Prasad Np

Running the Rat race, scheming to swim with the sharks. Wondering what is left in rat race after conquering the corner office. Writes India Travel Blog desi Traveler, with stories and pictures from India.

2013 Pictures and Memories from My Travels

Jan 012014
 
2013 Pictures and Memories from My Travels

Remembering Journeys I took in  2013 in Pictures A year has gone by and we are at the end of 2013, so as we welcome 2014, I thought of remembering 2013 in pictures. The pictures were taken in 2013 in various parts of the country of wildlife, monuments and of people who I met during my travels. Some of the trips I am yet to blog about so they may appear in 2014, I guess for some time I need to blog more to catch up with all the backlog. So here are some 2013 pictures taken during various [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Offering Prayers at Mecca Masjid Hyderabad

Dec 292013
 
Offering Prayers at Mecca Masjid Hyderabad

A Visit to the Mecca Masjid Hyderabad: Clicking Pictures and offering Prayers I have been to Charminar and its surrounding lanes many a time to click pictures, soak in the essence of Old Hyderabad, do shopping at the night market during Ramazan. But the place keeps on pulling me back to itself with the force that can rival Bermudas Triangle. This weekend I was lucky enough to visit one of the holiest mosque in India the Mecca Masjid or Makkah Masjid as it’s called in Hyderabad. Just about 200 yards south of Charminar stands the grand mosque that was built by [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Top 10 Outdoor Adventure Travel Clubs In India: Biking, Trekking, Running, Mountaineering

Dec 272013
 
Top 10 Outdoor Adventure Travel Clubs In India: Biking, Trekking, Running, Mountaineering

Top 10 Outdoor Adventure  Travel Clubs In India for Biking, Trekking, Running, Cycling, Rock Climbing & Mountaineering  When I started trekking I always struggled for partners. Most of my friends wanted to travel but their idea of travel was to go to a touristy place, get drunk and play cards and may buy some souvenirs.  It was so difficult to find like-minded people who a lot of time I ended up backpacking on my own without anybody with me.  Today thanks to the power of internet connecting with like minded people are such a breeze.   But still, a lot [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Christmas in Bangkok- Picture from the past

Dec 242013
 
Christmas in Bangkok- Picture from the past

Christmas Tree and Snowman in Bangkok As this is Christmas time, our daughters have decorated a small Christmas tree in our living room. Nothing fancy just one of those plastic trees that you get in the mall, but they very lovingly decorated it with lights, colored balls, bells and other toys. The younger one is totally fascinated with the same and spends a lot of time looking at the tree.  Now Christmas is one of the biggest festivals around the wold and though  Christians are a very small population of India, Christmas is one of the biggest festival in [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Sri Jagadamba Mahakali Temple Golconda

Dec 232013
 
Sri Jagadamba Mahakali Temple Golconda

Mahakali Temple on The Top of Golconda The first time I visited Golconda  I just visited the  Sri Jagamba Mahakali Temple Golconda as any tourist will. But as got captivated by the fort and started visiting again and again it made me think more and more about the Mahakali temple on the top of the fort. In early days only shepherds visited the top of the hill and that is one of the origins of the name of the fort – Gwala Konda or the hill of the shepherds. It is believed that the shepherds may have found the [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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A Wacky Journey, History, Mystery and Geography of Tablets

Dec 182013
 
A Wacky Journey, History, Mystery and Geography of Tablets

A journey in time and space to dig out the history of tablets from around the world My first encounter with Tablets was as a child when I was gifted this black Tablet with green borders, it also came with a magical input device. This was the first tablet with 2 screens, though both of them were monochrome, the input devices came in many colors, but I loved white the most as it tasted the best leaving a lingering earthy aroma in my mouth. It is the most Eco friendly green tablet invented till date, even before going green [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Road Trip To Ananthagiri Hills from Hyderabad

Dec 102013
 
Road Trip To Ananthagiri Hills from Hyderabad

Driving to Ananthagiri Hills Vikarabad from Hyderabad There is no bigger joy for a driving enthusiast than to slowly drive on a winding hill road with the windows of your car down, cool breeze kissing your forehead and humming in your ears songs of the wild brooks. Yes wild brooks that you can hear in a distance but you can’t see beyond the dense foliage, but the sound is inviting. So you park your car, follow the sound and once you have gone down a few meters in the bushes, you discover a small brook coming out of rocks [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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The Legend of the Gond King: The Pillars of Tadoba

Dec 092013
 
The Legend of the Gond King: The Pillars of Tadoba

  The Pillars of  Gond Kings of Tadoba:First Telecom Towers in World We were in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve and like everybody around us was looking for Tigers. The Tigers were busy looking for some shade and preferably some Sāmbhar in Shade. While continuing our search for the king of the Jungle I saw these pillars on one of the major arteries inside the national park and wondered what they are? Our guide shared a very interesting story about the pillars. You see before cell phones and phones were invented, in the time before time, this area around the [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Video of Hatiyan Jhad or Elephant Tree: Biggest Baobab Tree India

Dec 062013
 

Video of the Biggest Baobab Tree of India: Hatiyan Jhad I hope you have read my post about the biggest Baobab tree in India, also known as Hatiyan Jhad or elephant tree. Here is a video of the same, taken from my cell phone.  The tree is enormous and has a circumference of  25 meters.   Here is the earlier post in which I have given details about the biggest Baobab tree in India and  also called Hatiyan Jhad and some pictures of the secret cave that is believed to be the former den of thieves who plundered wealth [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Winners of 2014 Calendar Picture Contest

Dec 042013
 
Winners of 2014 Calendar Picture Contest

3 Winners of the 2014 Calendar Giveaway Let me begin by thanking all those who participated in the 2014 Calendar giveaway from desi Traveler. It was a very simple lucky draw, not even a contest, all you had to do was like desi Traveler on Facebook, and simply mention in comment any 2 or more pictures that you would like on your 2014 calender from desi Traveler blog. It was a good experience and I  myself learned a lot on how to organize a contest. Regular desis will remember this was the second contest on desi Traveler, the first [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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