City of Seven Pagodas

During March 2022, I visited southern town of India in Tamil Nadu, called Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram an UNESCO heritage site. Mahabalipuram is one of the oldest cities in India that was once busiest seaport and trading centre. The term Mamallapuram means the city of Mamalla, the other name of the famous Pallava Emperor Narasimhavarman I (630-670…

Living Root Bridge

While coming back from Dawki village in Meghalaya (India) during this year January vacation, we heard from our driver about a root bridge near Mawlynnong village (declared as Asia’s cleanest village).  What is so special about this, we were wondering, so we decided to visit this place. From Dawki border, this place was approximately 35…

Hidden Surprise in Meghalaya

We (my friend and our kids) planned a Meghalaya and Assam trip during the first week of January and already decided on the places we would be visiting. When we reached Shillong, we further enquired about the places to travel nearby. The taxi driver outside the hotel suggested a few waterfalls, caves which are the…

Suraj Hua Madham- (When Sun Got dimmer!)

It was our first day of vacation in Goa. My friend, her daughter and my daughter we all were for 4 day trip to Goa. We already researched on TripAdvisor on Palolem and Agonda which are supposed to be the best beaches of Goa (Agonda was ranked on TripAdvisor’s “Travelers Choice” as fourth in Asia…

Great Service by Sea

Goa (India) is known for its beaches. Goa stands 6th in the Top 10 Nightlife cities in the world in National Geographic Travel. While North Goa beaches are crowded due to water sports activities and street food, you can find quite, pristine and serene beaches in South part of Goa. We were staying at North Goa…

Demon on the Beach

While vacationing in Goa this year in November with my friend and kids we saw huge effigies at every corner of the street that looked like a demon. This was a couple of days before Diwali festival which is observed mostly in whole parts of India. These effigies were huge, colorful and decorated with spray…

Visit to “The law of Wheel Ashram- Rumtek Monastery”

It was our last day in Sikkim and we decided to visit Rumtek Monastery (or Dharmachakra Center) while going back to Bagdogra Airport. We started around 9.30 AM fro Netuk House Hotel in a taxi. Although this place was only 25 km from the hotel the driver said some road construction was going on so…

Where is this that we have come: Paradise at 12000 feet

I was on 3 days trip to Sikkim recently with my army friend, her 2 years old son, and my 8.5 years old daughter. Sikkim is located at the northeastern part of India. It borders the Tibet in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the…

A Diary of a Little Birder

I have spent my initial childhood in cities and towns of Madhya Pradesh (Central Part of India). Since my dad was in All India Radio, he had a transferable job and we use to shift towns once every 3-4 years. In early 90’s, dad got transferred to a place called Shivpuri. I was 12-13 years…

A day in Golden City- Jaisalmer

After our visit to haunted village Kuldhara, we reached Jaisalmer in the afternoon. We asked Ramveer -our driver for the places to visit, he told Jaisalmer Fort, Gadisar Sagar lake, and Patwaon ki Haveli are the main attractions here. Since it was already afternoon we decided to visit the fort first. Ramveer informed us that…