Around the World

There are quite a few nice memories associated with cuckoo clocks. The very first time I saw an actual bird-clock was when visiting the Salar Jung museum in Hyderabad . It wasn't a cuckoo which popped out though, but a hooting owl to declare the hours.

What's the next best thing to meeting global icons in reality? Posing with their real-life mannequins at Madam Tussauds museum in London! The museum itself is located on the main road and at first glance you won’t even realize that the entrance of the museum is located there.  The queues outside the museum are really long and you could be waiting for a good amount of time to get in. It is best to book the museum entry tickets in advance online or if part of a tour group let the tour operator do it for you. You can also buy a special Priority Access ticket to avoid the queues, which are especially long during peak tourist seasons.

A rock formation at Sigiriya Rocks Sigiriya Rocks, also known as Lion’s Rock, is a complex of rock formations housing an ancient palace & a fortress, with high walls surrounding it & dotted with small water bodies here and there.