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The year is almost gone and it was so quick. And I have been so busy that I never really got the time to sit down quietly and write about my travels. Today as I sat down looking at my travel photos, I thought this being the last weekend of 2018, it would be nice to write and share my travel experiences of this year. This is also an opportunity to reflect back on the year and be grateful for all that I have been through. I have been to some wonderful places of our beautiful world. I have learnt about Cyrillic alphabets to Hieroglyphs.Read More →

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I spent my childhood growing up in the Himalayan foothills of India and feel delighted anytime I travel back to these mountain ranges. One of my favourite memories of travelling through the Himalayan ranges was to the Nathula Pass nearly 10 years ago. Nathula Pass, at 14200 ft above sea level, is on the Indo-China border in the state of Sikkim and was part of the old Silk Route. Nathula Pass connects Sikkim to China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. This route was was closed in 1962 but was reopened in 2006 and has, ever since, served as an official Border Personnel Meeting point. Nathula Pass playsRead More →

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The sea is not that far away from Kolkata, the city of Joy. There are quite a few places which are excellent for short weekend trips. The one I chose to travel last month, Bakkhali, is in the southern part of the state of West Bengal in the South 24 Parganas district. Bakkhali is around 124 kms from Kolkata and a straight south bound drive via Joka, Kakdwip, Namkhana to the Bay of Bengal. Bakkhali is a Gangetic delta island on the Bay of Bengal and is part of the Sunderbans. It is separated from the West Bengal mainland by the Hatania Doania creek atRead More →