10 Interesting Facts about Qatar

1. The Road to perfection is met after the road has been worked upon three to four times in a year. if you don’t know what is it, go to Qatar.

2. The Qatari’s favourite food is roast camel, by all accounts roasted on a BBQ is the best option.

3. The average age a Qatari citizen lives too is 97. According to local reports it’s because of the roast camel.

4. The worlds best airline is Qatar Airways.

5. Qatar is the home of Al Jazeera, the popular and controversial Arabic satellite television network.

6. Qatar became independent from Britain in 1971 and Independence Day is celebrated on 3rd September each year.

7. It is NOT true that you must cover your body up in Qatar. You can wear a bikini at the pool or the beach, you can wear short shorts, and you are free to show off your fashion. (You just can’t be naked.

8. The country is rich in oil and 90% of all its exports to other nations are oil-based. They have the world’s largest Gas Reserves and are the single largest supplier of liquefied natural gas. Other exports include petroleum products, fertilizers and steel.

9. Industries include crude oil production and refining, fertilizers, petrochemicals, steel reinforcing bars and cement. Agriculture comprises of fruits, vegetables, poultry, dairy products, beef and fish.

10. The official language is Arabic and English is the common second language. The government is a constitutional monarch.

12 Interesting facts about Nepal

1. Nepal opened it’s borders to the world in the 1950s and 2011 is Nepal Tourism Year!  So make this year count and join the celebration.

2. People in Nepal do not greet one another with a handshake, but rather put their palms together and bow their forehead and say Namaste (directly translated as “I salute the God in you”).  This is the same greeting used throughout India.

3. A popular and cheap ‘fast food’ is the Momo.  Delicious dumplings made from flour and water filled with different fillings like chicken, meat or vegetables either fried or steamed and served with a dipping sauce.  My favorites were the yak-meat filled ones at the Yak Café in Kathmandu.

4. Nepal is home to one of the few places on earth where you can see both the Bengal tiger and the one-horned rhinoceros.  We were lucky to see 3 rhinos on our safari.

5. he Annapurna region was voted one of the top 10 best trekking places on earth.  The trek to Poon Hill is a moderate 5-day trek with views that will blow you away.

6. Everest in the Nepali language is Sagarmatha which means goddess of the sky and it stands at a staggering 
8,848 meters (29,029 ft) above sea level.

7. Bob Seger wrote a song called Kathmandu in 1975.  He wrote it at a time when he wanted to disappear from the record business, media and touring. Kathmandu represented a far way land where no one would be able to find you.

8. Little Princes written by Conor Grennan is about child trafficking in Nepal and spawned the NGO Next Generation Nepal which reunites children and their families and aids rural communities.  A must read and a portion of the proceeds from every book go directly to the cause!

9. The Sherpas are an ethnic group from mostly the eastern mountainous part of Nepal.  Many are employed as porters for mountain expeditions as they do not suffer the effect of altitude and due to their genetics and upbringing.  Many groups refer to their porters as Sherpas.

10. Nepal is the birthplace for the Lord Buddha.  Lumbini and a pilgrimage for many devout Buddhists.

11. Nepal has the densest concentration of World Heritage Sites. Kathmandu valley alone has 7 World Heritage Cultural sites within a radius of 15 kilometers.

12. The Nepali flag is the only nation with non-quadrilateral flag.The two triangles symbolize the Himalaya Mountains and represent the two major religions, Hinduism and Buddhism.    

15 really interesting facts about China

1.One-fifth of the world's population lives in China.

2.More bird species live in China than any other place in the world.

3.The oldest tree in the world is the gingko. Which is in China.

4.Gunpowder was first discovered in China where it was used to create fireworks. 

5.Paper was first invented in China in 105 AD.

6.Fingerprinting was used in China in 700 A.D. 

7.The majority of Chinese drink polluted water. 

8.China averages 274 protests per day.

9.China has cultivated tea for over 2000 years.

10.The Chinese call their country Zhongguo, which literally translates into “middle kingdom.” Beijing means “northern capital.” Shanghai, on the other hand, means “above the sea.”

11.Mandarin Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world.

12.There are 40,000-plus characters in the Chinese language. An educated adult will only get to learn 5,000 of them. You need to know 900–2,000 Chinese characters to be able to read a Chinese newspaper.

13.It is illegal for Chinese hospitals to tell expectant parents the sex of their child. This is to prevent abortion, since many parents still prefer to have boys rather than girls. China still implements the one-child policy.

14.Sixty-eight percent of all the pirated goods in the world originate in China.

15.At present, many Web sites such as Google and Facebook are blocked by what is called the Great Firewall of China. Other sites that cannot be accessed in China are Amnesty International, BBC news, and Dalailama.com.

Ten Interesting facts about India

1.There is 17 major languages and 844 dialects spoken in India.

2.India was one of the richest countries on earth until the British invasion in the early 17th century.

3.India invented the number system and Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.

4.Chess was invented in India.

5.India is the 6th largest country in the world, the largest democracy and one of the oldest civilization.

6.India has the most number of mosques. It has 300,000 mosques which is much more than the Muslim world.

7.India is one of the largest exporter of computer software products.

8.Before 1986, India was the only place in the world where Diamonds could be found.

9.The biggest and the largest employer in the world is Indian railways employing over a million people.

10.India has the most number of post offices in the world.