Feb 272024
 
The Golden Tusk Resort Jim Corbett National Park

NEVER A DULL MOMENT -The GOLDEN TUSK Resort Jim Corbett Ramnagar Uttarakhand     So the jungle called again and I responded, I recently visited the Golden Tusk Resort, near Jim Corbett National Park Uttarakhand for a FAM trip. The beauty of a forest like Corbett is that every time you visit you discover something new.  Not just inside the jungle but also in the hotels & resorts you stay. So I was looking forward to my stay at the Golden Tusk Resort, which is in the buffer zone of Corbett near the Dhela Gate in Village Dhela. We [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Feb 252024
 
Garden Tourism Festival -Delhi

Garden Tourism Festival Delhi – Welcome The Spring   The first annual Garden Tourism Festival was organized in the last century in 1988, to celebrate the arrival of colorful spring in Delhi.  The first event was organized In the open area in front of Lady Sriram College in South Delhi. After that, the festival was moved to many places before finally settling at the current location the Garden of 5 Senses near Saket in a village called Said-ul-Ajaib. I have been visiting the Garden Tourism Festival for many years and last visited in 2020 just before the COVID-19 shutdown. [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Feb 192024
 
Blogging Is DEAD: Long Live Blogging

Is Blogging DEAD? Finally, the uncomfortable question I have been trying to avoid for many years now. Is blogging in general and travel blogging in particular dead? I have never been a professional blogger nor was I ever a regular blogger churning post after post from come rain or shine from airports, hotel lobbies, train tops, and toilet seats. I have always considered myself to be a hobby travel blogger who tried to extend his journey by reliving it by writing the blog. That is why you will find many blog posts on desi Traveler are more like I [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Dec 302022
 
My Visit to Aahana Resort - The Corbett Wilderness, Jim Corbett National Park Uttarakhand

Aahana – The Corbett Wilderness Where Luxury Meets Responsibility Sometime back I visited Aahana Resorts right next to the Jim Corbettt National Park and this post is about my stay with the resort.  Before I write about my stay at the Aahana as well as some of the activities you can do within the resort. A post about my safari to the Jim Corbett National Park will follow in next few days. One of the challenges of wild life resorts is to maintain a balance between responsible earth friendly travel and luxury for the well heeled.  I was glad to [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Nov 012021
 
November 2021 Wallpaper Calendar - Birds in Sunset

Free Download November 2021 Wallpaper Calendar   The second last month of the 2nd year of pandemic is  here, and I am  praying every single moment that we should not get any third wave of Covid 19.  With those prayers on my lips and hope in my heart, I am shareing the November 2021 Wallpaper Calendar, that has this fabulous Sunset, with some large birds in foreground that was cliked by Shreeram MV. I don’t have much to write for this calendar or for month of November as we all are waiting for things to get normal. So please [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Oct 012021
 
Free Download October 2021 Wallpaper Calendar

Boats In A Lake: October 2021 Wallpaper Calendar   As we enter October & welcome the festive and travel season let me share the October 2021 Wallpaper Calendar, featuring 2 boats in morning mist somewhere in North East India.  Talking about North East India, one of the so-called less explored regions by tourists and travelers alike. I have myself have been only to 4 places in North East India – Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh.  So once travel resumes to the pre-covid days I do hope to travel to more places In North East India and explore the [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Sep 012021
 
September  2021 Wallpaper Calendar - Portrait of a Penguin

Portrait of A Penguin by Shreeram MV – September 2021 Wallpaper Calendar   Wildlife photography is one of the toughest to master. Even if we ignore the cost of long lenses there are so many factors to consider e.g. you need to visit the habitat of the wild animals/birds. Some of the phenomena in wild happen only during a short window in the year e.g. the great Migration in Masai Mara, or migratory raptors in Tal Chapar, or nesting by Oliver Ridley Turtles in Orissa. So you may need to plan months or even years in advance to go [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Aug 012021
 
August 2021 Wallpaper Calendar - A Sunset In Hampi

Sunset in Hampi Karnataka: August 2021 Wallpaper Calendar Hello August, what are your plans, now that we have less of 2021 left than have already become history? I don’t think August has any answers to my questions. But not all questions are raised expecting an answer many questions are not even questions they are just abstract thoughts that are given the form of a question to make some sense of the abstract. Do I make any sense? Since August is here we have this mesmerizing Sunset in Hampi adorning the August 2021 Wallpaper Calendar, clicked by Arun Bhat. Hampi [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Jul 012021
 
July 2021 Wallpaper Calendar - Bombax ceiba at Sunder Nursery Delhi

Bombax ceiba Blooming at Sunder Nursery – Free July 2021 Wallpaper Calendar    Monsoons are delayed this year in Delhi NCR, and have missed there promised historical average date of 29th June so we are entering in a dry July and bracing for another week or 10 days of hot weather. While this image was clicked in the short spring of Delhi sometime in February, I am sharing it for the July 2021 Wallpaper calendar, so it will be only next year spring that one will be able to actually enjoy the flowers of this handsome tree, that announces the [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Jun 012021
 
June 2021 Wallpaper Calendar Snow Leopard In Spiti

A Snow Leopard In Spiti On June 2021 Wallpaper Calendar     Boy am I glad that 2021 is passing quickly and we are already in June, and I do hope these tough times pass as quickly as possible for everyone and we return to the old normal. With these prayers I am sharing the June 2021 Wallpaper Calendar featuring a Snow Leopard in Spiti. If you are not much aware of Snow Leopards then you are not alone, there is a reason the Snow Leopard is called Grey Ghost as it is one of the most elusive big [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]