Category: India
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Eunoia of Pahalgam
A blue sky and yellow fields of mustards greeted us as soon as we left the city of Srinagar. It was almost noon and the sun shone brilliantly giving the mustard field a beautiful glow with the brown mountains standing at the back as guardians. We landed at Srinagar the previous night as today we…
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Lamahatta – A walk among the Pines
As our car turned left on to Peshok Road at Ghum, the road de-congested. The trees crowded on both sides of the road as we proceeded towards Lamahatta. The idyllic place, situated only 25 km from Darjeeling offers a vast and peaceful stretch of conifer and pine trees to spend your time. Upon reaching, we…
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Ri Kynjai – the Perfect Stopover
Our car left Guwahati airport and started a slow journey, negotiating the congested city traffic, towards Meghalaya. It was only after we turned south onto NH-6 from NH-27, that our car found some swiftness and speed. Our destination, Shillong, was still a couple of hours away. But at that time, we were eager for our lunch…
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Island Felicity of Andaman
Not only the magnificent colours of the sea, or the beautiful white beaches and the rich underwater world, it is also the slow paced, peaceful environment, the lovely and warm people that make the islands of Havelock and Neil in Andamans a top choice to dissolve your logjams of mind and soul.
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Manali to Leh via Tsomoriri
It was decided long ago that when we will go to Ladakh, we would do it by the driving on the spectacular Manali-Leh Highway. Our dear friend Indranil da, who is an expert in organizing tours in Ladakh, suggested that we add Tso Moriri to this road trip to which we readily agreed and decided…
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Disconnect at Rare Earth Farm
If you thinking about revitalizing yourself during a short weekend trip, you may want to come here. We wanted to write about this place in the blog post of our recent trip to Shantiniketan but decided that only a separate post will do the justice. Nestled amongst the santhal tribal villages, Rare Earth Home-stay and…
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Dawning at Agra’s Mehtab Baag
Agra is famous for Taj Mahal. And this post is about the same magnificent structure only, but not about visiting it. It’s about a garden that offers a splendid view of the Taj Mahal – and the best time to visit this place is early in the morning when the first lights fall on the…
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