Strange Facts That You Must Know Before Travelling

Hello everyone.. I'm even wondering about myself that once i started to write here at erasmusu I've been exploring a lot of things about travel though I write some facts about human body at times that forms a major part of my curricullum the knowledge that I have acquired about travel has improved a lot. Today I would like to share with you some strange facts that you must know about travelling. When we plan our trip and move on a vacation its not that we just move from our own country to another by an aeroplane our tavel also includes the massive public transport that we are about to use, the people we are going to interact with, the food we are about to eat and everything. So here I present you some funny but true stuffs which I hope that you would enjoy for sure..!

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If you are visiting Japan then your most reliable means of transport should be a bicycle rather than a motor car or a public bus and believe me the bicycles are proven to be faster than the automobiles in every journey that you are about to travel within 50 minutes inside the city.

Prince Charles and Prince Williams are so considered about their safety that they never fly in the same aircraft again.

If you have a habit of giving tips to waiters in hotels, restauraunts etc you should also be aware that giving such tips in Iceland is considered as an insult for their work.

It is true that when you begin to gamble you can never feel the time running and in order to validate this fact there are no clocks in the casionos of Las Vegas so that the people can remain gambling there for the enire day. The most important things about Las Vegas is that there is a single slot machine for every eight people who live in the Vegas. The state of Las Vegas has the highest number of hotel rooms than any other place in the world.

Would you ever sit and count how many bricks are there in a building or atleast your own home? Its been estimated that there are ten million bricks are used to construct the empire state building.

About quarter surface of the land is covered by forests in The Russian Federation one of the largest countries in the world by area.

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A popular city in China, Hong Kong has the highest number of Rolls Royce cars in the capital throughout the world.

Australia is considered as the place most of the prisoners were sent in the past and current statistics reveals that a quarter of the Australian population has a ancenstor who has been convicted for a crime.

The next trip you fly in an aeroplane make sure that you don't reserve your ticket in the back. Its because the back part of the aircraft offers you the most bumpiest ride as you feel the turbulence very high there.

Will taking just a single Olive from your food cause you any profit? If your answer is No then may be you are wrong..! American airlines in the year 1987 saved around forty thousand grands just by taking out a single olive from the first class food menu. Shocked?

Tasmania a small country located in Australian continent has the cleanest air to breath in the whole world. This simply means that a pollution free place!

There is an travel insurance company in England that provides you insurance for protection from a falling coconut.

The most visited country in the world is France which has the world wonder Eiffel Tower which by itself holds its name for most visited place in the entire planet.

If you take any hour in a day there are approximately 60000 people who are airborne over the United States.

Can you imagine how much would be the world's most expensive air ticket? If your guess was right I'm happy about that congratulations to you but if you can't guess just believe it costed around 123, 000 dollars. This ticket was purchased by a millionare in Sydney who travelled in the first maiden flight of Airbus A380 between Singapore and Sydney.

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During travelling to different parts of the world its quite common that we encounter people with different culture. There are some things which according to our culture is correct and wrong to the foreign culture. Lets now see some of the quite fascinating cultural differences that we have between different countries of th world.

The sign that we often show by folding all the fingers of our hand and thumbs up is generally considered as OK or Good but in in countries like Turkey, Brazil and Germany this sign is often considered as disrespectful one, in some middle east countries it is considered as a threatening action.

The action that you do with your outstretched palm and curling your finger towards you is considered immoral by the people in Phillipines and it is used only for calling dogs there.

Making a V sign with your fingers often called as a Victory Sign by people in some countries but with the palm surface facing you is considered as a offensive and bad action in England and Australis as they called it as "Vicky V". It denotes the same meaning as the world popular action that many do with their middle finger.

There is a small tray in Japan and some othe countries in stores where you need to place your bill money. Giving money in other ways is consider to be immoral by the people in these countries.

It is considered very rude to show the soles of one shoes when you are seated in muslim countries and in Thailand.

In muslim countries and in India people don't eat with their left hand as they consider the left hand is for cleaning oneself.

When you dine in a restaurant or a hotel in Switzerland please note that asking for salt or pepper is considered as an insult to the chef who cooked the dish you are eating.

In some parts of Tibet sticking out your tongue is a way that people greet one another.

In Japan one should recieve gifts with both of their hands. In India recieving things must be done only with your right hand.

When you take into consideration a country as a whole there are also some strange facts. A few of them which I think really interesting I have shared it here with you all.

In Afghanistan when compared to television and toilet flush percentage the number of houses that have a flushing toilet is rare than those houses with a television.

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China's exports most of its good to the United states without which it would lose around 50 billion dollars. Three quarters of the world beer is consumed in China. It is legal for a wife to kill her unfaithful husband in China but she must do it with her hands without using any weapon.

Iceland, yeah the same place where tipping the waiter is considered immoral is recognized by the UN as the best place to live in the entire plantet. Its because the people in Iceland have a long life expectancy, they are well educated and they earn good income which makes this small island the best.

India in its whole history has never invaded another country symbolizing the world peace denoted by the whit colour in its flag.

Japan one of the earthquake prone zones in the world lost 575, 000 homes during one such catastrophe in Tokyo and Yokohoma.

There are also some other fascinating facts that may not be considered as important for travel but just its funny enough to know them. In New Zealand students can use text messaging languages during exams and the teachers must know the abbreviations to correct them. The son of the ruler of Dubai bought the best camel in the world for 2. 7 million dollars.

Hope you all liked my article and until I post my next one keep smiling and cheers :)

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