I consider myself to be blessed in many quarters. I could visit the xeric and exotic land called Kutch twice in two years. Its my job as a geologist that is to be thanked for this opportunity. The best part is I did not roam the barren and salty desert beauty just as a tourist. […]
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South Goa Tales (Goa Part 4)
We had a very nice time in North Goa. A friend of mine along with his family joined us the day we were to go to South Goa.He is my college/ hostel-mate. His name is Jyotirmoy and his better half Poulami. They are fun people and make a cute couple. We have gone for several […]
Places to eat in Goa
We all love to eat.. don’t we? Travelling is not complete without experiencing local food. Here, I will quickly review a few amazing places to eat in Goa where we had amazing gastronomic experiences. Local cuisine says a lot about the culture and essence of a place and it is unique. The wife had put in […]
North Goa Beaches- Goa Part 2
Goa- Part 1 I am back with our Goa story and let me take you all to a virtual tour of North Goa which is apparently the most happening place in Goa. North Goa has a lot to offer. Different types of beaches like sandy beach, sandy-rocky beach, rocky beach, beach with river mouth (Estuarine […]
Goa Part- 1
What can be a better post than G for ‘Goa’! Recently, I started liking two particular urban phrases (by genius anonymous) which says, ‘You cannot make everyone happy, you are not Goa.’ & ‘The worst thing about Goa is- Leaving Goa.’ Goa Anniversary Trip Although, these lines sound cheesy and cliché, but I strongly believe […]
Fun Darjeeling Trip continues(Part 3)
Breakfast The third day of our Darjeeling Trip. Read Part 1and Part 2. Next day we woke up early in the morning ( read that as 8 am!) had a cup of Darjeeling tea and marie biscuits in our room. Then as our car arrived, we took our baths and went down to have our […]
Eager for Nature,Bengal Safari: (Part 2 Darjeeling Trip)
Continued from Part 1. Next morning we woke up totally refreshed after a solid 10 hours sleep on the super comfy bed. Thanks to the solid cut off curtains we had an amazing undisturbed sleep. For that day,we had planned a trip to Bengal Safari. But before that the breakfast buffet beckoned to us. We […]
Darjeeling foot hills Birthday Trip : Part 1
This year we decided to go for a trip to Siliguri, Darjeeling foothills, celebrate hubbies birthday on the 21st of February. That was to be followed by a visit to the in- laws place i.e. Firoze’s hometown Guwahati. The last two weeks leading upto the trip was hellish at work. I got through it with […]
Nature Photographs from pre-drone days
Preamble The nature photographs I am about to share with you all have interesting and thrilling stories behind them. These nature photographs were clicked in the pre-drone era from above an abandoned forest watch-tower located in the deep jungle of Satpura Tiger Reserve Forest in Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh has some highly picturesque […]
Yellow Taxi: An unforgettable experience in Kolkata Part 2
June 2007 Continued from Part 1 It was my second visit to West Bengal. I had qualified GATE and went to take admission in IIT Kharagpur or Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad for my M-Tech course. Keeping two extra days for that trip for any unforeseen delay in admission procedure seemed to be the […]