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Indians Traveling to Nepal: Visa, Currency, Language & Other Information

by | September 27, 2024 | Frequently Asked, Nepal | 0 Comments

I visited Nepal in early June. While as an Indian, I didn’t require a visa to enter the country, there were a few other aspects which I found out only once I was there. Some of it was great, like how popular Hindi is as a language over there. But some of them were...
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Exploring Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley as a Strict Vegetarian 

by | September 15, 2024 | Nepal, Vegetarian Food | 0 Comments

It was only when I travelled to Nepal that I truly appreciated how similar it is to India. The intermingled Hindu & Buddhist religious spaces transported me to Kashi at one moment and McLeodganj at another. I didn’t understand Nepali language, but I could easily...
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Impressive Nasik Road Railway Station: AC Waiting Rooms, Stays & Sleeping Pods 

by | August 7, 2024 | India, West India | 0 Comments

Recently, I took a train from Nasik to Mumbai. This was thanks to some terrible repair work happening near Palghar on NH48. If not for that repair work, I would have driven down from Ahmedabad to Mumbai. Which I have done earlier. Read about my Ahmedabad to Coimbatore...
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My 10-day Nepal Itinerary, An Intense Yatra of Katmandu Valley 

by | August 2, 2024 | In Spirituality, Nepal, Pilgrimage (Yatras), Temples | 0 Comments

I visited Nepal in early June 2024. Those were days of unprecedented heat. The rains were held up, and the weather became like an inferno. As karma had it, I was there on some of those extremely hot days. I had a very intense yatra taking place and my inner experience...
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Exploring Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley as a Strict Vegetarian 
It was only when I travelled to Nepal that I truly appreciated how similar it is to India. The intermingled Hindu & Buddhist religious spaces transported me to Kashi at one moment and McLeodganj at another. I didn’t understand Nepali language, but I could easily...
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Why Traditional Dharamshalas Don’t Allow Solo Pilgrims
There is one primary reason I hear when I ask "why solo travellers are not allowed a room in the traditional dharamshalas?" That is: "they might commit suicide" Yes. I am serious. They might commit suicide. Like people never travel alone. The only ones who do are...
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Joy of Gujarati Winter Vegetables: Undhiyu, Umbadiyu & Other Special Foods 
The advent of winter season leads to interesting flurries in the food scene of Gujarat. In this blog, I am sharing with you the change in the Gujarati kitchens when the winter vegetables like Tuver & Papdi arrive. What kind of dishes are made... so you can plan to...
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Bangalore (Chikkaballapur) to Ahmedabad (Adalaj) Solo Self-Drive via NH 52 in My WagonR
Until a few days earlier, I thought NH 48 was the obvious choice for this journey from Chikkaballapur on outskirts of Bengaluru to Adalaj on outskirts of Ahmedabad. However, surprisingly Google maps suggested the NH 52 route at that time (though now when I checked to...
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