Exploring Mussoorie Inside out
Since my granddaughter had winter vacations, and my son had also got the week off, we decided to drive up to Mussoorie for the…
Read More09 Sep
Trip to Pachmarhi (and others) – Part 1
We were scouting what to do for the short period of holiday that is available between Chirstmas and New Year, and after speaking to…
Read MoreJaipur to Gangotri – Solo on Bike
The cool wind in my face, the crispness of the fresh air in my lungs, high up in the mountains, the sound of river…
Read More
At an Island Resort, Karwar
December 30, 2008 While I usually travel alone, my colleague joined me on this trip to Karwar on the coast of Karnataka. Our first…
Read More
Kalaa Paani – The Cellular Jail
Kalapani, Cellular Jail are names which inspire visions of the freedom struggle and the tortures faced by the Indian freedom fighters immortalized by the 1958 and the 1996 movies of the same name. No visit to the Islands of the Andaman and Nicobar are complete without a visit to the jail and the accompanying sound and light show. History tells us that the construction of the jail was started in 1896 and completed in 1906 with seven wings shaped like spokes of a wheel radiating from a central column.
Read More
Sharavati Beckons
This has been a long pending stuff from my side. Never got around to write about it. This is about a weekend trip to…
Read More
Sai Baba’s Brindavan, Whitefield
Dec 6, 2008 Brindavan is Sri Sathya Baba’s ashram in Whitefield. I had heard much of this place from various sources. There is a…
Read MoreKalimpong in 50s- Life was Like that
Written bt Col (Retd) Mani K Gahatraj History is lived forward, We know the end before we consider the beginning, But we can…
Read More
The lazy rainy Goan Life
Now that it was around 10 pm (already late night as we had an early flight back home), it was time for quick review of how Goa 3.0 had fared against the other 2 versions. We realised how this one trip had been all about just one word: Revisiting. Revisiting the memories we made along the way, the calm we keep losing in the din of everyday life
Read More
Borobudur, Indonesia
No, not Tiramisu, but definitely more delectable! Borobudur Temple in Magelang, near Yogyakartha (Indonesia) made to look like a layered cake with history seeping…
Read More
Trip to Switzerland: Part 6 – Trip to Mount Pilatus
The next morning in Luzern, our destination was Mount Pilatus (wikipedia, official site). Mount Pilatus is another famous tourist site in Switzerland, located near…
Read More
Moodabadri – a tryst with Jainism
The road meanders through lush fields bordered by coconut and palm trees . The bamboo stalks greet you as a collage of green and…
Read More