A travel blog about my experiences in travel and treks
29th December 2012 From Jagdalpur, our journey continued towards Orissa. The Hirakhand express left promptly at 2:30PM from Jagdalpur and reached Bhubaneswar at 8:30AM next day. The biggest issue in trains is the quality of food. It is so pathetic that one would … Continued
27 December 2012 Chitrakoot falls is called as “Niagara of India”. It is a common practice in India to compare falls against Niagara!! But to give credit to Chitrakoot, it is an amazing falls to see in monsoon although I never … Continued
December 2012 Chandni chowk at Jagdalpur Chhattisgarh (or at least the southern part of it) could have been an excellent driving destination from Bengaluru. With a halt at Hyderabad/Bhadrachalam, one could have covered this distance in 2 days. But unfortunately, Naxals … Continued
23rd – 25th December 2012 Araku valley is a hill station in Andhra Pradesh located about 120 km from Vishakhapatnam. Situated in Eastern ghats bordering Orissa, it attracts many people from Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. Araku valley is connected to Vishakhapatnam … Continued
Though central Government facilitates Manasa Sarovar yatra each year, it not bear the cost of the trip. The Government has no role in private trips originating from Nepal. In recent years, few state Governments have started providing assistance in terms of money for … Continued
12- 13 December 2012 A few years ago, we had been to Jenukallu. It was a memorable experience, and we (I, Krishna, Girish) decided to do something similar. We had seen a ppt of Rottikallu which I must say was very impressive. … Continued
28th October 2012 It was two years ago when I was in Paris, I saw a Eurolines bus to Oslo, Norway. I was surprised as the distance between the two cities over land was nearly 5,000 km!! North Sea and Baltic Sea … Continued
27-28th October 2012 My visit to Copenhagen was unexpected. It was never in the list of places “to be seen”. But unexpected events do happen in life and few of them are for good. One such event was my visit to Copenhagen. … Continued
20-21st October 2012 It was already dark when the Wizz Air flight from Eindhoven landed in Budapest. My work had taken me to Netherlands and I had decided to spend the weekend in Budapest. One reason was I was always fascinated by Eastern … Continued
19th August 2012 This Temple is hard to miss in Srinagar. Situated on a hill of 1000ft height, it is one of the prominent places seen from Dal Lake. Shankaracharya Temple seen from Dal lake The climb to this … Continued