Hi all, I know the Yercaud Series have been dragged for so long as I was busy with official and personal commitments, so not able to spend time here. I will be concluding this series with this post and start another place in my next series. I m sorry and thank you so much for … More Yercaud – Best Picnic Spot for a Weekend – Montfort School – P10
Lady’s Seat – Gent’s Seat – Children’s Seat – P.S. Details referenced from Wiki and Travel websites Lady’s seat is a rock that was formed in the shape of the seat, making it appear comfortable. Providing incredible views of the clouds, mists and greenery around, this Lady’s Seat was once the favourite recreational spots of … More Yercaud – Best Picnic Spot for a Weekend – Lady’s Seat – Gent’s Seat – Children Seat – P4
Gulmarg Gondola – The Gulmarg Gondola is one of the highest in the world has two stage rope way , first stage on Kongdoori and next stage on the Apharwat peak. Annual Festival – An annual three-day Gulmarg Winter Festival is held in March. Budding artists in the fields of music, films and photography are … More Kashmir – Gulmarg – P10
Climate and best time I heard from the guide, throughout the year, the mean temperature of Gulmarg seems to be 20C in Peak summer (July and August) and less than that in other Months. Gulmarg can be enjoyed throughout the year, except winter season . We visited Gulmarg in the Month of March and thoroughly … More Kashmir – Gulmarg – P9
3 Main Attractions in Pahalgham – Chandanwari Betaab Valley Aru valley. Activities in Pahalgham – Trekking Camping Fishing Rafting hiking Sightseeing We covered only viewing the 6 view points in Pahalgam as we didn’t have much time to explore and try out any activities . Once you reach Pahalgham, You need to hire pony from … More Kashmir – Pahalgam – P6
Pahalgam is one of the destination in Kashmir famous for Trekking and Viewpoints. It is located at an altitude of 7000 feet above mean sea level. It is one of starting point of Amarnath Yatra as another starting point is from Baltal. Directions from Srinagar – From Srinagar ,You can reach Pahalgam by Car. Distance … More Kashmir – Pahalgam – P5
OK, The Journey is about to end now !! Climax without a twist will not be Interesting !!!!!!! Yes,another twist ahead in Sonamarg Checkpost !!!!!! 🙂 We totally forget a VERY IMPORTANT message from the hotel folks and car driver that, Sonamarg Checkpost will be closed by 1.30 PM and no vehicles will be permitted … More Amarnath – Sequence of Events – Journey Ended with a Twist – Day 3 – P5
Hotel – Time: 6.30 PM Jagdish called ( Now to Landline ) and updated us that, he will be committing a car to pick us to Baltal Basecamp. It was probably around 6.30 PM. Check out formalities made with the Manager and he asked us to be careful in that route. I don’t know what … More Amarnath – Sequence of Events – Army Camp – Trekking – Day 2 & Day 3 – P4
Hotel – Time: 4.30 PM The conditions that day made me sick and I almost resolved to go to Srinagar and told my wife to take up. She was all upset and afraid, started telling me that, Travelling all the way from Chennai and returning for nothing is not an honest decision and needed me … More Amarnath – Sequence of Events – Hotel – Triggering call – Scary Stories – Day 2 – P3
Wayanad, It’s a North East district in Kerala and can be reached by Car or Bus from Calicut or Mysore. It is located at around 2100M above mean sea level. Its been long time goal for me to shoot the breeze, unfortunately it didn’t happen and this year we had contrived to see this place … More Wayanad – Adventure and Nature Lovers – Its for you – P1
Sonamarg – Time : 6 AM Our next day started with enthusiasm and energy , as we are going to fly in the helicopter for the first time in life . There was a slight drizzle in the morning with mist surrounding the hills . A little bit of upset on the climate . Baltal … More Amarnath – Sequence of Events – Sonamarg – Baltal Helicopter Base – Day 2 – P2
I Would call this as a “PREQUEL” of Amarnath Holy Cave Yatra blog 🙂 which I wrote earlier. I would like to share some of the experiences in my journey where we need to make a decision real quick as we don’t have time to rethink . I realized one thing that even though you … More Amarnath – Sequence of Events – Chennai – Srinagar – Sonamarg – Day 1 – P1