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As far as the name is concerned you can find a sense of joy & warmth by pronouncing San Antonio !!!!!!!!! The place to party and completely changing yourself to a party animal….. San Antonio is not a place for peace lovers or for a person w... Read More
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My wife seems to have been smitten by some religious bug. Though I am myself a reasonably religious person (except for after 7 on some days, when the “spirits” of United Breweries, Seagram and Johnnie Walkers of the world, keep on hovering around... Read More
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Delhi, the seat of power of consecutive dynasties, has inherited a majestic legacy of some of the most astounding architectural edifices in the form of temples, mosques, gurdwaras, churches, monuments, etc. As the capital of India this multi cultural... Read More
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It is also known as The City of TEA. It is located in northern West Bengal. It lies between 26° 31' and 27° 13' north latitude and between 87° 59' and 88° 53' east longitude. Darjeeling is hemmed in by Sikkim in the north, Nepal in the west and ... Read More
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My intention behind writing road-reviews have been to provide necessary information to fellow travelers (read drivers) who wish to undertake that journey. With that thought, probably New Delhi to Patna by road, doesn't make the cut, since not many wo... Read More
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Palakkad is an important Rubber growing district of Kerala. Karimba a village in Palakkad is famous for Rubber Nursery Last year, when I was at Karimba village of Palakkad, I visited a Co-operative Rubber processing and marketing society there. I am... Read More
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Succumbing to intense pressure from friends to join us on our trips, I have decided to let go of the Wheel and be among friends on our next visit. The wild always has a special place in my heart; the smell and colours of the forest, music of a riv... Read More
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For almost two months we were contemplating on visiting Maha Lakshmi Golden Temple at Sripuram near Vellore and finally the plans seemed to materialize during last week of May 2009. My brother-in-law Siva wanted to take his new Swift Dezire to Golden... Read More
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It all started with an idea to visit some off-beat destination around Delhi. Google search leads to an image of Bhangarh ruins that claims to be India’s most haunted place. Great! I googled more and it appears to have a potential of a good day trip... Read More
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I learnt about Amir Khusrau when I was very young. During my childhood, we used to live in Old Delhi and our house was almost sandwiched between an ancient mosque and a “mazaar” (Mausoleum). At the Mazaar, every Thursday, a few of the good mus... Read More
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My visits to places are normally more comfortable journeys, maybe I am getting old and don't feel like roughing it out any more :-). So, I planned a 3 day trip to Dharamshala, and the first thing I looked for was how to get there. Not a bus, not a tr... Read More
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On one cool morning last year, we some of the members of Marthoma Church, Karimba, gathered at the Parsonage. After coffee at 6 am we started for Palayur (an important pilgrimage center of Syrian Christians) in a hired Bus. Shortly before 8 am we rea... Read More
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Vivek talked about Rameshwaram and Dhanushkodi in his last post and I found that he missed visiting inside Dhanushkodi village. So, my story will start from Dhanushkodi and to your surprise, it will end at Dhanushkodi. We reached Rameshwaram from Ma... Read More
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I came to know about the Baha’i faith just by chance. In the early seventies, immediately after my initial training at Grindlays Bank (Now Standard Chartered), I was asked to man the foreign exchange desk. Those days the foreign exchange busine... Read More
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Akbar is often remembered as a liberal ruler who expanded Mughal Empire to the vast region but his lust for women is lesser known. The royal complex of Fatehpur Sikri was witness to his typical Mughal attitude towards women. The number of women in hi... Read More
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Read the article from point of view of a person, who loves to travel, is deeply in love with nature and enjoys serenity and solitude. I was soon going to fall in love with the world I was entering! This was a package tour offered by MP tourism ... Read More
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SOMNATH - DWARKA JOURNEY    Here in this post , I will show you some places which definately not many people must have seen for sure. Jay Somnath.......................... 4th January 2011 :- It was a very sad time for me as I was ... Read More
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I remember having visited the Delhi Zoo from a picture of my childhood where I and my younger sister are sitting on my father's lap. That's all I remember. And before going any further on the visit - I was in two minds on whether to publish this as a... Read More
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I had never heard about Dewari Gowada, until Venkat Sunderam, the Chairman of the Lodge Elysium Masonic Charitable Trust, of which I am a member, discussed a proposal to electrify this village. Devari Gowada is located in a remote area of the Aravali... Read More
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I heard a lot about Kingdom of Dreams Gurgaon. In spite of staying very close to it, I was not able to take out the time to visit the same. On my elder daughter’s Birthday I was on leave. After the Pooja & lunch we decided to visit some wonderf... Read More
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Thailand is the land of sun, sand ‘n sea! No wonder we were all so happy when the conference-cum-leisure getaway to Phuket and Bangkok was announced by the office! The trip was organized as part of the annual conference for our division, and we wer... Read More
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An impromptu decision on the eve of a weekend brought us to this place. At the first mention , one would definitely think that this would be in the similar lines of Ramoji Rao film city (Hyderabad) or the likes of it. Well, Innovative Film city (let ... Read More
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Bhayya Muddumalai and Bandipur National Park kya ho kar aaye, mere beti ghar mein sabka naam animals per rakh diya hein. Myself "Dinasour", my daughter Navya "Chhoti Dianasour", Bete Ujjwal ka "Chhota Deer", meri niece Aditi ka "Elephent", Meri wife ... Read More
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The Taj Mahal in Agra, a World Heritage site, was built by Shah Jahan (1628–58) as memorial to his wife Mumtaj Mahal. Perhaps not many of us are aware that almost a century prior to the construction of this magnificent opus, the widow of Emperor Hu... Read More
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My summer trip to Nainital and then to Corbett started from Lucknow, the place where I live. I initially thought of writing all of this in one long story but someone suggested that it might be better to separate stories, it might be easier to read. ... Read More
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This hill was always a mystery for me. It always invited me. This big hill protrudes out of the earth and is visible from many places in Bangalore. I always admired this twin hill and one day I decided to go there. And one glance at it makes you ... Read More
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Day 2: I started my second day by waking up at 5:30 AM. I went out for a walk while my wife and daughters were sleeping. After 40-45 minutes of walk on launder market road I returned to the room and before moving to room ordered two cup of tea. Ti... Read More
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I passed through Erode several times in my life. Usually I took the morning train from Bangalore to Coimbatore on my way to Nilgiri Mountains. Just before the Erode, train passes several groves of coconut trees and then after Kavery River Bridge, Ero... Read More
By :    9 days ago   Comments :  18
It was a nice day for all of us since morning. We were tired after a long road journey but were equally interested to explore the places in whatever time we have in our hand. We were also aware of the fact that we have just two days in our hand. Howe... Read More
By :    17 days ago   Comments :  20
Some wonderful things are happening in the Sunder Nursery. As the restoration work at Humayun Tomb complex winds down, the attention is focussing on the lesser known Sunder Nursery that lies on the left of the Humayun Tomb parking. Sunder Nursery spr... Read More
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मित्रों,  अभी तक आप पढ़ चुके हैं कि कैसे मध्य प्रदेश में स्थित अपने बैंक की दो शाखाओं का ’निरीक्षण... Read More
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अभी तक आप पढ़ चुके हैं कि बैंक के कार्य से इन्दौर जाने का कार्यक्रम बना तो उस दौरान खाली समय में घु... Read More
By :    23 days ago   Comments :  13
Hello Dear Travelers (Ghumakkar), Since long time I was waiting to go abroad or was looking for an opportunity when I can actually use my passport rather than just using it as a Identity proof in India. Finally in the month of October 2012 we got ... Read More
By :    23 days ago   Comments :  27
इस बार फरवरी का महीना मेरे लिये एक सुखद समाचार लेकर आया।  बैंक में सुझाव मिला कि मुझे अपनी इंदौर ... Read More
By :    24 days ago   Comments :  12
I thank the man for saving my life. He notices that my backpack is front has a nail slash on the outer lining. I find teeth holes on the top where he tried to maul me at the neck. This man is a Gujjar and going to his camp where they have cattle.... Read More
By :    24 days ago   Comments :  25
To start with I must say thanks to everyone for reading and Liking Chennai Diaries. We had seen many temples, beaches, markets etc of Chennai, So, this post will take you to the wildlife of Chennai. In this post we will see Arignar Anna Zoological Pa... Read More
By :    25 days ago   Comments :  21
Rajasthan being one the nearest destinations to Delhi, this time around we planned a trip to the Sariska Tiger Reserve located at about 185 kms. We started off early from Gurgaon taking the NH8. It took about 3 hours by our car to reach the resort we... Read More
By :    26 days ago   Comments :  16
I wake up in the morning and drink a cup of tea at tea shop that is already open. No other customer is here so no parothas are being made so I ask for omelet with buns. I am told that Gujjars are camping in the closing of the Nandour valley and they ... Read More
By :    29 days ago   Comments :  13
Sounds of roosters wake me up in the morning. I already walked 6 kilometers so only 16 more to go, and this is a quite manageable distance; twelve kilometers to get to the top and then four to walk down from the pass. Lala is also awake and doing... Read More
By :    31 days ago   Comments :  26
प्रिय मित्रों और पाठकगणों - जय भोलेनाथ की.... ! कुमाऊँ श्रृंखला के पिछले लेख (सुहाना सफ़र कुमाऊँ क... Read More
By :    32 days ago   Comments :  7
At the morning rain stopped but there was snow over the mountains. We are asked to come in the kitchen for breakfast because it was warm there. While we are eating, Sewadar Balwant Singh asks me about our plan for today, I tell him that we will be le... Read More
By :    33 days ago   Comments :  15
This post is on our short trip to Kurukshetra and Karnal in Haryana state. Its been long time since i had travelled because of certain family constraints, my last travel was to Siliserh Lake during June 2012. So I needed a break very desperately and ... Read More
By :    35 days ago   Comments :  8
It is the time to say goodbye to beautiful Dharchula. After a breakfast of parothas, I catch a returning newspaper jeep and arrive back in Lohaghat. Jeep stops at Pithoragarh for tea and I have great temptation to get down and spend another day here.... Read More
By :    36 days ago   Comments :  20
सुबह ही सुबह उठकर मैं घूमने के लिए चला गया, जो की एक आदत हैं. एक आदत और हैं, जहां भी जाता हूँ वंहा के ... Read More
By :    37 days ago   Comments :  25
Delhi has been jinxed with a prophecy - Whoever builds a city, will lose it. However, the damning prophecy has not deterred successive rulers from building their own shiny new cities; only to lose them along with their heads with uncanny regularity. ... Read More
By :    38 days ago   Comments :  9
I wake up in Baitadi (Nepal) at 5 AM along with the others. I have a cup of tea at a restaurant and then plan my further journey. A beaten up road in Nepal also goes to Dharchula from Baitadi but it takes at least 2 days of grueling ride on several j... Read More
By :    39 days ago   Comments :  13
After our lovely outing in Dal Lake we all were refreshed totally and hunger had started spreading its wings now. There were numerous Dhabas, fast food stalls and restaurants on the opposite side of the Boulevard road. All of us decided to have some... Read More
By :    40 days ago   Comments :  27
हाथी से उतर कर हम अपने कमरे मे नहीं गए, हम इतने ज्यादा उत्साहित थे कि वहा खड़े लोगो के पास ही रुक ग... Read More
By :    42 days ago   Comments :  7
I wake up in Jhulaghat and come out in the small market. all jeeps are gone and all Nepalis are also gone to continue further their long journeys to various parts of India where-ever they work. I have parothas in breakfast and then walk to the Jh... Read More
By :    43 days ago   Comments :  4
Today morning I want to break the spell of many years. I am all set to visit Jhulaghat and then walk to Baitadi in Nepal that stands at the same height of Pithoragarh (7000 feet). Both cities look at each other across Sharda River that flows 3000 fee... Read More