Category: Travel
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A Day at Gingee Fort- The Citadel that Stood Ten Centuries
Gingee Fort is a fort withered by time, overlooking the quaint little town of Tindivanam in Tamilnadu and lush paddy fields, perched on a hill top in all its glory. This blog is a photo blog about a day spent at Gingee Fort.
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A day in Banaras through my lens
In haphazardness lives the beauty of Varanasi, the true essence of ancient ways of life, oblivious to the refinement of the modern world, yet coexisting in the same world with all its glory, without shedding an ounce of its old-world swagger.
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Things to do in Bruges
“It is good to get lost in Bruges, because no matter where you reach, you will always find something beautiful. Bruges is the most beautiful city of Belgium,” said Flore, our AirBnB host in Bruges. When we explored the city on our own, we knew why she said that. Imagine a small town full of historical…
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On the other side of Khardung La
The day I reached the surreal Nubra Valley, I thought the place offered the epitome of natural wonders I would encounter on my first trip to Ladakh. Nubra looked surreal for several reasons: snow clad Khardungla gradually gave way to the almost barren valley, brown sand replaced huge sheets of snow and camels replaced yaks.…
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Everything you need to know about Havelock Island
Havelock Island is a surprisingly wild place for anyone living a usual city life. Imagine a private beach with mangrove plantations, waters in three shades of blue, crystal white sand and innumerable seashell crabs carrying their shells across the beach right in the backyard of your own resort. Well, that is possible at almost every resort…
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Another cafe anecdote, this time off the mainland of India
After a tiring scuba dive session in the tropical heat of Havelock, I had to get myself hydrated. Something Different was right next to the diving center and we strolled through the shallow waters to reach the beach-side cafe. One of the waiters told us the kitchen was not yet open. I was too tired…
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The Charm of an Early Morning Market in Tamilnadu
About three kilometers north of Coonoor is the small and inconspicuous town of Wellington in Tamilnadu. Wellington is home to The Defense Services Staff College (DSSC), a premier tri-service training establishment. One can love the place for several reasons: for the chilly weather, for the famous Nilgiris tea or for the sheer love of small…
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A Trek in the Rolling Hills of Auli
At an altitude of 2500-3050 meters from sea level is situated the scenic Himalayan town of Auli. Offering a close view of Mount Nanda Devi (7817 meters), the town offers one of the largest skiing slopes in Asia. The stretch of 3-kilometers with a drop in elevation of 500 meters makes this place an internationally acclaimed…
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Devprayag: The Birthplace of the Ganges
We were still 185 kilometers from our destination, Auli, when the cab driver told us there was something wrong with the brakes. It had been a rough terrain from Dehradun to Tehri Garhwal with the road broken at several places because of sudden landslides typical to Himalayan mountains. The driver wanted to halt and show…
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The Buttery Tale of a Highway Dhaba
It is difficult to imagine North Indian highways without dhabas, dhabas that come in all sizes: the dusty-sleepy-slothful ones, the serendipitous ones which do not look too exciting but serve want-to-come-back-to kind of indigenous food, and then there is a completely different league: the ones that are indelibly swanky, dhabas for namesake. These are the ones which…