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Andaman & Nicobar Islands Diary: Of fishing and fishermen
Port Bair: I consider my visits to coastal areas incomplete if I return home without experiencing magnificent sunrises and magical sunsets. For me the second most important to-do-task of the coastal tour is interaction with local fishermen and visits to fish markets. Watching boatmen prepare meticulously for their fishing expedition as well as observing them arrive on the seashore with…
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Andaman & Nicobar Islands Diary: Neil Island (Shaheed Dweep)
Neil Island: An air-conditioned ferry takes one across to Neil Island from Havelock. After a one-hour ride costing Rs 1350 one reaches the 13.7 sq. km. island famous for its coral reefs, sunrise and sunset views. Bharatpur beach is the island’s most beautiful beach. It is a favorite of scuba divers and snorklers. A few options like water scooter and…
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Indonesia : ‘unity in diversity’;Travelogue Day 18
Jakarta : Jakarta is a city of skyscrapers, LED billboards, toll roads, flyovers, foot over bridges, museums, shopping malls, food courts, cafés, food streets, restaurants, colourful mosques and tree-lined verdant avenues. It is also the capital of Indonesian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese cuisine. Rain washed trees, skyscrapers, red-tiled roofs of homes, buildings, avenues, litter free pavements, roads, canals and rivers…
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Indonesia : ‘unity in diversity’;Travelogue Day 17
Melting pot of multiculturalism Jakarta : I visited a mosque and a church facing each other separated by a busy road in Jakarta. These two were being connected by an underground tunnel for a trouble free movement of devotees since they have a history of sharing their parking facilities on special occasions like Eid and Christmas. I went to a…
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Indonesia : ‘unity in diversity’;Travelogue Day 16
Jakarta’s Dutch Connection Jakarta : For centuries Pelabuhan Sunda Kelapa has been a busy harbour of Jakarta. Once it was a favourite port of merchant vessels from Europe and India. Its role as an international port of importance is over in the 21st century. Now it is playing an important role in the country’s march to progress by managing inter-island…
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Indonesia : ‘unity in diversity’ ; Travelogue Day 13
Sea of sand & a live volcano Jakarta : We witnessed the most beautiful sunrise of Java from Love Hill at Penanjakan, which is at 2751 meters from the sea level and a part of the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park spread over 800 square kilometres (5250 hectares). Penanjakan is a part of the Tengger cardela which surrounds the sea…
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Indonesia : ‘unity in diversity’ ; Travelogue Day 12
Jakarta : July 8 was my birthday and I was doing what I enjoy doing the most. Travelling. That too with my son Shashank, daughter-in-law Arsh and grand daughter Mehar. We decided to head out for a three-day weekend to visit Mount Bromo (2329 meters), Java’s most popular and accessible live volcano. We reached Surabaya, capital of East Java, after…
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Indonesia : ‘unity in diversity’ ; Travelogue Day 8
Taman Safari Bogor Jakarta : After spending the night at Indonesia and Asia Pacific’s no 1 luxury golf resort in the valley of Bogor volcano in West Java we moved on to Taman Safari I. It is also called Taman Safari Bogor, and is located in district Cisarua, West Java. It is 80 km from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta. There…
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Indonesia : ‘unity in diversity’ ; Travelogue Day 5
Jakarta — The city of cats Jakarta : It is said that we can find house cats in every continent except Antarctica. They are quite common across all other continents and have been man’s friend like dogs since times immemorial. As I stepped out of the exclusive residential complex Executive Paradise, developed in Antasari, Cilandak, South Jakarta, for expat community,…
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Unforgettable Encounters in the Himalayan Hinterlands
Pahad. Mountain. If you are as smitten with the mountains as I am, I bet the mere mention of pahad transports you to colorful valleys nestled among towering mountain peaks. Or to a secret mental place where tiny brooks flow down the side of the road, meandering through the fields, making an unmistakable gurgling sound as crystal mountain water flows…
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