Navratri or Durga Puja as it is known, is a 9 day long festival celebrated in every corner of India. During this time, there are huge ‘Pandals’ setup with idols of Goddess Durga, and evenings start with the aarti and end late with folk dances – Garba / Dandia being the …
Read More »Places to visit around Visakhapatnam – Araku And Borra Caves
So after an amazing journey via train you will reach Araku. Situated at an altitude of about 3000mts above sea level, Araku is a well know part of the Ananthagiri Mountain Ranges on the Eastern Ghats. Araku is habitat to mostly tribals and all the land, assets belong to them. …
Read More »Visakhapatnam to Araku by Train – an amazing experience
One of the most well known destination around Visakhatpatnam is Araku Valley. Its situated close to 140kms from Visakhapatnam and is easily accessible by road and rail. Traveling by either has its own charm., but to enjoy completely, it’s suggested to travel by train while going to Araku and returning by …
Read More »Places to visit in Visakhapatnam – Zoo, Kailasagiri Part II
Continuing from where I left in the last post – Places to visit in Visakhapatnam – RK Beach, INS Kusura Museum, Jagadamba Part I -in this post I shall be talking about these two places that are quite far from the city as compared to RK Beach. The fist one …
Read More »Places to visit in Visakhapatnam: RK Beach, INS Kursura Museum, Jagadamba – Part I
This is the first part of the two part series of posts on Places to Visit in Visakhapatnam. The two posts have been divided based on the geographical locations of the places. So in this post will be talking about Ramakrishna Beach popularly known as RK Beach and its surrounding …
Read More »Zomato, Uber, Oyo is all that a traveler needs today
Remember those days when you would have a City Map, City Guide which you could hardly fold properly once opened to look for well known places in the city. Or running from one hotel to another in search of that perfect room. Also finding the best restaurant to give some lip …
Read More »Hyderabad to Visakhapatnam – the Volvo Way !
Yet another post in “The Volvo Way” series after Delhi-Lucknow, Delhi-Ahmedabad, Delhi-Bangalore trips. After having traversed almost every inch of the western part of India, it was time for me to explore the other half and what better way to start than from our very own Port City of Visakhapatnam aka Vizag …
Read More »India Gadget Expo 2015 – Hyderabad
Couldn’t have asked for a better Friday than this, the real “First Day First Show”. This was the second edition of the most awaited Gadget Expo – India Gadget Expo 2015. The expo is held at the HITEX exhibition center in Hyderabad. It will be taking place from the 18th September – 21 September, at the end of which …
Read More »Utsav "Shuddh Shakahaari" restaurant – review
This Independence Day I decided to give a treat to my taste buds and decided to visit one of the well known Pure Vegetarian restaurant here in Hyderabad – Utsav. Had read about it on many blogs and websites and realized that this was to be tried at least once, and what better day …
Read More »Putting Mandawa on the World Map
The next time you watch a movie where you are taken to a small town in Pakistan, don’t get carried away by the director who has made ‘this’ town a make-believe town of Pakistan. This might well be “Mandawa” – a small town about 200kms from the capital city of Jaipur, …
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