Khajuraho – Beyond Temples
By the time we crossed Chhatarpur, it was beginning to get dark and having no familiarity with the local landscape, we kept driving oblivious…
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Ghumakkars of the year – 2010
It is that time of the year when the team at Ghumakkar gets down to choose the ones who took us to travel the…
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Parvati Kuteer, Kasol, Himachal – Hotel Review
Off late, courtesy brilliant travel experiences at Ghumakkar, I have been shying away from writing my own. But to remain relevant, I am rather…
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La Place Sarovar Portico, Lucknow – Review
It was my fourth summer at Lucknow and my old friends would now know the reason of my annual pilgrimage. Last year i.e. 2009,…
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Delhi Gwalior Indore Mandu – Road Review
We wanted to visit Mandu but were not able to find the appropriate mode of transport – since the train reservations need planning much…
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A great year of travel is coming to an end and we AT Ghumakkar are trying to imagine, what the new year is going…
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Chitkul, Sangla (Himachal) – A photo essay
While we were at Sangla, we were suggested to drive down to a small Himalayan village on Indo-China Border as a day outing. It…
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Banjara Sangla Camp, Sangla, Himachal Pradesh – Review
Sangla, the quaint Himalayan village/town/valley is an over-deserving candidate for the travelogue that I was yet to write. But then between the ‘no-travelogue-at-all’ or…
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Banjara Orchard Retreat, Thanedar, Simla – Review
Our first stop on the ‘Chalo Kaza’ run was at a place called Thanedar, ahead of Simla. We had planned two stops before Kaza…
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Chomu Palace, Chomu, Rajasthan – Review
The new New Honda City needed a long haul, probably a more honest statement would be that its driver was looking for a drive…
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Kaza to Manali : A road less travelled
Many years ago, my wife read about a place called Lahaul-&-Spiti and somehow fancied the idea of going there. When the time came, we…
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Shimla to Kaza – A Road Review
On the way, you see some of the huge falls, portions of roads which have never seen two vehicles side-by-side ever, since their width can’t accommodate them (ok ok.. poor joke, move on) , tall huge rocky mountains, a LOT of clear Sun and occasionally a snow-peak. I am not a sun-glass guy but sometimes its so bright that you better use them.
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