Traveling is good
This is about our visit in July to Tranquebar, a beautiful beach on the Bay of Bengal. Our vacation was primarily to the ancient temple towns of the Cauvery Delta. The short distance from Chidambaram to Tranquebar was too good an opportunity to pass up.
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Marayoor is a very small taluka town about 40km N of Munnar on the Munnar – Udumalpet road. It’s claim to fame is as…
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Matheran is our favorite nearby destination which we have been visiting regularly from July to February each year since 2007. It is a small…
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On the third day of our journey, we set out for Ooty in the early morning. Despite the map indicating a distance of only…
Read MoreKhangchendzonga at 8586m is the third highest peak in the world. It is not a calm and serene mountain as it appears to be when viewed from Darjeeling or Sikkim. Both ice and rock avalanches of incredible dimensions are frequent occurences.Hurricanes of incredible force are one of the deadliest of Kanchenjunga’s weapons which plays havoc with any intruder who ventures “to walk the heights of gods.” This is an article which I wrote sometime ago but Kanchenjuga remains ageless.
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My recent visit to the Indian Museum in Kolkata was a memorable experience, made even more special by the fact that I got to…
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