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Andaman – An unforgettable vacation
It is my advice, don’t book any package from any travel agent they never give you such accommodation, & still charge heftily. Transport here is not a problem, Auto at quite affordable &...
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ECUADOR in South America – Volcanos and Bull Fights
Santiago de Guayaquil, largest and most populous city of Ecuador is on the banks of the river called “Guayas”. It’s about 155 Miles away from Quito. The best part I liked about Guayaquil airport is...
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Disneyland # 3 – Hongkong Disneyland
After swimming, evening walk, pictures, ladies dressed in nice costumes, we took a shuttle from our hotel to Disney hotel for the dinner. Disney hotel is built on Disney theme and it is beautiful, from...
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Road journeys – Daman to Mumbai-Shirdi-Nasik
After relishing the home made graceful dinner, after so long, we started our onward journey to Shirdi at 9 pm, a 250 km drive was supposed to take 5-6 hrs. Kavita on the front seat, immaculately...
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Kareri Lake ~ a poetic trail
Gaddis are basically a nomadic tribe who mainly lead a pastoral life depending on their cattle for their livelihood and wander in the high altitude alpine meadows for green and protein rich grass for...
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Self-drive in Central Europe/ Alps – I (Intro)
In the course of our travel, we stayed in a variety of accommodations, including pensions, home-stays , tent (tipi, as it is called locally, located in the midst of Slovak wilderness where Sharmi heard...
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The Southern Sojourn – Rameswaram
It takes around an hour to take bath in all the 22 wells. The modus operandi is simple. There is a person standing by the side of the well ready to pour water on you with a small bucket. Some of the...
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Self-drive in Central Europe/ Alps – II (Itinerary & Car rental)
The rule says that Schengen Visa should be sought from the country which you visit for the main business. Rule of thumb is, the country where you plan to stay for maximum period of time should be the...
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Bone Church of Kutna Hora
The guide there gave us a leaflet and the (short) story behind the church goes like this “The tradition in this town was that whenever any influential person of the city died his bones were used to be...
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Self-drive in Central Europe/ Alps – III ( Driving on the wrong side)
The fuel cost is about INR 100/- per litre which varies slightly depending on the country, location (ones nearer the airport are costlier than others), etc. Most of the petrol stations are self service...
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Pahalgam, the real beauty of Kashmir
Next morning, had early break fast and went out to look for ponies as we shall explore Pahelgam on horseback. After some bargaining with the local pony owners we decided to visit Baisaran, Dabian,...
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Driving from Lucknow to Nainital and Corbett – Road Review
The road upto Bareilly was generally good and but bad in a few patches. However, Bareilly to Lalkuan was a different story altogether. I believe there is a bypass outside of Bareilly but I couldn’t...
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Santiniketan-Roadway and Lodging Review
The place was named Amrakunj as Tagore had planted by himself 108 mango trees in this garden. As I saw little children studying beneath the trees I kept comparing it with the classes held in our city...
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मुन्नार की खूबसूरत वादियाँ
काफी दिनों से मै अपनी यात्राओं की पोटली खोलना चाह रहा था और आज जाकर समय मिला | अपने दिल्ली में पढ़ाई के दौरान...
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A Himalayan Pilgrimage – 1
When we entered the valley of Badrinath it was a sight to cherish and worth all the efforts. The sun was in full view, though clouds were meandering around. The snow-clad peaks were shining in full...
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A Goan Monsoon
We were driving down to Goa one more time, our fifth holiday in Goa since December 2001. I had booked in Club Mahindra's Varca Beach resort almost two months ahead. We got the booking easily because it...
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Ladakh Calling… (Part 6) Leh – Sarchu (260 Kms)
From “Zing Zing Bar” it was more a downhill journey & our bulls were easily cruising through. By the time we reached “Darcha” it was 12:00 Hrs. We had a cup of tea with hot maggi & pushed of...
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Bringing Back Some Hues from the Beautiful Valley Of Kashmir
This time around we decided to travel to Kashmir, the most “in news” state of our country, for all the very wrong reasons though! The Gurupurb holiday clubbed with a weekend gave us the three days to...
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Week long Kumaon Trip – March 2014
Fortunately clear skies gave us a chance to say proper goodbye to mighty tops. Chukhamba, Trishul, Nandadevi and Panch-chuli were among many shikhars visible today morning. It is said, only from...
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Kashmir in winter – Covering Pahalgam, Srinagar, Sonmarg and Gulmarg in 5 days
We playfully had snow fights in the Gurudwara after that Amby pushed us guys to the Golf Course and we got warm with hot tea in Golf Course. After lunch, we checked out from the hotel and left...
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