Traveling Adventures

Trip to Switzerland: 6-13th May 2010: Part1

2011-03-02T12:50:00.001-08:00

If you are an Indian and watch Bollywood, you surely would have dreamt of going to Switzerland after watching one of those YashRaj movies… We too were eagerly waiting for summers, to cross off the item at the top of our “must visit in lifetime” list. And we didn’t have to wait for long.. While it was still pretty cold in Stockholm, weather.com told us that May is a good time to visit

Trip to Paris, The City of Light : 4 - 6th February 2010

2010-11-26T13:46:00.000-08:00

Three countries, four cites and unlimited fun… last two months had been a dream come true… and the dream run was to continue with us heading to the City of Light, Paris. Weather in Stockholm was still well below freezing point, but fortunately Paris’ forecast was much better. This time we were a smaller group with Akhil, Shipra, Eva and of-course myself. :) We took the 6:00 PM Ryan Air flight

Trip to Barcelona, Spain: 29th January to 31st January 2010

2010-10-04T04:44:00.000-07:00

It was being termed as the coldest Swedish winters in last 40 years.. Warmest of days had thermometer showing –15 degrees (Celsius of course) …. We were in dire need of some sunshine…. and then one of us (Aviral) mentioned… what better place than Spain… And soon our planning expert Amit Ghai came up with the cheapest available air tickets to Barcelona, Spain… Trip was planned .. 29th to 31st of

A trip to Rome: 2nd Jan – 4th Jan 2010

2010-02-02T11:50:00.000-08:00

They say “Rome was not built in a day” … but then.. which city was… So when we boarded our RyanAir flight from Venice Treviso to continue our Italy adventure towards this historic city of Rome, I had no idea what this age old saying meant… The flight left at around 9pm (couple of hours later than scheduled!!) and reached Rome Ciampino airport at around 10. From there, we took the bus to take us

A trip to the Romantic Venice : 31st Dec 2009-1st Jan 2010

2010-01-30T10:59:00.000-08:00

“Do lafzon ki hai dil ki kahani … ” An old Hindi movie song shot on a Gondola made Venice one of the dream destinations for most Indians.. And it did feel like a dream coming true when we booked our tickets to spend the 2010 New Year’s Eve at that very place … Combined with the fact that we were also going to visit Rome on the same trip, it was going to be a trip to remember for life, which it

Visit to the Aquaria and the Vasa Museum – 4th December 09

2009-12-25T04:29:00.000-08:00

Read any travel guide on Sweden and it will tell you, Stockholm has a plenty of museums. But 3 months in the city and I hadn’t visited a single one of them until one fine day when we decided to visit the Water Museum (aquaria) and the Vasa Museum both located on a nearby island in Stockholm. We took the 10:30AM ferry to Djurgården from Slussen which took around 15 minutes to reach the place (

Visit to Kolmarden Wild Life Park, Stockholm – 26th September 2009

2009-11-15T11:52:00.000-08:00

After having seen numerous zoological parks, bird sanctuaries, night safaris, aquariums, dolphin shows and zoos in last couple of years, a trip to a wildlife park hardly arose my interest when i first heard about it. And frankly, even the description of the kolmården Wild Life Park on the net didn’t seem to be offering anything different from what I had already seen. But then, I decided to go

Trip to Vaxholm Island [06 Sep 09]

2009-10-15T04:52:00.000-07:00

“Of course Stockholm is wonderful. However, many visitors are unaware of its most spectacular feature – the archipelago. This magnificent maritime landscape of more than 30,000 islands, islets and skerries, of which just some one thousand are inhabited, is unique in the world” Once you have read the above excerpt taken from here, how can you not plan to visit this so called “most spectacular

A walk through central Stockholm – 29th August 2009

2009-09-12T03:57:00.000-07:00

“The best way to get comfortable with a new place is to roam around, by foot, alone, with a decent map, and ample time” – Aditya Bhushan Considering its one my own sayings, I had to follow it (practice before preach :) ), and so I did. Well not completely sticking to it, as was not alone, but I did cover a few kilometers of the beautiful central Stockholm by foot, second day of my arriving here

Stockholm, Sweden .. Here I am

2009-09-01T03:03:00.000-07:00

What, a software job in Sweden .. Dude.. software is made either in US or in India… Wow… Sweden.. Europe.. lucky man.. Hey… get used to living without sun… and better buy some really warm clothes.. These were some of the responses I got when I told people that I have taken up a work assignment in Stockholm, Sweden. I chose to ignore the warnings and embrace the ‘wow’s and so here I am..

Plan to visit Kerala : Readme..

2008-04-27T00:48:00.000-07:00

The best way to plan a trip to Kerala is to start from south (Trivandrum/Thiruvananthapuram), move upwards and return from Cochin/Kochi (or vice versa). Itenary And HotelsDelhi -> Trivandrum : JetLite Flight : Departure around 7am. Arrival around 11am.Trivandrum -> Kovallam Lighthouse Beach : 1 Hour Drive :2 Nights : Stayed at Papukutty Beach Resort : The resort is right at the Beach (There are

Kerala : God's Own Country

2008-04-25T18:07:00.000-07:00

The occassion was our first anniversary and we decided to celebrate it in the God's own country : Kerala. After trying for days, visiting various booking sites and calling various hotels, I decided it was not worth the effort and we better avail services of a travel agent. We created a personalized itinerary based of feedbacks we had got and sent it to various agents for price quotes.

Trip to Jalandhar : Devi Talab Temple and Rangla Punjab

2007-04-30T00:06:00.000-07:00

Meaning no offense, I dont think Jalandhar would lie on India's tourism map, or atleast not at a very high rank. So then, why and how did I decide to venture out in this small, clean, calm Punjab city, when I could have gone to nearby Amritsar which boasts of Golden Temple(yes its covered with pure gold), Jallianwalah Bagh(just a mention of this place sends me into shivers.. How can humans be so

Plan to Visit Singapore & Malaysia : Readme..

2007-03-22T02:21:00.000-07:00

General Tips - My experience with Malaysian Airlines was good. Decent food, cordial (and beautiful ;) hostesses, on time service.. - Visit Genting Highlands only if you enjoy rides at theme parks such as Appu Ghar. - Dont spend more than a day at Kuala Lampur city. There's nothing much there. - Langkawi is a must specially for honeymooners..I spent two days there, but three would be

Trip to Malaysia (Genting, KL, Langkawi) and Singapore

2007-03-08T01:18:00.000-08:00

After finishing almost entire India (okaay... i know its not even 10%), I planned my first "phoren" trip, A 10 day trip to Malayasia and Singapore (trip to US was an official one and without meaning to offend I dont count Nepal as "phoren"). It was just two of us...me and a very very close friend "Evan". Its quite a unique name, but then, no ordinary name would have justified my friend's