Spending a Day on Mehrauli (Delhi) – Gurgaon Road

We planned to visit the nearby areas of Mehrauli – Gurgaon road. So we covered Qutub Minar , Ahinsa Sthal & Chattarpur Mandir on the same day. These spots can be visited within a day as they lie on the same path. Visiting these spots is a good time spend for whole of the day.

Qutub Minar

A Day in Lalbagh Botanical Garden – Bangalore

Once I was on official trip to South, I reached Bangalore from Chennai by Shatabdi Express. On reaching Bangalore I came to know that due to some local festival all the offices were closed. I checked in Hotel Empire, Koramangala. I took some rest , had my lunch & I left to visit Lal Bagh Botanical Garden. 

Tehri Dam (New Tehri – Uttrakhand )

Tehri Garhwal is one of the largest districts of state uttarakhand and which lies from the snow covering Himalayan peaks of Thalaiya Sagar, Jonli and the Gangotri group all the way to the foothills near Rishikesh.

New Tehri is newly established township, it is situated at 1550 m above the sea level. Old Tehri is converted into a Lake.

It is around 350 km away from Gurgaon and takes about 10 hr. to reach New Tehri

GARDEN OF FIVE SENSES

Nowadays people are going away from the nature and like to spend their weekends and holidays visiting the malls and get bounded inside the walls of malls made from the concrete and glasses. Our children are also deprived to enjoy the beauty of nature.

MALAYSIA TRULY ASIA

Malaysia is a country that consists of 13 states & 3 federal territories. At one time it was the largest producer of tin, rubber& palm oil.

Main population of Malaysia are Malays, there are sizeable Chinese & Indians communities as well.

The official Language is Malay & Religion is Islam.

Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia.

Best time to visit KL – Kuala Lumpur is an affable city that can be enjoyed in every season. As regards to travel peak season, there is no definite period. KL is hot & humid through out the year.

Local transport in KL – Buses, Taxies, Monorail & Metro.

Malaysia

Guwahati – Gateway to North East

 North East

1. Shillong - Part I
2. Shillong - Part - II
3. Cherrapunjee
4. Guwahati


We left for Guwahati from shillong at 10 AM. On the way once again we stopped at Bara Pani , captured some pictures. We reached Guwahati Army transit camp by 12.30 PM. Had our lunch in mess and left for sight seeing at 2.00 pm

Bara Pani

Cherrapunjee – Wettest place in the world

North East

1. Shillong - Part I
2. Shillong - Part - II
3. Cherrapunjee
4. Guwahati

Woke up early in the morning, prepared breakfast & lunch to carry with us as there are very few options of restaurants on the way to Cherrapunjee.

We left for Cherrapunjee at 8.00 AM from Shillong.

Cherrapunjee is about 60 km from Shillong . It is a small town located on the southern edge of Khasi Hills. Cherrapunjee is locally and now officially known as ‘SOHRA’. 98% of the annual rainfall at Cherrapunjee is received in just eight months from March to October. November, December, January and February get nominal or no rainfall. Rains during these months are mostly caused by cyclonic depressions in the Bay of Bengal.

It is credited as being the wettest place on Earth. However, nearby Mawsynram has more rainfall nowadays.

Shillong – Scotland of East India (Part – II)

North East
1. Shillong - Part I
2. Shillong - Part - II
3. Cherrapunjee
4. Guwahati 


Day -3  (Shillong)

Today we planned to visit some places which were just at the heart of shillong so that by lunch we could come back home for lunch and then go out for shoppingin evening. The main Shopping areas in shillong are Bara Bazar & Police Bazar. From Tourist point of view I liked Police Bazar. Don’t forget to eat Jalebi from Delhi Mishthan Bandhar as they are really delicious.

Shillong – Scotland of East India (Part – I)

 North East


1. Shillong - Part I
2. Shillong - Part - II
3. Cherrapunjee
4. Guwahati


We had been planning to visit Shillong & Cherrapunjee for the last one year, finally we decided to go in Dec.2009 but the program was preponed to September 2009 as just after the rain the greenery of the hills & the waterfalls were in their full swing.

Seven Sisiters & One Brother

The Seven Sisters of India are the seven relatively unexplored and isolated Indian states -Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh & Sikkim is smallest state and brother of seven sisters

Pink City – Jaipur

Kesariya Balama Aavoni, Padharoni Mare Des Re – These lines attract most of the domestic & international Tourist towards Rajasthan.

Some of the places are very close to my heart. Rajasthan is one of them. It is one of the colourful tourist destinations of India. One can enjoy the great Hospitality of the Rajasthani People. There are several tourist destinations in Rajasthan. Some of them are Jaipur, Ajmer, Pushkar, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Ranthambhore, Bharatpur, Sariska……………etc and all the places are different from each other. There are multiple tourism options of lakes, desert, mountains, forest (Sanctuaries), Historical & Pilgrims.