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Goa In the Rains 2024: Part 1 : Hosa & Purple Martini
So recently I had a chance to visit Goa in the Rains again and it is my firm belief that Goa looks more beautiful in the rainy season than at any other time of the year. While I had many nice experience on my trip, let me first talk about 2 excellent restaurants I went to. So while researching online for nice places to eat in goa, I had come across Hosa in Siolim. It is a venture by the same people who own Indian Accent and Comorin so I knew the place had good pedigree. Since we were staying in candolim the restaurant was a 45 minute drive away and the poorly…
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Varanasi…The Eternal City…
So some days ago I had a chance to spend a few days in the holy city of Varanasi or Benares… The Varanasi airport is not very far away from the city and the road is good we reached the hotel in 35 minutes or so. I had chosen the Taj Ganges for my stay this time and I am glad I did, it really was like an oasis in the middle of a chaotic city. After resting for some time and a sumptuous lunch in the magnificent restaurant of the hotel we headed out towards Assi Ghat for taking an evening boat cruise over the river and seeing the…
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Van Gogh Immersive Experience, Atlanta
So last month while I was in Atlanta, I was looking around for art exhibitions and came across an ad for “The Van Gogh Immersive Experience” at Pullman Yards, Atlanta. This digital exposition was being held simultaneously in many cities in the US and it was awarded best 2021 immersive experience by USA Today and ranked among the 12 best immersive experiences in the world by CNN I saw this in the first week of Jan 2022 and it has closed in Atlanta since then and will be reopening in March 2022 in a new location . To book your tickets and know more, click here… So I booked the…
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Stay at Taj Holiday Village , North Goa
While there are many luxury properties in North Goa , the one that fascinates me the most is the Taj Holiday Village. Recently we were celebrating a special occasion and I thought this would be a perfect to escape from the metropolis and booked a 3 day stay at my favorite resort in India. It took around an hour to get to the hotel from Dabolim Airport and this time is par for the course. While I had booked a base category room, one of my close friends who works with Taj group very kindly called the property in advance informing them of the special occasion and got is upgraded…
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Goa October 2019 : Paradise Revisited
So recently some of my business colleagues from Africa were down in India for some medical tests and treatment in New Delhi and after they finished that they were down in Goa for some rest in recuperation so I joined them in Goa for 3 days to show them around . I landed there Goa in the 4th week of October but this year due to delay in shack allocations the season has started late. Many places which are prime attraction like the Beach Shacks , John’s Boat Tours, Saturday night market etc had not yet started. I reached my hotel in north goa in the evening and as my…
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Helicopter Ride Over Orlando & Airboat Tour of Everglades
Helicopter Ride So in the #Florida series previously, i posted about the Kennedy Space center here and the Universal Studios here. Closeby to where we were staying Marriott Harbor lake , there was this Helicopter tour company Orlando Heli-Tours . We used to pass by the place several times every day and one evening I could not finally resist myself and we landed up there for a tour. I think the 15 minute tours start at $ 85 , you can go to their website by clicking on their name above and see the details.. Now I had never been in a Helicopter before so I was quite apprehensive about…
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Koh Samui : La Isla Bonita ( The Beautiful Island )
Above is a Video Summary of our trip.. So for my 2019 summer holidays, I was wondering where to go and because travelling within India has become quite expensive due to expensive flights and hotels , I thought Thailand would be a good choice because most importantly, it is very popular with my wife and kids because of the endless shopping one can do in Bangkok. Having been to Bangkok and Phuket a couple of years ago, this time I decided to visit Ko Samui and Bangkok, in that order. the weather also played a part in this choice because while Phuket and Krabi receive heavy rainfall in June,…
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Visit to Universal Studios, Orlando
So not so long ago I was in Orlando and in my previous post about #orlando I wrote about the visit to the Kennedy Space Center which is part of NASA . However, the first attraction we visited in Orlando was the Universal Studios.Now I did a lot of research about how best to do this park and the online articles had advice about which rides to prioritize , going early etc etc but let me tell you that no matter how much research you do, be prepared to be overwhelmed when you get there, and that’s fine. I would only give you 3 suggestions : No matter, what time…
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A Visit to Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida
One hours’s drive from Orlando lies one of the biggest attractions of North America, the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral , it is the place from which NASA launches most of its rockets and it is NASA’s Gateway to Space. Recently I was in Orlando for a week and one of the first places I wanted to see was this . Yes, you read that right, not the DisneyWorld or Universal . KSC ( Kennedy Space Center ) has held great fascination for me for many years , it is the place from where Pioneers like Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin , Kalpana Chawla , Sunita Williams and many…
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Jodhpur Journey Part 2 : The desert is another place
In Jodhpur Part 1 I showed you the various places in town . In this post I am going to show you the beautiful desert around the Osian town and the camps that exist around it. We left for the Desert from our hotel around 3 pm , after having our lunch.The journey takes around 45 mins to an hour. That is the best time because if you leave in the morning, then you will reach when it’s hot in the afternoon and naturally you don’t wanna do that. Soon we reached the desert and it was still quite hot although it was getting cooler. We straight away went to…
