One needs to be a poet in order to describe the beauty that is Scotland. Rolling hills, verdant meadows, dream-like countryside, magnificent castles, a rich and vivid history, Scotland can enthrall even the most disinterested of hearts. And then there are the flowers that can steal your heart. Everywhere. Wild. […]
Bhandardara is the place to go to when you want to do nothing on a holiday. For, there isn’t much that you can do there anyway. Other than just soak in nature, stare out into the hills, be delighted by the lake and splash a little water here and there […]
The 3day-2night stay at the Rann Utsav was replete with experiences…. 1st day: Sight-seeing started with a trip to a nearby village showcasing the daily life of people in the dessert. It certainly didn’t look like a real village – put up for visitors, with women asking for INR 50 […]
As I said in my last blog (Destination #RannUtsav in Gujarat — Celebrating the Rann of Kutch), once you alight from the bus upon reaching Kutch, you are amazed by the scale at which the local government has planned the #RannUtsav. Easy check-ins at the welcome – tent, with the […]
Rann of Kutch was a long longed destination. Every year we seemed to be postponing it citing some reason or the other. But, in October 2012, Jayant finally booked a 3 days/2 nights trip to the Kutch Utsav — a part of the much advertised Gujarat festival organized by the state […]
If you want to see the real India, you need to get out of the posh areas and Malls and head to the old part of Indian cities … Whether its Chandni Chowk in Delhi, Aminabad in Lucknow, Charminar and old part of Hyderabad etc. In Mumbai, it has to […]
Mahabaleshwar has much more to offer than just Strawberries and a cool weather. It’s one of the better hill stations of India which is still not completely ravaged by man and made into a concrete hell. A few must dos when you are there: Main Market visit: Well there is […]
How do you explain photos that tell their own tales? Hence, a departure from my usual blogs — pictures from inside the Amber Fort, Jaipur. You may weave your own stories. You can almost feel the shadows of the Rajahs-Ranis The majestic past lives on.. Glance inside, you may just […]