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Another Weekend Getaway – Nainital

Sep

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter Sometime in March last year, when the winters were just giving way to summer, we wanted a break from our busy corporate and city life. We decided ( after prelim research ) to drive to Nainital. We hired a Tata Indica ( cheapest option – we were on a shoe string budget ...

The “Sholay Rocks” – A Trip to Gabbar’s Badlands

Aug

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter Shivlingayya is an old man and his age is around 60 years. I met him at a tea stall sipping a cup of tea. Some forty years back he was witness to making of a monument which would ultimately go on to acquire a status of a colossus and nation’s infatuation. Even ...

Of Colorful Turbans, Friendly Smiles and the Beauty that is Punjab

Aug

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller” – Ibn Batuta Every step out for a new journey comes with its initial set of chills – where will I be going? How’s the place? How are the people? New set of people – what if I’m awkward all ...

Tale of the Aimless Drifter: Houseboats of India

Aug

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter The lush landscape of Kerala, smelling faintly of spices and coffee is renowned for its white sandy beaches, authentic Malabar cuisine and beautiful backwaters. The romantic backwaters of Alappuzha (Alleppey) is one of the more famous tourist spots in God’s own country and offers travellers a temporary respite from the maddening bustle ...

People Tell Us Why Every Place is Beautiful – And their reasons will leave you amazed !

Aug

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter Places are nothing but stages for tales of what people left behind, what they are building and what they are running towards, with just a little bit of sand of in your feet and mountain air in your hair. Just like with people, you fall in love with places once you have ...

The Unforgettable Andamans

Aug

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter I have been to Andamans twice so far and if I was given a chance to go there again I wouldn’t miss it for the world. There is no doubt that it’s the most beautiful place that I have ever been to. Andaman has a lot more to offer than its exquisite ...

10 Celebrities Whom You Would Love to Travel With 1

Jul

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter “People don’t take trips, trips take people” Did you know this is true for all earthlings, including your favorite celebrities? Yes! Celebrities are people too and they love to travel as much as you and I do. They get to travel a lot thanks to promo work, tournaments and shooting at picturesque ...

Palampur Diaries 1

Jul

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter Like every other passionate, hitch-hike thirsty and overexcited 20-something student, I too wanted to just go – with no knowledge about the journey or the destination. While most people search for ‘offbeat destinations in India’ online – I was lucky enough to come across one such place by the recommendation of a ...

Epic Road Journey – India Southern Gateway #TWC

Jul

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter Being from northern part of India and an avid traveller, it was a dream to touch down the southernmost tip of India’s main land and so the heading of this travelogue read as “Epic Road Journey-India Southern Gateway”. I got the golden opportunity of doing this in 2014 when I took a ...

A trip to Nandi Hills – God’s Seat

Jul

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter This was a 2 day trip from a Hyderabad internship. I wish I had a more interesting background story to contextualize the escape. But alas! The days of the beat goofs are gone. However the visit was a sweet dream – a sweet flirtation out of routine. I took the night bus ...