Jaipur 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…
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Delhi – 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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My 36 Hours in my 36th Year – Corbett, Road and More
In its 36/2 odd months of existence, Ghumakkar has about 12 stories on and around ‘Corbett Tiger Reserve’ (CTR). I was fairly certain that…
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Ram Ganga Resort, Corbett – Resort Review
Corbett Ram Ganga resort is a resort near Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR). Its a Welcome Heritage property and their website is here. I spent…
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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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My journey started from Jaipur @ 4.30am.. We (my wife) choose this time to avoid heavy traffic along the Jaipur- Delhi Route (NH8) –…
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Panch Kedar Series: Madhmaheswar
New places make you miss home and you often find yourself in the things-we-used-to-do memory thread. Since I moved to London, my pinings for…
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A place above the clouds
This was my first trip to a place which lies beyond the claws of the tourism departments. And believe you me, it has been…
Read MoreBear Attack – Trip to Rishikesh and Surkanda Devi – 2 (continued…)
Kaddukhal seemed ideal location since it was on a ridge, and additionally the place was peaceful and away from settlement. We were more than…
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Trip to Rishikesh and Surkanda Devi – 1
From time to time, the cool air was hitting us on our faces reminding us that we were out of the gas chamber of Delhi and into the nature’s lap for some good time. Even though we were longing for this time out, yet this setting did not seem to be most ideal (bit scary).
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A Weekend in the Hills
There were plenty of photographers around; displaying their albums full of pictures of people posing dressed in traditional garb. The poses by some of the people, especially honeymoon couples, were absolutely hilarious! We then took the ropeway down to Kempty Lake, which was small and man made, but much cleaner than Mussoorie Lake. We went boating on it.
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An Unplanned Trip To Gangotri..
Let me first tell all the readers that I got the motivation to write this after reading through many of the posts at ghummakar….
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