Road No.9211

Belum is a small village in Andhra Pradesh too far from any major highway to be noticed by anyone. But it has a spectacular underground cave structure which I decided was hard to give a miss. I combined it with Gooty which was supposed to have a fort – one of the oldest in South …

Perched quietly on the northern tip of Karnataka, Bidar hardly features on any traveler’s map. Recently, the song ‘Ishq Sufiyana’ was shot in Bidar fort which has brought it a little attention (read ‘a few more hits on Google’). I found a direct volvo bus from Bangalore to Bidar on Redbus which was a surprise …

On the banks of Tungabhadra river lies Hampi, the former capital of Vijaynagar empire. It is a very unique town in terms of landscape – there are boulders all over the place precariously balanced on top of each other. And each stone has a story to tell – of the glory that this capital once …

Varkala is one of the few cliff beaches in India. Even though located a stone’s throw away from Trivandram, it still manages to elude the ‘package tourists’ of Kerala. It is best reached from the capital by train which takes only 30 minutes compared to a shaky bus ride which takes upto two hours. Varkala …

Shimla is a popular tourist destination for all north Indians. It one of the closest hill stations – easily accessible through road. An elevation of around 2200m makes it a favored destination in summers and a great place to enjoy snow in the winters. Trudge along a little higher and you land in Kufri – …

“Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky!” Situated at an average height of above 3500m, Laddakh region lies in the far north of India – swanked by Tibet (now China) on one side, and Pakistan occupied Kashmir on the other side. A cold desert, Laddakh is open to visit between …

This extract is from the diary of an avid traveler describing his experience of three day solo trip to Konkan coast in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra covering places from Devgad to Malvan to Tarkarli to Devbaug up to the Sangam of Arabian Sea and Karli River. Let’s begin from the last stop as I had …

With Karnala as target and a few quick tips in hand, we set out from IIT Powai to the rail station early morning at 5 and bought a return ticket for Panvel (via Kurla). Having had just two hours of sleep that night, I, for one, was wishing the trek would be worth the effort. …

The start for this trip to the Sangla valley was an adventurous one. Our group of seven was divided in Delhi because of a close miss to an unbelievable coincidence, which if had happened we would have taken the 5 and a half hour bus journey to Chandigarh together. In Chandigarh the trip already started …

It was time to start down, now that clouds were looming all over. We chose the fastest way – sliding down the snowfield. Of course it wasn’t as easy as expected as the snow filled every corner of our shoes and clothes. “It’ll be better without shoes”. That was one of Amrit’s decisions regretted later. …