Latest Blog Posts for Passion for Road Trips

• Gulmarg - Asias Highest Cable Car Ride (Odyssey to Paradise on Earth: Part 7)
  on May 7, 2014 in gondola gulmarg gondola online booking of gondola queue in gulmarg
  This was an eventful trip so far.   Ofcourse this ought to be. Eventfullness makes trips memorable.   We are now slowly moving ahead with our now familiar chariot. Srinagar is still sleeping. Today we started early. The online tickets for Gulm...
• The Houseboat Experience at Kashmir - Odyssey to Paradise on Earth: Part 6
  on Feb 11, 2014 in blue star house boat dal lake house boat house boat accommodation in Kashmir. House boat at Kashmir
    Continued from Part 5 - "Pahalgam: The Valley of Valleys" The guy whom we met just 3 days ago is leading us. Our driver. This place looks like the back yard of some house. But no people around. The natural light is fading. 2 hours ear...
• Pahalgam - "The Valley" of valleys: Odyssey to Paradise on Earth (Part 5)
  on Feb 2, 2014 in betaab valley Pahalgam Srinagar pahalgam journey
  Continued from Part 4 The late start yesterday cost us dearly. (Click here to Read Part 3). So no risks today. Time is 8 am now. We are having the last breakfast from Hotel Pamposh. We will be checking out of this hotel before we embark on todays...
• Parimahal & Royal Botanical Garden: Odyssey to Paradise on Earth (Part 4)
  on Jan 19, 2014 in Parimahal gardens Srinagar royal botanical gardens srinagar
  Four minds - all dejected souls. The most anticipated event of the Kashmir trip failed miserably. As reported in Part 3. (Click here to read part 3).   We are again back at the signature gardens of Srinagar. We had visited two yesterday (Click h...
• Gulmarg - A failed attempt : Odyssey to Paradise on Earth (Part 3)
  on Jan 11, 2014 in cable car ride gulmarg gulmarg Kashmir Kashmiri cava srinagar
  Read Part 1, Part 2 of this odyssey High expectations, Excitement, more excitement, frustruation, agony, cool off, excitement again, lost in dream land and reality check. Pretty much sums up our emotions on the highly eventful third day of our K...
• "Kashmir, First Impressions & Gardens ” : Odyssey to Paradise on Earth (Part 2)
  on Oct 9, 2013 in Shalimar bagh Kashmir nishat bagh dal lake
    Seldom will you get excited by scene from the window of an airplane during a flight. Mostly the view will be monotonous and it’s either the clouds or the never ending seas. But this time it was different. We were literally screaming !! Screa...
• “Delhi @ 47 degree” : Odyssey to Paradise on Earth (Part 1)
  on Jun 26, 2013 in qutab minar new delhi lotus temple walnut castle
  “Sir, there is no electricity. The AC won’t be working for another 10 minutes” said the front office person, after he gave the keys of our room. This wouldn’t have been a problem in normal circumstances. But, what if the temperature is touchi...
• Aruvipuram - A trek following the footsteps of a Social Reformer !!
  on Mar 20, 2013 in sree narayana guru aruvipuram aruvipuram cave meditation rock siva temple aruvipuram sankaran kuzhi
  1000 m / 1Km, is a distance which one can walk in about 15 to 20 minutes, even if going at a real slow pace. This very same thought must have prompted the better halves of my friend and mine, to venture into this short walk along with kids, the eld...
• Chitharal - A blissful experience
  on Jan 24, 2013 in chitharal jain temple marthandom jain temple
  The final turn was really a sharp bent where a cemented surface formed the parking lot to a historic place located in a remote hamlet of Marthandam - a township in Tamil Nadu, very closer to the Kerala Tamil Nadu border. The three cars were parked in...
• Ramakkalmedu, Unwinding the windiest paradise
  on Aug 12, 2012 in Ramakkalmedu Idukki Cumbam view Thekkady wind farm
  Quick Facts given at the end of this post "Blistering Bernacles!! What am I doing? The vehicle is just going sideways when I am pressing the accelerator". It was a spurt of the moment decision and it seemed to be turning bad. I am struck".  Th...

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