Panch Kedar series :Chopta-Tungnath-Deoriya tal
Uttranchal is blessed with pilgrimage destinations which are quite remote and out of bounds during off season for the hurly burly crowd. I feel…
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Trip to Dover Castle
We had gone on a short trip to meet relatives in London, and I had a great urge to see Scotland. I mentioned this…
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Images of Himalayan Peaks
The temperatures are slowly raising from the lows of the winter, and as the mercury is moving up, I am reminded of the cooler…
Read MoreWishful Riding… Part 3 (Sangla to Kaza)
Post the ride till Sangla mentioned here, I crashed for the night and ended that chapter there. This is the 3rd in a series…
Read MoreWishful Riding… Part 2 (Mashobra to Sangla)
Having written about the previous day’s ride here, and having called it an end for that day, I start with Day 2 of the…
Read MoreWishful Riding… Part 1 (Delhi to Mashobra)
With the avdent of March, the smell of spring and the warmth of the sun feels good… also the weather is just about right…
Read MoreGarden city to Heritage city
Wonder what this is? This is what the signboard reads as you start to head out ot Bangalore city towards Mysore. Imagine this for…
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Two weeks in Switzerland – Lucerne
Lucerne (Luzern in German), is situated on the western tip of Lake Lucerne, which lies at the geographical and spiritual heart of Switzerland, where…
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A Short Trip to Dharamshala
The trip to Dharamshala got planned just like that.One fine evening as we didn’t have anything to do to pass sometime prior to dinner…
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Shettihalli – a church submerged in the waters
It was the backwaters of the Hemavathy Reservoir and the monument was the Holy Rosary Church built by French Missionaries around 1860. We met a few villagers on our return who told us that this village was once a lush hamlet where the River Hemavathy flowed watering fields of sunflower.
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North Wales (Snowdonia) and Cardiff
Essentially, we had only a day and two nights in the beautiful hilly heartland of North Wales, Snowdonia. Wales is Castle country, North Wales only more…
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Zermatt – A Weekend Trip
Background This post is in continuation to my previous post A day trip to Zermatt(Switzerland).In the starting of October 2004, we had covered almost…
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