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I am going Manali during mid april and the trip duration would be for a week. I need some recommendations for places to visit in and around Manali, not too far out though. I don't mind the kind of place but it should be different and obviously popular

"Want to shoot? Use your cameras!" We came across this beautiful quote during our previous outing at Bandipur - a trip that had made all of us ardent wildlife lovers. It remained engraved in our memories all throughout and when we got the first chance to re-live the moments again, all of us...

I read the Sunday Times this morning over tea, toast and eggs. When I looked out of my hotel window I saw scores of red double decker buses busily picking up and dropping off passengers. In the afternoon I went for a walk and happened upon a field filled with men playing a friendly cricket...

We could have been hiking the hills in any rugged area of Europe or America on this particular Sunday, but there were a few differences that would suggest not. It was a December afternoon and we were all wearing summer clothes, perspiring in the humidity. The sun was shining brightly through the...

It has been almost one and another half months since our last outstation trip. It's perhaps the longest absenteeism from travelling in my entire lifespan of 33 years. The lull has to end soon - I said to myself and began to search for a probable destination. Since I had exhausted all my...

My partner in crime during the college days, Saurabh was returning to India from an onsite assignment after 10 months. Although his office is based out of Hyderabad, he was keen to meet our Bangalore gang before resuming his official duty. 'Our gang' refers to a group of 5 batchmates - Biplab...

Off-Topic: Do you have any fond memories of history classes during your school life? I do have. It was this period that gave me widespread recognition in school as a budding poet. Now if you are struggling hard but could not establish a relationship between history and literature, that's not...

An unplanned tour often turns out to be one of the most memorable trips of our life. Seated on a giant rock at the isolated Maravanthe beach just after dusk, I was aptly reminded of this cliché (often much-maligned) by my subconscious mind. How true it was! Even a day prior to this trip, I had...

I dont know how many of you believe in ghosts but that is exactly what Bhangarh has become famous for. I have been there three times so my post is going to be a mix of all three visits. Bhangarh is between Delhi and Jaipur and a good way to go to Bhangarh is to include it on your visit to...

GOA India Exotic! India! Excitement! The road to exoticism takes place in an uncomfortable plane. Simply, I never pay luxury transport in first class, out of pure principle. I reckon that all the money saved this way is going to good use of the knowledge, which implies another trip. After hours...