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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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This is a city where the past is the present, where Gods still linger and monarchs are worshipped , where myths and legends merge to create history , where romance is about wars fought and won, where art is a way of life , where stones speak and the ... 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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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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This plan all started with a birthday treat.  It was my friend's birthday, and surely we were all happy, hoping that we will surely get a treat.  Every time, it was the same old boring story going in a hotel and just a dinner.  But this time, we w... 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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After knowing about this place from my friend Vikas, we planned a trek of Shrikhand Mahadev. Before going there I had totally different views about the place. I had no information about trekking before visiting this place. We were four out of which t... Read More
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I will never forget Alberto Giovanni. It was the winter of 1988 and on our way to London to spend a couple of weeks with friends during the Christmas vacation, we planned a short visit at Florence. Florence (Firenze in Italian) is the capital... 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 had the chance to accompany my husband to Indonesia during his official visit in January 2008 and got a rare chance to see an active volcano. We boarded the flight from Delhi and changed at Singapore and reached Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia in... Read More
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Himachal is an interesting place. Isn't it? I would like to post my writings on unexplored Himachal to give a off the road view and a different Himachal to let you all see. Shrikhand Mahadev is one such place. Its hidden. Its unexplored. Not many peo... 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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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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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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Table of Contents : Part 1 : Kumarkom - Backwaters n Houseboat Part 2 : Munnar - Unspoilt Hill Station It was beginning of April and our next sport was Munnar. From Kumarkom we traveled north till Thiruvankulam and then took right on NH 49 t... Read More
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Before I start, just to clarify that this is not a travel guide but more so my personal travelogue – an account to keep ones sanity. In the last handful of years most of my travels have been work related, the usual dash here and a quickie there, a... Read More
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On the way to Geneva to visit our daughter who was doing a project there, we planned to include a three day sojourn at London. After visiting the usual tourist places - Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square, “London Eye... Read More
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I love the name of this site as it defines my aspirations. I have been thinking of writing on this site for long but somehow could not and may be the culprit is yet again the same old “starting trouble” and its first cousin “will do it tomorrow... Read More
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<meta name="googlebot" content="noindex"> SETUBANDHE TU RAMESHAM ( 7TH JYOTIRLINGA IN DWADASHA JYOTIRLINGA STROTRAM) Then next day it was time to go to our prime destination Rameswaram for which this trip was planned. We had gone to Kashi i... Read More
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DRIVING HOLIDAY TO GOA IN JULY - AUGUST 2009. 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... Read More
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Essentially, we had only a day and two nights in the beautiful hilly heartland of North Wales, Snowdonia. Wales is Castle country, North Wales only more so. We had booked our bed and breakfast at Queens Hotel in the shadow of the majestic Harlech... Read More
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Hi, what follows is a detailed account of my yatra to the Badrinath and Kedarnath Shrines with a family friend SPV and our families and parents, making it a group of 8 adults and three children- two mine and one SPVs. Hope it will go well as a trip r... Read More
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Hi! I am Shubham Sarcar, a student of class 7, DPS -R K Puram. Some people may know me from before from another travelogue that I had written when I was in class 4, about my trip to Garhmukteshwar. This time I am writing about my visit to London. Sin... Read More
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We were looking at options to celebrate our marriage anniversary and zeroed in on Wayanad. We were warned of the Kerala rains, but then we wanted the rains and it turned out to be real good. The two and a half days we spent there, the weather was pic... Read More
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DWARKA :- Saptapuri and City of Moksha. Nearby Places 5th  January 2012 :- Here we come on the second last day of the city which grants universe's most precious thing that is Moksha. This day was great as it was Vaikuntha Ekadashi on that day ( b... Read More
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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
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So folks , it was 4th day for we people in Srinagar and covered a few places in these 4 days sans the popular spots of Gulmarg and Pahalgam and still these places were not in our radar . The plan for the 4th day was to  visit S SHANKRACHARYA TEMP... Read More
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After a long drive, we finally checked-in at KMVN’s TRH, Sukhatal around 1:15 p.m. We were hungry and after freshening up, proceeded to the dining hall for lunch. The entire staff of the TRH, Sukhatal was very polite and willing to help whenever re... Read More
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It was the last week of March 2009. One day, my wife complained to me that I always go alone for travel and never took her with me. My wife “You travel to Amarnath Ji every year but never took me, this year I will go with you”. I asked “who... Read More
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This is called a story on which the sun never sets. Britain marched into the South African war in the spring of 1899, confident that it "would all be over by Christmas!" The war lasted three years and was to become the most costly war Britain had ev... 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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I take the Karwar bus from Yellapur at 9AM to Ankola. After 10 minutes bus comes on the ghat section and begins its descend to the bottom. Road is extremely busy because of iron ore being hauled from the mines of Karnataka to the ports of Konken. ... Read More
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मैं शिवखोड़ी कि यात्रा पर कई बार जा चुका हूँ. जब भी वैष्णोदेवी जाता हूँ मैं वंहा जाने कि जरुर कोश... Read More
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Two years ago, while on my way from New Delhi to San Francisco, I had just one day in Taipei so thought of making a best use of it. First thing about Taipei’s Taoyuan airport: It is huge and make in a square rim shape. One can make a several ... Read More
By :    15 days ago   Comments :  18
Why do we need vacations? There is a very simple answer to it. We need vacation to rest, rejuvenate, relax, as well as to recharge ourselves at least for the next few months. It's very important to get away and de-stress oneself in today’s world. W... Read More
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From Hubil I take a bus to Yellapur because it lies on the edge of Western Ghats. I never heard this place’s name before anyway so that makes it more tempting to make a halt here. I fall into the conversation at the Hubli Bus Stand with a gentlem... Read More
By :    17 days ago   Comments :  28
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 :    18 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 :    19 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 :    22 days ago   Comments :  13
Day 10 (1st July 2010) : Leh – Pangong Tso (170 Kms) Next morning we left early & followed Manali highway and reached “Karu”. Road from Leh to Karu was in a good condition and the journey was fast paced. We reached “Karu” in less tha... Read More
By :    25 days ago   Comments :  18
It was the third day for us in Kashmir, a lovely morning and still undecided which part of Kashmir was to be explored that day. I got a chance to talk with a senior member of another tourist party staying in the same guest house who incidentally were... Read More
By :    29 days ago   Comments :  28
We relaxed a while and left the hotel around 7.30 PM for Badrinath Darshan.On reaching we took the coupons for darshan from the market which was just near the temple on which expected time for darshan was mentioned. After crossing the mar... Read More
By :    33 days ago   Comments :  24
Our day started at 5.30 AM , It was deadly cold. We ordered our bed tea and requested for buckets of hot water. We left the hotel around 7 O’clock and reached Shankaracharya Samadhi Sthal , which is situated at a few minutes away behind the ... Read More
By :    34 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 :    38 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
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Each year during Amarnath Yatra we try to cover one new place of Kashmir excluding Srinagar. By this method we have covered Aru Valley, Betab Valley, Lidder valley, Pahalgam, Anant Nag, Avantipura, Verinag spring ( the chief source of the river Jhelu... Read More
By :    39 days ago   Comments :  12
[caption id="attachment_82720" align="alignnone" width="359"] Map of Dal Lake[/caption] Many lakes adore the world scene and this is true for India also which is home to many lakes but when one utters the word DAL LAKE from the mouth, an image com... Read More
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Day 6 (27th June 2010) – Rest at Leh A well-deserved day for rest after 03 days of hard-core bone shaking ride. The first thing that we did in the morning was we shifted from that guest house to a decent hotel not for the reason of comfort but t... Read More
By :    41 days ago   Comments :  6
From Lohaghat to Pithoragarh is about 62 kilometers. I usually walk down to Saryu River valley that is 32 kilometers but short cut is about 20 kilometers. First half of the walking is along the road and then trail separates and passes through abandon... Read More
By :    43 days ago   Comments :  13
Agli subah ki shuruaat garmagaram chai se... To kahan le chalen aaj aapko... I'll take you all on the virtual trip that had been talked about by Swami Vivekananda and Swami Ramtirtha also. I woke up quite early next day and along with my wife w... Read More