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[16 Jan 2009 | 6 Comments | ]

How do you prefer to travel if you happen to go by road ? We counted; this car had total 10 people traveling in it. Do you think it was a fun ride or shortage of vehicles or a strong emotional bond was tying them together ?

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[12 Jan 2009 | 11 Comments | ]

Note:- Before you scroll down, I must warn you.. .. the post contains some gory pictures. So, if you are not comfortable please skip the post. Thank you.
Very recently while the train was stationed at a platform, I happened to peep out of the window on the other side. One train just passed by on the adjacent tracks.

Then I saw something like long intestine on those tracks. The immediate reaction was whether it was there before the train passed or a pregnant lady has delivered in the train and this …

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[29 Dec 2008 | 10 Comments | ]

I do not know how many times I must have watched it. This is Dancing Matt.
Check out this fun travel video of Matt Harding.
I just love this video and whenever I watch this, I give him company.
This video has become so popular that visa people have approached him and now he appears with a shorter version of his video in Visa card ad. You must have seen it during recent cricket match series.
Here is the full version.

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General, Switzerland, The World »

[27 Dec 2008 | 3 Comments | ]

Yes, What a relief !!
This week old news was held back in order to have an uninterrupted story on Amritsar trip. The news has come as a big relief to millions of travelers to Switzerland who want to combine it with rest of the Europe.
Yes, now the Schengen visa will give you access to this beautiful country as well.
If you do not know anything about Schengen treaty, read here.
It is basically an agreement among 24 European countries, also known as Schengen countries, to keep open borders for tourists and till …

General, My India »

[13 Dec 2008 | 16 Comments | ]

First I fumed, whined and I wondered, then threw open this question to a few non-Indian friends and readers.
After 26/11 why should one still travel to India ?
And the response I got was overwhelming. None of them was scared to travel to India. I somehow knew the answer but felt relieved when they said so.
Here are a few reasons which were deciding factors for them to reach this conclusion.

1) India is large. Geographically India is very large and is considered a match to Europe. The chances of something happening …

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[2 Sep 2008 | 5 Comments | ]

Supposedly a few years ago somewhere in north India they were trying to find oil. Instead, out of the ground came a huge amount of boiling hot mud.  The mud swamped the village which is now like a modern day Pompeii where the whole place has no population and the people are still fighting for compensation from the company who was drilling. I don’t have any more detail.
I have done quite a lot of browsing on Google for anything that would resemble such thing and nothing I search for comes …

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[15 Jul 2008 | 14 Comments | ]

These days I am so busy that I want a break now… and what better way than to get out of the routine to see some place and rejuvenate myself. And you are going to help me in this because this time I want to do it solo. Yes, you heard me right..  I want to travel solo !
Yes yes, I know what you are going to say now. I have traveled to many countries all alone and what now ? Well, in India except for Delhi-Mumbai sector I have …