Author: Priyanka Dalal
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Sangla Pictures after heavy rainfalls – #Uttarakhand Floods
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A friend of mine has a quaint little restaurant + home stay called Cafe 42 in Sangla. Sangla is near the eastern borders of Himachal Pradesh hence quite close to Uttarakhand. There were no floods but very heavy rainfall for many days, leading to a power blackout for more than 7 days. Many roads have…
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3 Tips for McLeodganj
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I will quickly jot type some of these tips I had in mind when I was in McLeodganj. Once I come back to Mumbai I get so caught up with things that I barely write half of what I want to about places I have visited. So here goes, Visit the Bookstores I devour books.…
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Himachal People Gave me a Culture Shock because they are so Awesome! <3
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Dharamshala. Dalai Lama. Tibetan Story. That was my whole pull to visit Himachal Pradesh. Actually it hardly mattered to me that it was Himachal Pradesh. Anyway all these states kind of get blurred when you are on the road. So there I was – unsuspecting I landed at the bus stop at Mandi. The local…
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McLeodGanj – A Place of Stories
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It is a congested town, as so many towns in India are. Here however I felt stories. Lots of different stories unfolding… maybe because it is the place for the Tibetan government in exile, maybe because it is one of the few places where revolution/revolt/patriotism has some meaning, maybe because of the Llamas that are…
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Photo Story & Travel Route – 1 month on the road, South India
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Finally finished my photo compilation of my 1 month long road travel in Jan, 2013! I traveled around South India in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and a little bit in Kerala! The final route looked like, Mum – Madikeri (via Mangalore) – Mysore (with Isha Yatra covered: Halebeedu/Belur, Gomatgiri, Nanjungoud, B.R.Hills and more) – Coimbatore (Isha…
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Short Guide to Rewalsar, Himachal Pradesh
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Hi there reader, I generally don’t write such ‘short guide’ posts because they are so easily available online, except for a few destinations for whatever reasons. Rewalsar is one of them… so here goes for the benefit of my fellow travellers esp solo women because we tend to plan out where we will be staying…
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My Peep into the Kochi Muziris Biennale 2012
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Half a day! Half a day was all I got to see the Kochi Biennale in my month long road trip in South India! It was not enough at all… but what I did see really impressed me a lot! It was actually thought provoking and so engaging, I am amazed! These two videos are…
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Multi-religious Coonoor Mornings
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I remember the mornings in Coonoor! I didn’t do anything particularly, I went there in January and it was too cold to get out of bed early. So I slept tell at least 8.00am! The most unique thing however was the hodge-podge of the three main religions – Muslim, Hindu & Christianity! One of the…
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At a Coffee Estate Home Stay – Madikeri, Coorg
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I would like to write in detail of my thoughts about home-stays, coffee estates and Madikeri, as this was my first encounter with all three! This post however is about what is most vivid about the place in my experience…. BIRDS! I have a little past in ornithology. I have done a few bird watches,…
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The Bylakuppe Adventure – Tibetan Settlement, Coorg
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I was quite excited to go to the tibetan settlement at Bylakuppe in Coorg since I found out about it sometime back. I visited it about 10 days back. The Golden Temple is a tourist attraction and a very extravagant tibetan temple! My adventure however started as an uncle dropped me at the gates of…
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The Fastest Roller Coaster at Ferrari World – Abu Dhabi
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PffTTHhhhhhhoooooooooo… and we are off at the fastest speeds of all the roller coasters in the World! This crazy acceleration lasts only for a few seconds but its crazy! I was prepped to scream like crazy but no sound came. It was difficult to understand that it was me being hurtled at such a terrific…
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Bahrain
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Bahrain is small. Really small. Driving from one side to other takes about 1.5 hours. Bahrain is also not a tourist spot. We cannot apply for visas, someone within the country needs to invite us. After leaving Dubai (more posts on Dubai coming soon) we landed at the Bahrain airport and it was boxy. Its…
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‘Traveller’s Block’ – Breakthrough
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I have heard of ‘writer’s block’ but never really faced a serious one. Last few months however since my Coimbatore-Mysore-Bangalore trip in Feb, I was not able to go on a trip despite planning 5 different trips! The reasons for not going were varied viral fever, passport issues or just simply canceling. I figured it…
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Dubai for the Vegetarians!
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Aah big topic for the vegetarians- What food will I get there? Well, short answer its quite manageable! Better than some other countries like aforementioned Kuala Lumpur (wink) Generally what we vegetarian folks do is identify a heavy, filling and wholesome drink. In Dubai we fixed on Hot Chocolate. In Kuala Lumpur it was Milo…
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Infrequent International Travel – Logistic Planning
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This Dubai- Bahrain trip I found myself woefully unprepared. Firstly there wasn’t much time before the trip what with work and usual life activities… Secondly, I didn’t appreciate the many factors that would crop up in international trips, because I am well prepared for domestic ones. So decided to make this list for readers and…
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Dubai Metro – Simple and Refreshing
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When I first travel to a place there are a myriad topics in my mind that I could write about. It is difficult to choose and sometimes it leads to a writer’s block of a sort. I have decided to start off writing about my recent short trip to the Middle East with the very…
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How to avoid Group Travel Disasters
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I am not very experienced in this matter, because I have been to limited group travels but recently had reason to write this post. While I cannot go into personal specifics, I have figured some few very important points to keep in mind before going for a group travel. 1. WHY are we traveling There…
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My Travel Packing Fundas
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A quick post before flying off to Dubai tomorrow. A few weeks back I participated in #Untravel a twitter travel chat. We were discussing packing tips and luggage secrets! So I thought of writing a quick photo-post while I pack away! Roll the clothes 3 or 4 clothes bundled and rolled up together like this…
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The Errant Cow – Travel Animal Stories
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While surfing I came across Ailsa’s travel blog, where she has weekly theme posts! This week’s theme is animals. I remembered one incident with an errant cow in Mysore that I thought I can make part of her theme. Its actually quite funny. Generally domestic animals are afraid of human contact but the cows on…
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Making a Travel Note Book
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Very often I come across interesting, offbeat places someone knows about. I get an urge to write it down for future reference but I never have a notebook for that! I could just jot it down into a small note pad or something but then soon the note pad would have all sorts of info…
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Health Retreats in India – Naturopathy, Ayurvedic and others
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Even though I do yoga regularly at home, I feel the urban lifestyle soon catches up to me. I look forward to health retreats in some clean and refreshing place far from the city! I have done some research to find a few health retreats, these are low to medium budget places, Nisargopchar Ashram – Uruli…
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On the road in Kashmir with old hindi songs – Travel Memories
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The thing about traveling is that there are these memories… I don’t know how to describe them! Thinking back on them they seem surreal! One of them is traveling on the Kashmir roads in the car with our Kashmiri driver who had this awesome collection of old hindi songs, many of them I had never…
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Different People & their Behaviour towards others – It Matters!
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Remember in school when the teachers are always demanding good behaviour? Especially when we go outside somewhere on a fieldtrip or picnic? Always there is the nag of being ‘respectable little kids’ by keeping our appearances tidy and maintaining our decibels. On my last travel trip I got a first hand account of what a…
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I meet a bunch of women – Travel Tales
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The YHAI in Mysore, is one of my fav stay places! I have been there quite a few times and the staff know me too. This trip when I went there, I got one of the last few beds to sleep. The hostel was jam packed with conference participants. This conference was some spiritual group…
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Where the laundry guy disappears – Crazy Travel Tales
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This trip of mine to Cbe-Mysore-Shravanbelagola-Bangalore was filled with some crazy encounters! One of the prominent ones being my laundry clothes debacle. Well it started with me, I was rushing off somewhere on Saturday morning and needed to drop off some clothes at a laundry. The big ones at that time were all closed so…
