Sat, 01 Jun 2024 08:50:11 +0000enhourly1http://wordpress.com//wp-content/uploads/2023/12/cropped-322233969_1297652907681615_7151454088821430707_n.jpg?w=323232 /2024/06/01/budget-trip-to-maldives//2024/06/01/budget-trip-to-maldives/#respondSat, 01 Jun 2024 08:43:36 +0000/?p=3599Continue reading Budget Trip to Maldives]]>Premanku had just returned from the USA two days prior when I tip-toed around him with the itinerary of our next trip to the Maldives, planned for that same week. We took advantage of an impromptu long weekend and booked flights to this tropical paradise. Let’s admit it—trips to the Maldives can be expensive. However, … Continue reading Budget Trip to Maldives

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]]>/2020/06/14/bandel-church-and-hoogly-imambara/feed/10PSX_20200228_001414jasodhara2010/2020/03/26/ajodhya-hills-purulia//2020/03/26/ajodhya-hills-purulia/#commentsThu, 26 Mar 2020 05:56:26 +0000/?p=2592Continue reading Ajodhya Hills, Purulia]]>Since childhood we have heard this song, "Tu ranga Matir Dashe Jaa" meaning "Go to the land of red soil". It was time for us to visit the land of red soil, Purulia. Even after staying in Bengal for years, it saddens me that how ignorant we are of the scenic pleasure that Bengal has … Continue reading Ajodhya Hills, Purulia

]]>/2020/03/26/ajodhya-hills-purulia/feed/50PSX_20200308_233951jasodhara2010/2020/02/19/udupi-udipi//2020/02/19/udupi-udipi/#commentsWed, 19 Feb 2020 13:15:40 +0000/?p=2787Continue reading Udupi/Udipi]]>-"Vasco da Gama has set his foot first here." -"Wait. What?" -"Yeah." To escape the bleak January evenings of Pune, we made a quick weekend gateway plan to Udupi/Udipi, a beach town in Karnataka. Udupi is 60 kilometers away from Mangalore and is 700 kilometers from Pune. The beauty of the journey was some part … Continue reading Udupi/Udipi

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]]>/2019/10/12/bhimashankar-temple/feed/4PSX_20191012_150442jasodhara2010PSX_20191012_145956PSX_20191012_150312PSX_20191012_145654PSX_20191012_145914PSX_20191012_150150/2019/08/13/south-goa-beaches//2019/08/13/south-goa-beaches/#commentsMon, 12 Aug 2019 19:03:08 +0000/?p=2589Continue reading South Goa Beaches]]>This was my 5th time in Goa and in my defense all I can say is when my Company sponsored our hotel stay, I could not afford to miss it. I have been to North Goa, Panjim and extreme North Goa. I have heard about the beauty of South Goa so much that although our … Continue reading South Goa Beaches

]]>/2019/08/13/south-goa-beaches/feed/10PSX_20200409_115508jasodhara2010PSX_20200409_115356PSX_20200409_132115PSX_20200409_115426PSX_20200409_115207PSX_20200409_115555PSX_20200409_115647PSX_20200409_115859PSX_20200409_115952PSX_20200409_120619PSX_20200409_120904PSX_20200409_120139PSX_20200409_121033/2019/07/18/mumbai//2019/07/18/mumbai/#commentsThu, 18 Jul 2019 16:10:50 +0000/?p=2601Continue reading Mumbai]]>As my quest to discover Mumbai is still in progress, I went there again. I have always felt that it might be fun to live there but for travelling, it is not that exciting. I have heard about Mumbai lifestyle, nightlife, rain and Mumbai locals but never got the flavor of it. I have been … Continue reading Mumbai

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