Naukuchiatal – a comfortable weekend getaway with family
While waiting for lunch, I walked around observing the tourists and what they were doing. While watching them, I was reminded of an old saying; When someone used to get sick or feeling “not well’, they...
View ArticleThiksey and Hemis Monastery and The School of 3 idiots!
The great Indian Films! They make places a popular tourist spot out of nowhere!! Amir Khan Starrer “3 idiots” is one of such Indian Boolywood movie. Some parts of the film were shot at Pangaong Lake,...
View ArticlePangong Lake – Travelers’ Delight!
The last leg of our journey to the mystical and majestic Ladakh was ‘Pangong Tso’! In local language Lake is called Tso. Pangong Lake falls in the disputed territory with China. So the whole lake does...
View ArticleVivekananda Rock Memorial, Kanyakumari
A memorial to Swamy Vivekananda stands on a rock surrounded by sea at Kanyakumari where he was presumably meditated on 25, 26 and 27th December 1892 before leaving for Chicago religious conference. It...
View ArticleFort Kochi – Explore Amidst the Colonial Charm
No cannon or other displays that go along with a Fort do exist at Fort Kochi. Though there are narrow alleys but none led to any gallery or a palace of any king or queen that a fort guards. In fact...
View ArticleTop Places to see in and around Fort Kochi
Almost every tourist attractions in Fort Kochi have a history of their own so is the Chinese fishing net. Kochi, the ‘Queen of Arabian Sea’, was once a major centre of trade with the Arabs, Chinese,...
View ArticleA short Day trip from Vadodara to Hathnimata Temple & Waterfall
From there, the air is very very clean and it's all Green around !!,You'll find yourself in typical village area, which lush green paddy fields , huts, etc. but the road is very Narrow at this point,...
View ArticleLeh – Pangong – Srinagar
The unbelievable part of this road trip was to be driving at 120kmph at 16000 feet above sea level at More plains. You just could see the road laid in front till the eyes could see. After this there's...
View ArticleThe 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,...
View ArticleTrip 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’.
View ArticleAn 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,...
View ArticleGiraffe 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...
View ArticleSeeking 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...
View ArticleTrek 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...
View ArticleWeekend 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...
View ArticleTrip 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...
View ArticleKolkata-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...
View ArticleHimachal – Kalpa, Shimla
I have lived in Shimla long back in early 90s when my father was posted here. I used to come in summers for 2 months for 3 years, so I was keen on visiting places where I had lived and visited during...
View ArticleMesmerising 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...
View ArticleConquering 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 or not on time....
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