Wednesday, January 22, 2014

A Divine Yatra to Dev Bhumi – Uttrakhand

UTTRAKHAND became the 27th state of India in Nov.2000.The provisional capital of Uttrakhand is Dehradun. It is also known as Dev Bhumi (Land of God) because of multiple Hindu Pilgrimages.

Uttrakhand is divided into two parts, the western part is known as Garhwal & Eastern part is Kumaon.

Char Dham of Garhwal – Badrinath , Kedarnath , Gangotri & Yamontri form the the Char Dham.

Last year during the Nav Ratras we planned to go to Chandrabadni Mandir in Tehri Garwhal. We followed the route Gurgaon –Delhi – Ghaziabad –Meerut – Muzzafar Nagar – Rorkee – Haridwar-Rishikesh- Devprayag , Hindola khal-Jamni khal – Nekhari –Jurana -Chandrabadni .


Thursday, January 2, 2014

Johannesburg City Tour


 SOUTH AFRICA 

1. Rhino & Lion Park -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
2. Wonder Caves & Apartheid Museum  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
3. Revisit to Johannesburg  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
4. Lion Park -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
5. Sterkfontein caves -- Johannesburg (South Africa)
6. Johannesburg city tour  -- Johannesburg (South Africa)



In my last post I covered Lion park & Sterkfontein caves which was a wonderful & unforgettable experience, now let’s explore the city too.

We came out of Sterkfontein caves and proceeded to the Johannesburg city. The road was smooth and was not crowded untill we reach the main city.


On the way to Johannesburg city