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  Last month, I visited a unique and un-common destination, and it is Lonar lake. I visited this place by my car. It is 160 KM from Aurangabad city. You can take Samruddhi Highway and this distance can easily be covered within 90 minutes.  Location Reach: I must add few lines about Samruddhi Highway. It is basically a straight line drawn on the ground. This 8-lane highway is  very smooth & well-built but  really boring, sleepy. There are hardly any cars. So many times, it happened that there is no one ahead or behind me. Come on, this is India, we are not use to this.  Stay: Well at some point you need to take exit on this highway to go towards the crater lake. We reached in the evening at 5 'O clock. MTDC room was already booked. It was well maintained. There is garden for kids, free Wi-Fi and the best part is it is just in front of the lake. There were few other guests, from India and outside. Many people visit Lonar who have some interest in astronomy, hi...

There is ton of material available on the internet about Dandeli forest and how to go about it but my intention here is to help potential visitor with unknown facts and prepare them for what's to come. Location I am providing the link of Dandeli forest just to help you finding approximately where its located. I am sure you will Google your exact destination location after you finalize your stay.  What you might Expect If you...  1. Are looking for some peace of mind, silent life in remote place  2. Are looking for some adventure activities specially water activities  3. Want to spend some time with wildlife animals surroundings  4. Want alone time with your spouse/partner 5. Want alone time with yourself  then Dandeli is for you provided you consider below. 1.  Resorts play loud music sometimes and disturb the silent life. If you are party person, you maybe ok with it. But if you want peace and want to listen to the Jungle it might n...

As I said in my last post I will be exploring Stockholm and writing more about it. I feel the best way to explore any city is to walk on the roads of the city. This  presents the real picture of city. So I started my walk on Friday evening after office. From my hotel window I could see water and small boats. I thought I should go there to get some good pictures. So I started walking in that direction. The area is called Riddarholmen. The Swedish names are difficult. I don't understand how to pronounce it. And even if I pronounce it, I am sure it don't sound correctly the way  it should be. During the walk I got some good pictures. I could see some nice buildings, architectures, I captured it in my camera. There is small harbor, I walked around it for some time. It's a very nice place for spending evening. There was less crowd. From this place there is very good view of some Palace situated on the hills nearby across the water and city town hall on the other side. Very ve...

Date 04-October-2014 Today I traveled from India to Paris via Dubai.   It was first time I was traveling to any foreign soil. It was day full of events. First I started my journey from my home in Chennai. I was not feeling well, having some back pain and some cough. I was unsure how I will travel to such a long distance and for next 17 hours without trouble.   But with faith in god I started from home to airport by taxi. Once I was at airport, I was feeling bit better.   May be it was because of the chaos around or crowd.   My flight time was 4’ O clock in the morning.   I started checked in process, security check and immigration process. It took less than one hour. So before 2 ‘O clock I was waiting for flight. Flight arrived little late by 15 minutes. I was not aware that time that these 15 min delay is going to cause headache. I boarded a huge plane. It was Boeing 777. First halt was Dubai. It was 4 hours journey. During this journey I spent time t...