Category: Travel
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Rookund Trek – Day 1: Arriving at Kathgodam, meeting the group and heading to Lohajung, the base camp (altitude: 7700 ft)
This post is part of Roopkund Trek – An unforgettable adventure!. The previous article in the series is Departing from Hyderabad. The train arrived at Kathgodam in the morning at 6.00 AM. A small town located in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand, this was the starting pickup point by Indiahikes. It was here that I…
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Roopkund Trek – Departing from Hyderabad
This post is part of Roopkund Trek – An unforgettable adventure!. The previous article in the series is Getting Ready. My journey for the trek started with my departure from Hyderabad airport on Sep 16 afternoon. Ensuring that I make the most of my free lounge access :), I had a quick lunch at the…
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Roopkund Trek – Getting Ready
This post is part of Roopkund Trek – An unforgettable adventure!. Why Roopkund? I guess the first question that you’d probably have in your mind is “Why did I choose Roopkund trek?”. I guess the answer here is pretty straight-forward. The Roopkund trek is considered one of the most beautiful treks in the Himalayas. I…
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Roopkund Trek – An unforgettable adventure!
Two years back, my wife and I did the “Valley Of Flowers” trek in Uttarakhand. While the “Valley Of Flowers” trek covered considerable distance (65 km in 4-5 days), it was pretty convenient as we always got to sleep in tents and never had to face the wrath of nature. The Roopkund trek, however, was…
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Bagmati Travels Review
On my recent trip to the Golden Triangle (Delhi-Agra-Jaipur), I had hired a car from Bagmati Travels – http://www.bagmati.co.in/ to go to Agra from Delhi and come back on the same day. Bagmati travels offered the cheapest rates for this one-day trip. The one day trip included visiting Agra and Fatehpur Sikri and costed us…
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kolkatacabs.com (Kolkata Cabs) review
I had recently been on a visit to Kolkata with my wife and I had to book a cab for a day. After searching for cab services in Kolkata, I came across http://kolkatacabs.com. The tariffs they offered seemed to be decent and we were able to book a cab (an Indigo) just one day before.…
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Darjeeling And Gangtok Sight Seeing Points
I had recently been on a trip to Kolkatta, Darjeeling and Gangtok. Here are some points to keep in mind if you visit these places. There are no direct trains to Darjeeling from any of the major cities. Most of the trains from major cities such as Kolkatta go to New Jalpaiguri (NJP) and from…
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North India Trip
North India Trip —————- Introduction ———— This article has been written keeping in mind that it would be useful sharing my experiences about the trip with others. Before I proceed with the details, let me give a brief introduction. This trip was originally planned about 8 months back :-). That was when I had come…