Weekend getaway or a long vacation, people do need a break from their busy schedules. Most of them tend to travel and explore a new place its culture, food and the people. Traveling to a new place requires a lot of planning upfront. From where to stay, what places to …
Read More »Walk in the Fantastico Padmapuram Garden in Araku
Botanical gardens are now a part of every town and city. Be it the famous Lalbagh garden in Bengaluru or the Shalimar gardens in Jammu and Kashmir, every botanical garden has something different from the other. One such botanical garden I visited recently was the Padmapuram botanical garden in Araku. For …
Read More »Goa from a different angle – Part 1
One of the best joys of life is travelling and I’m lucky to have traveled a lot. Be it the Dil waalon ki Dilli or Aapno Gujarat, I’ve been there and spent quite sometime meeting new people, trying out new food, experiencing the rich culture. It’s been a great journey …
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 »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, …
Read More »Explore Hyderabad – Bazaars
It’s Saturday and what better way to spend a Saturday than Exploring the city ! I have always ensured to make a visit to the local ‘bazaar’ of any city that I’ve been to. Be it the famous Chandi Chowk in Delhi, MG Market in Madgaon(Margao, Goa), Aminabad in Lucknow, …
Read More »Hyderabad MMTS: Best way to commute
So, its been more than a month since I came to Hyderabad. Everything was new at that time, new place, new people and everything seemed so different. The language itself, isn’t an easy one to pick up, but I’m right on track to learn Telugu – Nenu Telugu Koncham Telusu …
Read More »Shimla – The Queen of Hills
It’s the end of 2013 and what a year it has been. I’ve been traveling a lot lately and I’m enjoying a lot ! First it was Amritsar and then Food Festival and this time it was Shimla ! Well, decided to spend the last few days of the year …
Read More »National Street Food Festival – New Delhi
It’s time for some winter foody outing !! The National Street Food Festival is taking place at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi from December 20 – 22, 2013 and I’m glad to be experiencing it on the opening day. This is an annual affair and people come out …
Read More »Shopping in Amritsar
Traveling to a new place for a holiday is never complete without shopping ! Many would blame it to cause instability in the economics of the trip 😛 It must have happened to many of us, we plan a perfect trip, and just as we visit the market, the budget …
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