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[www.keralites.net] The 12 Most Unique Hotel Resorts You Must Visit

The 12 Most Unique Hotel Resorts You Must Visit

Sun Cruise Hotel, South Korea

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Located high above the shores on the costal cliff in Jeongdongjin, a South Korean tourist resort known for having the best view of the sunrise, is a cruise ship that appears to have been mysteriously transported from the sea. That is Sun Cruise Resort Yacht – the world's first on-land cruise themed resort.
The resort was designed to give tourists a realistic feel of a cruise ship without the motion sickness. Overhead speakers play sounds of crashing waves around the ship and even bird calls.

The Ocean Flower, Maldives

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The Ocean Flower is a pioneering development that takes its name and shape from a typical Maldivian flower, is the first of five spectacular oceanfront developments in the Maldives. The Ocean Flower offers an array of amenities such as a pristine beach, restaurants, shops, a diving centre, a spa, swimming pools and small private islands where you can relax or enjoy a picnic in the gentle ocean breeze.

Hotel Ještěd, Czech Republic

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Czech architect Karel Hubáček is responsible for this retro-futuristic tower rising over 300 ft above majestic Ještěd mountain. The building itself has a futuristic flare (or at least "the future" according to the 60s) both inside and out. The tower was designed to naturally extend the silhouette of the mountain it tops, but isn't merely decorative. It is a television transmitter, built to withstand the extreme climate.

Marqués de Riscal, Spain

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Located in the renowned Vinos de los Herederos del Marques de Riscal's vineyard in the medieval village of Elciego (Basque Country, northern Spain), the hotel's spectacular curves, titanium roof and asymmetry of walls provide an elegant contrast to the historic wine cellars designed in 1858 by the architect Ricardo Bellsola.

Inntel Hotel, Netherlands

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The Inntel hotel in Zaandam is without a shadow of a doubt, the main eye-stopper in the revamped town centre and a building that has set many tongues wagging in the Netherlands. The iconic green wooden houses of the Zaan region were the fount of inspiration for the hotel's designer, Wilfried van Winden (WAM architecten, Delft). The structure is a lively stacking of various examples of these traditional houses, ranging from a notary's residence to a worker's cottage.

Magic Mountain Hotel, Chile

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Though the hotel is shaped like a volcano, it has got water falling from its top instead of hot lava. There is a cable bridge leading to its front door, and often has an fantastic covering of moss and plant life making it look like a hobbit home, what makes the Magic Mountain Hotel truly magical is its location.

Desert Lotus Hotel, Mongolia

A magnificent new hotel has bloomed amid the vast sea of sands in Xiangshawan Desert, Inner Mongolia, 800 kilometers west to Beijing. Named the "Desert Lotus Hotel", the structure consist of repeating triangular white tent tops, rotated 45 degrees and connected together in a circular formation like a lotus.

Spitbank Fort Hotel, UK

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Spitbank Fort is a small luxury hotel in a Victorian-era sea fort off the coast of Portsmouth, England. The fort is one of four located in the Solent – a strait that separating the Isle of Wight from the mainland of England.

King Pacific Lodge, Canada

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King Pacific Lodge is considered as the only hotel in the world, where visitors can float on the water while they sleep during a rest, unlike cruise ships this hotel is a comfortable and unique as it passes through one of the largest nature reserves in the world, Princess Royal Island, Canada – a place full of flora and fauna.

Sarova Saltlick Game Lodge, Kenya

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This catering establishment is located in the midst of the Taita Hills Sanctuary, a private wildlife conservancy at the foot of the Taita Hills bordering Tsavo West National Park, approx. six hours drive from Nairobi or three and a half hours from Mombasa.

Giraffe Manor, Kenya

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The Giraffe Manor, built in 1932 by Sir David Duncan, is surrounded by 140 acres of its own park and forest thirty minutes from the centre of Nairobi, Kenya's capital city, with superb views of the Ngong Hills.

Lake Palace, India

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Lake Palace is a luxury hotel, of 83 rooms and suites featuring white marble walls, located on a natural foundation of 4 acres (16,000 m2)rock on the Jag Niwas is land in Lake Pichola, Udaipur, India.

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[www.keralites.net] The Dark secrets about flying

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 	 	 	The Dark secrets about  	flying
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 					 					Caution to frequent  					fliers, please take care and pray God for safe journey.  					-SIVA

 												 												Pilots and flight attendants  												confess dark secrets about  												flying (22 photos) 												June 3, 2014 | In:  												
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   													Even  													the headphones that come  													wrapped up aren't new. I  													used to work for warehouse  													that supplied a certain  													airline with items. The  													headsets that are given to  													you are not new, despite  													being wrapped up. They are  													taken off the flight,  													"cleaned", and then packaged  													again.
   												
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   													Pilots  													are sleeping most of the  													time. 1/2 of pilots sleep  													while flying and 1/3 of the  													time they wake up to find  													their partner asleep.-OMG !
   												
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   													 													The true story behind those  													oxygen masks. That if the  													oxygen masks drop down, you  													only have about 15 minutes  													of oxygen from the point of  													pulling them down. However,  													that is more than enough  													time for the pilot to take  													us to a lower altitude where  													you can breathe normally.  													More important – at  													altitude, you have 15-20  													seconds before you pass out.  													Put yours on first, then do  													your kids. Passing out for a  													few seconds won't harm the  													kids.
   												
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   													 													The real reason the lights  													on the airplane dim when  													landing. When a plane is  													landing at night, they dim  													the interior lights in case  													you need to evacuate upon  													landing… your eyes are  													already adjusted to the  													darkness so you'll be able  													to see better once outside  													the plane.
   												
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   													 													Regarding food on the plane.  													My dad works for a large  													airline, he told me a few  													little things  2  													pilots are served different  													meals and cannot share, this  													is done in case of food  													poisoning.  Stealing  													food, even if they are going  													to throw it out can get you  													fired instantly. You can ask  													your supervisor, but you  													cannot take food. They don't  													want people messing with it.
   												
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   													The  													truth about flying with  													pets. I am an aircraft  													fueler. One thing I cannot  													stress enough is how your  													pets are treated. While your  													airline will take the best  													possible actions, some  													things cannot be avoided,  													like the noise on the ramp.  													I cannot stand out there  													without ear protection, and  													imagine your pet sitting out  													there on the ramp waiting to  													be loaded onto the plane  													being exposed to the same  													amount of noise I am. Please  													people, think twice before  													flying your pets.
   												
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   													 													What flight attendants  													really do after telling the  													plane to turn off their  													electronics. My sister is a  													flight attendant, she says  													after she tells everyone to  													turn off all electronics,  													she goes to the back and  													pulls out her phone and  													starts texting.
   												
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   													 													Lightning and the power of a  													pilot. My dad's been an  													airline pilot for almost 20  													years, and apparently planes  													get struck by lightning all  													the time. Also if a  													passenger is causing a scene  													in the jetway he can refuse  													to let them on and take off  													without them. The captain  													has almost limitless  													authority when the doors are  													closed. He is allowed to  													arrest people, write fines  													and even take the will of a  													dying passenger.
   												
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   													 													Don't drink water on a plane  													that didn't come from a  													bottle. Former Lufthansa  													cargo agent here. Do not EVER  													drink water on  													an aircraft that did not  													come from a bottle. Don't  													even TOUCH IT. The reason  													being the ports to purge  													lavatory shit and refill the  													aircraft with potable water  													are within feet from each  													other and sometimes serviced  													all at once by the same guy.  													Not always, but if you're  													not on the ramp watching,  													you'll never know.
   												
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   													 													The drinking water used for  													coffee and tea is filthy.  													The drinking water, that  													used for making coffee, tea,  													etc., should NEVER be  													consumed. The holding tanks  													in these sometimes 60 year  													old planes are never  													cleaned. They have  													accumulated so much greenish  													grime on the walls that in  													some places it can be inches  													thick. This one is very  													known by all airline  													employees.
   												
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   													Those  													lavatories unlock from the  													outside. You are able to  													unlock airplane lavatories  													from the outside. There is  													usually a lock mechanism  													concealed behind the no  													smoking badge on the door.  													Just lift the flap up and  													slide the bolt to unlock.
   												
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   													 													On the importance of locking  													your bags. Lock your bags,  													carry-on bags included.Look  													online or in a travel store  													for TSA-approved locks. The  													TSA has  													keys to open those locks in  													case they need to further  													inspect them (and hopefully  													not steal from them). And  													most people don't think to  													lock their carry-on, but  													especially now with load  													factors very high, more and  													more people are having to  													gate check bags. Once you  													drop your bag at the end of  													the jetway for  													gate-checking, anyone from a  													fellow passenger, to a gate  													agent, to a ramp agent has  													access to your bag.
   												
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   													 													How a pilot approaches  													landing. When you experience  													a hard landing in bad  													weather it wasn't because of  													a lack of pilot skills but  													it is in fact intentional.  													If the runway is covered in  													water the airplane has to  													touch down hard in order to  													puncture the water layer and  													prevent aqua planing.  													"Landings are nothing more  													than controlled crashes."  													Pilot friend quote.
   												
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   													 													Tipping could  													go a long way. My girlfriend  													is a flight attendant. NO  													ONE tips flight attendants.  													If you give your FA a fiver  													with your first drink you'll  													probably drink for free the  													rest of the flight.
   												
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   													Just  													because you're flying with a  													big airline, doesn't mean  													the pilots are experienced. Regional  													airline pilot here.  													You may have bought a ticket  													on Delta, United, or  													American, but chances are  													you'll be flying on a  													subcontractor. That means  													the pilots have a fraction  													of the experience, training,  													and pay of the big mainline  													carrier. Also, I don't get  													paid enough to care if you  													make your connection. Most  													of the time we fly slower  													than normal to make more  													money. The only time we fly  													fast is if ATC tells us to  													or if it's the go home leg.
   												
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   													The  													truth behind turning off  													electronics. Pilot here.  													Having to turn off  													electronics on a plane is  													totally useless.Mobile  													electronic devices won't  													really bring an airplane  													down but they can be really  													annoying to pilots. Just  													imagine sitting in the  													flightdeck descending to  													your destination and hearing  													the interference of a 100+  													cellphones picking up a  													signal. I have missed a  													clearance or 2 that way.
   												
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   													A  													flight attendant reveals  													just how dirty everything  													truly is. I worked for Southwest as  													a flight attendant. Those  													blankets and pillows? Yeah,  													those just get refolded and  													stuffed back in the bins  													between flights. Only fresh  													ones I ever saw were on an  													originating first flight in  													the morning in a  													provisioning city. Also, if  													you have ever spread your  													peanuts on your tray and  													eaten, or really just  													touched your tray at all,  													you have more than likely  													ingested baby poo. I saw  													more dirty diapers laid out  													on those trays than food.  													And those trays, yeah, never  													saw them cleaned or  													sanitized once.-OMG !
   												
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   													 													Airports haven't covered all  													of their security bases yet.  													There are actually  													legitimate security  													loopholes that, if widely  													known, would let average  													citizens get right next to  													airliners, runways, and  													taxiways. Like any system,  													if you know how it works,  													you know where the cracks  													are.
   												
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   													 													Most flights are also  													carrying human organs. The  													majority of domestic flights  													have human remains or organs  													on them. I work below wing  													as a baggage handler. Watch  													out the window for long  													boxes that say, "Head" at  													one end… Oh, and I can fit  													150 bags in bin 3 of a  													Boeing 737-300.
   												
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   													Planes  													without engines can still  													glide for a really long  													time. A pilot told me if  													both engines fail, a plane  													can glide 6 nautical  													miles for  													every 5000 feet. So at  													35,000 feet, a plane can  													glide about 42 miles without  													power. It's why most  													accidents happen landing or  													taking off.
   												
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   													The  													real reason there are still  													ashtrays in the lavatories.  													Here's one: ashtrays in the  													lavatories are mandatory  													equipment even though the  													FAA banned  													smoking on flights years  													ago. The reasoning is that  													if people do decide to  													smoke, they want them to  													have a place other than the  													trash can to throw the butt.  													And one final note, if a  													plane is being hijacked when the  													pilot lands they  													will leave the wing flaps up  													that slow the plane down,  													this is to signal the  													airport that there is  													something happening in the  													plane.
   												
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