Lansdowne….let the lands down, come up in hills.
On April 29, my wife, who was at her mom’s home, called me up in the evening and expressed her wish to see Lansdowne. As…
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Road Trip-Exploring Beautiful Himachal-Part-III (Shimla- Mashobra- Naldehra)
DAY-3 29th March’11 SHIMLA – MASHOBRA – NALDEHRA – SHIMLA – 55 Km We woke up leisurely at around 8am as we knew that…
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3 idiots, 1 Alto and Leh ladakh
“The Land is so barren and the passes so high that only our fiercest enemies or Our best friends would want to visit us”…
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First Road Trip to Chandigarh
First Road Trip to Chandigarh Hi to all Ghumakkars who are interested in exploring the various attractive and beautiful places, which provides immense pleasure…
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Shimla, Manali & Rohtang Pass – Part 2
In my previous post, I wrote about Pinjore garden, Kufri, Manali hills, Naggar village and Solang Nala Valley. On 4rth day after coming back…
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Road Trip-Exploring Beautiful Himachal-Part-II (Shimla-Kufri-Narkanda)
After the first day , the next day route was a follows – DAY-2 28th March’11 SHIMLA – DHALLI – KUFRI – FAGU –…
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मेरी चारधाम यात्रा – यमुनोत्री मेरी बहुत समय से उत्तराखण्ड-यात्रा की इच्छा थी और बीतते समय के साथ आशंका बलवती होती गई कि इस…
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Jai Ho – Trip to Mohali for India Vs Pakistan. What else!
On Tuesday evening a day before the semi-final clash, I was sitting in my grand parents’ place, worrying about the India-Pakistan match. Will Sachin…
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Road Trip – Exploring Beautiful Himachal – Part-I (Delhi-Chandigarh-Shimla)
I came back just couple of days before and I am still dreaming how those four beautiful days passed in Himachal Pradesh.It had been…
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Noida to Ranchi 1250 Kms One Gr8 Road Trip – Part 1
It was being planned since very early in the year 2010, to undertake this exhilarating trip to Ranchi (my hometown) from Noida (Delhi &…
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Road Trip to Harihareshwar, Divyaghar and Srivardhan Beaches , the coastal areas of Maharashtra.. Day 3 !!
The last day of the trip was more on the roads. We had to cover all the distance of around 300 KM’s back to Pune. In the return journey, We visited the Raigad fort of Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj. It is really a great place holding many religious sentiments !!
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Quick Trip To Bangalore And Belur
On this trip with plenty of time to spare, I decided that I must now “see” Bangalore. Naturally that meant a leisurely morning walk in the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens where I was thrilled to see the very rare Jade Vine [Strongylodon macrobotrys]. I had first seen it almost thirty years ago as a watercolour in my plant book and never imagined I would ever see it for real. Here they are, green-blue clusters of flowers in all their glory.
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