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Goa In The Rains 2024 : Part 2 Boat Cruise with Kayaking
In my last post I told you about Hosa Restaurant and Purple Martini .Today I will tell you about a Fantastic Cruise I had on a Private Yacht and the Kayaking We did in the Mangroves on the Mandovi River. So I have been on the regular boat…
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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…
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Mae De Deus Church , Figueiredo Mansion and the sleepy Hamlet of Loutolim : Goa in the Rains…Part 3
Click here to read my latest post on Goa about Divar Island and here for post about Purple Martini and Hosa . As I said in my previous post about Divar Island in Goa, there is more to Goa than Beaches, Shacks and Super luxury hotels along the beach..…
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Piedade village in Divar Island ..Goa in the Rains…Part 2….
You can read about my latest visit to Divar island here and about some outstanding eating places in goa here and here . Further to Goa in the Rains..Part 1….Chapora Fort Most people go to Goa and never manage to get beyond the usual beaches and restaurants/shacks . However,…
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Goa in the Rains…..Trip to Chapora Fort
You can read my latest blog about Divar island here and about kayaking in goa here and about Hosa & Purple Martini here . In the past few years, I have had the good fortune to visit Goa several times. I have been there in March, October , June…
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Goa : 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…
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Coorg , India’s Eden
So for the longest time I have heard so much about the natural beauty of Coorg In Karnataka in India and have been eager to visit the place and see if it lives up to the hype.. ( TL, DR ..Yes It Does. ) and recently just before the…
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One Horizon Center , Golf Course Road, Gurugram
If you were to ask a Gurgaon resident which location has multiple fine dine joints at the same place, chances are the answer would be Cyberhub or 32nd Avenue or Sector 29 or Ambience Mall or even Worldmark Gurgaon. While all the above places have some excellent joints and…
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Jodhpur Diary Part 1 : Umaid Bhawan Palace & Mehrangarh Fort
So with a couple of friends I traveled to Jodhpur, never having been there, fascinated by the desert to which I had never been. Jodhpur is also known as the Blue City . I was fortunate enough to stay at Taj Umaid Bhawan Palace . This hotel was voted by…
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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…
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Goa Restaurants : Antares , Titlie & Mikey’s Place
Antares Restaurant & Beach Club So even before going to Goa, I had a lot of buzz about Antares Restaurant & Beach Club. It describes itself as “MODERN AUSTRALIAN WITH AN ASIAN INFLUENCE” . It is helmed by Sarah Todd who was of course a Masterchef Australia finalist. Her…
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Taj Mahal Diary ..Pictures unseen and the hidden symbols you did not know about
So since I had some friends over from overseas who wanted to see the Taj Mahal in Agra, on a friday morning we left New Delhi for Agra. We took the Yamuna expressway by which you can reach the Taj Mahal in less than 3 hours from New Delhi.…
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Thalassa and The Fisherman’s Wharf : amazing restaurants in Goa..
Update: since writing this, the restaurant has shifted to a new location on a scenic waterfront bend in Vaddy, Siolim, North Goa (Plot No 301/1, Vaddy, Siolim – 403517). To read my latest post about Purple Martini and Hosa in Goa, click here . If there is one restaurant…
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Humanyun’s Tomb…..Delhi Unseen.. Part 1
You can read about my visit to the Taj Mahal Here. While I go to New Delhi often, it is very seldom that I get a chance to see the city like a tourist. A few months ago however, I was hosting some friends from outside the country so…
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Kovalam : The Essence of Kerala
So recently I had a few days to spare and since I have visited Goa and Kochi/Kumarakom mutiple times in recent years, I decided to head to Pondicherry ( Puducherry ) and Kovalam. Kovalam: Where the Arabian Sea Meets Kerala’s Soul Crescent-shaped beaches, swaying coconut palms, and the rhythmic…
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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…
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