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Asia » India » Maharashtra December 31st 2016

The Agumbe-Udupi road was closed for vehicles, but motorbikes were still using it. I got a lift down this road to the village of Someshwara which is on the bottom end of the wildlife reserve (9km from Agumbe). The next bus from there to Udupi wasn't for almost two hours, so we carried on to a town called Hebri another 10km further on. For some reason, even though Udupi to Agumbe is apparently about an hour by bus, from Hebri (which should have been 20km closer) it still took over an hour to get to Udupi. There are trains from Udupi to Mumbai but all seats were booked for the next couple of days. There were only waiting list seats available, which are tickets you buy but can only actually use if someone else doesn't turn ... read more
flamingoes at Sewri
flamingoes at Sewri
flamingoes at Sewri

Asia » India » Maharashtra » Pune December 30th 2016

Shaniwar Wada, situated in Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA is approximately 285 year old fortification built in 1732, used to be the palace of Bajirao I, who was the second Peshwa (Prime Minister) of Maratha empire. He was Peshwa during the regime of Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj, the grandson of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. As the foundation stone laid down on Shaniwar (Saturday), it is named as Shaniwar Wada. It was a magnificent building during the period of Bajirao I and was in its full glory during that time. It used to be a seven story building with a ground floor made of stones and rest of the floor made of wood. It is said that later on in 1828 due to some fire the wooden floors got destroyed. Even today the remaining structure of Shaniwar Wada is telling the ... read more
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Asia » India » Maharashtra » Mumbai December 11th 2016

My night bus to Mumbai was much nicer than the one I took to Jalgaon. This one had sheets, a blanket and a pillow! I just wish I felt as clean as my sleeper having for the second time in a row, caught a night bus straight after a journey from somewhere else during the day, meaning I had no chance to take a much needed shower. About halfway through the trip however, I realised that my wallet had fallen out of my pocket - or even worse, had been pick-pocketed from me during my sleep. Asking the crew riding with the driver in the 'cockpit', there was a bit of a language barrier as I tried to explain what had happened. I was even beginning to think it might have been one of the crew. ... read more
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat
Girgaum Chowpatty

Asia » India » Maharashtra December 11th 2016

Geo: 19.0801, 72.913411.12.2016 Came back to Mumbai... read more

Asia » India » Maharashtra » Mumbai December 10th 2016

What to do in 24 hours in Mumbai? Markus was keen on paying this megacity another visit. I, Nina, not so much. After the peaceful and relaxing time in Goa, it was to hard to dive into the noise and pollution of Mumbai. But as the flight to Delhi directly from Goa was quite expensive at that time of the year, we had to take a flight via Mumbai anyway. So it was ok to spend 1 day and 1 night in this city. The year before we had found a great deal for a hotel in Andheri with free pick up at the airport. The same hotel this time was too expansive, so we booked another option which was just around the corner. But it turned out that this option was a terrible one. If ... read more
great bookshop in Bhulaneshwar
in Khala Ghoda
on the train from Andheri to Mumbai

Asia » India » Maharashtra » Aurangabad December 5th 2016

When travelling, you have to take decisions on whether visiting an attraction is worth the effort. In this case, I had a five hour bus ride to Ahmedabad, two overnight buses and a stay in a rural village to contend with to visit my next sight. I could easily have skipped it and taken one direct overnight bus straight from Udaipur to Mumbai - but visiting Ajanta seemed to be "on the way" to Mumbai, and even when I realised thanks to transport connections that it sorta wasn't, I decided to go anyway. I've got time up my sleeve. Also when you're travelling, you take risks - especially when there is the potential for fun! Which is why rather than having an early night before an early start and twenty four hours of travelling the next ... read more
Sitting Buddha
Ajanta Caves
Colourful, Intricate Carvings & Paintings

Asia » India » Maharashtra » Mumbai December 2nd 2016

Bombay - Die Portugiesen haben es vor knapp 400 Jahren an die Engländer verschenkt, weil König Charles II sich erbarmte, deren Königstochter Katharina zu heiraten. Entweder galt es für die Portugiesen damals einen Krieg zu verhindern oder die Schönheit der Katharina musste mit einer gewaltigen Mitgift etwas unterstrichen werden. Aber das muss uns heute ja nicht mehr interessieren. Auf einer altersgerechten Vormittagstour durch die 20-Millionen-Metropole haben wir uns ein paar indische Tempel angeschaut, wie überall sind die indischen Gottheiten meist farbenprächtig-kitschig bemalt, viel goldfarbener Glitzer und filigrane Wandstrukturen runden die Häuser ab. Zwischen den Tempeln erleben wir mit unserem Bus im Stau stehend immer wieder das Verkehrsschauspiel. In dem vielen Verkehr, in dem jedes Fahrzeug ständig die Hupe betätigt, um dann doch nur schleppend voran zu kommen, schlängeln s... read more
Das alte und das neue Taj-Mahal-Hotel
auf Tempelrunningtour
Tempel - verzierte Außenwände

Asia » India » Maharashtra » Lonar August 31st 2016

Once you start traveling around, if you stay without at least a weekend getaway for 3-4 weeks, you start craving to go to some place the next week. I had barely traveled out of Bangalore until my 2nd or 3rd year in college when my relationship with travel started (I had infrequently visited a few places but nothing major). After that it has just grown and grown. So, what do you do if you are bored and need a change in scenery ? Pick a nearby tourist spot which you have been waiting to visit and just go there (even if you are 2 or 3 folks). In my case, this resulted in visiting the unique Lonar (Crater) Lake in Maharashtra. A few months back, I and Vivek had registered for a trip with one of ... read more
During Sunset
Little Green Bee Eater
Black Winged Stilt

Asia » India » Maharashtra » Lonavala July 7th 2016

The planning for the long awaited trip with school friends finally gathered momentum when Ajay (Aj) decided to visit India after completing his Masters in Germany. The final list of people stood at Ajay, Bharath, Maina, Safal, Shruti, Smaran, Umesh and Vrinda (including me of course). All the plans were completed and the bus tickets (KSRTC Airavat - Sleep like a baby) got booked when Maina and Vrinda had to withdraw from the trip. The rest of us still ready to take some time off, booked the hotels using the GoIbibo app and were all set for the trip. Tip: Bharath made us book each day of the hotel (even if same hotel) separately with 3 of us booking on different accounts for better discounts :P Can't complain as it does help :) The first destination ... read more
Karla Caves
Ajay and Safal seeking blessings from Sage Shruti
Lion's Point

Asia » India » Maharashtra » Lonavala June 18th 2016

As it had been a while since my last outing with office folks, I and my ever-ready trek buddy, Vivek planned a weekend getaway to Rajmachi in Maharashtra through the Hyderabad Trekking Club (HTC). This time, our old trip pal, Aditya Vaish (recently married) was very zealous to come with us as he had finally obtained the permission to go for a short weekend trek. Along with him, Sulbha and Anuvrat joined us in their usual style taking more than a month to decide how many among their friends would come along, the final count being 0. This again as always led to us calling our trek organizer umpteen number of times before finalizing the exact number. Ankur, Nishchay and Firoza were the newcomers in our trekking group while Nikhil too decided to join probably as ... read more
Kondana Caves
Glistening wings
Giant Wood Spider




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