Place : Udupi, Karnataka, India March,2014 Udupi District in Karnataka State, India ,a center of pilgrimage, is famous for the Krishna Temple and mutt and lends its name to the popular Udupi cuisine. It is also known as Lord Parasurama Kshetra, and is famous for Kanakana Kindi(Window). It was month of march when I had […]
Author: Rakesh Rai
Andaman – Nicobar Islands- A Witness of Isolation
August, 2003 I was really curious about visiting Andaman and Nicobar Islands since School when I used to read about ” The Kala Paani” (Black water penal island),the remote place selected as penal island by British in 20th century for India’s freedom fighters. As a kid I always imagined it to be a horrific place for imprisonment something […]
Yelagiri- A weekend get away
Yelagiri, District Vellor, Tamilnadu, India is at a height of 3000 ft from sea level, stands majestically amidst four mountains. This is a hill station with a salubrious climate prevailing throughout the year. Surrounded by 14 villages mainly inhabited by tribals. These tribals are engaged in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, etc. – all the occupations of […]
Munnar- A Queen
Munnar a very beautiful tea garden hill station of state Kerala,India. Beautiful scenic, relaxing and good to spend your a week holiday here. Go through walking in morning every day. Take your car and see near by forest areas. I rate it as queen of hills in Kerala. Best is rainy season but be aware of traffic jam in rainy season.
Idduki – My first travel to South India 1984
Prologue This is a mildly written long stay travel experience when a person (I) forced to travel to a remote area on government duty. The place which was far flung,almost cut-off, unpredictable rains, fear of animals, food mismatch, less frequency of transport, completely alone climbing hills daily and so on so forth….. This is the […]
Thekkady- A not to miss place
Started from bangalore by Tutikoran exp 9.27 PM and reached Madurai at 7.20 AM on June,2013 and reached Madurai. Came out of rly station and contacted a travel agent in some shops just outside the railway station. With slight higgling he agreed for Rs.1500 taxi ( Tata Indica). Thekkady is about 137 KM( NH49, via […]
