Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Medical Tourism a new kind of travel - Medical care abroad

Hi,
Leisure travel or travel to various destinations for purposes like spending vacation, leisure, religious reasons, pilgrimage, to visit someone known, business etc is known to many of us commonly, but medical tourism is one thing which is not much heard of.

What is medical tourism?
Medical tourism means traveling other country for treatment abroad. There can be various reasons for medical tourism. Low costs, no waiting time are the main reasons and sometime reasons mat be like technology is not available in the parent country (e.g: cyber-knife is still nor offered in many countries) OR doctors in the home country may find the treatment risky.

Medical tourism is very popular among uninsured, retired people and every years more than 1 lakh people visit other countries for health care services that include dental treatment, weight loss surgeries, cosmetic surgery, orthopedic, cardiac care etc. If you want to learn more about medical tourism follow the blogger at Medical Tourism Co blog. There is some interesting stuff on this topic.

Other interesting links on this topic:

Making mind for treatment abroad is the first but very difficult task for medical tourism and selecting the destination, doctor and clinic is the next difficult task. For any individual its very much frustrating and time consuming task to research on which country, doctor or clinic to choose and make sure if all is at par standards there. Best way to get rid of this is to ask someone who have experience with medical tourism or contact a medical tourism company.

in case you need further information about medical tourism, feel free to post comments and I'll answer your queries to my best knowledge OR google is always there to help you out ;)

Recently we also launched a medical tourism guidance blog to help people know more about pros and cons of medical tourism and to provide them with a the right information they need for a successful trip abroad for health care.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Melbourne Travel - Melbourne City Australia

If you are on a business trip to Australia, planning a holiday or just thinking about a tour to the country then Melbourne is the city you must visit. Melbourne City day tours are quiet popular among the local and tourists visiting the city. These day tours are designed so that you can make most of your time while your trip to Melbourne

The city provide you some of the best travel options, here one can enjoy riding the Puffing Billy, wildlife tours, enjoy penguin parade, visit vineyards and oldest goldmines and lot more. The best way to explore the nature, wildlife, beaches, history of the city and at the same time experience the modern Melbourne is to hire the services of a tour operator as they can provide you with best day tours options and most of them also provide free pick up from the hotel. Thus you need to worry about planning the day, researching the places to visit etc; all you have to do is enjoy the sightseeing with the guide giving you detailed information.

Travel options in Melbourne

Great Ocean Road & The Twelve Apostles – This combination allows you to experience the joy of passing the great ocean road, walk through magnificent rain waters, see remains of London Bridge and view the spectacular Twelve Apostles. Natural beauty here will provide you with some of the superb photographic options.

Puffing Billy Tour: Enjoy ride of Puffing Billy steam engine train. Puffing Billy is oldest railway in Australia. Puffing Billy tour highlights include Travel through the Dandenong Ranges National Park, Sherbrooke Forest also feeding the Crimson Rosellas is an experience of its kind.

Penguin viewing tours: Viewing penguin paddle waddle up Summerland Beach and make their way to their burrows in the dunes is an amazing experience. Penguin viewing tour Melbourne includes travel to Phillip islands and experiences the unique penguin parade. Once can also enjoy scenic views of Westernport Bay and Phillip Island Nature Park.

Other places to visits: Other day tours in Melbourne includes Melbourne wine tours, Victorian high country, Melbourne to Sydney via Canberra, Melbourne to Darwin etc.

To make most of the tours you can get a custom package for your group, you can also avail most of the above mentioned tours as standalone or combination of two or more and enjoy a great holiday in Australia.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Leh Ladakh Travel - Best Travel Destination Leh Ladakh

Leh Ladakh is in recent new due to cloud burst but the place is known world wide as a great tourist destinations. Place is lso called cold desert as it faces no or very less rainfall. Some of the miust visit places in Leh Ladakh are:

  • Pangong lake - If you want to realise the beauty watch the ending of the famous bollywood movie 3 Idiots shot at the lake. Thats just amazing to see blue waters with mountains alongside.
  • Leh monasteries: Leh Ladakh is known world wide for the monasteries. The flags and structures over the hills full hil top covered with monasteries.
  • Mountain Climbing - June to September is the best time to visit Ladakh for mountain climbing, this time Ladakh remains unaffected by the monsoon. Foreign climbing expeditions are required to obtain permission from the Indian Mountaineering Foundation for climbing all listed peaks. A booking fee, based on the height and popularity of the allotted peak, is charged and a Liaison Officer is assigned to every climbing team. The minimum period required for processing applications is six months. Every authorized expedition is provided with adequate rescue coverage in the events of accidents and illness.
  • Cycling - The best time for cycling is from mid June to September end.
  • Jeep Safari Tours - Manali to Leh, Nubra Valley Jeep Safari and Zanskar Valley Jeep Safari are the three best options to you, Although there are lot more zeep safaris also. Get in touch with local authority for the same.
  • Yak Safaris - Take the Yak by the Horn this is what my latest T-shirt has written after my recenet Yak Safari experience in Leh.
  • Mountaineering & Trekking- Ladakh is the paradise for mountaineering & trekking with lots of peak to climb.
  • Ladakh festivals - Ladakh is famous for cultural shows, exhibitions and rituals are a part of these Buddhist festivals.

Region is ell connected by Air and road so can be reched easily and conveniently.