Showing posts with label Travel Tit Bits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel Tit Bits. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

A Unique Travel Blog in Hindi : Musafir Hoon Yaaron. !

Offcourse its surprising but its true. I have started my new travel blog in Hindi. It will not tell only my travel tales but will also keep an eye on all that is written about travel by Hindi bloggers across the globe.

The new blog has following sections

  • Travel Stories
  • Travel Tit Bits
  • Travel Pics With a difference
  • Photo features

& more....

So do join us at Musafir Hoon Yaroon

Your suggestion and comments will be welcome.

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Pachmarhi in Pictures !

Pachmarhi Lake is a man made lake but its serene surroundings and vast expanse makes you feel like you are sailing in a natural one.

Watching Sunset at Dhoopgarh is amazing experience . As the orange hue of the sun light fades the sun simply disappears in the clouds. See yourself in the pics ! Incidently Dhoopgarh is highest peak of MP. For further details read here.







The journey to Duchess Fall was the toughest. First we have to go through the dense forest of Satpura and then tackle the steep incline of 800 meters to reache to the fall.





However the cool bath in the waterfall eased the strain in our tiring limbs.


These caves are known as Pandava Caves. as per folk lores Pandavas came to stay here during their exile.


The thin streak of water falling from such a height ! The fall is known as Silver Fall.


The view from the top of the Pandav Caves was just amazing . Just see the greenary all around and breathtaking view of this garden ! Isn't this beautiful.

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Journey to Pachmarhi : Part -I

Last month we went to Pachmarhi a small hill station in MP via Nagpur. General route to Pachmadhi is via Piparia, which is a small station in Jabalpur-Itarsi-Nagpur .rail section. My sister presently resides in Nagpur that’s why we chose Nagpur as our first stoppage.

Our first outing at Nagpur was Deeksha Bhoomi. In 1956 Baba Saheb Ambedkar with his followers embraced Buddhism at this place The Deeksha Bhoomi stoopa is 120 m in dia and looks quite impressive.









In the evening we went to this shop to have a taste of delicious Nagpuri Samosa.











The road route from Nagpur to Pachmarhi via Chindwara was just horrible. As soon one enters Madhya Pradesh the pot holes became a regular feature.
















After three and half hour of Journey we reached Chindwara. We took lunch in a restaurent owned by royal family of Chindwara. From the restaurent the view of the marriage hall (known as Raja ki Bagiya) was just great.


We reached Pachmarhi in the evening. You can read the whole story of our journey from Ranchi to Nagpur & then to Pachmadhi with some more pics here & here.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Snapshots from Sikkim : V

There are many waterfalls on the road side as one ventures into North Sikkim. We encountered this one just after Lachung on our way to Chungthang.
But can u tell me What the girls are looking at?
The Waterfall or......:p












It was fine sunny morning as we started for Changu lake & Nathu La about 40 km from Gangtok. There was greenary all around as we moved out of Gangtok.
But then soon these green & blue colors were replaced by white and blue skyline.
You can read the travelogue of Changu Lake, Nathu La here or here.





No, no this is not Changu Lake. We saw this small water body betwen Nathu-La & Baba Mandir.











Do u remember the Maruti Ad which claimed that they have their service centre in every nook & corner of the country ! But then SBI (state Bank of India should claim this too :)

Sikkim is a delight for nature lover. It boasts of more than 500 varieties of orchids, some of which are very rare. Our visit to the flower show was an amazing experience. It seemed God has run riot of colors !

One thing u can never forget after visiting a hill station is these cute looking children. With their red round cheeks & small inquisitive eyes they r the ideal portrait for any photographer/tourist.
That's all I have to share with u on Sikkim. thx for joining in this memorable journey.

Saturday, June 10, 2006

Snapshots from Sikkim : Part IV

After enjoying Gurudongmar we have to go back to Lachen. The journey was not that comfortable.The dizziness encountered earlier was still playing on my mind. Just before Thangu we diverted for some time to Chopta Valley. You can see the path of meandering river in the valley in the pic.

After the most hectic journey in which we have to face high speed chilling wind in the morning & heavy downpour in the evening from 5.30 AM to 7PM covering 190km (see the map on other blog) we jumped into our bed straightway after reaching Lachung. Next morning was the best I have ever had in my life . Its other matter that I rarely open my eyes before 7 AM whenever I am at home :). Anyway I have described my experience of that morning here.Even if u can't understand the details of the post, those pics will convey the feelings.

Next day we were at Yumthang also known as Valley of Flowers. Though we could not see the flowers in their full bloom as we landed there in April. The best season to see the riot of colours displayed by 24 species of Rhododendrons is May.

Yumthang Valley is surrounded by green forests & high mountains on both sides. The river Lachung Chu with its wide span flows in between.
U can see the other pics and details of the journey at the links below
Yumthang Valley
Lachung
GurudongMar to Lachung via Chopta Valley

Friday, May 26, 2006

Snapshots from Sikkim : Part III


A small sleepy village Lachen which we left early in the morning for our onward journey to Thangu & Lake GuruDongmar



Weather was cloudy in lachen & it remained so until we crossed Thangu. our hearts erupted with joy when we saw clear blue sky for the first time since morning.



We were now at a height of 16000 feet with no vegetation to speak of. Snow capped peaks, gushing winds, wandering clouds and flat terrain was what we were subjected to in those unforgettable 4 hours of journey.



Hurrah! we have reached our first destination at a height of 17300 ft at this beautiful lake called Gurudongmaar. It was really unbelievable to be at such height.

Only a part of the lake was frozen & we went there to just have a feel for the ice. U can see pics of frozen lake on my other blog.




I got the feel of the song while climbing to that spot
Is jameen se aasman tak............
Main hi Main hoon
Doosra Koyi Nahin Hai :)To see the other pics click on the link below

Monday, May 15, 2006

Snapshots from Sikkim - Part II

The journey from Gangtok ,Tashi View Point & then to Lachen was memorable for various reasons some funny and some not so funny! U can find it out along with pics at the links given below
Safar Sikkim Ka :Part III Roman Hindi हिन्दी
Safar Sikkim Ka Part II Roman Hindi, हिन्दी


The road from tashi view point to Phensang was quite terrible because of rains and landslides.

However remote the area may be u can be rest assured that one companion will always be with u that is Indian Army.

After 100 km of journey we reached Chungthang the origin of river Teesta.
And this was an effort to give some relaxation to the whole body :)

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Snapshots from Sikkim : Part-I

With summer in its full bloom, travel is the theme of all my blogs this month.:)
Traveling is one thing which I love to do. And when we got a bunch of holidays in 2nd week of April it was time to set off for a holiday. I will not give any journey details here as I am already covering them at my other blogs . U can read them and see some more pics here
But then I have lot of pics to share something new in all my blogs :). Both these pics were taken when we were in route to Gangtok from Sikkim.
Look how lush green is the forest a view which continued for some time as we moved out of Siliguri. Siliguri is infact gateway to several tourist destinations in North Bengal, Sikkim & Bhutan!

A view of River Teesta what river Ganges is to UP...the same importance has River Teesta to people of Sikkim.We got first glimpse of teesta 35 km away from siliguri and then went all along it towards its origin!
All these pics are taken from moving vehicle so focus is not as sharp.

Saturday, October 29, 2005

Of Kolkata & Puja Pandals

Last week was a wonderful week for me! I was in Kolkata

This time I stayed in southern part of the city near Jadavpur. It was raining cats & dogs so we could not move out in the evening. But around 9PM we ventured out with an umbrella in hand. Not many people were on the road that time. As we moved around we found out that the entire locality was filled with no. of small clubs which are known as place for addabazi for young & old alike.
The entire locality & club members were glued to their TV set but not for day & night cricket game, nor there was any sas bahu serial on the air :)

Guess what ! Yes u guessed right it was the Europian soccer live action which was generating lots of halla-gulla in support of both teams involved.

There were beautiful faces all around during two days of my stay. So it was nice wondering around the street. Durga Puja was over but I came across pics of some superb pandals for the puja which I like to share with u !





Friday, September 16, 2005

A Snap Shot from Bengal...

Two official tours within a week!
And this time I was in Bengal in the city of Durgapur! Of all the states there is something unique about its people & culture. There r so many facets of it & one of them touched me when I was going to my Hotel.

It was 7.30 PM in the night when we boarded the taxi . But soon we were in the midst of two small political demonstrations coming from opposite sides which we call here as Juloos.
Now Juloos is a common phenemona all over India but then ....untill now I have presumed it to be a day time activity! but Bengal proved me wrong.:) So we waited patiently to let them pass & then moved on.

The next day just when our car was going to the plant for some site visit we got stuck in the midst of another meeting this time called by CITU to support country wide workers strike proposed in last week of September.

It was 4.30PM & there were red flags all over the place.

Workers have just started to trickle in. Warming up exercise was on. There was this gentleman in front of mike with three to four person around him for generating chorus & what I could gather from my little knowledge of this wonderful language bangla it was someting like

29th Septambere Chokka Jaam....Chokka jaam Chokka Jam
Haat bazaar hobe naa hobe naa..... hobe naa hobe naa
Gadi ghoda cholbe na cholbe na.....cholbe na cholbe na and so on.......

Such was the symphony of the chorus that I thought that I was hearing some Hindi poetry of Veer Ras. These poltical workers are so good at their art of mobilising a crowd. Soon the entire campus was filled with people. I soon found out that most of them were not much interested in speeches of their leaders. They have heard so many of them before & for them coming to the meeting was a good excuse to leave their work early . The leaders also knew this fact & ended their meeting quickly with in half an hour so that their listeners can go to their home in time.

The Marxist culture is so omnipresent everywhere in Bengal. Though the marxist ideology is mellowed down considerably but still u feel its remnants as soon u enter this state....

Tuesday, May 31, 2005

U can not do away with the feeling of love !

Now that my exams are over I am back in business of Blogging.:)
We r in midst of a really hot hot summer
with temperatures touching 43 degree C with added humidity! I travelled a lot due to my official preoccupations criss crossing boundaries of Bengal, Jharkhand & Orissa during last two weeks !

And while coming back i saw an interesting spectacle. Just when my train was passing over a river I saw below this big love sign with an arrow made on its parched sandbed .

And I thought even this blistering heat can not prevent someone to show their emotion on a river bed and that too in a midst of a jungle!