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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nestled in the western ghats of the south indian state, Karnataka, is  Kodachadri , a mountain peak (altitude - 1343 m above sea level). The first thought that crosses anyone's mind on mention of Kodachadri is trekking as it is known to be a trekk... Read More

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

I came back just couple of days before and I am still dreaming how those four beautiful days passed in Himachal Pradesh.It had been few months that I had done a road trip. So It was time to hit the road again. But I was really being superstitious whe... Read More

Last weekend, I drove to Corbett and I discovered few new things and thought that a quick road review would benefit fellow ghumakkars. Delhi - Ramnagar (Corbett is just a little beyond Ramnagar) can be divided into following stretches. 1. Del... Read More

We had a three day long weekend coming up in September,2009 and wanted to drive down to someplace close to Delhi in a radius of 200 kms. After a lot of searching on the internet and asking around, we zeroed in on the Bharatpur Bird sanctuary. The nex... Read More

While every year, a large no of visitors throng Corbett Tiger Reserve, not more then a handful visit the man's home in whom honor the park has been named. Infact not everyone knows that there is indeed a place called Jim's house, which is now convert... Read More

Its really a hectic week when a project like MNP (Mobile Number Portability) is going live and being a software engineer, you have to face all the brunt. It was 26th January and planned a short trip with some of my friends to get refreshed after the ... Read More

I first heard about Binsar, after my dreadful grilling by Club Mahindra marketing team, when I went to their sales office, to collect a free voucher that seemingly I had won in a lottery. It required all my Taurean stubbornness to subvert their inten... Read More

Uttranchal is blessed with pilgrimage destinations which are quite remote and out of bounds during off season for the hurly burly crowd. I feel for such places which don't have a crowd of their own, so I go there to fill the gap. For remote trekking... 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

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

It was early April of 2009 when my elder Sister (Didi) called up from Thane, Mumbai and announced that after Rai’s (my elder niece) final examination they will spend the summer vacation with us here at Ghaziabad and also asked me to plan for a trip... Read More

Breathtaking vistas of deep valleys and mountains high enough that they pain the neck when looking up, rivers that run wild and unstoppable in its valleys supported from the melting snow, lakes clear and deep which remain so calm that only the refle... Read More

In its 36/2 odd months of existence, Ghumakkar has about 12 stories on and around 'Corbett Tiger Reserve' (CTR). I was fairly certain that I am not going to add one more to this list, more so when I have already written about it once and even more wh... Read More

On April 29, my wife, who was at her mom’s home, called me up in the evening and expressed her wish to see Lansdowne. As Lansdowne is not so far, so it was easy to plan this trip, also I disparately wanted to be there. But while hiding my eagernes... Read More

Continues from Part 1 18 May, 2009: We started at 5 am in the morning and headed towards Champawat. More greenery was seen around the road. Spread across several square kms, Champawat is a valley with picturesque scenic beauty. Beyond the densely ... Read More

(recap) The sun rose from our right. Suddenly, we heard a langur call incessantly followed by a cheetal. Corbett didn’t say a word he just gave me directions and I followed them. We went past the Dhikala FRH towards east took the Ramsingh road and... Read More