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Vegas part- 2

This is part 2 of my previous blog on the same place. You can read that by clicking here : Sin City and More...

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South Wales – Pembrokeshire

What do you call it if you wait till winter to write a post for the amazing trip that happened in summer? Lazy, that’s...

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A day trip to Zermatt (Switzerland)

To reach close to this stylish peak, there is a cable car system which takes you near Matterhorn's peak. We tried that last time but when we reached the last point, it became very windy and we could...

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San Francisco – the Desi daytrip – part 1

As you all know, San Francisco Bay Area is pretty much the Desi Capital of the West. With the technology industry relying increasingly on...

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Bangalore with my 5 year old

In the second week of November 07, Saravanan’s work took him to Bangalore and Gayatri (our 5yr old daughter) and I accompanied him there....

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Tirthan Valley-an uncharted heaven in Himachal

Our very own resort kitchen guy ‘yogi’ also hopped in for this trek with due permission and became our trek guide voluntarily. It was considered to be an easy trek of about one hour one side for...

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Zermatt – A Weekend Trip

Background This post is in continuation to my previous post A day trip to Zermatt(Switzerland).In the starting of October 2004, we had covered almost...

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North Wales (Snowdonia) and Cardiff

Essentially, we had only a day and two nights in the beautiful hilly heartland of North Wales, Snowdonia. Wales is Castle country, North Wales only more...

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Shettihalli – a church submerged in the waters

It was the backwaters of the Hemavathy Reservoir and the monument was the Holy Rosary Church built by French Missionaries around 1860. We met a few villagers on our return who told us that this village...

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A Short Trip to Dharamshala

The trip to Dharamshala got planned just like that.One fine evening as we didn’t have anything to do to pass sometime prior to dinner...

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Two weeks in Switzerland – Lucerne

Lucerne (Luzern in German), is situated on the western tip of Lake Lucerne, which lies at the geographical and spiritual heart of Switzerland, where...

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Garden city to Heritage city

Wonder what this is? This is what the signboard reads as you start to head out ot Bangalore city towards Mysore. Imagine this for...

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Darjeeling :- The City of TEA

It is also known as The City of TEA. It is located in northern West Bengal. It lies between 26° 31′ and 27° 13′...

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Mahabaleshwar – WHEN no tourist has ever gone before

We had friends visiting us in Mumbai and it was an opportunity to explore places nearby. Mahabaleshwar was decided on and we headed for...

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Wishful Riding… Part 1 (Delhi to Mashobra)

With the avdent of March, the smell of spring and the warmth of the sun feels good… also the weather is just about right...

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Wishful Riding… Part 2 (Mashobra to Sangla)

Having written about the previous day’s ride here, and having called it an end for that day, I start with Day 2 of the...

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Wishful Riding… Part 3 (Sangla to Kaza)

Post the ride till Sangla mentioned here, I crashed for the night and ended that chapter there. This is the 3rd in a series...

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Images of Himalayan Peaks

The temperatures are slowly raising from the lows of the winter, and as the mercury is moving up, I am reminded of the cooler...

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Trip to Dover Castle

We had gone on a short trip to meet relatives in London, and I had a great urge to see Scotland. I mentioned this...

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Panch Kedar series :Chopta-Tungnath-Deoriya tal

Uttranchal is blessed with pilgrimage destinations which are quite remote and out of bounds during off season for the hurly burly crowd. I feel...

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