Coffee, Hills, Foliage and Beaches – Part 3
Now we headed to Udupi via Balehonnur, Sringeri and Agumbe. The lush-green views refused to subside and we were continuously treated with great views…
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Mumbai and “Deccan Queen”
On this saturday our railfan group from Pune decided to visit an exhibition in Mumbai which was display of portraits of different characters found…
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“Solace” find in KG Basin
This travelogue was written by me sometime back immediately after the trip when I was in Hyderabad so it may sound like recent and…
Read MoreLadakh Nostalgia
Dear Friends, This is my first post here and hope you enjoy as much I enjoyed writing it. I remember I started on 30th…
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Alibag
We booked a resort called “Sanman Beach Resort” in Alibag which is a little away from main town right on Varsoli beach. The resort has a sister restaurant in main town which I had visited 4-5 years back and had liked it very much. The only lunch I had there was still reminiscent in my memory and relishing their seafood delicacies was one more reason for me to tilt towards Alibag. The resort is quite reasonable with AC deluxe rooms at Rs. 2600 per night. They also have cottage accommodation at Rs 2200 per night and we stayed in both over two days.
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Coffee, Hills, Foliage and Beaches – Part 2
There are two basic varieties of coffee: Arabica and Robusta. On asking how does one distinguish between two varieties and which variety is popular brands nescafe and bru made of he told us that instant coffee in India contains a mix of whatever coffee beans remain after sorting. To a connoisseur, instant coffee is blasphemy as the taste is nowehere near good coffee. We left after 20 minutes promising to return back some other time.
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