The tourists visited Kolkata whichwas also the first capital of BritishIndia. Included in the tour were visitsto Chennai with its famous VictoriaMemorial; Madurai—a major city ofTamil Nadu and the home of theMeenakshi Temple; Rameshwaram–an important pilgrimage center forboth Shivaites and Vaishnavaites;Kanyakumari– the world renownedrock memorial of SwamiVevekananda in the sea; Kerala–hav-ing the famous sea resort of Kovalam;Alleppey– often referred to as the“Venice of the East” because of its

numerous waterways; Cochin–re-ferred to as the Gateway of Kerala;and Dubai--popularly known as ashopper’s paradise and for its thrillingride through the desert. Says the trip Coordinator Bibi and

her husband Abdul: “India has amixed culture of art, religion and phi-losophy. It accepts people from allover the world with her secularism.One can immediately feel the bliss ofnature in the state of Kerala. Thewidely extended beautiful beaches ofKerala and the house boat cruise withovernight stay, were an amazinglysurreal experience. The scenic beautyis simply breathtaking. Dubai is an

awesome place but it kinda makes youaccustomed to luxury. It's an ultramodern city buzzing with activity allthrough the day and night as well asall through the year. The majesticSheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is lo-cated in Abu Dhabi, the capital of theUnited Arab Emirates UAE). It is ar-guably one of the most important ex-

amples of contemporary Islamicarchitecture in the UAE.” Vejai states: “I am still in holiday

mood. Our trip was magnificent and Ithoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.It was educational and it endeared

India to me even more. I felt I belongedthere when the security allowed us toenter the Padmanabhaswamy Templein Trivandum, where only Hindus areallowed to enter. Lord Vishnu's idol isetched in my memory for a long timeto come .”

Brihaspati Azeez (Lovin) notes:“Thank you again Kaliji for the bestexperience on my first trip to SouthIndia and Dubai. What made it specialwas that my sister was with me againas well as our friends from our last

trip to North India. The South Indiapeople are very warm and friendlyand we felt like we belonged to India.When we went to Rameshwaram thatwas a beautiful sight to behold. Sunsetat Kanyakumari was excellent and thenext morning sunrise was an amazingsight with prayers being heard overloud-speakers and seeing the smallfishing boats going out to sea. Thehouseboat in Alleppey that wasequipped with such “luxury” as run-ning water and electricity, was a won-derful experience. In Cochin we werehappy to see the Chinese fishing netsand I was lucky enough to be on oneof the boats to pull the rope for thenets. Kerala is so beautiful with all thecoconut trees and flowers. Dubai is avery progressive country with beauti-ful new buildings and lots of construc-tion. Our side trips to Abu Dhabi wasexcellent The mosque there is excep-tional. We will always recommendKali Travel for India trips.”Soomintra Persaud says: “This is

not the first time I went to Indiathrough Kali Travel & Tours; indeedthis was truly a unique combination ofSouth India and Dubai. I had a great

Kali Bharat Yatra Tour to South India and Dubai:A Wonderful and Unforgettable Experience

The 31st annual Bharat Yatra trip to India occurredbetween September 11th and September 29, 2014.This time tough, the trip was arranged to cover South

India as well as the popular Arab state of Dubai. What’s re-markable about the tourists on this trip was that almosteveryone had gone to India at least once. One woman saidthat she had gone to India 5 times before. It was clear thatthe tourists are very experienced in international travel.Prior to their embarkation at JFK Airport, a social ritual(torch lighting, travel tips and messages) was conducted toprepare the tourists for a safe and enjoyable tour.

By Dr Tara Singh

L to R Pastor Dabe Dr. Tara Singh, Shivanji Maini former Miss India USA and Miss BollywoodDevas in Shash, Pt. Ramlall, Tour Director of KT&T, and Bibi Karim, group leader.

At JFK Departure

Group leader Bibi Karim with partial group members in luxury coach.

The romantic houseboat in Alleppey

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Kali Bharat Yatra Tour to South India and Dubai:A Wonderful and Unforgettable Experience

time to see the Swami VivekanandaMemorial Rock on the Sea. The ex-perience in Dubai was really awe-some.” According to RadhikaSanichar: “Kaliji did an excellent job,very good arrangements, excellent ho-tels and delicious food, plus thehouseboat which combined to make agreat experience. I will convey this tomy friends and relatives in Canada.Also, we had time to visit a few SouthIndian Temples. I cannot forget thesafari experience in Dubai, it was sim-ply great!.” And Indira Mahadei ob-serves: “In the beginning of theannouncement of this tour my bosswas a bit reluctant to give me time offto go, but after this South India andDubai experience I realized howmuch I would have lost. I visitedIndia through Kali Bharat Yatra beforebut this tour was unforgettable. Thecamel ride and the Safari experiencestill linger in my mind. Thanks toKali-ji for making this possible, notonly for me but for all of us.” In the words of Diawattee Devi

Ramkaran, “this was the best tour toIndia; my sister Seeta Shiwlochan and

I had a terrific time. The food was en-joyable. We found South India veryinteresting. Dubai is a very moderncountry and has its own charm.” JulieMisir, a recording artiste, compli-mented Kaliji for making such aunique package tour of South Indiaand Dubai. “My sister Gamatie Singhand I would never forget this experi-ence. South India is different fromNorth India where I spent a fewmonths but this combination is veryspecial and at the same time, educa-tional.” Hari Persaud remarks; “Imade it a point to congratulate Kalijito make this tour of South India andDubai possible. I enjoyed everythingabout this unique combination.” Vish-nuchan Shiwlochan says that he wentwith Kali Bharat Yatra/KT&T to Indiaand even to Europe. “Kaliji has a goodknowledge of planning his tours instyle, with good sightseeing, and goodhotel accommodation, lavish food andof course good entertainment. I en-joyed South India and Dubai im-mensely.”Seegobin Ragnauth offers some

key advice to Kali Travel and Tours:

”Kaliji, your choice of places to visitwas very well put together! Thechoice of hotels was not so great, es-pecially in Dubai. I think all fees forthe transportation of luggage frompoint A to point B should be taken intoconsideration up-front and charged inthe initial cost of the tour. Informationand communication should be mostlyaccurate. Maybe you are doing a greatjob at your end but the other end isloose. It surely needs tuning I apolo-gize if I come over too negative butthese are some of the things I ob-served and thought you could use asbench-mark for future tours, and likeI mentioned earlier, Kali Travel andTours should be the BEST touragency.”.However, like most of the other

tourists Chaitram and Ahilia Suruj-narine share this view of the trip: “Wereally enjoyed the trip; it was verywell put together, especially our timein Kerala and Dubai. Despite the littlehiccups, altogether it was exciting;For the most part, the hotel accom-modations and other coordinated

travel arrangements were excellent.Kaliji did a great job in putting to-gether this itinerary which was imple-mented with the assistance of my dearsister Bibi. Both Bibi and Abdul wentover and above to ensure that every-one was taken care of. There couldhave been better coordination. It ap-peared that although Bibi was the"leader," she was not given all thenecessary information ahead of timeto advise the others, and this causedsome frustration, especially on herpart. Nevertheless, it was a great tourand we would do it again..We havebeen to North India and now SouthIndia and Dubai with Kaliji and weare totally satisfied and happy, andlooking forward to the upcoming Eu-ropean tour next year. “Kali Bharat Yatra Travel and Tour

next trip to India is on October 15,2014 for 16 days to North India. Andearly next year another Kali BharatYatra Tour is scheduled from March27, 2014 to April 9, 2014. Some mem-bers of NYGM will also be on this lat-ter tour.

Camel Ride in Dubai Cross sectionof Yatrans ata PopularMosque inDubai

Abdul and Bibi Karim in a romantic mood with flowers intheir hands a symbol of love.

Harry Persaud and Vijay Sahedeodemonstrate to the Yatrans“let’s hanging in there”. Yatrans find time to take a break

as they pose for a group photo