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• Food Safari - Bandar Laddu of Machilipatnam
  on May 14, 2013 in food safari
  We have a sweet tooth. Who doesn't?One of the agenda on our plate when we travel is to look for the local cuisine and sweets.What is travel without savouring the local cuisine? Isn't it?We hadn't heard of the famous "Bandar Laddu" of Machil...
• Skywatch Friday - Lovely trek to Valley of Flowers
  on May 10, 2013 in Skywatch Friday
  This picture captures the beauty of trek to Valley of Flowers in the Indian Himalayas.A lovely sky, mighty hills with conifers, water falls trickling down........all these makes the scenery on the way to Gangaria from Gobindghat breath taking.This is...
• Skywatch Friday - The Tower and The Boulder
  on Apr 26, 2013 in Skywatch Friday
  I was browsing through my album and this picture taken in Hampi in 2007 caught my eye. The temple tower, the boulders and the monsoon sky made an excellent setting.If you want to know more about exploring Hampi, you may please look at the following p...
• Chattisgarh Chronicles 1 - The Drive from Bangalore to Bastar
  on Apr 26, 2013 in chattisgarh
  We did this road trip in March 2011. It was six months after we got our Scorpio. As soon as we got the delivery of the vehicle, we had done a road trip to Maharashtra covering Kolhapur, Pandharpur and Ellora. This time we wanted to go longer. After b...
• Skywatch Friday - Barlacha Pass, Manali - Leh road
  on Apr 19, 2013 in Skywatch Friday Ladakh
  Driving on Manali - Leh road is nerve-wracking experience. Once in a life time adventure. At the same time, the sheer beauty of changing landscape with clear skies is a joy to behold.When we were crossing Barlacha pass - 15,000 feet - the landsc...
• Skywatch Friday - Backwaters of Kerala, India
  on Apr 12, 2013 in Skywatch Friday
  Backwaters of Kerala is alluring. Swaying coconut trees, plethora of inter wining canals, people living in villages whose connectivity to outside world is only through boats, setting sun.......all these makes an interesting journey when you...
• Getaways from Bangalore for Summer Holidays
  on Apr 10, 2013 in Summer getaways
  Summers in India is always hot and unbearable. Bangalore, our city which used to have a salubrious climate is seeing increase in the levels of Mercury over the years. Fortunately few good spells of summer rain in last week has brought the heat down a...
• Food Safari - Bhatkal Biryani
  on Mar 28, 2013 in food safari
  We Indians love Biryani. Whether it is Hyderabadi or Chettinad or Calcutta or Ambur or Dindigal etc. I had not heard of Bhatkal Birynai - pardon my ignorance - till i  read this article in "The Hindu". This is what Wiki say about "Bhat...
• Road trip Vignettes - Madikheda Reservoir, Shivpuri
  on Mar 26, 2013 in road trip vignettes
  Plusses of a road trip is the freedom it gives to enjoy the journey at your own pace. Many times we have noticed that journeys are more interesting than the actual destination itself. When these vignettes are captured on the lens, they rema...
• Skywatch Friday - Nagara Fort, South India
  on Mar 22, 2013 in Skywatch Friday
  If you travel in Western Ghats during monsoons, the overcast sky with heavy clouds leaves you with a surreal experience. Sometimes it scares the hell out of you. When you have a lovely fort with waterbody in the foreground an...

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