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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...

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Ghumakkar 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...

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Ghumakkar 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...

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A 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...

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Best 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...

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Our 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...

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Phnom 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...

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Delhi – 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...

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Delhi – 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...

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Ghumakkar 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...

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Delhi 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...

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Hotel 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...

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Sattal – 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...

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Quick 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...

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Kikar 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...

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Gangtok 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...

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Hotel 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...

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Rajaji 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...

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Delhi 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...

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Van 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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