A Royal Glory

Posted on March 6, 2008

A few yrs back, I had the priviledge of visiting Rajasthan. And it appeared that I had travelled back to some historical era. Rajasthan is just excellent! The lofty palaces, royale forts, and never ending alleys makes the entire city bloom with an ethnic appearence.Lake Palace

The women are mostly clad in long skirts locally known as “Ghagra” and men in white robes better known as “dhoti”. However these kinds of garments are more popular with the tribals as opposed to city dewellers who prefer formal wears. The entire state seemed to be engulfed in an aristrocatic elegance and reflected a charismatic aura of its own.
Some of the most important tourist destinations include Ajmer, Jaisalmir, Pushpar, Kota, Jodhpur and Udaipur.
Of them, the one which deserves special mention in my blog is Udaipur, better known as “The Lake City”. Named after Rana Udai Singh, the king of Mewar, the city was the capital of the then king.
The city is embedded between lakes and its elegane is no less than a fairytale land in some unknown era. The Lake Palace covers an entire island on Pichola Lake is one of the several instances of the royale elegance of the city. Other tourist destinations include, Fateh Sagar Lake, Jag Mandir, Maharana Pratap Memorial, Dudh Talai. As per historical findings, Udaipur was the only city that was left uncaptured by Mughal forces. Among all the glamour of tourist destinations, Udaipur donnes its own glory. It stands apart unfettered…. undaunted with the pedestals of time.

Seven Wonders…a dream which has not yet comes true

Posted on February 26, 2008

Jotting down my ramblings over the places I visited makes me feel very upset when I feel that I have not yet visited any of the seven Wonders of the World. Last year when all the travellers around the world were busy with voting the top 7 wonders, that time I was just missing the fun as I have no idea about those places (only watched in pictures and books). So this makes me really unhappy and I have decided to start a series of posts on this Seven Wonders. Lets start it with Taj Mahal of Agra, India.

Some people call it a monument of love…some say a beautiful peace of art…some say the witness of a painful end of a Lover. Whatever the views people have got in their minds, but one thing I admit that the Maker of this Monument Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan had a great taste of art and had great passion and love for his wife, Mumtaaz Mahal, “The Light of the Palace.” Guys, I have came to know all about this from one of my friends who has recently visited India for Taj Mahal. He told me that the white marbles were brought from Rajasthan. The original beauty of this monument reveals much better in the nights of full moon when it is reflected in the River Yamuna. Guys, you can’t imagine that heavenly beauty until you have seen it with your mortal eyes.

My Ramblings about Goa

Posted on February 21, 2008

  “For oft when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;”

I can’t help but remember these lines by Wordsworth in the poem “The Daffodils”. While the poet sits lonely on his couch, he travels back to a romantic moment that he had left far behind. Recollecting genial moments from past happen to be his favorite passtime..something the poet refers as a bliss being lonely.

I really like being lonely, and a place that often flashes back in my deserted mind is “Goa”. A tiny corner in south-west part of India, the place is nothing less than a wonderland. It is very much like a separate world away from this earth..the life-style, the serenade beauty has a unique aura of its own.

As we know, tourist attractions happen to be an integral part of any tourist destination, and Goa is not an exception to this. Places like Donna Paula beach, Maupassa Bazaar, Shri Mangesh Temple in Madgoa, St. Xavier’s’ Church, are mention worthy among them.

A depiction about Goa would remain incomplete without the mention of Goa Carnival. It is an occasion that brings together people from every walk of life. The five day festival is a celebration of happiness, their popular catchword being “eat, drink, and be merry”.

Goa is certainly a place where you discover life. If you are a patron of nature, you can’t simply resist the temptation of embracing the azure sea, you can’t stop yourself from collecting sea shells. It is a place that speaks simplicity and lives freedom. Sometimes I wonder why every place on the earth is not like Goa…and the answer is it is because very simple to be happy, but so difficult to be simple.

Yosemite National park - a must visit park in USA

Posted on February 21, 2008

Yosemite is one of the largest and least divided habitat blocks in the Sierra Nevada, and the park supports a variety of plants and animals. The park has an altitude scope from 2,000 to 13,114 feet (600 to 4,000 m) and contains five leading flora zones: chaparral/oak forest, lower montane, upper montane, subalpine, and alpine. Of California’s 7,000 plant species, about 50% in the Sierra Nevada and much than 20% within Yosemite. There is appropriate habitat or certification for much

than 160 uncommon plants in the park, with uncommon local geological formations and unusual soils characterizing the restricted ranges many of these plants invade. The geology of the Yosemite region is characterized by granitic rocks and remnants of old stone.

About 10 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada was uplifted and so inclined to organize its comparatively mild southwestern slopes and the more spectacular eastern slopes.

Around the world—Introductory post

Posted on February 16, 2008

This is my first post in this blog. I had a plan to start my own blog for last few months but I was really busy with some of my other tasks so could not put time to my dream. Now, thanks to Jolie my colleague, she has taken lots of responsibilities and now I can spare some time to my blog. Since my childhood my parents took me many places in this world for a trip. I love to travel places from mountain to ocean…from bush to desert…here I will share you some weired incident that I have met with. I will also post about those places where I have not yet been…would really love to go there.So folks…just wait for my blog posts.