A journey through Netherlands

Dates and chikoo from my courtyard

A beautiful Hibiscus in my garden

A beautiful Hibiscus in my garden with a few water drops from morning dew

A beautiful Hibiscus in my garden with a few water drops from morning dew

 

Ooty, a natural beauty on show!

It is quite amazing how Allah has decorated this earth with beautiful sceneries. He has set the land on earth in many modes. Be it a hot Arabian desert, a calm tropical Island, a cool hill station, a shiny sea shore, a lush green rain forest, a snow peaking mountain… Just pass through any place in the earth and one would feel the elegance at which Allah have set them all with unique appearance. One would murmur internally! Subhana Allah… You are the Master, You are the Creator, and You are the only one who deserve to be worshipped!

This was my feeling when I paged through these eye-catching snaps of Ooty, a hill station in South India. It is a popular tourist destination where people used to escape from their hard feelings and look for some relaxation. It is the capital of Nilgiris district in state of Tamil Nadu situated at an altitude of 2,240 meters above sea level. It offers wonderful scenes and cool weather throughout the year.

A journey through Malabar

A journey through wonderful sceneries of Malabar, North Kerala, South India

The beauty Allah has provided on his creations is immaculate. Those who admire beauty of the universe should think of the elegance of the Creator who made them in astounding style. They should think and say “Subhana Allah”! Oh Allah you are Glorious!

Hills, rivers, green fields, trees, flowers, fruits… the sight of which will erase ones stress and tension to an extent! We should be thankful to Allah for making this world so beautiful for the ‘busy’ mankind to relax! Alhamdu Lillah!

Kerala is a south Indian state sandwiched by Arabian Sea in the west and Western Gatts Mountains in the east. Due to this unique nature there are as many as 40 rivers emerging from the mountains and flowing towards the Sea. This makes Kerala abundant with water and infect there are greenery all across with good weather throughout the year.  There is a saying that the name Kerala is derived from Arabic phrase خير الله Khairullah.

Malabar is in north of Kerala which has a good name in history as having trade relations with Arabs and Europe dating back many centuries. It is a wonderful place with people from many religions living in harmony. Majority of inhabitants in Malabar are Muslims. There are plenty of Mosques and Islamic Institutions portraying presence of Islam. Islam is believed to be reached in Malabar during era of Prophet Muhammed Sallallahu Alihi Wasallam. This could be reason why Muslims of Malabar are very strong in their faith and keen in worshipping Allah!

SubhanAllah… Flowers are beautiful…

The beauty of flowers adorned by Allah in this world is immaculate. So guess how the beauty will be in the Paradise! Subhana Allah!

Egypt – a glimpse of natural beauty

Egypt is a tourist’s haven because of its well maintained hereditary and monuments. But one would suggest the underlying green beauty of this country itself is an attraction to the visitors. The river Nile has to tell much on the prosperity of this land which has at the other hand biggest desert in the world!

If you travel along side of Nile the green sceneries will take you off from other thoughts. I always admire greenery as my own village is full of it. One of Cairo – Alexandria highway is cut through green fields. This highway is named as “Zerae’e” (over plantation) and there is another fast highway named “Sahrawy” (over desert). Our flight was from Alexandria Burg al Arab airport and we boarded in a Cairo hotel so we got opportunity to travel through this highway.

During our return trip in a fine sunny afternoon we could view the sights in close ups. Unfortunately we were in a hurry to reach Alexandria as we had plans for many other destination visits. We only managed to snap some photos on the move. We had seen many Orange fields, Olive farms, Banana cultivations, Mango plantations and last not the least Date palms! Along side the highway farm traders were selling the collections of the day. We even spared thought to buy some fresh ripe fruits but we couldn’t do it!

Olive

We saw many small tower-like structures having many holes and sticks kept across. We enquired our taxi driver and he explained it as ‘pigeon towers’! The birds used to take it as free boarding.

We saw an auto rikshaw (a 3 wheeler with driver in front and passenger seat in back). Egyptians call it ‘Tuk-tuk’, may be the name derived from the special sound it makes! According to one taxi driver they are not privileged to enter in City and they can ply in suburbs. Other common means of transport in village areas are mule and horse carts.

We diverted from ‘Tanta’ to take another route to ‘Dasouq’ through pure village greeneries. The sights were just amazing as we were traveling in a two way carriage way along side a tiny river. We saw many villagers in farm with cows, goats, buffalos and other livestock. Some people were waiting for transportation in small village towns but I couldn’t see any public transport buses servicing in the route. I exclaimed how these people used to travel for their daily commutes!

We also caught a glimpse of a wedding caravan just in front of our car heading towards a marriage hall. What we could assume is that wedding is a joyful yet noisy event everywhere!