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…
Read More10 Oct
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…
Read More
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 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…
Read MoreKayoed in Kabini
When my pal told me about these series of wildlife sanctuaries in Karnataka, I was slightly sceptical of the feasibility of going to them…
Read More
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…
Read More
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,…
Read More
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.
Read More
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…
Read More
Quick Drive to Amritsar
Quick Drive to Amritsar Amritsar, more correctly called, Ambarsar is located close to 500 Km from Delhi, capital of India and the biggest reason…
Read More
Sattal – Getaway Jungle Camp
Getaway Jungle Camp is in a small valley which is not accessible via motorable road, infact any road. The only way to get in is by trekking. Set amid poplar trees, this bunch of tents overlooks hills and a large flat playground. There is a dining area, a big designated for a outdoor bon-fire, lots of forest warmth and clean fresh air.
Read MoreHotel Gomti in Lucknow
We just checked out the restaurant and it was quite an old-world dark and dingy place. Somehow most of the state run hotels have this dingy darkness probably because of ill-designed interiors or just plain apathy…Room Service is quite dismal and it took them as much as 1 hour to get you a cup of tea and much more to get breakfast. To top it all, the flask was broken and the waiter was in bathroom slippers…
Read More