My last two blogs updates are enough to let you guess that I traveled to Shimoga after I returned from Hampi. Hampi somehow turned into a not so good experience worth remembering this time mostly because of wrong travel decisions and wasting a huge amount of money on transport from Bangalore to Hospet. I decided…
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Agumbe – Reliving Malgudi Days
Sometime back while re-reading Malgudi days I came to know that Malgudi days was shot in Agumbe that is some 2 hour journey from Shimoga. Agumbe holds the second position after Cherapunji in terms of highest rainfall and is a famous rain forest along with King Cobra preservation center. I took a bus going to…
Jog Falls – The White Beauty of Karnataka
This year in March I went to Jog Falls while I was in Shimoga. I had some expectations like the time I was here for the first time. But the moment I reached here my expectations were gone. Jog falls had become another victim of summers and both two out of four waterfalls had dried…
A 3 day Heritage Guide to Ahmedabad
Few months back in March I got a chance for a short stay in Ahmedabad. The official work for which I was supposed to be there was supposed to happen on two days and I had a long gap in between so being a traveler I decided to set myself to explore this city’s…
Tips to make your Hampi experience worth visiting.
Hampi is one of my favorite places I like to visit again and again. As a first timer you might wonder what people do here during there long stays when most of the Indian tourists leave the next morning complaining that there was not much to do here. Hampi has something to offer for everyone…
Travel Solo vs Travel in Groups
I am a person who likes to travel solo because it requires less planning and hence saves a lot of time and money but then I have met people who cannot travel solo and need a group to travel with. There are pros and cons of in both ways to travel and a lot…
In the land of rocks and ruins – Hampi
After my brief stay in Ahmedabad I took a train and traveled to Bangalore (No matter wherever I am traveling there is something that keep bringing me to this city). My plans were set to travel out of Bangalore and Hampi was the first place I was going to. Hampi, capital of the ancient Vijayanagar…
Exploring Patna’s Heritage in 3 days
Forget Buddha Smriti Park, PnM Mall and 3rd Class fake Goa called Diyara. Patna has long list of Heritage sites that have been ignored for a long long time by administration and its own people. Staying in Patna for 3 years I have seen most of these places as ignored as a Bihari groom candidate…
From the Land of Stoners and Hippies
It was day next to when I left Manali, I was sitting in a small tempo traveller that was speeding its way toward Mandi while it was slowly raining and my facebook feed was filled with people cursing me. ‘You are not a true traveler, how can you do this?’ A comment said ‘He trusted…
