So then the trip started. We left Hoshangabad on the morning of 13th Aug and made our way down south to Chennai. It was such good feeling seeing mum, pa, surbhi and shweta relax and not worry about the chores. The train was comfy. well as comfy as trains could be. Back when i lived in India, i could sleep on trains like a log. I found out that was not the case any more. So the Gupta family yapped and yapped and eat and got entertained by some of my sister's stupid jokes. We got to Chennai early on the [View Full Entry]

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So then, we are well into planning our trip next month. A rough itinerary is ready for both Singapore & KL and it will be fine tuned further as we get close to the D Day. Flights and trains have been booked. Will book hotels in a week or so. Prior to our family trip, we are also keenly looking ahead to our overnight stay in Taipei, enroute to Delhi. From what i have read and heard about it, it's such a shame we couldn't make a longer stop over in Taiwan as it is seems to be a fascinating country. [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone, we have been planning a family trip to Malaysia & Singapore in Aug for a while now. Since this will, in all probability, be the one and only of its kind, I am committed to making it a memorable one. Shweta & I are in Sydney while my parents and sister are back in Hoshangabad. Most people in our situation would just walk into a travel agents office and let them do all the ground work. I am however, not a big fan of packaged holidays as they take the spontaneity out of your holidays. You travel in large [View Full Entry]

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Last Sunday, we went on a wine tasting day trip to the Hunter Valley. Its about 2.5 hours north of Sydney. Neither of us are wine connoisseur, but we gathered that it would be worth to explore the intricacies of it since we have often talked about starting a wine bar one day. So we set off on our trip, it was an early start to the day as the coach was supposed to pick us up from the City at 7:30. We left home at 6:15 and got their in plenty of time. Word of caution, this travel company we [View Full Entry]

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