Video Review Dec 2023 Our Christmas vacation this year was in Vietnam. As we only had 4N/5Days, we restricted ourselves to the capital, Hanoi, and nearby locales. Our tour was booked through MakeMyTrip, and the hotel in which our stay was based (we didn’t get to choose) was the Diamond Nostalgia Hotel & Spa inContinueContinue reading “Diamond Nostalgia Hotel, Hanoi”
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Ved Van Park, Noida
Video Review Ved Van Park in Sector 78, Noida, is India’s first Vedic themed park. Launched to the public in June 2023, it has consistently been drawing crowds for its light and sound laser shows in the evening. https://youtu.be/OdkkUKdiM3o Ved Van Park Timings Entry from 6:00 am to 9:00 pm Laser show – 8:00 pmContinueContinue reading “Ved Van Park, Noida”
The Auberge Chez Plume Hotel
Video Review Dec 2022 Our last year-end vacation was in Seychelles. We spent three nights in Praslin and another three in the main island of Mahe. In Mahe, our stay was at the Auberge Chez Plume, a charming hotel located on the island’s West Coast. The hotel was right across the road from the Anse BoileauContinueContinue reading “The Auberge Chez Plume Hotel”
The Cairns Esplanade
The Cairns Esplanade in Queensland, Australia, is popular with both locals and tourists. Entry is free to this stunning recreational area with its many shaded paths and parklands. The Promenade boardwalk is suspended over the mudflats to provide a pedestrian accessway and a viewpoint for birdwatching. The 2.5 km long Promenade is fully wheel chairContinueContinue reading “The Cairns Esplanade”
Corbett Wild River Access Resort
Video Review We visited Jim Corbett National Park in October this year after 9 years. Corbett National Park is a thickly forested region in the Kumaon region in the foothills of Himalayas. The national park is India’s prominent tiger reserve and named after Jim Corbett, the famous tiger hunter-turned-conservationist. This time, we stayed at CorbettContinueContinue reading “Corbett Wild River Access Resort”
Leela Raviz @ Samudra Beach, Kovalam
Video Review Prev After a night’s stay at Hotel Marine Palace in Hawa Beach, we moved on to the more secluded Samudra Beach in Kovalam. This beach has just two or three resorts and is on a cliff so you get an entirely different experience from Hawa Beach. We stayed at the Beach View VillasContinueContinue reading “Leela Raviz @ Samudra Beach, Kovalam”
Hotel Marine Palace Kovalam
Video Review Last month, we stayed at Hotel Marine Palace in Kovalam for a night. This hotel is located on Beach Road and has a good view of the Hawa Beach. Though the exterior is pretty unassuming, the room itself was spacious and well furnished. https://youtube.com/shorts/QDpUEUaapCE?feature=share We had a glorious view of the sunset onContinueContinue reading “Hotel Marine Palace Kovalam”
A Night in Vrindavan
November 2021 My mom had been to Vrindavan only once, and that was a long time ago. That had been a day trip of Mathura & Vrindavan, arranged by my dad’s office. I was a kid at the time and only remember that it was the sort of trip where you rush from one spotContinueContinue reading “A Night in Vrindavan”
Home Improvement Project #4
Previous home improvement projects Meter Box Cover MakeoverCorridor MakeoverFoyer Makeover My four-seater dining table is quite plain. The table is alright, but the chairs are a bit boring. The chairs are made of mango wood and have straight backs without any upholstering. Quite bare as you can see. I wanted to make them a littleContinueContinue reading “Home Improvement Project #4”
Prisons – A Review
Many years ago, I read Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret, a self-help book that has been confirmed as life changing by readers across the world. I won’t say it changed my life, but it did make me regard some events in my life with wonder. Apparently, I had intuitively triggered some aspects of the Secret. AContinueContinue reading “Prisons – A Review”
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