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A small girl at Pushkar Lake, Rajasthan, India

This Monday If I Could Visit One Place

Posted on May 12, 2014June 1, 2025

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

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

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!

23 thoughts on “This Monday If I Could Visit One Place”

  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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