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Family Trip to Mussoorie and Rishikesh: Ambala to Mussoorie

By Naresh Sehgal

Cycle Rickshaws are available from this point for Municipality Garden, Library Chowk, Kempty bus stand etc. These Rickshaws are not allowed in market area beyond this point .Horse riding is also available from this point and it was allowed in market area also. We took some snacks there and after spending some good time there we start returning to our hotel through same market again.

A trip to Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

By Naughty Pandit

From Sankat Mochan Temple, Tara Devi is 20-25 mins drive depending on the skill of driver. This includes a steep uphill drive of 3 kms. This is a very quiet temple, you won’t find much crowded here except in Navratra or on special occasions. Height of Tara Devi temple is same as of Jakhu Temple; moreover you can see Jakhu Temple from Tara Devi. Temple has close to 100-150 stairs which are hard to climb for the person having breathing or knee problems. Apart from spiritual interest this place has great scenic beauty. We clicked lots of photographs here. After offering our prayers, we asked our driver to take us to some local restaurant for lunch. He took us to a road side dhaba at Shogi where we had Rajma Chawal , which were very tasty.

Finding Delhi – Sunder Nursery

By Nirdesh Singh

Sunder Bagh, then known as Azim Bagh housed rare plant species from different British colonies across the world. It was also used to experiment with trees that were proposed to be planted in the new city. About 1500 shady trees we see today along the wide roads of Lutyens’s Delhi came from this nursery. Those days, Azim Bagh stood on the historic Grand Trunk Road between Humayun Tomb and Purana Qila.

आज की शाम – मुकेश भालसे के नाम !

By Sushant Singhal

सुबह शंख ध्वनि, घंटे – घड़ियाल की मंगल ध्वनि से आंख खुली तो देखा कि 7 बज रहे हैं। कविता घर में बने हुए अपने मंदिर से बाहर आ चुकी थीं और बच्चों को हिला-हिला कर जगा रही थीं कि घूमने चलना है अतः अलस त्यागो और फटाफट तैयार हो जाओ ! बच्चे पहले तो उठने के मूड में नहीं थे क्योंकि रविवार का छुट्टी का दिन था पर जब ध्यान दिलाया गया कि पिकनिक पर जाना है तो फटाफट बिस्तर में से निकल आये। शिवम्‌ को यह भी लालच दिया गया कि नीचे चल कर कार की सफाई में भी उसकी सहायता ली जायेगी। लड़कों को पता नहीं क्यों ऐसे अजीबो-गरीब कामों में बहुत मज़ा आता है। मेरे बेटे भी जब छोटे थे तो खेल – खिलौनों के बजाय प्लास, पेचकस, संडासी जैसे सामान में अधिक रुचि लेते थे।

मुकेश ने गैराज़ में से अपनी शेवरले स्पार्क निकाली और फिर शिवम्‌ के साथ एक बाल्टी पानी, कुछ अखबार और डस्टर आदि लेकर नीचे पहुंचे। मैं भी अपना कैमरा उठाने लगा तो बोले, अभी इसका क्या काम ! जाने में तो अभी दो घंटे हैं। मैने कहा कि पिकनिक तो उसी समय से शुरु हो जाती है जब हम यह निश्चय कर लेते हैं कि पिकनिक पर जाना है। उसके बाद में की जाने वाली सभी तैयारियां भी पिकनिक का अभिन्न हिस्सा हैं। कार की धुलाई – पुछाई – सुखाई सब इस अविस्मरणीय पिकनिक का अविभाज्य भाग है। इसलिये इन सब की फोटो भी जरूरी है! सब कुछ पिकनिक की भावना से करो तो हर काम में मज़ा आने लगता है। आधा घंटे तक MP 11 CC 0470 कार की मस्का पालिश की गई। फिर ऊपर आकर नहाये – धोये ! कविता तब तक धांसू वाली स्टफ्ड पूरियां और सब्ज़ी बना चुकी थीं जिनका हमने जी भर के भोग लगाया। बच्चों ने कार में सारा सामान बूट में रखा। भोले बाबा को बारंबार प्रणाम करके हम सब फ्लैट से नीचे उतर आये और मुकेश ने कार की चाबी मेरे हाथों में सौंप दी।

Nainital – The Jewel of Kumaon – Reaching there – I

By Amitava Chatterjee

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. When we work for a living, we must get away from the work once in a while. Recently, we went to Nainital and we were mesmerized to see the place & surroundings. You can also plan a trip there.

इन्दौर – पैदल स्थानीय भ्रमण!

By Sushant Singhal

संभवतः तीसरी मंजिल पर जाकर एक ओर खेल कूद की दुकानें और दूसरी ओर खाने पीने के रेस्तरां दिखाई दिये। जेब में हाथ मार कर देखा तो पता चला कि मेरे सारे पैसे तो होटल में ही छूट गये हैं। अब दोबारा किसी भी हालत में होटल जाने और वापिस आने का मूड नहीं था। पैंट की, शर्ट की जेब बार – बार देखी पर एटीएम कार्ड के अतिरिक्त कुछ नहीं मिला। कैमरे के बैग की एक जेब में हाथ घुसाया तो मुड़ा तुड़ा सा १०० रुपये का एक नोट हाथ में आ गया। उस समय मुझे ये १०० रुपये इतने कीमती दिखाई दिये कि बस, क्या बताऊं ! छोले भटूरे का जुगाड़ तो हो ही सकता था। वही खा कर मॉल से बाहर निकल आया। सोचा इस बार सड़क के दूसरे वाले फुटपाथ से वापस होटल तक जाया जाये। सड़क का डिवाइडर पार कर उधर पहुंचा तो एक छोटा सा अष्टकोणीय (या शायद षट्‌कोणीय रहा होगा) भवन दिखाई दिया जिसकी छत पर एक स्तंभ भी था। सभी दीवारों पर जैन धर्म से संबंधित आकृतियां उकेरी गई थीं। यह जैनियों की किसी संस्था का कार्यालय था, जिसमें छोटे-छोटे दो कमरे बैंकों ने एटीएम के लिये किराये पर भी लिये हुए थे। एटीएम देख कर मेरी जान में जान आई और मैने तुरन्त कुछ पैसे निकाल लिये क्योंकि मेरी जेब में अब सिर्फ १० रुपये का ही एक नोट बाकी था।

इन्दौर पहुंच गये हम!

By Sushant Singhal

खाना खाने के बाद मैने तो लंबी तान ली और ये तीनों महिलाएं न जाने क्या – क्या गपशप करती रहीं। राजा की मंडी (आगरा) स्टेशन आया तो अपने घुमक्कड़ भाई रितेश गुप्ता की याद आई। उनसे सच्ची-मुच्ची वाली मुलाकात तो आज तक नहीं हो पाई पर फेसबुक पर गप-शप अक्सर ही होती रहती है। मैने उनको इस ट्रेन से जाने के बारे में सूचना नहीं दी हुई थी पर फिर भी न जाने किस आशा में, प्लेटफार्म पर उतरा, कुछ पल चहल-कदमी की और फिर वापिस ट्रेन में आ बैठा। बाहर अंधेरा होने लगा था और खिड़की से कुछ दिखाई नहीं दे रहा था, अतः सामने वालों पर ही ध्यान केन्द्रित किया। सोचा, बच्चों को कुछ ज्ञान की बातें बताई जायें। घुमक्कड़ का ज़िक्र शुरु कर दिया और बताया कि अगर उन्होंने वह वेबसाइट नहीं देखी तो समझो ज़िन्दगी में कुछ नहीं देखा। वहीं बैठे – बैठे रितेश, मनु, जाट देवता, डी.एल. अमितव, नन्दन, मुकेश-कविता भालसे, प्रवीण वाधवा आदि-आदि सब का परिचय दे डाला। रेलवे को भी कोसा कि लैपटॉप नहीं चल पा रहा है, वरना उनको घुमक्कड़ साइट भी दिखा डालता।

रात हुई, खाना खाया, कुछ देर किताब पढ़ी, फिर सामान को ठीक से लॉक करके और कैमरे वाले बैग को अपनी छाती से लगा कर सो गया। ग्वालियर में उतर कर अंधेरे में अपने मोबाइल से एक-दो फोटो खींचने का भी प्रयत्न किया पर कुछ बात कुछ बनी नहीं। सुबह पांच बजे आंख खुली और ट्रेन लगभग 7 बजे इन्दौर स्टेशन पर आ पहुंची।

Chennai Wildlife

By Abhee K

2. Chennai Snake Park: The Chennai Snake Park Trust is a not-for-profit NGO constituted in 1972 by herpetologist Romulus Whitaker and is India’s first reptile park. Located on the former home of the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, the park is home to a wide range of snakes such as adders, pythons, vipers, cobras and other reptiles. The park gained statutory recognition as a medium zoo from the Central Zoo Authority in 1995.

Chennai Snake Park is next to the Guindy National Park .It is located on Sardar Patel road in Guindy OR the best landmark for this park is that it is just next to IIT Madras. This is one of the eco friendly and environment friendly biological parks that attract many tourists. This park is highly recommended from my side to visit. I always find this park interesting.

A date with some unexplored places of Delhi

By Amitava Chatterjee

Whenever we visit a Museum, we always wonder what compels us to visit such places. What do we hope to see? A visit to this museum would have a great impact in a child’s mind. There is a great educational value as well. Almost every country is inhabited by a people differing in manners and habits, language, religion, dress. Such visits will help them to know about different countries, to distinguish between individuals from other races, how very different they all look, to learn how people in different countries dress up during their festivals, their way of living.

Wildlife encounters- Visit to the Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan

By Mala Raman

The roads are quite narrow and at some stretches only one vehicle can pass thus it is advisable to be quite vigilant and drive safely. The villagers alongside are quite eager to help all through. Just at the end of one of the forks one can see a narrow road leading to Bhim ki dungari and the other towards Jain nashea. taking the left road ends on the red sandstone gate leading to the majestic Jain temple. The view of the main temple is quite soothing standing tall against the backdrop of the setting sun straining through the dark clouds. Just to the left of the road leading to the Jain temple is the Mughal era structure which is believed to be emperor Akhbar’s place of rest during his long hunting expeditions

Coming back towards the fork leads one to Bhim ki dungari. The story dates back to Mahabharat times when the Pandavas were sent to exile and had to live with hidden identities or “agyaatvaas”. The caves were abodes of the Pandavas then. It is believed Bhim stamped his foot on the ground to bring forth a stream of water to quench the thirst of his brothers and wife.

Ghumakkar Editorial Monthly Digest – April 2013

By Nandan Jha

pril 2013 was a great month for Ghumakkar.com. Let me share some statistics with you to quantify this. Between March 28 2013 and Apr 29, 2013, about 120,000 pages were read on Ghumakkar.com. So at some level, your stories touched all those who came here looking for info about a destination or advice on a particular route or just for reading pleasure. This is big and is about 8% more over the previous month. Thank you. I believe, it is the metric of making a valuable contribution towards the greater good of ‘Traveling’. To make it even more joyous, we crossed 50,000 user base on our Facebook page. Wow! So we urge you to spread the word whenever your story is published next. Your story needs to go everywhere and hopefully more people would get inspired to head-out and travel more.

Now, lets go back a little and look at the great travel stories of April 2013. Praveen Wadhwa took us on a long walk, from Nanaksar to Tanakpur to Lohaghat to the real unknown high-reaches of Dharchula, taking a detour or two to Nepal in the process. In between, educating us on various herbs and the daily struggle and wins of local folks. Vishal, who debuted recently continued to dazzle us by his amazing shots and narrative of his ‘Ride to Ladhak’. If you haven’t read this series then I would strongly suggest it. Rakesh Bawa’s romantic journey of Kashmir continues along side Nirdesh’s polite (yet firm) take on monuments in Delhi and around. Nirdesh is now becoming a historian’s favourite and on my occasional talks to other Authors, his name keeps popping up. And to balance the top-heavy (aka North heavy) line-up, Venkat’s Coorgi delights with mouth-watering holidays are a treat to cherish.

Ladakh Calling… (Part 5) Leh – Pangong TSo – Leh

By Vish.

Soon to my rescue I saw a Tata Sumo coming from behind. I indicated for some help & it stopped. The driver asked me to stand on the rear footrest and grab the carrier as it was all full from passengers. I was standing out in the open air on the rear footrest. After reaching to our point I thanked the driver for the help extended, in their local language – “Julley”.

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