Celebrity Wax Museum, Lonavala: A Poor Man’s Madame Tussauds
Karla Caves and Celebrity Wax Museum have ranked high on my list of must see places in Lonavla. The latter had more of my attention since it was our very own Indian Madame Tussauds. A wax museum in...
View ArticleRBI Monetary Museum, Mumbai – Money on Display
I have had to rely on my memory to write about my visit to RBI Monetary Museum; since photography was not allowed inside their premises. This wonderful museum depicts the evolution of money from 2nd...
View ArticleIndira Gandhi Memorial Museum, New Delhi
I happened to visit Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum by chance. It’s a not-so-pleasant fact that I visited Delhi but did no local sightseeing (except this museum), since I was attending a conference. Such...
View ArticleOffbeat Goa: Reis Magos Fort – Restored To Charm
Restored in June 2012, Reis Magos fort was originally built in 1497 by Adil Shah of Bijapur as an armed outpost. It was captured by the Portuguese and rebuilt on a larger scale in 1543. In 1739, the...
View ArticleHampi-Hospet In A Jiffy – An itinerary for Hampi UNESCO World Heritage Site
Hampi is an emerging tourist destination in Karnataka – India. It is a small village with a population of a few thousands. The nearest populous and semi developed city is Hospet, 13 km away. The focal...
View ArticleWhat to do in Ahmedabad in a few hours?
Ahmedabad landscape has changed over years with investor friendly policies and solid infrastructure development. Business travelers will, most definitely, find their way into Ahmedabad. But the city is...
View ArticleMemories of Chennai
Not many think of Chennai as a city that has lots to offer to a traveller. The capital of Tamil Nadu is a pure commercial hub. The weather keeps tourists at bay too. Summers extend up to 9 months and...
View ArticleVisit Gilbert Hill in Mumbai before it’s too late!
If you’ve grown up in the Mumbai suburbs, you’ve seen Gilbert Hill at least once.. It’s that standalone rocky outcrop along the JVPD road between Juhu and Andheri. History of Gilbert Hill Gilbert Hill...
View ArticleAMUL factory visit, Anand – Mumbai to Gujarat road trip
On Day 3 of my Gujarat road trip, the final stop was the AMUL Dairy factory in Anand. I was very keen on visiting the AMUL factory that brought about the White Revolution and changed the way dairy...
View ArticleMiraculous Cross, Anjuna – I found another Miraculous Cross in Goa
As a place of my ancestral roots, I have visited Goa more times than I can count. The beaches are now exhausted, the restaurants and cuisine now commercialized and there is no empty place left for time...
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Ancestral Goa museum and Big Foot– Victim of its own concept
If you are bored of visiting Goa’s infinite beaches or if you are the type of person who enjoys visiting museums then Ancestral Goa Museum is a place you can check out. Goa Ancestral Museum entrance...
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Bird Watching at Sewri Jetty – Flamingos in Mumbai
Nature lovers and those complaining about Mumbai’s congestion have something to rejoice! Sewri – a neighbourhood towards South Mumbai, has a jetty cum dock which is home to thousands of Flamingos and...
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Maharashtra Nature Park – From Dumping Ground to a Nature Pleasing Space
It doesn’t take an expert to know that Mumbai is synonymous with congestion, noise and pollution. And yet in all this chaos, Mumbai has managed to nestle a Butterfly Park, popularly known as...
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Laxmi Vilas Palace, Vadodara – Of Royals and Royalty
The last time I visited a royal palace was the Buckingham palace in London in the summer of 2010. Cut to present, in my road trip to Gujarat, I saw the magnificent Laxmi Vilas Palace in Vadodara that...
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Prince of Wales Museum – The Best Museum Mumbai has to Offer
I took a break from my Gujarat posts and visited Prince of Wales Museum two weeks back. This is my second visit to Prince of Wales museum, since I was not able to do justice to the museum in my first...
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5 exciting reasons to travel to Thailand from India
Thailand Tourism has done exceedingly well to promote itself as a tourist destination. It has created a space in the travel industry as a budget destination with all the right ingredients. Thailand...
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A visit to Mani Bhavan, Mumbai – Tracing Gandhi’s time in Mumbai
On a bright Sunday morning, I decided to visit Mani Bhavan, Mumbai. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi resided in a quiet tucked away neighborhood in Grant Road, whenever he was in Bombay (now Mumbai). Many of...
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Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Kanheri Caves – Among Asia’s most visited parks
[Last updated: 27 April 2017] Sanjay Gandhi National Park or Borivali National Park is among the most visited parks in Asia. It is said to gather nearly 2 million visitors annually. Of course, this...
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