Darjeeling, the romance of this lovely place had seeped into our blood streams and we woke up asking for more on our second day in this Himalayan hill station, which was once a retreat of the Colonial British Raj.…
What to see in Darjeeling, the Tea Country – Part II Read More »
Darjeeling! The name in itself is enough to evoke visual imagery of verdant tea gardens, of a small train chugging excitedly up a hilly terrain, of a romantic hill station nestled high up in the mountains.
No wonder we were feeling very excited when we landed in Bagdogra, the nearest airport from where Darjeeling is a 65 kilometres drive.…
What to see in Darjeeling, the Tea Country – Part I Read More »
Summer is in the air, the air packs a hot punch and the mouth gets parched and thirsts for water.
In such hot climes, thoughts of the gallons and gallons of water hurtling down a ravine and the cool spray as the water drops hit you, come as a welcome respite.…
Weekend drive to the magnificent Shivanasamudra Falls Read More »
“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t going away.”
― Elvis Presley
This is in continuation of our series on our obsession with the sun where we had shared our sun fascination.…
Do You Know Why We Love The Splendid Sunny Moments? Read More »
One fateful day in the school bus a boy disdainfully looks at a girl he has hated all these years. Their eyes meet and suddenly in a fraction of a second everything changes. A strange chemical reaction gets triggered and hate turns into love, first love!…
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It is evening in Mount Abu, a hill station in the Indian state of Rajasthan which is better known for its wide expanse of desert sands and camels. A small boy, not more that 5 years is seated on a small rock gazing in awe at the setting sun.…
Sunfascination is in our DNA Read More »
It was one of those lazy, sunny, Sundays when you just don’t want to do anything!
I was lazing in an armchair watching the vast blue sky from my window when I spotted a lone yellow kite swaying in the breeze high up in the sky.…
Flying high with the Kite Festival Read More »
I woke up to a cold, gloomy morning and opened the front door to collect the morning newspaper; All the social media platforms and the internet cannot replace my morning cuppa with the morning newspaper!
The headlines screamed at me !…
A trek unplanned-Vaishnodevi Read More »
Crystal clear waters of the sea gently caressing your feet as you sit on the soft white sands of the beach underneath the shade of a swaying palm tree, and all you can hear is the gentle lap-lap of the waves and your own heart beating.…
St. Mary’s Islands – Amazing Island In Karnataka Read More »
We strolled leisurely on the pedestrian and smoke free M.G.Road, the central shopping area of Gangtok, Sikkim. It was already dark and the open air mall was brightly lit and tourists moved around either shopping or window shopping, the air was chilly as winter was setting in and we hugged our jackets closer.…
A road trip from Gangtok to Nathula at an altitude of 14,400 feet Read More »
