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There is a fantastic number of things to see and do in Australia, and every city has magnificent local offerings that have appeal to visitors of all ages.  It’s quite international, with a local population that has lived here for hundreds of generations, and then there are many immigrant communities that have been here long enough to form their own cultures.  On top of this, there is a constant influx of visitors and tourists, who each add their own unique touches to the place.  In most cities, then, there are customs in place for making newcomers feel welcome, and this same hospitality is applied to travelers.  There are many cultures and traditions here, and there are also many amazing expanses of natural beauty, outback and ocean and all that’s in between.  Because of this, many people looking for a vacation spent on inner and exterior health are drawn to Australia.  Spa resorts offer some magnificent experiences.

You’ll be dining with some of the most scrumptious food in the world, prepared by world-class chefs, and treated to a host of splendid amenities in your spacious and sumptuous room.  You’ll also be enjoying some of the finest spa treatments anywhere, and perhaps find many opportunities to escape from the world you left behind, and refresh your body and spirit.  While you’re here, you might pick up some of the local ideas of healing, philosophies of the body’s relationship to the spirit, as well as a little bit of knowledge about the local plants.

Using herbs for healing has been a part of the local Aboriginal medicine traditions for thousands of years, just as it is in most places in the world with long histories of inhabitation.  The bush is the pharmacy, and there are plants that can heal anything.  One example here would be the Eurphoria Hirta, a hairy plant which grows about two feet in height.  It is rather common, but the medicinal uses are not so well known. The Euhprobia Hirta, or Asthma Weed is a diuretic, and has been used to treat edema, hypertension, and is also an excellent balm for bacteria.  There are thousands and thousands of plants that have uses for medicinal purposes here, and sometimes looking into one kind of alternative healing will open doors to others, and it’s a matter of following your instincts to see where to look next.

Market places are often the best places to get a feel for the people and for the culture of a city.  In Delhi, India one of the best is the Cannaught Place Market. The market place is in the center of Delhi, and is fast becoming one of the most popular locations in the city, for tourists and locals as well.  There is a plethora of shops and each one is dramatically different than the other.  Located in this one spot are the numerous traditional and old shops that have been operated for many years, as well as many modern, chic and trendy boutiques.

One really has to see for their own eyes, the stalls of designer and hip clothing that sit right next to the stalls that specialize in antique furniture and artifacts, or the rows and rows of the exquisitely hand-crafted jewelry.  The architecture of the market and of the surrounding Delhi best hotels, is of the Victorian style and that alone is worth the trip to this section of the city.  The Victorian influence is a result of the design plan for the market, which is modeled after the Royal Crescent Market in the English city of Bath.  The architects who designed the Cannaught Place Market are W. H. Nicholls and Robert T. Russell.  They named it after Duke of the city of the same name, Cannaught.

Eight different road will lead you into the market, like the spokes of a bicycle, making this very accessible from all parts of the city.  Many people travel into the market to find the hand crafted items, one of the reasons it has become so popular.  The quality of the hand-made Indian carpets, the weave of the hand-made scarves and shawls, and the Madhubani paintings that are found here are second to none, and often times people from other parts of the country travel to Delhi in order to purchase these items.  Delhi is known for the various market places and the shopping that can be done there, and when making a tour of markets in the city, this is one of the few that should be at the top of your list.