The Leaning Two-hours of Pisa
Italy was like the flavor of the month some days back when I wrote this incomplete article and saved it in drafts praying that...
View ArticleMoodabadri – a tryst with Jainism
The road meanders through lush fields bordered by coconut and palm trees . The bamboo stalks greet you as a collage of green and...
View ArticleTrip to Switzerland: Part 6 – Trip to Mount Pilatus
The next morning in Luzern, our destination was Mount Pilatus (wikipedia, official site). Mount Pilatus is another famous tourist site in Switzerland, located near...
View ArticleBorobudur, Indonesia
No, not Tiramisu, but definitely more delectable! Borobudur Temple in Magelang, near Yogyakartha (Indonesia) made to look like a layered cake with history seeping...
View ArticleThe lazy rainy Goan Life
Now that it was around 10 pm (already late night as we had an early flight back home), it was time for quick review of how Goa 3.0 had fared against the other 2 versions. We realised how this one trip...
View ArticleSai Baba’s Brindavan, Whitefield
Dec 6, 2008 Brindavan is Sri Sathya Baba’s ashram in Whitefield. I had heard much of this place from various sources. There is a...
View ArticleTrip to Pachmarhi (and others) – Part 1
We were scouting what to do for the short period of holiday that is available between Chirstmas and New Year, and after speaking to...
View ArticleChikmagalur – A Green Paradise
Due to increase in civilization and tourism activities, many land owners who used to focus just on agriculture is now moving towards home-stay culture which appears to be less difficult but good...
View ArticleKabini – Dine and Wine with Nature
The best season is March - May, but early June’s also perfect, as we discovered. However apart from rain one can visit there any time to enjoy nice hospitality in resort and to relax and enjoy nature...
View ArticleChikkatirupathy
I was bored of regular day life and thought of drive out on weekend which will not be very far as my kid is...
View ArticleTrip to Pachmarhi (and others) – Day 2
It was the second morning in Pachmarhi. We had thought of getting up to meet the sunrise, but soon shelved that plan (or rather,...
View ArticleShrikhand Mahadev Trek in Himachal Pradesh (25th – 30th July, 2008)
After knowing about this place from my friend Vikas, we planned a trek of Shrikhand Mahadev. Before going there I had totally different views...
View ArticleMunnar – Unspoilt hill station
Table of Contents : Part 1 : Kumarkom – Backwaters n Houseboat Part 2 : Munnar – Unspoilt Hill Station It was beginning of...
View Articlea short time in Sultanahmet
I bought warm chestnuts from a steaming cart in the empty Aya Sofya Square and walked over to the benches before the Blue Mosque,...
View ArticleWeekend Trip to Maha Lakshmi Golden Temple, Sripuram, Vellore
Maha Lakshmi Golden Temple with its beautiful landscape, scenery, atmosphere, greenish lawns and fine architecture all combined together makes it worth to pay a visit.
View Articlebeing human on the Bosphorus
A gull came up and held steady, white all over with black-tipped wings, quivering a little in the changing wind. A woman came running to the window breaking a piece of simit, and offered it up. After a...
View ArticleThe Entrancing visit to the Neemrana Fort Palace, Delhi Jaipur Highway
One could not hold back but marvel at the beauty of this 1464A.D grandeur built by man. The story goes in 1947, Raja Rajinder Singh of Neemrana moved down to Vijay Bagh as the façade of his Fort Palace...
View ArticleJor – A getaway in the laps of nature
We were getting regular updates about the weather and the happenings around the resort – The Mystic Lodge – from Mrs. Sen, the resort...
View ArticleExquisite Beauty of Switzerland – Part two
My travel to Switzerland was in the month of April 2011 and I thought writing about it now would be difficult. But the beauty of the place is etched so deeply on my heart and mind that the itinerary...
View ArticleFairy Land – Valley Of Flowers (VOF)
Valley of Flowers situated in the lap of the Himalayas about 3,200 m to 6,679 m in altitude in the Chamoli district of Uttrakhand. Pushpawati river emerge from Tipar glacier at base of Godhi Parvat (...
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