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”
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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”
Year 2021 Trips
So another year comes to a close and it’s time to log this year’s trips! January – Rishikesh We try to go to Rishikesh at least once a year as it is our family’s favorite destination. This year we went to Rishikesh on the Republic Day long weekend. We stayed at Aloha on the Ganges,ContinueContinue reading “Year 2021 Trips”
A Song and Dance About Garbage
The hills are alive With the sound of music,With songs they have sung For a thousand years… …sang Maria in the opening scenes of the evergreen Sound of Music. But the song reverberating through the Bhimtal hills these days has just been around for the last five years or so and goes something like this:ContinueContinue reading “A Song and Dance About Garbage”
Back in Bhimtal
We had been itching to come back to our place in Bhimtal all through Summer but dared not venture out after the dreaded 2nd wave, which claimed so many. In our society in the NCR, there were more than 300 cases at the time, 17 in our tower itself. So for more than two monthsContinueContinue reading “Back in Bhimtal”
Trailing the Tiger in Bandhavgarh
This travelogue about our trip to Bandhavgarh more than a decade ago was selected for publication by Mississippi Books (www.mississippibooks.co.in) in their anthology, Caravan. Over the last few years, I have been on tiger safaris in Corbett, Rajaji National Park, and Thekkadi but have never been fortunate enough to actually spot a tiger. This time,ContinueContinue reading “Trailing the Tiger in Bandhavgarh”
Aloha On the Ganges, Rishikesh – A Review
Usually, when we visit Rishikesh, we stay at the Ganga Resort run by Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN). But it hasn’t yet resumed operations after the Covid lockdown. So this time, we tried a new resort, Aloha on the Ganges. Aloha on the Ganges is a beautiful, 3-star resort in Tapovan, Rishikesh, a little aheadContinueContinue reading “Aloha On the Ganges, Rishikesh – A Review”
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