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Archive for September, 2007

I have visited Shimla 4 or 5 times with my family. I have written about so many places but never wrote about the place where I have been in my childhood, teenage and youth. Shimla is the best himachal pradesh destination from Delhi, people visit it often. I was in 12th [...]

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While going to Alwar for visiting the Dargah we saw this Neemrana property the Kesroli fort weekend destination from Delhi on our way and we decided that we would stay here for 1 night on our way back to home. It is a 14th century hill fort of Kesroli and is the [...]

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This weekend we went to an offbeat weekend destination from Delhi near to Shimla 20km, the Chalets of Naldehra with my family for a break from regular routine. The place was 343 km from Delhi so we started on Friday evening so that we can enjoy the weekend in resting and [...]

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Arts Reverie is set in Dhal Ni Pol, one of the several pols that line the wall city of the Ahemdabad, weekend destination from Mumbai. Its one belongs to the Jain jeweler but has been brought up by Ahemdabad based author and art critic. It was 11 pm when I reached [...]

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To me it was more than enough that I was visiting the home of Saif Ali Khan my favorite actor. However it was the Pataudi Palace, the royal palace which is now run by the Neemrana hotels. I went to enjoy my weekend in a royal style with my friends. It is [...]

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I was traveling in a bus to the town of Gokarna a weekend destination from Bangalore. When I reached Gokarna in Karnataka I asked for Swa Swara, the local name for this beach resort is simply aa hosa jaaga. I took an auto rickshaw and reached my place. My room in [...]

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It is the perfect backwater village of Kumarakom which lies on the bank of Vembanad Lake, 15 km west of Kottayam. My biggest dream of seeing the backwaters of Kerala came live when I went there. It is the best weekend destination or weekend getaway of the people of Kerala. Kumarakom is [...]

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The massive port of Kochi encompasses Fort Kochi and Mattancherry a weekend getaway, from Bangalore a cluster of islands on Vembanad Lake and Ernakulam and Thripunithura all to me was my idea of enjoying the weekend with my family. Welcomed with traditional warmth and contemporary gumption I’m at the airport [...]

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Other than few temples, there isn’t much to see in the small town of Kollengode, an ayurveda holiday destination or a weekend destination in Kerala (weekend getaway from bangalore too), but this is something I have to be told. I would never have discovered this for myself, for as a guest [...]

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Two and a half kilometers of beach, a perfect honeymoon getaway, all to me was my idea of enjoying the camping holidays with my family on a weekend destination within Gujarat. The waves gambol in the few feet away. I’m at the beach at Mandvi Palace. It is in the middle [...]

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