I was looking at the World Heritage Sites list at the UNESCO site. I was curious to see how many India has, how many I have seen, etc. Well, here is the India list (reproduced from UNESCO site, I have only changed the bullet points to bullet numbers) Agra Fort (1983) Ajanta Caves (1983) Buddhist…
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I have Got Mail: Middle Class Content
Who Cares about my Wardrobe in such a Heaven? I got a mail from someone who read my blog and then wrote to me. I appreciate the gesture so much, in itself. It gos like this: “hey, Mridulaji, its nice to read such beautiful & informative articles, particularly contents belongs to middle class tourist. …”…
My Gadgets Have a Will of Their Own
After a looooong time I got to know that my laptop has finally started working today. I had actually given up on it. Also got my camera (the new one) back. Thought it was my lucky day, the gadgets are coming to their senses. Only to find that my camera CF card is giving Error…
A Small Video from Shringi Vatika, Himachal Pradesh
March 10, was a rainy day at Shringi and my Nikon Coolpix 3200 allows me to make videos. This is the typical view from the window of the Vatika and I just loved the ice formation on the tin roof. But it would fall off after a while, whereas I wanted it to grow and…
Tourism: Some Quotes from a Journal Article
I have been reading a few journal articles on tourism (when a person like me in academics takes to tourism as a hobby, this was bound to happen). I came across the article ‘A Theory of Tourism’ from a database. The article has been written in German by Hans Magnus Enzensberger in 1958. It was…
Guest Blogging at India Travel Blog
When Arun at India Travel Blog asked me if I would do an email interview and a post at his blog I was quite thrilled. The interview is now up at his blog. Many of his questions made me think hard before I could reply to them. The toughest to answer was this On the…
Three Cheers for the Comments Too
I have said it before and I am saying it again, one of the biggest reward of blogging are the comments. Raman (unfortunately he doesn’t seem to blog as of now) left a comment on my Jeep Skidding post which is as good as a post in itself. I am quoting it below. Drivers. We…
A Small Incident From the Road to Yumthang Valley, North Sikkim
Getting Back on Track after the Tata Sumo Skidded about Half a Meter: Yumthang Valley, North Sikkim The picture above was the most popular picture with the folks I met on the Yumthang Valley trip in North Sikkim. We were returning from Zero Point to the Yumthang Valley. Pankaj, our driver for this trip told…
F1 Driving on the Indian Hills
Tata Sumo at Zero Point, Near Yumthang Valley, North Sikkim Himalayas draw both of us like a magnet. It is the roads leading to the Himalayas that are a different story. The serpentine roads induce motion sickness in us and Avomine is a must. However, we are pretty used to the medicine by now. But…
Spurious Avomine?
Sesha and I just love traveling to the hills in India. But the thing is both of us have motion sickness and rely heavily on Avomine (anti-nausea medicine) to have a smooth road journey. In December 2006 I went to Khurpatal, near Nanital in Uttranchal. So, I bought a strip of Avomine in Gurgaon and…