Travel

A collection of 25 posts

Travel

Penrith and Yandhai Nepean Crossing

Small write up on our visit to Penrith and Yandhai Nepean Crossing

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A half-day trip to Katoomba, Blue Mountains using public transport

A half-day trip from Sydney’s western suburbs to Katoomba by train — breakfast, the Three Sisters, bookshops, and a record shop visit.

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A short trip to Gosford

A short day trip to the beautiful coastal town of Gosford.

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A Day Trip to Kiama

A daytrip to the southern coastal town of Kiama.

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A Day Trip to the Northern Beaches

A day trip to the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. We visited Narrabeen, Mona Vale and Palm Beach.

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The worst flight I've taken (yet) - thanks, Alaska Airlines

A recollection of how a short supposedly three-hour flight became the worst flight I've taken (yet).

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The Captain Cook Sydney Harbour Sunset Dinner Cruise Experience

We try out Captain Cook's sunset dinner cruise aboard the Sydney 2000 vessel.

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The Blue Mountains Day Trip Travelogue

Join us as we take a leisurely day trip to the beautiful Blue Mountains.

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Transylvania Travelogue: A day trip to Transfăgărășan, Lisa and Sambata Monastery

Our Transylvania travelogue continues with Day 2 exploring Transfagarasan, a wool weaving shop in Lisa and Sambata Monastery

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Transylvania Travelogue: Bran Castle and Zarnesti Bear Sanctuary

Our Transylvania travelogue starts with Day 1 exploring Bran Castle and a bear sanctuary

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Exploring Romania: Transylvania

It's time to pack up our bags and explore Transylvania!

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Day trip to Mekedatu Sangama

It'd been a while since Jo and I had gone for a day trip on the outskirts of Bangalore. Jo on a whim suggested going for a long drive. And since I had nothing else planned, we took the car out. Originally we planned to head out to

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Day Trip to Melukote

Starting this year, Jo & I wanted to resume our monthly outing to a place outside of Bangalore and we'd decided to head to Sravanabelagola during the Republic Day weekend. Unfortunately couple of days before the trip, Jo fell ill and we had to cancel the trip and

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The 1800km Coastal Karnataka Roadtrip – Part 4 – Jog – Gokarna – Ponda – Palolem

I’ve always wanted to go on long road trips, but with both Jo and me working, trying to find a contiguous block of holiday has been rather difficult. With me taking a break and Eid holiday coming during middle of the week, we got a chance to do our

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The 1800km Coastal Karnataka Roadtrip – Part 3 – Malpe – Kavimane – Jog

I’ve always wanted to go on long road trips, but with both Jo and me working, trying to find a contiguous block of holiday has been rather difficult. With me taking a break and Eid holiday coming during middle of the week, we got a chance to do our

1800 km road trip

The 1800km Coastal Karnataka Roadtrip – Part 2 – Mangalore – Kaup – Udupi – Malpe

I've always wanted to go on long road trips, but with both Jo and me working, trying to find a contiguous block of holiday has been rather difficult. With me taking a break and Eid holiday coming during middle of the week, we got a chance to do

1800 km road trip

The 1800km Coastal Karnataka Roadtrip – Part 1 – Bangalore – Mangalore

I've always wanted to go on long road trips, but with both Jo and me working, trying to find a contiguous block of holiday has been rather difficult. With me taking a break and Eid holiday coming during middle of the week, we got a chance to do

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The tours and events around the first week of June

I was going through Google Photos' Rediscover This Day feature and realized that over the past couple of years, a lot of my trips seem to have happened around this time frame. 2016 This year I was at Goa for a weekend meet with Jo's cousins Full

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Two years and 16,000km with Rosemary – The Maruti Suzuki Celerio

Two years back, I bought(rather, Dad bought & leased it to me, I'm still repaying him :-D) the Maruti Suzuki Celerio. Why Celerio? I was looking at something within ₹6,00,000 - that meant the Ford Figo(which I bought, [almost took delivery][1] but had

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Weekend 2-day roadtrip to Srirangapatna, Kushalnagar and Madikeri – Day 2

Jo always wanted to pay a visit to Kushalnagar, Bylakuppe  and surroundings and I always wanted to drive down that side, but thanks to our sheer laziness or something always coming up, Madikeri - Kushalnagar trip always remained a pipe dream. Day 2 continues.. So, for Day 2 we had

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Weekend 2-day roadtrip to Srirangapatna, Kushalnagar and Madikeri – Day 1

Jo always wanted to pay a visit to Kushalnagar, Bylakuppe  and surroundings and I always wanted to drive down that side, but thanks to our sheer laziness or something always coming up, Madikeri - Kushalnagar trip always remained a pipe dream.   Last Thursday, we decided to bite the bullet and

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The Srinagar to Manali Travelogue: Part 1: Srinagar

Few weeks ago, Jo & me went on a 11-day vacation from starting from Srinagar  heading south-west bound towards Manali via Kargil, Leh, Nubra Valley and Jispa. During this 11-day visit, we had a blast, met bunch of great folks, visited some breathtaking places and ran into wee bit of

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The Getaway – Part 1 – Coming together of The Plan(tm)

If you’ve been reading my blog or know me, you probably know that I have a rather regular set of vacation times – ie, a week’s break once every three months or so. This time, however it was slightly different, and it had been about 5 months since I

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A much deserved break: The Bangalore trip

First up, Happy New Year folks! I don't take off from work very often - the main reason being me working in Chennai means it nigh impossible to visit my hometown of Mangalore over the weekend. So generally I have a set routine of work for about 3-4

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Dilli Chale!

Yup, that's right! I will leaving for Delhi tomorrow night who's going to get married to attend my teammate's wedding on Sunday. So why am I leaving so early? Sight seeing 😀 \:D/ ! Will be reaching Delhi tomorrow night(taking a flight, scheduled for departure