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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Madurai, Thursday, July 2 I and my in-laws both wanted to visit Rameshwaram (one of the 4 dhams mentioned in Hindu mythology) from last so many years and this summer we decided to plan and excecute it as well. You need a very good luck to ge... Read More

In May 2000, I along with my family was at Darbhanga which is a small town in northern Bihar. My grandpa and grandma lives there. We had gone there to spend our summer vacations. We had planned two weeks of stay there. At that time I was in std. 5 an... Read More

"Peace had reigned in the Ladhya valley for many months when in September 1938 a report was received in Nainital that a girl, twelve years of age, had been killed by a tiger at Kot Kindri village.." This is how Jim Corbett's tale of the Thak Man E... Read More

SOMNATH JYOTIRLING :- Adi Jyotirlinga, First Jyotirlinga in Shiva Dwadasha Jyotirlinga Strotram from JagadGuru Adi Shankaracharya ,God of MOON . JAY SOMNATH.......................... [caption id="attachment_49332" align="alignnone" width="640"]... Read More

And so the monsoon has come back. It is truly the most beautiful and sublime act of nature if we ignore its capacity for destruction. If in mood for destruction, it doesn’t leave anything or anyone. Disintegrates city life, with flooded roads, rail... Read More

I dont know whether it was the shaking (in the shekh land) desert safari the previous evening or the spring-bed but I had a little uncomfortable lower back the next day. I was not used to of either, in general. Though people in general enjoy the dese... Read More

Galibore (pronounced as 'Gaali-bo-ray"),situated near Sangam, where Arkavathi meets Cauvery,is an ideal place to spend a relaxing weekend. [caption id="attachment_9205" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="View of the river and the mountain from... Read More

It was a week long escape to Kerala- God’s own country. The green and cozy-lazy Kochin, lush beauty of Munnar, expanse of Periyar and finally a trip along the waterways. Nothing more we could ask for. Yes indeed Kerala is beautiful with loa... Read More

SOMNATH AND DEHOTSARG :- WHERE LORD KRISHNA LEFT HIS BODY & WENT TO GOLOKADHAM.................. JAY SOMNATH................ 3rd January 2012, Tuesday.  :- Hi folks and fellow ghumakkars welcome once again on my Trip to Lord Somnath . Toda... Read More

It was seven years back… we took off from New Delhi airport and I had embarked on my very first plane ride. We were going to Singapore via Kuala Lumpur. We board the plane and find our seats. Clamp on our seat belts and wait. The plane gives a s... Read More

Bugged by the exasperating workload, we headed off to Shimla this weekend, to find solace, but only to bump into the whole of Delhi crowd blaring horns in its characteristic fashion. So we bid farewell to the chaotic place, flipping through a local g... Read More

It was 2007 February when hot news in favor of travel was snow fall in Shimla. Long awaited were we to have a good trip and see snow. With less time in hand Shimla was the only one of the approchable spot if it snows. The news overwhelmed us, I knew ... Read More

Year 2004, It all started with one of those coffee chats somewhere right next to the Okhla vegetable market. Me and my two other colleagues Noel and Srinivas were working with you guessed it right, a *software development company* called Induslogic a... Read More

In continuation to my previous write –up, City of Gardens & Canals – SUZHOU (China). Morning we checked out from the hotel Sofital – Suzhou (China), had our breakfast & left for Shanghai. My flight was to be departed same day -late n... Read More

I was enough fortunate to visit China just one month before Olympics 2008. One can see the level of preparation & enthusiasm of Chinese to make the Olympics successful. Even the Inauguration ceremony date was interesting, it was 08.08.08. It... Read More

Finally it was destination Singapore. We reached Singapore by Malaysia Singapore rail route…a six hour journey from Kuala Lumpur. . I was in awe as I moved into city. It’s a city that has been meticulously planned and every care is being taken to... Read More