A Visit to the abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri – Part II
Akbar is often remembered as a liberal ruler who expanded Mughal Empire to the vast region but his lust for women is lesser known….
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Garden 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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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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Tirthan Valley-an uncharted heaven in Himachal
Our very own resort kitchen guy ‘yogi’ also hopped in for this trek with due permission and became our trek guide voluntarily. It was considered to be an easy trek of about one hour one side for adults; but with small kids it was relatively tough.
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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…
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Mandir Palace, Jaisalmer – Pics and Review
Jaisalmer has many many hotels for its small area and population, but heck, the city survives on heritage tourism. There are hotels right in…
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