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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A Visit to the abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri – Part I
In 16th Century, childless and desperate for a heir, The Great Mughal Emperor Akbar undertook a pilgrimage on foot to the shrine of Khwaja…
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Inn Season – Jodhpur, Review and Pics
My travel tales are becoming more of hotel reviews which I don’t necessarily enjoy writing, unless they’re too good and I can brag enough,…
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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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Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur – A Photo Essay
I have not been to many forts and am essentially not a fort fan but I had been to my share of them like…
Read MoreBangalore with my 5 year old
In the second week of November 07, Saravanan’s work took him to Bangalore and Gayatri (our 5yr old daughter) and I accompanied him there….
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San Francisco – the Desi daytrip – part 1
As you all know, San Francisco Bay Area is pretty much the Desi Capital of the West. With the technology industry relying increasingly on…
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A day trip to Zermatt (Switzerland)
To reach close to this stylish peak, there is a cable car system which takes you near Matterhorn’s peak. We tried that last time but when we reached the last point, it became very windy and we could not bear it more than few minutes and rushed back to the heated area.
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South Wales – Pembrokeshire
What do you call it if you wait till winter to write a post for the amazing trip that happened in summer? Lazy, that’s…
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Shimmering Jaisalmer – Sand Dunes, Fossils and a vacant village
This is continuation to my previous story. Click here to read that. By now the only big thing which was left to do was…
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