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July 18, 2020July 18, 2020

Money saving tip when travel at Kenya

July 18 , 2020 Bisakha Datta

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Scrolling over on Instagram and you see that one of your friends has been trotting Kenya. You wondered how can he traveled all the way, and that in a budget too.

Given in these circumstances, where you have to make your travel planning in economical means, especially when you are visiting Kenya.

In this particular article, we will help your wallet fat by providing some travel tips when you are about to visit Kenya.

Engage your brain when looking for deals

It is time to engage your grey matter when you are looking for deals in hotels and restaurants in Kenya. You can follow several websites and travel agencies and compare the deals and choose the one that suits you.

Be flexible

When you are planning your travel in Kenya, be flexible with it, as there are several deals that are offered by several travel agencies. Plan something cheaper by considering the fact that you are no less enjoying than the others.

Avoid peak season

When you are traveling to Kenya, make sure that you are ready to avoid the peak season, the consequences of avoiding it will keep your wallet healthy so that you can enjoy the scenic beauty of Kenya with a fat wallet.

Flexible with your accommodation options

Avoid 5-star hotels and exquisite places, instead of that, you can accommodate a cheap hotel in Kenya, which will not cost you an arm and a leg. Travel planning should be like this if you want to travel for a long time and that with a healthy wallet too.

Try delicious street food in Kenya

When you are in Kenya, one thing is confirming, that is you will not starve. There are lots of street food available in Kenya, which will help you to save your bucks eating in a restaurant. This way, your hard-earned money can be saved.

Travel indirectly or choose the cheaper option

If you choose a direct flight, then it will be expensive. Instead of that, do break journey by train or bus to go around in Kenya, it will end up saving your money.

Look for tour packages and special offers

Win a free Kenya Trip.
Also, you can pay as installment for 1 year

Plan your itinerary in advance
See your budget-friendly itinerary. Flexible travel date, so you can get an offer from flight

April 17, 2020July 18, 2020

COVID-19 – The Life Around Corona – Say Yes I am #QuarantineCreative

April 17 , 2020 Bisakha Datta

The “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)” declared as pandemic disease has stalled human life. We all know how this is spreading and affecting the life.

But Do you know?

Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.

What is new to us?

This new virus is not that simple. This causes respiratory illness (like the flu) with symptoms such as a cough, fever, and in more severe cases, difficulty breathing.

Do’s

Wash your hands regularly for 20 seconds, with soap and water or alcohol-based hand rub
Drink hot water
To increase your immunity to fight with corona virus take things like Lemons, Tulsi, Turmeric, Papayas, orange, kiwi etc. Black pepper is very helpful to grow your immunity power.
Cover your nose and mouth with a disposable tissue or flexed elbow when you cough or sneeze
Avoid close contact (1 meter or 3 feet) with people who are unwell
Stay home and self-isolate from others in the household if you feel unwell

Don’t

Do not touch your eyes, nose, or mouth if your hands are not clean
No Hug, No Kiss, No Handshakes ….Indian way “Namaste” is best 😉

Friends, by now we know this facts. My purpose is not only to give you all a “friendly reminder” but be by your side (of course virtually) and find out some ways to keep ourselves engaged.

Let’s explore our skills

01 – Learn Digital Drawings/Paintings

Most of us learn drawings/paintings in our childhood but how many of us do use this to stress free ourselves from hectic work schedule? So why don’t you try some sketches and re brush up your hidden skills?

Visit here for more illustration. In this quarantine time if you want to learn illustration for FREE at your home you can contact us

02 – Learn Photography

Nowadays, we all take photos mostly using our phones. But did you really get time in your busy schedule to watch the beautiful sunrise or sunset in your everyday life?

If you have not done yet go to your terrace or balcony and take a beautiful picture of sunrise or sunset and upload at instagram with Yes, I am #QuarantineCreative

Visit here to learn about photography. In this quarantine, if you want to learn photography for FREE at your home you can contact us at facebook or Instagram or mail us at hello@bisakhadatta.com

Want to improve your image post-processing/postproc for quality-improvement. For those who are interested to know about this or those who are amateur photographer here are a few links.
Convert any of your normal picture to art picture like this

Click here to check some tutorials also.

If you want to improve your composition skill about photography, you can visit here or you can buy this book. Still have some doubt? Don’t hesitate to contact us for Scheduling one to one Free Consultation about it.

03 – Be Healthy Be Happy

More or less we all are health conscious. We do go to yoga, gym or pilates studio and do workouts. But All these now have stopped. But you DON’T. Your aim should be “Be Healthy Be Happy”. So why don’t you take part in PLANK challenge!!! Post your photo with number of minutes you have done Plank and challenge your Friend as well.
Practise mindfulness, do pranayam. Anulom Vilom, Kapalbhati, Ujjayi Breathing can help you to fight with corona.

04 – Gardening

Nature is our best friend. Why don’t you try your hands in gardening? No worries I’m not telling you to go out and get hold of some plants! But if you are really interested you can start by whatever minimal things you have at home like “dry chillies”, “tomatoes” and so on. Take a ripe tomato and put it in soil and in no time you will see some saplings coming out.

It will add “Joy To Your Quarantine Life”

05 – Try out some new recipes

You can also try out some new recipes which you thought will do when get some time. Now is the time. Utilize it to the fullest. Make new dishes and surprise your dear ones.

This will be one of the best gift to your dear ones in this Quarantine.

06 – Write Something

You can pen down some memorable travel story or some romantic poem etc.

07 – Spend quality time with your family

Families are utmost importance to us. We do all hardships for our families which consist of our near and dear ones. Spend quality time with them. In this “Rat race” we hardly get time to mingle with them. We are always ready with excuses “Office work”, “Meetings” and so on…

I’m not again telling you to ignore your priorities but since you are now doing your “work” from “home” you easily can make out some time for them and make it memorable.

Everything has both its positive and negative sides. This situation is not an exception to this rule. Out of every negativity we have to find out the positive side and live our life. Things will be in control some day. We will be back to our normal lives in near future. However the mark this virus has kept in our lives will be remembered life long. Now it depends on you how you like to remember. Do you want to remember as a “nightmare”? or through this tough situation you want to create some beautiful memories as much as possible and store it for life long. It is in your hand!

Living a quarantine life is very easy if you are busy! Busy doesn’t mean you have to step out of house. Busy means making good use of this time and utilize it in brushing up your skills or discover something which is not yet discovered. Busy means stay tuned with your family and make wonderful memories!

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020

COVID-19 – The Life Around Corona – Say Yes I am a #quarancreative

April 17 , 2020 Bisakha Datta

The “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)” is declared as pandemic disease has stalled human life. We all know how this is spreading and affecting the life.

But Do you know?

Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.

What is new to us?

This new virus is not that simple. This causes respiratory illness (like the flu) with symptoms such as a cough, fever, and in more severe cases, difficulty breathing.

Dos

Wash your hands regularly for 20 seconds, with soap and water or alcohol-based hand rub
Cover your nose and mouth with a disposable tissue or flexed elbow when you cough or sneeze
Avoid close contact (1 meter or 3 feet) with people who are unwell
Stay home and self-isolate from others in the household if you feel unwell

Don’t

Touch your eyes, nose, or mouth if your hands are not clean
No Hug, No Kiss, No Handshakes ….Indian way “Namaste” is best 😉

Friends these facts now we more or less know. My purpose is not only to give you all a “friendly reminder” but be by your side (of course virtually) and find out some ways to keep ourselves engaged.

Let’s explore our skills

Most of us learn drawings/paintings in our childhood but how many of us do use this to stress free ourselves from hectic work schedule? So why don’t you try some sketches and re brush up your hidden skills?
Now-a-days we all take photos mostly using our phones. But did you really get time in your busy schedule to watch the beautiful sunrise or sunset in your everyday life?
If you have not done yet go to your terrace or balcony and take a beautiful picture of sunrise or sunset and upload at instagram with Yes, I am #QuarantcCreative
More or less we all are health conscious. We do go to yoga, gym or pilates studio and do workouts. But All these now have stopped. But you DON’T. Your aim should be “Be Healthy Be Happy”. So why don’t you take part in PLANK challenge!!! Post your photo with number of minutes you have done Plank and challenge your Friend as well
Nature is our best friend. Why don’t you try your hands in gardening? No worries im not telling you to go out and get hold of some plants! But if you are really interested you can start by whatever minimal things you have at home like “dry chillies”, “tomatoes” and so on. Take a ripe tomato and put it in soil and in no time you will see some saplings coming out.It will add “Joy To Your Quarantine Life”
Families are utmost importance to us. We do all hardships for our families which consist of our near and dear ones. Spend quality time with them. In this “Rat race” we hardly get time to mingle with them. We are always ready with excuses “Office work”, “Meetings” and so on…I’m not again telling you to ignore your priorities but since you are now doing your “work” from home you easily can make out some time for them and make it memorable.
You can also try out some new recipes which you thought will do when get some time. Now is the time. Utilize it to the fullest. Make new dishes and surprise your dear ones.

If you don’t have any in your mind I can resolve it. Here are some easy recipes that you can try your hands on.

This will be one of the best gift to your dear ones.

#QuarantcCreative #DefeatCorona, #Covid19, #StayHome, #StaySafe, #BeTogetherAndFightBack

April 14, 2020April 16, 2020

Amboseli National Park

April 14 , 2020 Bisakha Datta

Known as the most popular national reserve of Kenya, the Amboseli National Park welcomes you to take a walk amidst the free-ranging African elephants. Crowned by the highest peak of Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro, this National Reserve occupies 39,206 hectares of land and spreads across the Kenya-Tanzania border. The name Amboseli is derived from a Maasai word that means ‘Salty dust’. The parched condition of this national park goes perfectly with its name.

Major wildlife spotted during the Amboseli National Park safari is a cheetah, lion, waterbuck, eland, impala, giraffe, etc. The most amazing Amboseli National Park fact is that it houses more than 600 different species of birds. Interacting with the local Maasai people residing around the park is also an experience of a lifetime.

The major attractions in Amboseli national park are

Elephant research camp-

The research camp is established at the heart of the park for the research of African elephants. It requires prior permission to enter the research camp.

Normatior(Observation hill)-

The Pyramid shaped hill allows you to enjoy the wildlife view.

Amboseli Lake-

Most of North West of the park is occupied by this lake. It generally remains dry except heavy rain.

Sinet Delta-

Popular for bird watching.

The most of the population in Amboseli is Massai tribe. They are the only traditional inhabitant of this area and their foods, customs and culture are still unique and also displayed in most of the resorts.

Amboseli National Park is approximately 240 kilometers away from Nairobi. You may visit Amboseli by driving or you may avail of a flight from Nairobi. You may visit Amboseli anytime in the year; however, it is preferable to visit in the dry season, which is June to October and January to February.
Free goodies to make your safari more exciting!

April 14, 2020March 19, 2021

Bogoria Lake

April 14 , 2020 Bisakha Datta

Lake Bogoria, lying slightly north of the equator, is a saline-alkaline lake. It is situated amidst a half-barren land in a volcanic region to the southern part of Lake Baringo. The world’s largest population of the famous lesser flamingos can be spotted in Lake Bogoria just like in Lake Nakuru. This lake falls under the Ramsar treaty and within the lake lies, the protected National Reserve named the Lake Bogoria National Reserve.

The drainage basin of the lake covers an area of 700 sq. km. The National Reserve within the lake, houses features like the Swamp Kesubo in the North and the Siracho Escarpment in the east. Hot springs and geysers are also popular attractions within the lake.

The main attraction of the lake is flamingos and eyewitness spooky evidence of the ongoing tumult beneath Earth’s surface. In the early morning, the steam coming from Brogoria’sGeysar forms a mistry. A rare animal greater kudu is also found in Bogoria. It has wide ears, vertical white striped body, and a tell-tale white chevron between the eyes. It can be easily identified by its large spiral horns. The lake can also offer you to see Grant’s gazelle, Kirk’s dik-dik, baboon, buffaloes, etc.

The lake is highly alkaline and twice as salty as seawater, it can’t support fish however it contains an unusual array of microbes and microorganisms from which enzymes are being produced. The enzymes can be used as antibiotics, cleaning products.

Bogoria has spiritual and cultural worth for Endorosis people, who are living beside Bogoria Lake for centuries.

Lake Bogoria is situated 250 Km away from Nairobi. You can either join a safari tour in Nairobi or you may rent a car and visit the Lake independently. Visit Bogoria Lake anytime in the year as the area enhances your enjoyment with moderate temperature and seasonal rains. The best time is June to October as it is considered a dry cool season.

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020

Positive and negative side and covid-19

April 13 , 2020 Bisakha Datta

Covid -19 the pandemic disease which not only causes disaster to human lives but stalled it as well. Everything has its own positive and negative side and covid-19 is not an exception to this rule.

As humans are forced to stay in the house, so the pollution has come down. Mother Earth is healing herself. The “COVID+ve” has made The NATURE pollution-free and NATURE is fine without “HUMANS” so after this CORONA EPISODE when everything is back to normal then men should realise that they are GUEST TO NATURE NOT MASTERS!

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019