Aprajita Kohli Weblog

The first plane carrying passengers who were stranded in Leh after the floods lands in Delhi. Rescue operations to get to those in remote areas is still on.

The number of dead has gone up to over 150 in the Leh floods and about 400 people are still missing. 110 tourists, half of them foreigners, are being looked after at the Army’s Pank transit camp on the Leh-Manali road.

They have been given food, medicine and phone connection to the foreigners to talk to their embassies. More relief flights have been sent, one Air Force plane has already landed in Leh with relief material and tools for removing debris. Two more aircraft are on their way.

Madame Tussuad wax museum located on baker street in the city of London is a great tourist attraction for tourist visiting London .The museum itself is famous for the statues made of wax of  celebrities .This art of making statues of wax was started by madame Tussuad who learned it from Dr Phillipe Curtis  in Bern Switzerland where her mother worked .Madame Tussuad was born in Strasbourg ,France .The museum is divided into various parts like show night ,sports ,royal house etc.Many celebrities managed to get statute of themselves in the museum .Some of them are like Tom Cruise ,Miley ,aishwarya Rai Bachhan ,Amitabh ,Diana ,Queen Elizabeth ,Tiger woods ,Beckham and many more .At the end of the museum tourist get a chance to see the spirit of London .

The worlds tallest wheel ,which is situated in capital of united kingdom is known as London Eye.It is said that it is the most visited attraction in London.Visited by more then 3.5 million people a year. The London eye serves its tourists upto 40 km of scenic beauty from each capsule  of it .It is privately sponsored by British Airways with the joint shareholders Marks Barfield Architects  and The Tussuad  Group.The journey of each round is forty five minutes . Breath taking  views of other attractions like Big Ben ,River Cruise ,Waterloo Bridge can also be  seen from London Eye .