Come Summer and its travel time. The destinatin is Gangtok, Nathulla & Dargeeling starting from Kolkata the year 2007 during May. We reached Calcutta on a humid afternoon , after checking in the hotel were off to the local places. My friend Viswanath's daughter Sandhya accompanied us for the trip & was a good company for my daughter through out.The local trip started with the famous Howrah bridge, the second Hoogly Bridge, the botanical gardens were for the day one. The victoria memorial the land mark of kolkata was of course in the list. The second day stared off wtih a visit to the Belur Math where lies the memorial of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Swami Vivekananda. This is beautiful spot and the marble memorial is worth the visit. The second half of day was dedicated to ... read more

It was year 2006 the trip to Coorg was planned very fast as we had very little time to plan. We set off on a week end to Bangalore by train and from there to Mysore by road. The road trip from Mysore to Coorg was too good the place is also known as Mercara or Madekere, a small town with lovely lush green hills, tea gardens and a pleasant climate. This lies in the eastern slopes of the western Ghats. As we approached the place we could feel the cool breeze of the hills. The cab driver was quite friendly and explained us about the interesting places to see in Coorg. Though I had a list downloaded from the net it is was useful to hear from a local guy! The hotel we booked was ... read more