Category: India
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Chandigarh in 8 Pictures
Chandigarh was the stop over for my trip to the Himachal Pradesh, April 2013. It was a good stop over. India’s planned city does come across as planned. The buildings are shorter with a height limit, the roads are really wide, lots of gardens, sectors that are well defined but confusing for outsiders and a…
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Bucketlist: Tour the Lighthouses of India
What do you think of Lighthouses? Do they transport you to some mystical, adventurous & raucous age-old ship voyage with sailors swearing at each other but with a die-hard exploration spirit blooming in their hearts? Ships, wrecks, explorers, discovery of new lands, exotic stuff, tribals, talking parrots or have I just read too many books…
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Solo Female Traveler Safety in India – #2 General Tips
So I took the last blog post on women safety to mention how I am paranoid about safety. So you can probably take these tips I have for women (esp solo) travelers with a pinch of salt. Or maybe you are paranoid like me too 😉 Time Okay to be outside time: 8.30am to 8pm…
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A Brief Guide To Hampi – A Traveller’s Delight
“After 6 months of travelling, this is the most beautiful place I have visited in India” “It’s one of my most favorite places on Earth” “You have to go to Hampi, its awesome” These are the kind of raves I have been hearing for a while now from travellers for Hampi. I got a chance…
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Balaram Temple, Malpe
Malpe is a small beach town near Udupi. Its like a suburb of Udupi, just some 6 km away. Amongst stuff to see in Malpe there is the superb beach, fishing wharf, ship cutters factory and an ancient Balaram temple. Balaram is the brother of Krishna and also a big sage/god or something. The Balaram…
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Solo Female Traveler Safety in India – #1 My Thoughts on General Women Safety
The first time I went on a solo trip Mumbai – Goa – Bangalore – Mysore – Coimbatore – Mumbai was 4 years back. I planned everything out – the stay, travel tickets, backup options. Yet there were always unknown factors like the hostel I had booked in Mysore, would it be safe? I had…
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Sangla Pictures after heavy rainfalls – #Uttarakhand Floods
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
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.…