Bangalore to Kabini river lodge Born in Pachmarhi, my love for jungles still runs through my bloodstream. One of the reasons I get sweepingly sentimental over weekends if I don’t get to go out of the concrete walls of my home. I need to breathe directly beneath the sky and refresh my olefactory system in the vicinity...Read More

Family Vacation Ideas Rann Festival in Gujarat One day before my anointed travel date and I was still struggling for tickets calling up Indian railways  & Gujarat tourism, using every related and unrelated trump card and contemplating on my last minute air travel. All this, for my  maiden entry to Thepla-Fafda land. I had only...Read More

Popular Spiritual tours in India India Spiritual Travel Indians have a saying for those who give a spirited chase to their goals “hath dho ke peeche …” This is what occurred to me on a rainy day and hence the title. Thought to catch hold of God, I should travel from the topmost part of India...Read More

Hill Stations India Traveling to Ooty Jack & Jill yet again to the hills… Due to ‘Monday Blues’ on friday morning,Mr. Jack calls up as soon as he reaches office,’ let’s do Mysore over weekend.On sat,at Mysore… lets do the Bandipur safari.On sunday at Bandipur …why not drive till Ooty ( hill station near Bangalore) Driving...Read More

Traveling by Train India Budget Travel Options From here to anywhere in my train… I envy my son for the exposure he gets .He wakes up to the background melodies of running trains!! Trains?? In Pachmarhi (Satpura ki rani hindustan ke dil mein), my birthplace.. a helicopter could come but no train ???? Traveling by train...Read More

Europe Tour Family Travel Europe European delight in my desi way Thanks to my illusion of being a smart travel planner I chose November to go to the Alps in Switzerland. Even the skiing season was to start 7 days after I would’ve left.  Leukerbad…not one of those places popular in Indian cinema. It was...Read More