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Arun at India Travel Blog is hosting a very interesting walking series. Go check it out. It is a must for any person who loves to walk.

These days I am hardly traveling, so have to make do with day dreaming. I think all of us have some places that we consider as dream destination. Remember Amitabh Bachchan and Doo lafzon ki hai ye kahani (this is a Hindi movie song filmed in Venice)? I was in school when this movie came…

The first stop this summer seems to be Oxford in June for about a week, and no the visa god’s judgment is yet to be pronounced. Visa gods willing, this time I will try punting, take a walking tour and go on top of the church in Radcliffe Square at Oxford. I will eat at…

7 bombs are said to have gone off in Jaipur. So many dead, the Indian news channels going their usual way, all cacophony, here is the discussion on Indiamike. I have spent quite some time near Jaipur and Jauhari Bazar (Jeweler’s Market) is quite a familiar place for me where I used to shop. Certain…

I was browsing through my sitemeter and followed a link that led to a Hindi translation of my blog.I mean the stuff is hilarious but only if you can read Hindi. Every other line is without context. Sample this- In an ideal world this summer I would like to visit Ladakh again.इस दुनिया में एक…

(Picture Taken at Spitok, Ladakh) In an ideal world this summer I would like to visit Ladakh again. Look at the picture at the left, can you blame me if I yearn to be there again? But when all I can manage is two to three days of leave, tell me where should I go?…

Bhulla Tal, Lansdowne, Uttrakhand This summer is the most unpromising in terms of travel (though it looks quite promising work wise, I am really trying hard not to complain, no really I am trying). So, on many days, I end up looking at the old pictures and drool. When we actually visited the Bhulla Tal…

eNidhi: A professional amateur: Club Mahindra Holidays IPO QuestionnaireThe link above will take you to eNidhi’s post. I met Srinidhi (who blogs as eNidhi) on the Club Mahindra sponsored trip to Coorg. He was the quitest of the lot but he picks up the pen, errr pecks at the keyboard, the result is impressive. He…

The Couple at Dubare Elephant Camp, Coorg I took this picture of a couple at the Dubare Elephant Camp in Coorg (some details of this trip can be found at my Club Mahindra post). They of course were quite engrossed with each-other and we were wondering why they needed a tripod (it is not visible…

Mayur Lodge, Lansdowne (The Building with the Flags) It feels like ages since we visited Lansdowne and not just the last month. The best part was that we had as usual showed up without a hotel booking in town. The good folks at Indiamike had warned me that there are just three to four hotels…