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A Trip to Bolivia – Part 2

By Pavithra

We drove across the mountains, visited many Lagos, saw an active volcano, saw flamingos and other animals such as ostriches, lizards, emu’s etc. If you are not a big fan of dry lands, then maybe you could skip this tour because it’s a lot of travel by road. Especially on the mountains, you can hardly call them roads!! We had a roller coaster ride!

केदारनाथ से बद्रीनाथ

By Kamlansh Rastogi

मस्तक पर लगे हीरे को देख कर ऐसा लग रहा था की हरे रंग का ज़ीरो वाट का वल्व जल रहा हो हम लोग थोड़ी देर वहाँ एक टक निहारते रहे तभी एक दंपति वहाँ विशेष पूजा के लिए आए. रावल जी मंत्रोचार करने लगे.

महेश्वर – एक दिन देवी अहिल्या की नगरी में : भाग 1

By Kavita Bhalse

ये तो था एक संक्षिप्त परिचय महेश्वर से और अब हम चलते हैं अपने यात्रा वर्णन की ओर. बारिश का मौसम, सुबह सुबह का समय, अपना वाहन और इस सबसे बढ़कर सुहावना मौसम सब कुछ बड़ा ही अच्छा लग रहा था. रास्ते में बाहर जहाँ जहाँ तक निगाह जा रही थी सब दूर हरियाली ही हरियाली दिखाई दे रही थी. हम सभी को बारिश का मौसम बहुत ज्यादा पसंद है, खासकर मुकेश को. जैसे ही मानसून आता है, एक दो बार बारिश होती है बस इनका मन घुमने जाने के लिए मचल उठता है, और हमारे ज्यादातर टूर बारिश के मौसम में ही प्लान किये जाते हैं.

मन में बहुत सारा उत्साह बहुत सारी उमंगें लिए हम बढे जा रहे थे अपनी मंजिल की ओर की तभी ऊपर आसमान में बादलों का मिजाज़ बिगड़ने लगा काले काले बादल घिर आये थे और बिजली की कडकडाहट के साथ तेज बारिश शुरू हो गई. मौसम की सुन्दरता एवं बारिश का आनंद हम कर में बैठ कर तो भरपूर उठा रहे थे लेकिन अब हमें चिंता होने लगी थी की यदि बारिश बंद नहीं हुई तो हम महेश्वर में घुमक्कड़ी तथा फोटोग्राफी का आनंद नहीं उठा पायेंगे और मन ही मन भगवान् से प्रार्थना करने लगे की हमें महेश्वर में बारिश न मिले. ईश्वर ने हमारी प्रार्थना स्वीकार कर ली थी और कुछ ही देर में मौसम खुल गया और पहले से और ज्यादा खुशगवार हो गया. सड़क के दोनों ओर कुछ देर के अंतराल पर भुट्टे सेंकनेवालों की छोटी छोटी दुकाने मिल रही थी, एक जगह से हमने भी भुट्टे ख़रीदे जो की बड़े ही स्वादिष्ट थे.

हरिद्वार से केदारनाथ

By Kamlansh Rastogi

रुद्रप्रयाग से 9 किलोमीटर आगे तिलवारा है यहाँ हम लोगो ने चाय पी. 10 मिनट का रेस्ट किया और फिर आगे के लिए चल दिए. तिलवारा से 19 किलोमीटर आगे अगस्तमुनि है . यहाँ अगस्तमुनि का आश्रम है.यहाँ पहुँचते हुए शाम ढलने लगी थी. हमारे बाईं ओर मंदाकिनी सड़क के साथ साथ पत्थरो के बीच अठखेलियाँ करती हुई बह रही थी. बहुत ही खूबसूरत और मनमोहक द्रशय था. सामने के पहाड़ो की चोटियो पर सूर्यास्त की किरणे पड़ने से सुनहरे रंग से चमक रही थी.मन तो कुछ समय यहाँ पर रुक कर प्राक्रतिक सौंदर्य को देखने को हो रहा था पर ड्राइवर को अपनी मंज़िल पहुँचने की थी. अगस्तमुनि से 19 किलोमीटर आगे कुंड है यहाँ पहुँचते हुए अँधेरा छा गया था. अब ड्राइवर अँधेरे मे बस चला रहा था. गुप्त काशी को पार कर लगभग 8 बजे सोन प्रयाग से 7 किलोमीटर पहले हम सीतापुर पहुँच गये. यहाँ ड्राइवर ने रात मे रुकने के लिए एक होटेल के सामने बस रोक दी और बोला रात यहीं रुकेंगे , आप लोग सामने होटेल मे जाकर अपने लिए कमरा देख कर तय कर लो. यह होटेल बहुत ही साधारण था कमरो मे एक अजीब सी गंध आ रही थी. मन मे विचार आया ड्राइवर को यहाँ से कमीशन मिलता होगा तभी यहाँ रोका है. मैने अपने लड़के से नज़दीक के दूसरे होटेल देखकर आने को कहा और स्वयं दूसरी तरफ जाकर होटेल देखने लगा. मुझे इस होटेल से 100 गज पहले एक नया बना हुआ साफ सुथरा होटेल मिल गया. इस समय सीजन ना होने के कारण बिल्कुल खाली था. इस समय तक इतने बड़े होटेल मे हमारा ही परिवार था. हमे 400 रुपये के हिसाब से 2 डबल बेड का एक रूम मिल गया. मैने बस के दूसरे यात्रियों से भी बोला इस बेकार से होटेल मे ना ठहर कर मेरे वाले होटेल मे ठहरे.पर वह सारे उसी होटेल मे ही ठहरे. रात मे जब हम खाना खाने बाहर निकले , मेरे से कुछ घोड़े वाले घोड़ा तय करने के लिए कहने लगे. पहले तो मैने यह सोंचा था कि गौरी कुंड से एक-दो किलोमीटर पैदल चलने के बाद अगर नहीं चला जाएगा तो घोड़े कर लेंगे पर अब जब यह लोग जिस तरह की बाते कर रहे थे उससे लगा कि तय ही कर लेना चाहिए. आने जाने के लिए 800 रुपये प्रति घोड़ा तय हुआ.

A trip to Bolivia – Part 1

By Pavithra

Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world. We left our hotel early morning around 7.30am since it as a long way to Lake Titicaca. We went by road for about an hour and then by boat for half an hour. We traveled again by road to the small island of Copacabana.

Trek to Shikari Devi, The Hunter Goddess

By Vipin

Disoriented, with mixed feelings and helpless (as my mobile had no network and there was no sign of any human beings around), it took me some time to gather my senses and to think about getting out of this. Though I had experienced this earlier as well on my solo trip to McLeodganj where I was lost while wandering in the jungles near Dharamkot, I somehow managed to get out of this and felt delighted to see a way out. I am now able to relate myself sometime with some similar experiences especially when I watch the program ‘I shouldn’t be alive’ on Discovery Channel which shows the survival stories of the people. I am sure many others who would have experienced this ever will be able to better relate to this.

A weekend pilgrimage to Rayagada

By D.L.Narayan

While transiting through southern Odisha on our way to Chhattisgarh last year, my wife expressed a desire to visit the famous Maa Majhighariani Mandir in Rayagada. I told her that it meant a detour of over 200 kms over bad roads and promised to take her there some other time. She wasn’t happy but had no choice in the matter. A few days later, there was a minor collision with a truck which my wife viewed as a divine warning. Recently, I changed my car and my wife was insistent that we go and seek the forgiveness and blessings of the Goddess.

From the Editor – What if we had a year?

By Vibha

There are several stories that we love to share with everyone. I have some such stories as well. And one of them is of Jim (name changed), my friend from the UK. We were in the same batch. Five of us would often hang out between classes for lunch and a coffee. While the four of us were always buying full meals, Jim would first look into his wallet. If he found enough money in there, he would order a coke and a burger else would go without lunch. Sometimes he would allow us to buy meal for him. But he would always repay it some other day by buying a meal for us when he had money. No, he wasn’t poor.

Our Leh Trip in August 2012

By ajay15111968

We all are ready and fit to explore “The Leh” our first destination to Nubra valley. We get up by 7.00 am and start to Nubra Valley by 8.30 am. We drive just 4-5 km. From leh and one of our friend feeling hungry and said please stop the car in front of any hotel to take some food. Any way after 30 minute drive we found one small road side cafe, and their she take some bread and butter etc. Then we start to Nubra, On the way of nubra valley we cross the worlds highest motorable road “Khardungla pass” we stop at khardungla cafe which is “world’s highest cafe” run by indian army. We all take black tea hear. Khardungla is situated 18350 feet from the sea lavel and oxygen is very low their, we all feel the same little bit altitude problem. We stay their 30 minutes, Aditi one of our friend is busy in photography, and roaming around rest of us are just sit beside the car, we met some bikers their, now-a-days many Indians are coming by bike too.

Wanderings in South Goa.

By Vijay Shivdasani

You are really spoilt for choice when it comes to restaurants in Goa. Besides the beach shacks, where you can sit on the sands and gaze out at the sea, sipping on a drink, while waiting an hour or two for your meal to arrive, there are many restaurants inland which also serve excellent food at very reasonable rates. There is a fusion of East and West, Portugese and Indian, meat and vegetables, which makes Goan cuisine unique. Coconut is used liberally, along with other Indian spices in the cooking. ‘Fish curry rice’ is the most common food and available virtually in every restaurant. The different types of seafood on offer in Goa includes pomfret, kingfish, ladyfish, mackerel, tuna, shark, crab, prawn, lobster, squid and mussels. Chicken, pork, mutton and beef dishes are also on offer at all the restaurants, cooked in the popular Goan flavours such as vindaloo, balchao, recheado, xhacuti and caldin.
We had already planned that we would include at least one meal out at a shack or restaurant in our daily sight-seeing itinerary. One precaution we always took was to carry our own drinking water if we did not want to order a drink, or pay for a bottle of branded mineral water.

Self-Drive trip across Thailand (7 days, 2000 kms) : Part 6 – Chiang Mai

By AUROJIT

We also spend some time in a fantastic session called ‘Chat with Monks’. This particular wat, which is also a training facility for the young monks, offers tourists an opportunity to interact informally with the monks. There is a common area where the tourist group is met by one of the waiting monks. You can sit with him and discuss anything related to Monks/ Buddhism/ Thailand or any other topic of interest. Well, to answer the ‘why’ of it – such interactions enable the monks to practise spoken English as also widening their knowledge base and the tourists, of course gather valuable insight.

A good & handy source of drinking water is the vending machines placed at common areas. Though bottled water is available across Thailand costing B15 – B30 or more depending on when and where you buy them; these vending machines (working on coin system) offer you potable water @ B1 (one bhat) for a litre.

A memorable trip on bike to rediscover myself in the foothills of Himalayas – Part I

By Amitava Chatterjee

Life is full of joy and sorrow, happiness and disappointments, ups and down and Life can also throw unexpected surprises – I was taught in my school and I am also explaining the meaning to my son now. But, at that point of time those are only “THE WORDS” for me and nothing else. Remember ‘3 Idiots’ – “Jab dost fail ho to dukh hota hai, lekin jab dost top kare to aur bhi dukh hota hai”

What else would you do in my place, when the requester is the CEO of your Company? Do you have any other option? I know some who might still have some other options, but fortunately or unfortunately, I am not so impulsive in nature and the other option to fly – was an unthinkable proposition for me that time.

I have a great respect for Mr. Ram S. Ramasundar, the then CEO of Electrolux India, who is like a God Father for me, I had no other option but to say “Yes Sir, I will”.

It was already 11 in the morning and I had an i-ticket. I asked permission to go to the counter to cancel the ticket, to get 50% refund for the cancellation. Who says money doesn’t matter.

“Do one thing, prepare a voucher – it will be reimbursed fully from accounts, I will approve the same.” So, one of my worry had been taken care of…but what about the disappointments.

From a very beautiful morning, all of a sudden it became one of the worst day for me. With a heavy heart, I called up home to inform that I won’t be able to come. Durga Puja was over by the time I hang up the phone for me, as well as for them, even before the first sound of Dhak.

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