Dhaari Devi –धारी देवी (उत्तराखण्ड)
So one night the head priest was awakened by someone and he saw Mother kali standing near his bed, eyes red with anger. She asked the priest to stop sacrificing the animals in her name, otherwise she...
View ArticleIceland – the forgotten heaven !!
When Indian travelers go to Europe, the prime target is always Eiffel Tower of Paris, alpine meadows of Swiss or Rome or Venice or London or Keukenhof at the farthest. Iceland is not even known to...
View ArticleHello Wembley, Hi Freddie – Day 7
The moment we reached the station I zipped out, making a run for the stadium, dodging people left & right, while mom followed closely panting behind. The stadium could clearly be seen from the...
View ArticleAuli – Land of peaks, forest and flowers
It was a clear day with sun rays warming our bodies that have gone numb due to the chill in the air. High snow clad peaks bordered with Golden oak and deodar kissing the deep blue sky above, welcomed...
View ArticleIceland – the land of waterfalls (Part 3)
The most unique is their gait. These horse, unlike all other horses in the world, gallop without moving their backbone. It is just like toy horse. Only the legs of the horse move and upper portion...
View ArticleIceland – Glaciers , Green and Blue
Remember the scene of James Bond's film Die another day, where Pierce Brosnan had a car chase in a lagoon with an ice palace in background ? Voila there we are going now to the Ice-lagoon, One of the...
View ArticleThames River Cruise & Much More – Day-8
It was a two-tiered open-top boat. We, of course, went to that top deck and took the seats in the front row. The weather was quite pleasant, sunny with just the right amount of wind, so that you...
View ArticleIceland – Reykjavik, the capital !(Last part)
Reykjavik is a small city having a total population around 120,000. There are very few foreigners here and Indians are hard to find. There are a few Indian families and 10 students in Iceland...
View ArticleA Quiet Day in Romford – Day 9
Today was our 9th day in London, and my mother had planned for us another ‘fun’ day at the mall. The logic was simple – it was raining, we had to be indoors, so we might as well be indoors outside. We...
View ArticleRoad trip – Delhi to Mussoorie
GPS showed an internal road near Modinagar – about 40-50 km till Khatauli. We followed that – it was single lane with farm on one side and some small river kind of on other side. I was kind of worried,...
View ArticleLet’s Walk everywhere – Day 10 & 11
Today was our tenth day here in London, and our plan for today was, er… nothing. We were basically going to sleep and rest for the first half of the day, then we would go to The Garden Café for a quick...
View ArticleNew York: The Big Apple
The only sound in this serene neighbourhood was the constant whirring of the security choppers patrolling the Hudson. Though there wasn’t much to see in New Jersey, I found its peaceful charm quite...
View Articleसतपुडा नैरो गेज- दिल्ली से नैनपुर वाया छिंदवाडा
अब शुरू होती है नैरो गेज की सवारी। इस सिलसिले में अगर कोई और होता तो वो सीधा जबलपुर जाता। लेकिन इधर ठहरे टेढी खोपडी वाले, छिंदवाडा जा पहुंचे। छिंदवाडा से नैनपुर तक कई गाडियां चलती हैं, सारी की सारी...
View Articleतख़्त सचखंड श्री हजुर साहिब गुरुद्वारा नांदेड़/Sachkhand Gurudwara Nanded
सभी घुमक्कड़ साथियों को मेरा सप्रेम नमस्कार. एक बार फिर उपस्थित हूँ मैं आपलोगों के सामने अपनी नूतन धर्म यात्रा के अनोखे अनुभवों के साथ. अपनी ज्योतिर्लिंग यात्राओं के क्रम में पिछले वर्ष सम्पन्न की गई...
View Articleसतपुडा नैरो गेज- बालाघाट से जबलपुर
अभी तक आपने पढा होगा कि मैं सतपुडा इलाके में फैले नैरो गेज के जाल को देखने सबसे पहले छिंदवाडा पहुंचा। छिंदवाडा से नैरो गेज की गाडी में बैठकर शाम तक नैनपुर चला गया। अभी मेरे पास एक दिन और था। सोचा कि...
View ArticleAundha Nagnath / औंढा नागनाथ: भोले बाबा का एक और आशियाना
नांदेड में हजुर साहिब सचखंड गुरूद्वारे के पावन दर्शन के पश्चात अब हमारी यात्रा का अगला गंतव्य था श्री औंढा नागनाथ ज्योतिर्लिंग दर्शन. नांदेड में रणजीतसिंह यात्री निवास से लगभग 10 बजे चेक आउट करने के...
View ArticlePortsmouth Ahoy! – Day 13 & 14
Our 14th day in London was much more fun – for me. Our plan was to go to this town called Portsmouth. It is a waterfront city, with a lot of fun stuff to do, like arcades, amusement parks, and the most...
View ArticleKolkata to Delhi drive : Part 1
Journey from Kolkata to Delhi through the awesome Durgapur Expressway, was something I had dreamt of since the time I went to Kolkata back in August 2007. I had my plans sorted out that I will be...
View ArticleNiagara Falls & Grand Canyon – Grandeur of nature
“I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.” This quote by the great African-American botanist and humanitarian,...
View ArticleChambal Ki Ghati — Kota Gorge through the Hadoti Belt
So far i had traversed to places having familiarity with the social mass but this time i thought of cherishing and exploring the obscurity of the Chambal Gorge, created by the mighty and the pristine...
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