Mar 04
“Mind Boggling” is a puny word to describe the grandness and scale of Maha Kumbh 2013 at Allahabad, India. You would have read/seen countless accounts describing the world’s largest fair (Maha Kumbh Mela). I however will stray away from the usual narratives about the camps, groups, holy men (shadhus), divine experiences or miracles and put …
Apr 22
Our 90 minute flight from Nice to München made sure that we were at the airport for breakfast. The airport itself looked impressive with neon lit corridors. We took a train from the airport to the central station and right outside the station was our hostel (Pension Locarno). It was a decent place to crash …
Mar 19
Our flight to Nice was at 8 A.M, which meant waking up at 5 A.M in the morning; a near impossible task after spending the entire day in Disneyland! To avoid any mishaps in the morning and sleep peacefully we decided to spend that night at the airport. Yes! Paris Charles de Gaulle was our …
Feb 20
The past two days of running around in Paris had taken its toll on two of my friends and they decided to stay back in the hotel as the other three of us ventured out to our next destination. Inspired by films like The Longest Day and Saving Private Ryan and also by the PC …
Feb 05
We live and die; Christ died and lived! ~John Stott Yes, Easter holidays were just around the corner and I got busy planning my second and longest Euro Trip! Euro Trip 2 as I’d like to call it. The first one was to Italy. After a lot of thought and numerous permutations and combinations …
Jan 21
A quick 1 Hour 15 minute early morning flight from Madrid brought us to Barcelona right in time for breakfast. We took a train from the airport to the city, which was surprisingly free of cost. I am not sure if that is the case always but maybe it was just because it was Christmas. We …
Jan 09
Circa 2007, another Christmas holiday was fast approaching while I was working in Denmark and as usual I was busy preparing for my next vacation. This time it was going to be Spain. Hola! A day before the eve of Christmas, we left for Madrid via Billund. Billund, if you remember was the airport we …
Dec 14
Article first published as Raid de Himalaya – The Incredible Journey Ends on Technorati. Continuing from where I had left… There was no spare tyre at our disposal even now and the distance to cover was huge. Driving slow and steadily was the only option we had. We arrived at Pang after crossing Nakeela Pass …
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