Summer in Sikkim- Part V – Yuksom and away
This is my yet another post on Sikkim, about second day of trekking in Yuksom which was our fifth day in Sikkim. There is…
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The other Side of Himachal – GovindSagar and Baba BalakNath Temple
Our family has a tradition of visiting Baba Balaknath Shrine in Himachal every year. Usually we drive down to the temple during the summer…
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Visiting Jim Corbett’s Home in Kaladhungi
While every year, a large no of visitors throng Corbett Tiger Reserve, not more then a handful visit the man’s home in whom honor…
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Solluna Resort – Review
We were looking for a decent place to spend couple of evenings so we looked around and zeroed on ‘Solluna Resort’ which is sold…
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A resort called Shiva Oasis in Behror, midway to Jaipur
It was in the middle of summer, and neither me nor the spouse had the luxury of being able to take a holiday on…
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Jaipur – The Pink City
Jaipur, the Pink City. Its at an arm’s distance from Delhi courtesy wide-n-quick NH8 and the toll road, even though it charges a bomb…
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Summer in Sikkim IV – Yuksom
It was fourth day of our W.Sikkim trip in May 2007. We woke up early and jumped out to see Mt kabur. It was…
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Taj at Agra vs. Taj at Trafalgar – Wonders never cease to happen
Recently, our Taj Mahal got into the new seven wonders of the world, and I am sure it was the single most voted entry…
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Date with “Garden of Dates”
Wondering what I am upto this time ?? Well, this is about a much talked about, less visited place. Its a world-renowned place, recognised…
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Chakrata – A quite jungle town near Dehradoon
We stayed in ‘Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam’ thingie . Average property, badly maintained, amazing location, ok priced. Rooms are old and sort of dingy but overall clean. Nice, friendly staff. There are some other places which are definitely worth more like ‘FRH’ but its little difficult to find out more about them.
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Dilli Haat – Cultural Confluence
Last weekend I was at Dilli Haat and this time I decided to shoot some pics and write a small story. I have been…
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Kemmangundi – A misty experience
Z-point is about 8 kms from the guest house. You can take your vehicle upto Shanti Falls, which is 2 odd kms from the guest house. The rest of the journey to the Z-point has to be covered by foot. Make sure you have good shoes (Chappals are a strict no-no) as the path gets tougher and trickier as u ascend. Its also a good idea to do this trek early in the day when there is lot of light and remember, it gets dark in the hills sooner.:-)
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