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Go Gundya for trekking; Get adventurous

If you want to get really close to nature, Dakshina Kannada offers one of the best opportunities. But one has to be really adventurous....

Holy shrine of Mother Mary at Lourdes

Destination Europe ? Part IV For my wife and myself, both born and brought up in our respective churches dedicated to Our Lady of Immaculate...

Purana Qila, Delhi

Old Fort popularly known as Purana Qila is noted for its massive walls and three large gateways. The walls are 18 m high at...

Destination: Aswan & Abu Simbel

A 3 hour train trip from Luxor took us to Aswan, Egypt's southernmost city, the gateway to Africa and the now-inundated land of Nubia.  ...

Lake Taupo & Mt. Ruapehu

Lake Taupo is in the central north island of New Zealand.  Only 1 hour drive from Rotorua and approximately 3 hours drive from central...

My Australian Escape

It was summer and I had to escape from the heat in Mumbai and my vacation was due. Wanted to plan a holiday some...

Jordan: The Kingdom of Treasures (Part II)

MADABA 6th century Byzantine mosaic map 'City of Mosaics', is what Madaba is known as to most people.  The earliest surviving original map of Jerusalem is...

Rome – The Eternal City

Part 3 of 4: Travels in Italy during October 2006 After traveling in Milan, Florence, Tuscany, Venice  and other great places in Italy, we entered...

Vaishno Devi Pilgrimage…

I used to be a non-believer. Completely. It probably stemmed from the residues of rebellious teens, or perhaps germinated in those early teens when...

Glorious Mont St Michel

Destination Europe Part III Bon Soir! Mont St Michel (MSM) is located in the Bretagne region of France in the Gulf of St Malo (towards West...

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