Pahalgam: Kashmir’s Picture-Perfect Paradise Town
Growing up in India, Pahalgam represented all that was charming about Kashmir – a Paradise where many a Bollywood movie was filmed in the 1970s.
Travel Diaries
What I Loved And Hated About The Taj Mahal
There are plenty of blogs about the Taj Mahal, and many of them are rather negative. I visited the Taj in November 2016 and thought it was a beautiful monument. But, like many visitors, I was less than thrilled with my experience of it. Here are some of the things I loved and hated about the …
Kashmir’s Martand Sun Temple: Intriguing Ruins Of A Lost Dynasty
Your Kashmir tour is incomplete without a visit to the Martand Sun Temple, an ancient ruin that showcases early Kashmiri architecture.
Patan Durbar Square: An Enthralling Glimpse Of Nepal’s City Of Fine Arts
Of all the places I visited on our FAM tour of the Kathmandu valley at the Himalayan Travel Mart 2018, I found Patan the most fascinating. Located about 8 km south of Kathmandu, on a plateau across the Bagmati River, Patan is called the city of fine arts. It is one of 3 royal cities …
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Bhaktapur Walking Tour: Following The Red Brick Road In Nepal’s Cultural City
An adorable spaniel sat at the entrance of a shop, gazing out solemnly at the people milling about in Bhaktapur’s Durbar Square. It looked very different from the other dogs who made their home here. Being a dog lover, I would have loved to stop and click photos of every pooch in Nepal. Had I …
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Kathmandu Temple Tour: Doorways To Nepal’s Art And Culture
Before I visited Nepal for the Himalayan Travel Mart 2018, I thought the only things there were to see in this country, that abuts the north-eastern states of India, were temples and mountains. I didn’t opt for the FAM tour that included mountains because I don’t trek, but I did get a tour of Kathmandu’s …
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The Himalayan Travel Mart 2018: Nepal, The Gateway To The Himalayas
Nepal was not even on my radar – or on my bucket list – as a place to visit until I was invited to attend its biggest tourism event, the Himalayan Travel Mart 2018, on 1st and 2nd June 2018. The tag-line for the event, held at the Soaltee Crowne Plaza Kathmandu, was “Nepal, Gateway …
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Kathmandu, Bhaktapur And Panauti: My FAM Tour Of Nepal For #HTM2018
The lightning flashed and crackled outside the window. I was flying Nepal Airlines flight RA 202 into Kathmandu and we were caught in a thunderstorm. A massive rain cloud was shooting forks of lighting as large and scary as Thor’s Mjolnir. It was an electrical party in the sky with the clouds all around us …
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A Road Trip With Dogs To Murud Beach, Dapoli
I love taking road trips with my dogs. When I was a proud dog parent to my mutt, Simba, my (late) husband and I would look everywhere for dog-friendly accommodations so we could take him along. At that time, India did not have many pet-friendly resorts being advertised like they are today. So it wasn’t …