Follow Up on Nainital via Old Delhi – Tea Garden, Ghodakhal and the Mall
While I was in Nainital on 29-30/06/09, I spotted an attractive looking little hotel near the rope-way base – Hotel Ankur Plaza. It is…
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A Short Discovery Trip to Jageshwar and Nainital, while It Rained the Night
Next day we had to take a trip round touristy spots of the place, before driving back to Bareilly. The next whole day, when the weather was very pleasant, was a rediscovery of Nainital for most of us and a new discovery for a few (the rediscovery for them to be posted later). I am leaving you with a few moments frozen from the next day.
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Some cross-border Ghumakkari
I have never been a back bencher – in during U/G classes I used to sit in the 2nd or third row from the…
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A Southern Sojourn Vol-III: Rameshwaram
It is gratifying to know that one’s jottings are of some help to other netizens. So here are the notings from the next and…
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A Southern Sojourn Vol-II: Chennai-Trichy-Tanjore
We hired two 9 seaters and first went to the Kapaleeshwara temple, which is at the centre of the culture in Mylapore. Go through Karthik’s another brilliant post about Mylapore. Had the darshan of Shiva and Uma and the rest of the family, without any hassles, came out and fed those cave-mouthed fish in the gigantic Mylapore pond.
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A Southern Sojourn Vol-I: Chennai-Kanchipuram-Mamallapuram
Vol-I: Planning and Delhi-Chennai-Kanchipuram/Mahabalipuram This Christmas we went to south on a temple trip of Tamilnadu. First the planning part goes. As always it…
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Meandering through the Brackish Backwaters of Chilika
Thanks for all the praise showered on the Jagannath Puri Series.
As promised, I am back with the latest in the remainder write ups on Chilika, Konark, Bhubaneswar (Lingaraj Temple, Nadan Kanan Park), Pipli and Dhauli. In the current part, however, I will cover only the Chilika lake.
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A Short Journey through Rain in Plains on a very Late Train
Hello Ghumakkars, The following post is based on a post originally made by me to a closed Yahoogroup. I am posting this here as…
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The Juggernaut and Older stories-II
Continued from The Juggernaut and Older stories We alighted at Puri, full of the excitement and expectations of a new kid entering a new…
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The Juggernaut and Older Stories
Encouraged by the feedback on my Badrinath Kedarnath trip report, here I am with my new offering on the Jagannath Puri. This part is…
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A Himalayan Pilgrimage – 3
Todays onward journey to Gopeshwar was going to be a taxing one, as the distance to be covered was more than 110km, with everyone…
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A Himalayan Pilgrimage – 2
Thanks a lot to all for reading the trip with special thanks to Nandan, for taking me on board. And guessing that the response…
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