THE MAGICAL TOUR OF EUROPE: Tourists Lavish Praise on Kali Travel & Tours

Europe was the centerof the renaissance andthe reformation. It wasthe foundation of moderngovernance and a leaderin scientific inventions aswell as in western philos-ophy and the arts. For ex-ample, Michael Angeloof Italy and Pablo Picassoof Spain are extraordi-nary and legendary fig-ures. Europe is alive withhistory, monuments andmemories attesting tothese. It's not that everything

there had been glorious.For example, King LouisXIV of France was de-posed; King Edward VIIIof England abdicated thethrone to marry an Amer-ican Mrs Wallis Simp-son. There were severalupheavals, including twoworld wars, but Europewas resilient and sur-

vived because of its inge-nuity, force of historyand a passion for enlight-enment. To savor some of

these historical imagesand the new landscape towhich these have givenrise, the Kali BharatYatra Tours decided afew years ago--to tap intoits vast experience in thetravel industry--to pre-pare customized tours toseveral European desti-nations. The first one wasa huge success. That wasenough to set in motionthe other tour of Europe.And that took place be-tween June 14th andJune 28, 2014. The June 2014 tour

covered the capital citiesof many countries,namely United Kingdom(London), France (Paris),Belgium (Brusels), the

Netherlands (Hague),Germany (Heidelberg),Switzerland (Zurich) (Liechtenstein (Vaduz),Austria (Innsbruck), Italy(Rome, Venice). Thetourists reported pleasantmemories of the famoussites that they visited.Here is a sample of theircomments

“The trip completelymet expectations that wehad. Jai (guide) was verypatient and understand-ing of the group and allthe individual needs. Hemade our experiencecomfortable and unfor-gettable. Switzerland'sBlack Forest was by farthe most memorable ofall countries, the breath-taking mountainsides ofJungfrau were pictur-esque. The countrysidewas captivating. Romeis culturally spectacular.The ruins and religioussites gave insight into acomplex civilization thatgreatly impacted us.Overall, our experiencewas memorable and en-

joyable. Thanks to Jaiand Kaliji. This is ahighly recommendedtour.” (Parbatie & BaldeoBangaree). Says Sharon Harri-

nanan of Trinidad: “Itwas an amazing experi-ence, worth way morethan the cost of thetrip.To be able to see somany countries in such ashort time, and to be ableto visit the number ofplaces we did, and expe-rience all that we did, Idon't think it's possible todo, individually.It is indeed a "Magical

Tour of Europe". I wouldlike to thank Mr. RameshKalicharran and his com-pany for all that they didin arranging this tour, sothat I could have had thatamazing European expe-rience I did. Pundit Shas-tri is a special personindeed, and the perfectGroup Leader. He mademy vacation that muchmore enjoyable due tohis very caring, pleasant,and calm nature. He al-

ways sought to keep ushappy and satisfied. Ilook forward to furthertours with Kali Travel &Tours.” Prior to the tour

party’s departure fromNew York, Kaliji, as iscustomary, held a torchlighting ceremony at the-JFK Airport to offerblessings for the tour in-cluding the safety of thetourists. Bollywood DivaShivangi Maini (FormerMiss India USA) andreigning Miss Bolly-wood Diva offerd someadvice to the tourists. “Iam overwhelmed to behere among you to wishyou all a bon voyage. Ican feel and sense the in-voluntary excitement thathas naturally pervadedthis blissful moment. Istand here enjoying myprivilege of wishing youall a wonderful “Magicaltour of Europe” that ismuch more than a rou-tine vacation. Ourrecords shows that over50% of this group visited

India through KaliTravel. After almost 31years, while Kali Traveland Kali Bharat YatraTours have mostly servedthe Caribbean and the In-dian Subcontinent, thecompany, once again hasbroken new territory andis now conducting toursto England, Belgium,Germany, Switzerland,Italy, France and otherexciting destinations.Kali Tours wants tothank Mr. Rickky Ram,Manager Customer Careto give us the opportunityto allocate an area atAmerican Airlines forour traditional send off. Iwish everyone a pleasant“Magical Tour of Eu-rope” a Safe Journey.”Upon her return to the

US from the Europeantour, Lilly Zawadzkicomments: “The trip wasamazing. Our tour guidewas really nice. I want tosay the food was great;no issues whatsoever.Even though some of thehotels were 3 and 4 stars

I would rate all of them5 stars; the best thingwas they all had pools.Every place I visited re-ally amazed me, it wasmuch cleaner than N.Y.Yeah have you seenN.Y? No offense N.Y!Paris was not as clean asthe other places but stillcleaner than N.Y. Thepeople on the trip werereally nice to me. InSwitzerland I went intoan ice cave, everythingwas made out of ice ex-cept the lights and therailing. In London it waslike N.Y but cleaner. Thebest thing about Pariswas I touched the Eiffeltower. Once again I wantto say I enjoyed the trip.Mr. Kali you did a won-derful job on planningthis trip and I would liketo say thanks to every-one who made this tripenjoyable for me.” Clifton Kunjal says:

“It was a wonderful Trip,I can’t explain, my wifeand I enjoy every minuteon this Tour.”

Chandra Boodramsays: “My granddaugh-ter and I had a wonderfultime on the tour, the tourguide was wonderful, thefood was great , I loveSwitzerland the most,everything was beauti-ful. Looking forward totake another of yourbeautiful tour in the fu-ture”. Sukhu Kam-lawatie notes: “My sonand I went on KaliBharat Yatra in the past,indeed the land of ourancestors and it was verysatisfying. But this‘Magical Tour of Europe’was very enjoyable.”Shazeeda Baksh says: “Ienjoyed the tour whichwas well organized byKaliji. I particularly en-joyed Switzer land &Holland.” Gobin Poorannotes: “The luxury coachdriver must be compli-mented for his drivingskills.” Gobin’s wifeBibi Zolika Pooran saidin the beginning that shewas reluctant to join thetrip but now she says: “I

am extremely happy Iwent, I enjoyed everymoment”. Suresh Dass observes

that Europe is very fasci-nating with a lot of his-tory. In the words ofRoopminee Raj: “I wentwith Kali tour to Indiaand I enjoyed the spiritu-ality of India but on thistour, I enjoyed the won-ders of Europe. I used tosee the Eiffel Tower inmagazine, but it wasamazing to see it in reallife. Pandit Jai Shastriwas a very good groupleader." Gowmati Paul:“The tour to Europe wasreally magical. My hus-band Deonarine and Icame from Maryland tojoin this tour. We arevery satisfied. The daz-zling overview of theglittering city of the Eif-fel Tower, and the sym-bol of Paris was verymajestic.” Ravi &Radicka Seewah: “thispart of the world is to-tally different. It’s a newexperience we enjoyed

The visit to world fa-mous Swarouski CrystalMuseum in Austria wasmarvelous.” Lutchmin Ramper-

saud visited India 3times and every time shewent there, she got a dif-ferent experience. “Butthis tour to Europe wasvery unique.” Jitu Chan-drawatie: “I must thankKali-ji to arrange such anexcellent tour to Europethat was a dream ful-filled.” Joyce Singh wasreportedly the center ofattention in the coachwith her lively jokes.She also said how muchshe enjoyed Europe.Congratulations to the allthe tourists and to KaliBharat Yatra for organiz-ing yet another success-ful international tour.The next “Magical Tourof Europe” is scheduledfor June 2015. And thenext Kali Bharat Yatratour leaves New York forIndia and Dubai in Sep-tember 2014.

by Dr Tara Singh

Kali Bharat Yatra “ExcitingMagical tour of Europe”left New York on June 14thwhen a group of tourists

boarded an American Airlines flight atJFK Airport that was bound to Paris.From there, the tourists visited severalmemorable European destinations.

Photo Courtesy: Gobin Pooran