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Thursday, 18 May 2017

Things Which You Never Knew About the Month of May


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How many did you know about month of May so here is the great opportunity to grab few important information related to this month of May

May is derived from Latin Word Maius and name of the goddess Maia’

May was the 3rd Month in Roman calendar however after adding January and February It became 5th

May is the Month of great celebration

May Moon named  Flower Moon as it is the time when Flower emerge and crop being to sprout


There is an old saying that may dew have magic properties and that anyone who has washed their face in it will have a beautiful complexion all through the year. This dew was supposed to be able to remove freckles and also spots and pimples

I have found this Interesting Phrases on Internet related to May
“A wet May makes a big load of hay. A cold May is kindly and fills the barn finely”

"A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay"

“Mist in May, Heat in June Makes harvest come right soon”




"If you wash a blanket in May; you will wash one of the families away."

"Those who bathe in May will soon be laid in Clay"

May born Birthstone is Emerald and there is no doubt why as it is all green around

May was once considered a bad luck month to get married. There is a poem that says "Marry in May and you'll rue the day".

The Roman poet Ovid had another idea: May, he said, was named for the maiores (the elders) and June for the iuniores (youth).

April Showers Bring May Flowers


May is a month of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and spring in the Northern Hemisphere. 

Therefore May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.

January of the following year always begins and ends on the same day of the week as May of the current year.


May is the month of Music in New Zealand.




Celebration Around the globe in the month of May

  • First Saturday:Kentucky, United States, the Kentucky Derby
  • Second Sunday: Mother's Day in Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Croatia, Curacao, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Malta, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe.
  • Second Saturday: World Fair Trade Day is celebrated.
  • Third Saturday:The Preakness Stakes is run, second jewel in the triple crown of horse racing.
  • Last Sunday: Mother's Day in Algeria, Dominican Republic, France, Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden, and Tunisia
  • Last Monday: In the United States, Memorial Day, a public holiday, is on May 29, but observed on the last Monday in May.

Quotes for May.


Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May -William Shakespeare.

You are as welcome as the flower in the May-Charles Macklin.

As full of spirit as the month of May, and as gorgeous as the sun in Midsummer.-William Shakespeare 




Stay safe and keep yourself healthy spread love around and keep travelling 
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Sunday, 16 April 2017

Vasai (Bassein)


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Welcome to Hum Traveller.
I have been to this place many a time even I have stayed in this city now today I am going again to this city Vasai (Bassein).
I am Travelling for my camper van which is in Vasai so I thought let’s get some information about Vasai.
Things That I never knew about Vasai.
Vasai named after its Vasa Tribe This Tribes Apparently had travelled to the north and after Vasa Rajasthan. No Trace of the tribes
Portugal’s king often name Bassein as Evora a city in Portugal where Evora means "Yew Tree"
Even Portugal’s  nicknamed the city as "Dom Baçaim (Bassein)" mocking the numerous "Dom (a Portugal’s  title for Sir)" people residing in the city of Bassein
The prosperity of Bassein increased such that it was considered among the richest cities among the Portugal’s colonies in the world at that time.
The dominion of the Portugal’s  in this part increased and the city became the capital of the Portugal’s  Province of the North of India; Goa being the capital of Portugal’s  Province of South.
Who Built Vasai Fort? I would say that Portugal’s  made that fort no infact the Bahadur_Shah_of_Gujarat was the one who started making his fort and when Portugal’s  Governor Da Cunha Got this information and he took advise form one of his council of Fidalgos members (Fidalgos is a traditional title of Portugal’s  nobility).and then 150 ships with not sure numbers of soldiers but then 150 ships means something big. Then on 20th January 1533 was the day of war between Bahadur_Shah_of_Gujarat & Portugal’s  Governor Da Cunha. Which was won by Portugal’s  Governor Da Cunha and Bahadur_Shah_of_Gujarat signed the Treaty of Bassein of 1534.Then Captain Garcia de Sá was appointed to build Fort Bassein and the work began on 20 January 1536.
Fort Bassein has witness 3 battles.
1) Portugal’s &Maratha War from 1737-1739
2) British Maratha War in 1780.
3) Portugal’s  Bahadur_Shah_of_Gujarat 20th January 1533
Today's vasai is 380 km² however Bessein was much bigger not than "Sopara" (सोपारा)(Sanskrit: शूर्पारक, Śūrpāraka) some identified with the Ophi
I will write about Sopara in my next blog
St. Gonsalo Garcia, The first Indian born to attain sainthood. Was born in Vasai, during his lifetime, the town was under Portugal’s  colonial rule.
St. Gonsalo Garcia is the patron saint of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vasai
Fact of the day: Today Is Easter it is most important and oldest festival of the Christian Church, celebrating the resurrection of Christ and held between 21 March and 25 April, on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the northern spring equinox or Pink Moon, the weekend from Good Friday to Easter Monday.
And this phase of earth time stated as the day of the sun and the night of moon.
Stay safe and keep yourself healthy spread love around and keep travelling 

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