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A small girl at Pushkar Lake, Rajasthan, India

This Monday …

Posted on May 12, 2014April 27, 2021

I started tweeting about a month back on Mondays about where would I rather like to be! So today after a particularly … whatever day I decided why not, this can spill over occasionally to the blog too. So this Monday these were the five places that look particularly appealing.

Pushkar: The nostalgia for Pushkar is obvious. It was a lovely mother and daughter trip! It is close to Delhi and it felt safe to us. We did fight, but this Monday I would rather be with Chhavi at Pushkar. On another note my daughter now has a passport! It is time to plan a trip abroad with my niece and her. I call them double trouble. About time that we went on a double trouble trip!

Helsinki, Finland
I Saw so Little of Helsinki #lumia1020

Helsinki: While I am daydreaming why not Helsinki! It was such a walking friendly place and I saw so little of it. Whatever I saw I liked it. I have a fascination for witnessing those long nights when the sun doesn’t go down.

Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand #canon550D

Thailand: I could happily go to Thailand again anytime. When I was thinking why tropical fruits was the first reason! Then I also remembered all those beaches that I have not explored.

Udaipur, Rajasthan
Sunset at Udaipur #canon550D

Udaipur: It is the sunset at the Monsoon Palace, Udaipur that stands out most in my mind. It is only for another view of the city from the palace I would visit Udaipur again! This Monday …

Hail Himalayas
The Star Studded Night at Hail Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh #canon550D

The Mountains: But more than anything else I yearn for the mountains! I want to try my hand at photographing such a star studded night again. I clicked this at the campsite of the Hail Himalayas. The only place I can remember having more stars is Leh.

So this Monday I would rather be at any of these places … And I didn’t mention Maldives and South Africa because I don’t miss them only on Mondays, I miss them everyday!

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23 thoughts on “This Monday …”

  1. Prasad Np says:
    May 13, 2014 at 2:11 am

    All beautiful places and on wishlist…Good to know that Helsinki is a walking friendly city, as walking is the best way to discover a city.

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    1. Mridula says:
      May 14, 2014 at 12:39 pm

      Thank you Parsad.

      Reply
  2. Mahesh Semwal says:
    May 13, 2014 at 7:40 am

    informative post !

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    1. Mridula says:
      May 14, 2014 at 12:33 pm

      Thank you.

      Reply
  3. Sakshi Nanda says:
    May 13, 2014 at 10:34 am

    That was lovely!
    I wish ‘double trouble’ and you fly to foreign shores soon. That should make it a Triple Treat? 🙂

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    1. Mridula says:
      May 14, 2014 at 12:25 pm

      Sakshi 😀 I hope so that we go soon.

      Reply
  4. sindhoooo says:
    May 13, 2014 at 12:17 pm

    Awesome pictures 🙂 I love Chhavi’s expression! Hey, just curious about Helsinki, are those tram tracks?

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    1. Mridula says:
      May 14, 2014 at 12:24 pm

      Yes Sindhu those are tram tracks. It gives such a feel to the place.

      Reply
  5. SeasontheRecipe says:
    May 13, 2014 at 7:36 pm

    Planning trip with double trouble… Enjoy.. Lovely places on ur wish list..

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    1. Mridula says:
      May 14, 2014 at 12:23 pm

      STR I have actually been to all these places and I want to go there again!

      Reply
  6. The Tales of a Traveler says:
    May 13, 2014 at 8:09 pm

    i too miss maldives everyday and wish to visit helsinki someday but not sure when as i already have too many places in my #BucketList 😉

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    1. Mridula says:
      May 14, 2014 at 11:49 am

      On the other hand I don’t have a bucket list hence not sure where to take the kids!

      Reply
  7. Maniparna Sengupta Majumder says:
    May 13, 2014 at 11:03 pm

    As Chhavi has got her passport..really it’s time to go for a double trouble 😀

    Nice clicks..as usual.. 🙂

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    1. Mridula says:
      May 14, 2014 at 11:48 am

      The question is where Maniparna.

      Reply
  8. Indrani says:
    May 14, 2014 at 9:48 am

    Lovely pics, wish you more travels with your little one.

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    1. Mridula says:
      May 14, 2014 at 11:48 am

      Thank you Indrani.

      Reply
  9. Cynosure says:
    May 14, 2014 at 2:43 pm

    Already on wishlist…interesting…already planned for partial India tour in July…will try to plan for these next… 😛

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    1. Mridula says:
      May 14, 2014 at 6:23 pm

      I have been to all these places just wanted to run away to any of these on a Monday 😛

      Reply
  10. Preethi Venugopal says:
    May 14, 2014 at 2:59 pm

    Awaiting a double-trouble post very soon..:)
    Lovely photos Mridula.

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    1. Mridula says:
      May 14, 2014 at 6:26 pm

      Thank you Preethi, that trip is still in the planning stage.

      Reply
  11. preethiprasan says:
    May 14, 2014 at 3:06 pm

    that’s a lovely picture of your daughter. have fun!!! 🙂 am sure you will make it to every one of these places… 🙂

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    1. Mridula says:
      May 14, 2014 at 6:27 pm

      Preethi I have already been everywhere that I was nostalgic about on a Monday 😛

      Reply
  12. Bikram says:
    May 16, 2014 at 4:04 pm

    beautiful pictures.. and those are all good place ..

    and as sakshi says come over abroad toooo .. we have some beautiful places toooo

    Bikram

    Reply

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I am Mridula Dwivedi and I started this blog in 2005. It has been an amazing ride. I have visited 33 countries till date! I have worked with many tourism boards and prominent travel companies. My blog was featured on the BBC and the Guardian.

I did my Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. I worked full time in academics till 2015! I quit my job as a professor, thinking I will take a break for one year, which turned into five.

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