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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 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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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Zurich (“Zu-reich” in German means too rich), the business and cultural capital of Switzerland, lies at the north end of Zurich Lake, in the valley formed by the ridges of Uetliberg on the west and Zurichberg on the east. Extending along both sid... Read More
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The trip to Mukteshwar was born out of our strong desire to go somewhere. Anywhere. We started with a plan for Dharamshala, moved to Rafting in Rishikesh, and, at last, zeroed in on Mukteshwar. Main reasons for choosing Mukteshwar were: 1) Relativ... 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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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, sn... Read More
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Since my granddaughter had winter vacations, and my son had also got the week off, we decided to drive up to Mussoorie for the New Year and to spend the last week of the last month of the last year, and the first day of the first month of the new yea... 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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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 :    One week ago   Comments :  17
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 :    11 days ago   Comments :  3
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
By :    13 days ago   Comments :  13
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
By :    15 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
By :    17 days ago   Comments :  10
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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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 :    21 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 :    22 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 :    22 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 :    24 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 :    25 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 :    27 days ago   Comments :  7
My family friends were talking of traveling to some good places in March (last month.) They decided to go to Mukteshwar after considering several other places. They were doubtful whether I will be able to go with them. I emphatically told I will go w... Read More
By :    27 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 :    28 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 :    30 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 :    32 days ago   Comments :  29
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 :  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 :    34 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 :    35 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 :    36 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 :    37 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