A quick trip to Sarnath
I was at Benares and we were mulling over whether to do a trip to Sarnath or not. I was not feeling too well,…
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Trip to Rishikesh and Surkanda Devi – 1
From time to time, the cool air was hitting us on our faces reminding us that we were out of the gas chamber of Delhi and into the nature’s lap for some good time. Even though we were longing for this time out, yet this setting did not seem to be most ideal (bit scary).
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A Short Journey through Rain in Plains on a very Late Train
Hello Ghumakkars, The following post is based on a post originally made by me to a closed Yahoogroup. I am posting this here as…
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A Weekend in the Hills
There were plenty of photographers around; displaying their albums full of pictures of people posing dressed in traditional garb. The poses by some of the people, especially honeymoon couples, were absolutely hilarious! We then took the ropeway down to Kempty Lake, which was small and man made, but much cleaner than Mussoorie Lake. We went boating on it.
Read MoreA Weekend At TARAPITH
Tarapith,the ultimate place for the worshipers of Maa Tara. Tarapith is situated on the banks of the north flowing Dwarka river, in Birbhum, in…
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An Unplanned Trip To Gangotri..
Let me first tell all the readers that I got the motivation to write this after reading through many of the posts at ghummakar….
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The Juggernaut and Older stories-II
Continued from The Juggernaut and Older stories We alighted at Puri, full of the excitement and expectations of a new kid entering a new…
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The Juggernaut and Older Stories
Encouraged by the feedback on my Badrinath Kedarnath trip report, here I am with my new offering on the Jagannath Puri. This part is…
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BINSAR – Best place in Uttaranchal at a comfortable distance
INTRODUCTION : For those people who are tired of crowded hill stations like Shimla, Mussoorie, Manali etc., the thickly wooded forest of BINSAR with…
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Venice of East – Kollam/Quilon
When we started our trip to the backwaters of Kerala, in all the travel books we had read, area around the backwaters was referred…
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A day at Prayag
Allahabad was our first night-stop on that great drive to orient which I wrote some time back. For a better period of our planing,…
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Jenkal- A bungalow and coffee
He took out his small tractor and invited us for a joy ride. What a bumpy ride it was! It was an experience in itself and we were thrilled like kids. We were taken to a lagoon sort of water body deep inside his property. In the quiet of the forest you could hear the murmuring of water and spent some time over there splashing around a bit.
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