Kikar Lodge – A good break from city
Office arranged picnics are usually not very exciting for they tend to keep things which make sense to a large no of people and…
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Hotel Gomti in Lucknow
We just checked out the restaurant and it was quite an old-world dark and dingy place. Somehow most of the state run hotels have this dingy darkness probably because of ill-designed interiors or just plain apathy…Room Service is quite dismal and it took them as much as 1 hour to get you a cup of tea and much more to get breakfast. To top it all, the flask was broken and the waiter was in bathroom slippers…
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The maiden trip to the Andaman Islands – Chatham Saw Mills
Chatham Saw Mill was set up in 1883 with the primary objective to meet the local requirements of saw and timber for the constructional works. Being one of the biggest and oldest in Asia, this structure has witnessed a lot of history.
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Senior travellers to Andamans – Sagarika Emporium, Samudrika Naval Museum & Govt Saw Mill
It was a visit par-excellence where-in we got to experience unspoilt nature, clean and pristine beaches, sailing over clear turquoise blue waters, the heavenly world of marine life, the awesome corrals and above all the famous, notorious and now nostalgic cellular jail,
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Roller Coaster tour of Varanasi of South – “The Rameshwaram”, Ghost City – “DhanushKodi” and Temple City – “Madurai”
This highly esteemed temple is one among the 12 shiva jyotirlingam temples in India. After moving out from Darshan area, we bowed our heads in all the temples strewn all around the campus.
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Senior travellers to the Andamans – Ross Island, Mt Harriet & the Corrals of Buoy Island
The Buoy Island, the boat ride, the corrals and the rest of the marine life were each an experience of a lifetime. Few years back I had done an almost similar trip to the Corral Island across Pattaya in Thailand where the viewing of the marine lives and corrals through the glass bottom boat was of a comparatively much poorer standard.
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Call for a Journey Inward
A man’s journey starts with his birth and passes through various stages right from infancy, childhood, adolescence and old age. Another journey which is parallel to it, starts with it when he grows up and starts his career. When he reaches at the pinnacle of his career—a stage comes when he feels that to go beyond the concept of multiplying the wealth accumulated by him so far—a stage when he thinks that earning money is not the ultimate aim of his life. Then, he goes berserk
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Senior Travellers to the Andaman Islands – Heavenly Havelock
After the sombre evening at the cellular jail it was time for fun on the beaches of these magnificent islands. We had already booked our…
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On Cloud Nine Atop the Blue Mountains
A car took us to Coonoor, it is situated in the outskirts of Ooty. It is a picturesque hill station and is covered with tea plantations everywhere. As our car drove up the winding road we were rewarded by a wonderful vista of rolling hills under a deep blue sky.
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Things to do around Bangalore
Vacations are important but trips with your family are even more special and important. Family trips let you bond and enjoy each other’s company without other responsibilities of school and office looming over you.
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Senior Travellers to the Andaman Islands – Over the Choppy Sea to the Andaman Archipelago
                                    Over the Choppy Sea to the Andaman Archipelago Every year, our small group of veterans and ladies meet up and travel mostly to…
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The magic of Puri, Odisha
Let me begin this travelogue with a place of interest where every entity speaks of the Lord. From the temple tops to mudflaps of…
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