Trip to Pachmarhi (and others) – Day 2
It was the second morning in Pachmarhi. We had thought of getting up to meet the sunrise, but soon shelved that plan (or rather,…
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24hrs Delhi Shimla Delhi
It was 2007 February when hot news in favor of travel was snow fall in Shimla. Long awaited were we to have a good…
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Bouldering @ Ramanagaram
Ramanagaram is a sizeable village about 50 km south-west of Bangalore on the way to Mysore. It could have been like any of the…
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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…
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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…
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Tea time @ Munnar
The District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC), Idukki provides boating facilities in the Mattupetty Dam. Speed launch, slow speedboat and motorboats are available on hire. Other nearby places of interest includes the picturesque Kundala tea plantations and the Kundala Lake.
Read MoreDelhi – Dehradun (The Long Way Round)
Flashback to 2004 I had become a proud owner of a brand new Estem VXi and was eager to go on a long drive…
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Yercaud- In the Shevaroys
The school vacation of my daughter was about to get over in 10 days and it was time to take the family on an…
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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…
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The great escape: Valley of Flowers
Next day, we left the hotel at 6.30 am and hired a jeep to take us to Govindghat, the starting point of the 14-kilometer trek to the Valley of Flowers (VoF) and Hemkund Sahib, which is another nine kilometers from the Valley. It took us 1.30 hours to reach Govindghat.
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Trip to Switzerland: Part 4 – Return from Jungfrau and onto Lake Thun
In a previous post, I had covered our trip to Jungfrau. The return was a bit of an anti-climax, since the line to the…
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Jungle Mein Mangal – Village Dewari Gowada in the Aravali Hills
The village head, Ram Dayal requested us to help with the health-care, which was non-existent in the village. The nearest place to get even the basic medicines was Talha, which was twenty five kms away.
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