Kutumsar cave
27th December 2012 One of the tourist spots in Bastar district is Kutumsar cave. Situated inside Kanger valley national park, it is about 40 km from Jagdalpur. The last 10km drive is inside Kanger valley national park where permission from … Continued
Chhattisgarh
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
Araku valley
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
Subsidy for Manasa Sarovar yatra
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
Visakhapatnam
22 December 2012 Visakhapatnam or more popularly known as Vizag is a coastal town in Andhra Pradesh. Though Andhra is our neighboring state, journey to Vizag is a long one at it is at the other end of the state … Continued
Saavira Kambada Basadi, Moodabidri
1st October 2012 Saavira Kambada Basadi, translated as Thousand pillars Temple is a Jain Temple situated at Moodabidri town in South Kanara district. I made a point to visit this place during my pilgrimage trip to South Kanara. It was … Continued
Weekend at Sakleshpur hiils
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
Kolli hills
17-18 November 2012 About Kolli hills is a mountain range in Eastern ghat. Located in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu, it is about 280 km from Bengaluru. Compared to other hill stations, this is relatively known and less visited by … Continued
Malmo, Sweden
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
Copenhagen, Denmark
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