About : Pat

Full Name Patrick Jones

Dreamt about the life of a wanderer at an early age, ended up in software industry - thats me. However, pressures of life could never extinguish the passion for travelling. Prefer the leisurely way of doing things and so loves to drive around. Always on the lookout for unexplored territory....

Ghumakkar Since 2008-03-10 14:07:25

AIM
See the world!

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2009-04-10 / Comments (20)

Delhi to Mount Abu – A Tiring yet Refreshing Drive

The advent of spring was greeted with great excitement as it gives one of the two breaks – the other being summer – for a long-overdue trip somewhere. Planning started in right earnest for the whole of 11 days in hand which falls towards the end of March. Wanted to do a real long drive [...]

Kausani and Ranikhet – Mighty Himalayan View

Remember watching a movie in the early 80s ‘The Mighty Himalayan Man’, a fantasy flick about Yeti in the lines of King Kong. This Hong Kong movie greatly impressed my young mind and helped to create an atmosphere of awe about this magnificent, snow-clad mountain range. A summer rain is always welcome in the oppressive [...]

Monsoon Magic at Nelliyampathi

Ever heard of ‘Godliness meter’? They have placed one such thing at the border where the train from Kerala crosses into Tamilnadu. Many Keralites have left for greener pastures over the last century; if the exodus was to the Far East in the beginning, it changed course to the West – especially the US of [...]

In the Lap of Nature – Jim Corbett National Park