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4 Indian travel bloggers that every travel enthusiast must follow 9

Jan

2014

Facebook Google+ Twitter We are getting closer day by day to the much awaited launch of Holidify.com 7th January, after which everyone will be able to access India’s only destination discovery website. The countdown is about to end and it’s just 4 days to launch and we are up with a new post with a ...

Reasons why I love Travelling: From the eyes of a skeptic traveller 4

Oct

2013

Facebook Google+ Twitter Years of skimming through the brightly-coloured garish catalogues of travel companies promising “Hi-fi Adventure” and “Amazing Scenery at Low Prices” while I travelled, clueless and disconcerted, not knowing where the travel guide would take us next, and not knowing when I would get the next meal, often makes me wonder why we ...

Road Trip to Kumaon from Delhi

Jul

2013

Facebook Google+ Twitter Sitting in the hotel gallery outside my room, facing the beautiful lake Naini and hearing the rain come down heavily, I thought of writing down my travel experiences. What a great vacation it has been in the last few days. Truly fulfilling and liberating. Right from the start, the vacation was all ...

How to Plan A Perfect Trip in 3 Simple Steps 1

Jul

2013

Facebook Google+ Twitter Travelling is not always about exerting and stressing yourself because of something or the other. It is also about your passion to travel, your desire to explore new places and see the beauty of this world. It is much about your “wanderlust”! This article is to help you simplify your holidifying experiences ...

Why spontaneous travel plans are the best!

Jul

2013

Facebook Google+ Twitter Sometimes you don’t need a reason to travel, it just happens and when such impulsive travel takes place its absolute unadulterated fun. One boring and lazy Saturday afternoon while the sun shone brightly I was busy poring over the books in the library. As my mind wandered out of the windows in ...

Trek in Uttarakhand: How I survived the cloudburst 1

Jul

2013

Facebook Google+ Twitter On the afternoon of 15th June 2013, 45-50 travelers, villagers, guides and porters had reached Dwali from visiting the Pindari and Kafni glaciers, and in our case, from the village “Khati” below. As the travellers were resting their aching bones by the fire and under their blankets, thinking of the long treks down ...

Adventure Travel: Four Things We Learnt the Hard Way

Jul

2013

Facebook Google+ Twitter On the first of June, Prasanna Thengodkar and I set out on a bicycle journey from Vienna to Bratislava. The guys at the bike rental shop were pretty nonchalant. They said we’d cover it in less than half a day. After all, it was just the first leg of a week-long guided ...

Religious trip in South India with family

Jul

2013

Facebook Google+ Twitter This fateful summer my entire family, without my consent, decided to cut across the state of Karnataka by road to see almost all the famous religious sites in Karnataka. ‘A jolting ride in the Ghats. A crispy hot summer. And…well, Temples. Wow. Bloody Exciting!’ -_- *Sigh* There was nothing much I could ...

Cycling to Nandi Hills: A bike ride to remember

Jun

2013

Facebook Google+ Twitter The idea of cycling to Nandi Hills sounds weird at first but it comes with its own set of adventure and thrill. Its way different from regular cycling on planes, cause the speed drops to less than 3 km/hr while the effort required increases by folds. Why Nandi Hills is an excellent idea ...