Celine reacts to the death of two tigers at Jim Corbett National Park in the last 20 days-
I certainly do not agree with the belief of some egoistic and insensitive dumbasses that a tiger is a magical symbol with mystical power in its organs. Let those same dumbasses experiment with celery or dark chocolates instead [...]
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Where to find international food in Bangalore
Published by January 25th, 2010 in Food and Travel. 1 CommentSneo has a good summary:
The Only Place This steakhouse is a favorite with the initial Anglo-Indian settlers of Bangalore and I could easily say the steaks make a sumptuous lunch or dinner. This place serves no alcohol and thus has a patronage of family crowd.
Location: Museum road, Off Church street
Sankara brings back beautiful pictures and stories from their visit to Hogenakkal Waterfalls.
As we got out of the waterfall, we found some kids waving at us from a height of over one hundred (100) feet. Then, to our utmost surprise, they jumped into the water, swam to us and collected five rupees from us, which [...]
Vulpineshooter posts some beautiful pictures from Ranikhet and recommends the place-
Such weekends are hard to come-by. Although, I do travel a fair bit to various places, but this weekend will always be a bit special for me, as never have I been to such a quiet and serene place which stole my heart in an [...]
Sonja Stark from the Pilot Girl Productions gives a few packing tips for frequently traveling women on travel assignments. Read more for such tips.
No jewelry, no sunglasses, no pajamas, no robes, no belts, no dresses, no skirts, no extra shoes. Wear only one pair of comfortable fashionable slip-on shoes like Merrills. Shoelaces just slow you [...]
Onethoughton fondly recalls the recent trip he made to his home in Cochin from Chennai :
Having got no tatkal tickets, I decided to board the Kovai express from Chennai early in the morning. Though worried that I might have to risk standing all through the journey, I still decided to hope for the best and [...]
Arun at iVinca (the very same Arun of the India Travel Blog at Paintedstrokes) posts some breathtaking pictures of places around Bangalore!
Vandana visited Devarayana Durga along with some of her friends. Check out the wonderful pics and sights:
… and Switzerland, of course! Kalyan is visiting there and seems to be having a great time. Check out his blog post including some great views of the land and very very delicious looking chocolates:
Post man describes from first hand experience an incident from the recent floods in Kurnool and what people were up to in the midst of all that suffering :
A boat with a couple of guys driving it was looking for survivors. The boat could take 10 at a time. But one could enter only if [...]
Who are they? To find out have a look at Sid’s photograph of you and me.
Rocksea posts some pictures of elephants and mahouts when it is bath time. However he has a lot of sobering elephant facts in the same post-
Cruel treatment by the mahouts. A recent article published in Kerala Kaumudi points out that around 90% of domesticated elephants in Kerala are made blind or partially blind, so that they can be [...]
Desiderata writes about her travels in Himachal Pradesh :
The drive from Dharamsala to Manali, about eight hours, is staggeringly beautiful, so beautiful I forgot to be scared of the steep drop on the side of the road. Although at one point we were stopped by men in land-diggers who sensed that a rockslide was about [...]
That is Julia, who is falling in love with Bhopal. Check out why!
Guru posts an anthem for ‘natural born hikers’ and I liked it a lot-
Landscapes to pass, Challenges to don!
We are hikers naturally born!!
Call me crazy, call me mad
When it comes of walking, I am not that bad
…
Read the full natural born hikers’ anthem.
Bird Watching at Nalsarovar
Published by September 8th, 2009 in Environment, India and Travel. 0 CommentsNalsarovar is a Natural shallow lake about 64 km to the West of Ahmedabad in Gujarat. it is the largest wetland bird
sanctuary in Gujarat, and one of the largest in India. Bhaumik takes us bird watching on his blog….. Most Visible Birds : Ducks, Geese, Pelicans,Flamingos, Storks, Brahminy Ducks, Herons, Kingfishers, Egrets, Darters and Many [...]
Birds at the Silent Valley
Published by September 6th, 2009 in Environment, Photoblog and Travel. 0 CommentsSankara Subramanian travels through Kerala’s Silent Valley and posts some lovely pictures :
An interesting fact about Silent Valley National Park is that it is a rare rainforest. It is comparable to the rainforests of the Amazonian bason, of Panama and one more rainforest in South East Asia (though not sure of the name). Thus, it [...]
Kshitiz tries to come to terms of being a documentary photographer and explains us why sometimes it is so difficult to leave one’s emotions even professionally.
There are moments that makes your heart cry out in despair. One of the subjects that I spotted was this traveler (he had a travel bag with him) [...]
Fly, You Fools have a comic take on the Oktatabyeye and the Tata controversy.
Our earlier post on the same issue here.
Ecstatic I felt mostly but also there was a doubt lurking somewhere at the back of my mind about our descent the same day. When it rains it pours and so it did! Mist covered everything around and visibility reduced badly. Somewhere on our way down the peak, we missed the trail (as in there [...]
Tata Sons Objects to the use of Tata in Oktatabyebye.com
Published by August 29th, 2009 in Blogging, Business and Travel. 3 CommentsPartha from Oktatabyebye.com (which is a travel portal) writes-
Very recently, TATA Sons filed a case against us (oktatabyebye.com) in infringement of their TATA name (as our domain name contains the ‘TATA’ word!). Tata Sons has contended that it is confusingly similar to its ‘Tata’ brand and the travel portal runner has no rights or legitimate [...]
Driving to Jalori Pass and Shringi Vatika
Published by August 26th, 2009 in India and Travel. 0 CommentsAnup takes his car to a lot of places among which Jalori Pass is one. Beautiful photographs of beautiful places.
scratchpost has posted a series of pictures from her Ladakh trip. Brilliantly done! Go check them all out.
That is what Himanshu did, went driving from Pune to Leh. And his flickr set is amazing.
Shalini’s favourite pastime in vacations is a nice morning walk. She takes some in Mashobra and tells us why she likes them.
Waking up early for me is a way to view the world differently, a way to gather my thought, a way to spend some quiet time. I have been waking up early on all [...]
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