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• Kerela in a Week: Allepey, the backwaters
  on Oct 28, 2010 in Kerela
  Allepey or Alappuzha as the area is now known, is a town with backwaters and canals. Marco Polo described it as the “Venice of the East” and I now know why. Thekaddy to Allepey is about 180-200 km and takes a little over 5 hours. The last few d...
• Kerela in a Week: Periyar
  on Oct 27, 2010 in Kerela
  Munnar to Periyar is about 4 hours drive and we headed there post breakfast to comfortably reach by mid-day. Periyar or Thekkady is a protected area and national reserve for tigers.  There are numerous spice plantations in the area and we stopped at...
• Kerela in a Week: Cochin
  on Oct 25, 2010 in Kerela
  Cochin greeted us with a bang. Bang! Bang! Bang! The rain went, bullets from a water pistol, as our flight landed at the Cochin airport. The downpour continued with as much gusto even an hour later as the taxi made twists and turns in Fort Kochi stre...
• Kerela in a Week: Munnar
  on Oct 25, 2010 in Kerela
  Munnar, a hill-station, and yes the traditional tourist point was our next stop from Kochi. The 140 km long journey took us about 4.5 hrs including a quick lunch stop and on 2 en-route waterfalls. The drive was smooth as the roads are quite good- spe...
• Chef-at-Home@ Healthy egg wrap
  on Apr 5, 2010 in Chef-at-Home Food
  Sanjay decided to wear The Chef's hat once again this weekend. Tired of our upma/poha routine, he decided he was in the mood to dish up some nutritious and tasty breakfast for us. So me and mom were set to task- the Chef's assistants. I was given a...
• Weekend in Amritsar@ Day 1
  on Mar 19, 2010 in Hotels Vacation
  We are on a two day trip to Amritsar- 5 adults and two small children. The Shatabdi train from Delhi to Amritsar departs on time at 7.20 AM for its 6 hour route. It has been long since I have been on a train journey and a large group always means mor...
• Weekend in Amritsar @Day 2
  on Mar 19, 2010 in Vacation
  The lights could have been stars. I was standing just at the entrance of the parikrama of the Golden Temple. It was dark at 6.00 am in the morning and the temple glittered in itself and more in the water below. As I walked around the parikrama toward...
• DC: Out and About
  on Feb 17, 2010 in Washington
  “All the organizations in this book exist….All the rituals, science, artwork and monuments in this book are real.” - Excerpt from the prologue of Dan Brown’s book Lost Symbol. Don’t get me wrong here. I am no fan of the Lost Symbol. Inf...
• Washington DC: First Impressions
  on Feb 3, 2010 in Hotels Washington
  Work has brought me to Washington DC for about 10 days. Though for most part my stay will be spent in office, I am determined to explore some parts of the city during the one weekend I have here. My flight lands at the Dulles Airport at 3.00 in the...
• Weekend in McLeodganj@ Day 2
  on Jan 11, 2010 in McLeodganj Vacation
  Impromptu trek to snow at Triund: The next morning Shambhu told us it had snowed in Triund. Wow! Wish Sanjay had asked for something more! We decided then we just had to trek up to Triund no matter what. We packed a bag with some food, water, torch a...

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