A visit to the hallowed city of Amritsar, situated in Punjab, a northern state of India is sure to have a purifying effect on the mind and soul. This city is the spiritual and cultural centre of the Sikh religion and has a rich as well as poignant history.…
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We had landed in Istanbul in the morning and then taken a domestic flight which had brought us to Goreme, a town located in the famed Cappadocia region of Turkey. The town is spectacularly located among the “Fairy Chimney”, rock formations.…
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It is that time of the year again, when you are off on your annual family vacation. A much needed break from the humdrum of routine life and an opportunity for some great family bonding experiences.…
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We were very excited. And who wouldn’t be? After all it is not every day that you get to travel to the Moon. The Moon had been on our bucket list for quite some time now and we were happy and looking forward to a great time on the Moon.…
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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.…
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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.…
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How to be prepared for exigencies? It is advisable to carry a travel health kit equipped with the essential items which would come handy while travelling.
One of the seven wonders of the world stretches out in front of you, the guide is waxing eloquent on the monument and its history when all of a sudden you feel the all too familiar piercing headache, the sign of an imminent migraine. …
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Many years ago, much before the travel bug ensnared me in its magical web, I had already begun my voyages around the world on the wings of my imagination fueled by an insatiable appetite for books. I traveled to far away places and learnt about different cultures, I learnt about people in far away lands, about exotic locations, great cities and civilizations.…
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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.…
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I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.…
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