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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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The KLM flight finally took off as I tiredly lay back for my sojourn to the French land, for the nth time I mentally checked on the important documents- hotel booking, connecting flights, Eurorail passes & Euros and hoping that the recommendation... Read More
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Dekha ek Khwab to ye Silsile hue, door tak nigaho mein hein gul khile hue. Thanks to Mr. Yash Chopra, he has a great contribution in improving our worldwide knowledge about Holland, Switzerland, England, Tulips, their culture etc. Seattle Tulip fest... 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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Malaysia is a country that consists of 13 states & 3 federal territories. At one time it was the largest producer of tin, rubber& palm oil. Main population of Malaysia are Malays, there are sizeable Chinese & Indians communities as w... 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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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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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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A longing for a foreign trip was the primary motivator for planning the trip to Dubai. Though Dubai only made it very late to the list of candidates but having a close friend at Dubai and the comfort of rich hospitality sort of makes it easier. Also ... 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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Instead of writing directly about my recent trip to Yamnotri & Gangotri I realized that I should give some brief description about the holy state Dev Bhoomi – Uttrakhand so that all the readers can be benefited by enhancing their knowledge ... Read More
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Situated on the border of Ontario (Canada) and Buffalo, NY (USA), the mighty Niagara Falls is composed of the Horse shoe Falls on the Canadian side and American Falls in USA. The Horse shoe falls is 173 feet high and 2600 feet wide while the 1068 fe... 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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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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When I heard the word ‘Canada’, all that I would think about was Toronto, Vancouver, snow, polar bears, eskimos, native americans and skyscrapers. And that was pretty much it. That was over a year ago. Now here I am, relating to you about my expe... Read More
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Thought of sharing the details of my vacation in KL and Singapore. Hope you folks, who are planning to holiday in KL and Singapore, find it useful. Tripadvisor site http://www.tripadvisor.in/ is a good place to start your research but there's an over... Read More
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Lucerne (Luzern in German), is situated on the western tip of Lake Lucerne, which lies at the geographical and spiritual heart of Switzerland, where the tops of the mountains are covered with snow and their sides flanked with glaciers. Standing at th... Read More
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The last and the only smoke happened in the warm balcony where I stood overlooking those tall and shiny structures, defying what Issac said many moons ago. After I was done with morning ablutions, it was close to 10 in the morning and what a bright s... Read More
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In the continuation of my last post “Scenic Spots on the way to Divine Yatra YAMNOTRI". Next day morning we got up at 5 AM to get ready for the trekking of Yamnotri which is about 6 Km. from Jannki Chatti. It was still raining since last night s... Read More
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It all happened in a jiffy. Our daughter, Shaguna, who was doing a project along with three of her colleagues at Geneva, called my wife and asked if it would be convenient for her and me to visit Switzerland for a couple of weeks. Eager to see ... Read More
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After the fairly long journey getting to Jungfrau (3 separate trains is no joke), you reach the underground train station (in fact, a large portion of the infrastructure at Jungfrau, is underground - or more accurately, built into the side of the mou... Read More
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Now that I have been in London for quite a while, it will not be a bad idea I guess to try and share some of my explorations of this interesting city with you. One of the obvious things that any tourist does on coming to London is to reach Westmin... Read More
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Visiting San Francisco on the car may be equally scary even for expert drivers as well for novices. How Many Hills Are There In San Francisco? Well it depends upon; When is a hill a hill? During the past several years, I've made an effort to... Read More
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Chilko River rafting is considered a one of the most dangerous rafting in the world. Chilko River rafting Company has mastered this extremely dangerous rafting almost. Almost - because still many people died in the rafting accidents because river i... Read More
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El Paso offers an amazing contrast. It is in Texas USA, right on the Rio Grande and other side of this shallow river is Mexico’s thriving city of Ciudad Juarez. [caption width=640] El Paso at night[/caption] The Rio Grande (known in Mexic... Read More
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Although I had gone to Riyadh with the objective of appearing for Part 2 of the MRCPCH examinations of the Royal Society of Child Health and Paediatrics, I stayed for a full five-day week ending on the coming Friday morning, when I decided to return ... Read More
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Kathmandu to Jiri is 12 hours by bus. Namche Bazaar is 7 days walk from Jiri. Or you can cheat the mountains and catch the scariest flight on this earth and arrive in Lukla in just 35 minutes. However you may have almost mortal breathing pr... Read More
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Readers of Ghumakkar are aware that I am a Paediatrician who has settled in Al Muwayh village of Saudi Arabia since the past year and a half. Along with my work, I am also trying to complete some additional studies. Membership of the Royal College of... Read More
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Lukla Airport (Tenzing-Hillary Airport), is a small airport in the town of Lukla, in Khumbu, Solukhumbu district, Sagarmatha (Mount Everest is called Sagarmatha in Nepali) zone, Nepal. A program titled Most Extreme Airports broadcast on The Hist... Read More
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Hey, I am now at Toronto. One of the most multicultural cities in the world and is ranked as the safest large metropolitan area in North America. Today when I am writing this post I am completing my one month at Toronto. Due to God’s grace these 30... Read More
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Sea to Sky Highway Highway 99, also known as the Sea to Sky Highway, the Squamish Highway, Route 99, or Whistler Highway, is the major route running through the Vancouver area of British Columbia from the U. S. border, up Howe Sound through the ... Read More
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Not many people know that during the 2010 Winter Olympics, Whistler hosted most of the alpine, Nordic, luge, skeleton, and bobsled events, though freestyle skiing and all snowboarding events were hosted at Cypress Mountain near Vancouver. Whistle... Read More
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My mother-in-law, my husband and me went on a vacation to the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, this April. In this post, I have written a few things that might help you if you want to travel to the Galapagos. I have also shared a few photographs of our tr... 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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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
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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
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At noon. First I go to my favorite Emoliente cart for my another refueling. This time I am having Alfalfa tea, suddenly I remember about Gat. What is Gat? I ask the Indio, "Tiene gat?" (Got Gat?) Indio makes a cross on his chest and sings, ... Read More
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I again come out of the hotel and take a bus to Miraflores. This is upscale area of Lima and coastline is visible below the cliffs. I walk in its colorful bazaars. This area is like Connaught Place in Delhi. Here are just 2 Indian restaurants i... Read More
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In Lima Hotel, I wake up in the morning feeling badly beaten up. I remember that I was having very strong tequila and then it appears that I collapsed. It is seven AM and I come out on the street and cross the river and walk towards other side of the... Read More
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Back to Lima? Yes, it is back to Lima because we 3 arrived in Lima and then went to Amazonian, there we almost drowned in the Amazon river, and then a high speed boat to Brazil/Columbia/Peru border and then to Bogota there one of us returned back to... Read More
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We wake up in the morning and walk out in the freezing morning of Quito. Harsh is very desperate to check his office emails but cyber cafe may not be open yet. We have a cup of coffee and have long walk towards airport and watch the airplanes landi... Read More
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In Ecuador we walk into an Indian Restaurant on the equator. Pregnant lady brings us tea in 3 sparkling cups in an elegant way that we were not expecting. Tea is smelling cardamom. In short time the lady washed her face and applied light makeup... Read More
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When I told Balwinder Singh that I am a rookie writer, he begged me, "Please write my story. " He was weeping. I assured him, "I WILL. " 27 years ago Balwinder Singh was a youth. He was not so rich in India. He was married with 2 children and... Read More
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We wanted to make the most of our second and last day in Edinburgh. By lunch time we were done with our tour of the Edinburgh Castle and thus we decided to move on to what was next on our list. We had been told a lot about two other attractions – ... Read More
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This series is a compilation from several visits to our favourite place - Valparai,  a pretty little 'tea town' in the Anamalai range of the Western Ghats, some 100km south of Coimbatore. The Anai-malais [literally Elephant Mountains] rise af... Read More
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It was now our second and last day in Edinburgh. Our main aim for the day was to visit the Edinburgh Castle, and then from there on see what all we’d have time for. We woke up at about 7:30 am, which was, again, one of the earliest times we’ve... Read More
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At night our car sank in the permafrost by its own weight. A wolf bit my right foot and dragged me several feet on the ground. [caption width=640] A lake on Alaska Highway[/caption] So we empty our trunk again and remove the jack and other too... Read More