around in Sri Lanka. Transport ranges from train, bus, taxi, car rentals, sea planes and helicopters. The country has about 96,695 km of roads. Total length of roads is 11,285 km from which 10,721 km are paved and 564 km are unpaved. As many roads are narrow, government has now...
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Posted by Tour Guide in Afghanistan on 07 8th, 2008 | No Comments

Afghanistan Economy

Afghanistan is an extremely poor, landlocked and highly dependent on foreign aids, agriculture and trade with neighboring countries. However, Afghanistan’s economy is recovering from decades of conflict. It has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001. Real GDP growth exceeded 7...
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Posted by Tour Guide in Latest Posts, Nepal on 07 8th, 2008 | No Comments

History of Nepal

Modern Nepal was created in the latter half of the 18th century when Prithvi Narayan Shah, the ruler of the small principality of Gorkha, formed a unified country from a number of independent hill states. The country was frequently called the Gorkha Kingdom, the source of the term “Gurkha” used...
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Posted by Guide in SAARC on 07 5th, 2008 | 5 Comments

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was officially founded on the 8th of December 1985 by the heads of states of the member countries; Maldives, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The goal of the organisation is to help to develop the region and to make trade...
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Posted by Guide in Bhutan on 07 2nd, 2008 | No Comments

Bhutan Economy

The economy, one of the world’s smallest and least developed, is based on agriculture and forestry, which provide the main livelihood for more than 60% of the population. Agriculture consists largely of subsistence farming and animal husbandry. Rugged mountains dominate the terrain and make the...
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Posted by Guide in Bhutan on 07 2nd, 2008 | 2 Comments

History of Bhutan

The Bhutanese name for Bhutan, Druk Yul, means ‘Land of the Thunder Dragon’. There is proof leading Bhutanese history back to AD450, although many of the intervening events remains unsolved by many. Guru Rinpoche is believed to have brought Mahayana Buddhism to Bhutan from Tibet in the eighth...
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