It was LFC time again! Thanks to my father’s public sector job, we were entitled to go on a holiday every fours years to any place in India. After covering South and West of India, we wanted to see the northern part, to see mountains and snow. Some of the prominent places to visit in… Read More »Places to visit in North India
Mumbai was originally 7 separate islands, reclaimed to form the port city. Mumbai is a city I have lived in for more than a decade now. Mumbai Darshan is the first tour that most people take, seeing houses of Bollywood stars, Bandra sea face, CST Railway Terminus and colonial buildings of South Mumbai ending at… Read More »How to visit around Mumbai
Karnataka has many less visited architectural marvels. While Hampi has been the most famous one, you will be amazed by better preserved temples of Halebidu, Belur, Halebidu, Aihole, Pattadakal and Badami. Hampi, Pattadakal, Belur, Halebidu and monuments on Deccan Sultanate are UNESCO World Heritage sites, collectively the architectural jewels of Karnataka We covered most of… Read More »Architectural Jewels of Karnataka
I have a contrarian view here- you can skip Goa, unless you have only a couple of days for beaches of India. While Goa has been traditionally popular for the food, booze, casinos and openness towards foreign tourists, it has become expensive over the years. You can find more tranquil places over the coasts of… Read More »Goa
Known as Devbhumi or land of the Lords, Uttarakhand is the window to Himalayas from India along with Himachal, Kashmir and Sikkim. Prominent places to visit in Uttarakhand include religious sites like Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamunotri, Gangotri, even starting point for Kailash yatra, Valley of flowers, Rishikesh and many more. If you are an Indian, you… Read More »Places to visit in Uttarakhand
The islands in Andaman are actually closer to Thailand than India. The ecosystem is also fairly similar to the ones you see at islands like Phi Phi in Thailand. We took a group tour through Nirmala travels to visit the islands Veer Savarkar airport at Port Blair is the main airport for the islands, well… Read More »Andaman Nicobar islands
Taj Mahal is the most well known monument from India. Probably many know India only because of Taj Mahal. This marble wonder is a symbol of love built by Shah Jehan for his wife Mumtaz Begum in the 16th century. You can see Mughal architecture coming to life in the grandest way possible Agra is… Read More »How to visit Taj Mahal
Places to visit in East India include Konark Sun temple, Puri, Kolkata, Darjeeling, Sikkim Eastern part of India was a like a black box to us. While we had heard about and tasted Bengali food, seen news about communist strikes, celebrated Navaratri similar to Durga Pooja, we did not know much about the local life… Read More »Places to visit in East India
There are many places in the world with hexagonal basalt cliffs. Iceland, Ireland are most well known in the world with rocks at Reynijsfara, Studagil canyon and Giant’s causeway. India in fact has more 10 places with such rock formations, with St. Mary’s island in Udupi being the only one in the sea St. Mary’s… Read More »How to visit St. Mary’s Island in Udupi
The state of Karnataka is a true melting pot of cultures in India. With the tech boom of the 90’s, Bengaluru was one of the first places to host people from across the states in India. Karnataka has been multi cultural and multi lingual on its own with people speaking Kannada, Tulu, Konkani, Kodava which… Read More »Places to visit in Karnataka