A long weekend in Udaipur
After searching unsuccessfully for an inexpensive air ticket, I decided to give Indian Railways a chance, I love them – in my country (read…
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Shoghi – Parkwoods Resort
Its an old one but I would try to remember as much as I could. It was Oct 2, 2004 and was a national…
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Van Vilas Hotel – Bhimtal
Van and Vilas do not go well together. Van means jungle, usually a place where it would get a little difficult to have Vilas…
Read MoreExperiencing Corbett – A half-weekend in January
I reached Delhi airport at night, and we were off towards Corbett right away. Corbett National Park – famous for the tiger, the most…
Read MoreWinter sojourn to the desertland
After a lot of characteristic dilly-dallying, I told Anurag that we must head out to Rajasthan, and not go rafting again. Manish had already…
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Rajaji National Park
We have just bought our Mahindra Scorpio and that was more than enough reason to venture out. So we called up all the active…
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When my pal told me about these series of wildlife sanctuaries in Karnataka, I was slightly sceptical of the feasibility of going to them…
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Akshardham – Ideal Outing for a Blazing Summer Afternoon
Most people are surprised when I claim this. After all, the open gardens of Akshardham do not appear so inviting when the sun is…
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A visit to the Cellular Jail, Port Blair, Andaman
January 21, 2019 After lunch, we moved to the historic Cellular Jail. Once it was used to be a symbol of horror and torture,…
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Hotel Shire in Gangtok
There is a big prayer room, a kitchen garden, few ducks, parking space, tress and lots of fresh and clean air. You don’t feel like being fitted in a small hotel room, rather it gives you a feeling of a mini resort. The air is pretty casual and you can walk up to Tempa (the man who runs it) for anything and everything. Tempa’s dad and mom, both had a very illustrious career with government of Sikkim and if you are lucky then you can get to see all those old photographs and award plaques of his father.
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Gangtok in the summer of 2007
If I tell you that this time as well I was able to get a inexpensive ticket, probably you would look at me as…
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Kikar Lodge – A good break from city
Office arranged picnics are usually not very exciting for they tend to keep things which make sense to a large no of people and…
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