Ghumakkar Digest – August 2014
Over the last 7 years of Ghumakkar’s existence, one common and often repeated request was to have some kind of face to face interaction within the community. Many of our community members have met with...
View ArticleGhumakkar Digest – September 2014
More than 20 Ghumakkars braved it. Tridev Sir and Silentsoul played the role of Sutradhars and helped us introduce each other. Apart from Sushant who came all the way from Saharanpur, the spirit of...
View ArticleGhumakkar Gadgets – Stay Charged via a ‘Power Bank’
A portable power bank is a charger that can hold a lot of power and then can be used to energise your electronic devices. You can charge them before you leave from your home and then carry it in your...
View ArticleA day at Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh
It took us unusually long from the exit at NH3, less because of the distance, more out of our own...
View ArticleBest place to stay at Angkor Vat Siem Reap, The Bayon Villa
No one aspires to be in Siem Reap for the city. Everyone comes here to go and experience the Angkor Vat. The temple complex is a bit away from the main city (under 30 minutes TukTuk ride) but then the...
View ArticleOur Dubai Trip – Reaching the land of Skyscrapers
A longing for a foreign trip was the primary motivator for planning the trip to Dubai. Though Dubai only made it very late to...
View ArticlePhnom Penh in Cambodia TO Can Tho in Vietnam by bus
We called up our hotel in Phnom Penh as well as Can Tho, but no luck. Everyone shared the bus routes but all of them were going to Can Tho, via Saigon. It seemed so lame and dumb to do that. When...
View ArticleDelhi – Moradabad – Sitapur – Lucknow : Road Review
Anway, so about two weeks back, I drove till Maigalganj (40 odd KM ahead of Shahjahanpur) on the way to Lakhimpur. I didn't intend to write this post since I have not really done the complete stretch...
View ArticleDelhi – Patna road review
Once you are out of Agra, the road gets a little better and traffic reduces. Press the pedal and hit Firozabad. This is the first city (after Agra) where you would start to feel the Mughal Era. Some of...
View ArticleGhumakkar Guide – San Francisco, California
Fisherman’s Wharf is a true blue tourist joint, often called by many as a ‘tourist trap’ but I have always liked the energy at this place. To start with, spend some time at Ghirardelli square where the...
View ArticleDelhi to haridwar – alternate route
Delhi to Haridwar on a no-traffic route There are few thousand people who go to Haridwar everyday and most of them use the traditional...
View ArticleHotel Gomti in Lucknow
We just checked out the restaurant and it was quite an old-world dark and dingy place. Somehow most of the state run hotels have this dingy darkness probably because of ill-designed interiors or just...
View ArticleSattal – Getaway Jungle Camp
Getaway Jungle Camp is in a small valley which is not accessible via motorable road, infact any road. The only way to get in is by trekking. Set amid poplar trees, this bunch of tents overlooks hills...
View ArticleQuick Drive to Amritsar
Quick Drive to Amritsar Amritsar, more correctly called, Ambarsar is located close to 500 Km from Delhi, capital of India and the biggest reason...
View ArticleKikar Lodge – A good break from city
Office arranged picnics are usually not very exciting for they tend to keep things which make sense to a large no of people and...
View ArticleGangtok in the summer of 2007
If I tell you that this time as well I was able to get a inexpensive ticket, probably you would look at me as...
View ArticleHotel Shire in Gangtok
There is a big prayer room, a kitchen garden, few ducks, parking space, tress and lots of fresh and clean air. You don't feel like being fitted in a small hotel room, rather it gives you a feeling of a...
View ArticleRajaji National Park
We have just bought our Mahindra Scorpio and that was more than enough reason to venture out. So we called up all the active...
View ArticleDelhi Nainital Road Review
NH 24 - Delhi, Ghazibad, Hapur, Garh Mukteshwar (NHAI) NH 24 - Simbhavli, Gajraula, Moradabad, Rampur (NHAI) NH 87 - Rampur, Bilaspur, Rudrapur (mostly UP) NH 87 - Rudrapur, Haldwani, Nainital/Bhimtal...
View ArticleVan Vilas Hotel – Bhimtal
Van and Vilas do not go well together. Van means jungle, usually a place where it would get a little difficult to have Vilas...
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