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The Road To Valley of Flowers

No human soul lives around the valley though it is not soulless completely! The valley remained unknown to the world until 1931, when arrived there like Alice in Wonderland, six British Mountaineers,...

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Trip to Mangalore from Goa – Compact Travel Guide

After having explored most nearby places in Maharashtra, we decided to go the other neighbor – Karnataka. After my research on Google, I thought Mangalore was the closest fit to our ‘Travel criteria’.

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An encounter with nature : Camp Chrysalid, Junga I

morning freshness of the hills greets you from all over your surroundings and now you experiencing all this with a cup of tea holding with both your hands, in the semi open dining area of the camp,...

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Giraffe Centre and Nairobi Town

One of the engaging and delightful thing you can do there is to feed those animals with your own hands. Of course you cannot just make them eat anything of your choice, the volunteers roaming around...

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Vaishnodevi Shrine – A Ghumakkar’s journey for quick darshan

Man proposes, God disposes – that’s what the famous proverb says. That again proved true for me during my trip to Vaishnodevi and Himachal Pradesh during the end of September 2015. Looking at the...

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Chamba and Mani Mahesh got replaced by Dalhousie

While checking out from Hotel Asia, we were surprised when we were asked to pay the bill. We told that rooms were booked through Travelguru long back and we handed over printout of booking confirmation...

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Seeking Solace at Mashobra (Himachal Pradesh)

I feel complete satisfaction and solace from all the worries and lines from Ruskin Bond’s Rain in the mountains echoed in the background “ I am still on my zigzag way, pursuing the diagonal between...

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Trek to DudhSagar Falls: Trek along the Railway Track

We hired a place to sleep at night near the beach only, 600 rs per day and then left to explore the night life of GOA. We left for the Anjuna beach where there is a secret pub called Curley's. You can...

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Weekend getaway to Pangot

But suddenly the guide told the driver to stop and he started throwing search light in the jungle. I thought that it would be a mountain goat again so I didn't take any much interest but the guide...

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Trip to Lassen National Park, Mount Shasta and Half Moon Bay, CA

We reached Shasta around 3.30 pm. It is a very small town and I must say a weird place. The downtown market had numerous gift shops but unlike any other place, these gift shops were actual selling...

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Namdapha National Park | Arunachal Pradesh

We entered to a zone where no mobile network was available. In the jungles, we were cut off from rest of the world. Oh, it’s not only that, we were cut off from electricity too! Yet we were so engaged...

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Kolkata-Sikkim-Darjeeling trip

After all this, the last thing on our list was a visit to some tea estate in Darjeeling. To go there was one part of the pleasure and the next best part was to sip a hot n nice cup of tea there! It was...

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Mesmerising Melbourne

Though Melbourne doesn’t have any iconic claim to fame, its ‘liveability’ is one of its greatest attractions. It’s a laid-back city with an endearing mix of old and new-world charm… an easy-going, yet...

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Conquering the World on my Honda Activa-Trip to BADRINATH-AULI

I along with my friend  Kaushik started for a ride we were not sure we will be able to complete...

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Along the old silk route – East Sikkim

The entire zigzag road was blocked with snow. We were the only souls from far off plain lands stuck in the midst of old silk route, completely disconnected from the outside world and covered in a thick...

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Badrinath Temple – One of the Holiest Dham in India

Holy Badrinath Temple, one of the Char (four) Dham (pilgrimage centre) in India, is the temple of Lord Vishnu in Uttarakhand. Nestled in the lap of Himalayan mountain ranges, this colourful temple...

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Delhi to Gangotri, peace at Gaumukh

You are covered by Mountains on either side and from front Gangotri Glacier. We spent close to 1 hrs. at Gaumukh.After taking chilly holy dip at Gaumukh we decided to return. On this stretch, returning...

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Visting Mirik, West Bengal

almost fully broken road with a 20/25 degree continuous elevation, occasionally screeching of clutch and tyre enabled me to stop and offload heads. It succeeded for a while but finally around 6/7 kms...

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Ethereal North East: Trip to Guwahati, Shillong and Cherrapunji

We woke up early next morning as per our itinerary with excitement to experience some of the grandest waterfalls of the region. We started by witnessing the famous Elephant Falls in Shillong, The falls...

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Himachal – Shimla, Sarahan, Sangla Valley

Sangla is also famous for Kamru Fort. This fort is like a tower dedicated to Kamakshi Temple. The Goddess idol was brought from Guwahati (Assam). We braced ourselves and took to steep climb of stairs....

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