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Goa – a family holiday!

Known for its golden sands, sun kissed beaches and beautiful sunsets, Goa is a major tourist attraction in India. With number of hotels and resorts offering great holiday packages, family holidays in Goa has become very popular today. We, along with my wife and son, reached the Tivim railway station on 3rd March morning! Though … Continue reading »

Travels are helping me to be fit…

I have been traveling quite a lot in the last 2 weeks and that is helping me to be fit. Business Development meetings/ conferences at different cities have been reason enough to travel and I travel by all modes – flights, trains and luxury buses/ coaches. One’s body actually adapts to new situations quite promptly … Continue reading »

Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry

It was in the year 1992, I took a 8 day trip through TTDC ( Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation) travelling by a 9 seater Tempo-traveller. Though the trip ended… unplanned…at kohilpatti, 100 kms from Madurai, due to an accident…the vehicle skidded at 70 kmh and fell on its left side…and i had to be … Continue reading »

A visit to Sabarmati Ashram in 2004

In the year 2004, I took some time off after my business meeting in Ahmedabad to visit The Sabarmati Ashram, a wish that was pending for a long time. Later in 2006, I was in South Africa but I could not visit the Tolstoy farm because of my fear to move out in the late … Continue reading »

Mughsail beach in Salalah…

The seaside town of Salalah was inhabited by 170,000 people…..now more, I think… The beautiful landscape draws the tourists especially when the city traps the monsoon…. lasting from the month of June to September every year. This is indeed the best time of the year to visit Salalah. It rains in a desert country ( … Continue reading »

India tightens Visa norms…

For quite long this was required. We have too many loopholes in the issuance of Visa leading to laxity. Currently, a foreigner can enter on a tourist visa and do businesses and also move in and out of the country as often he wishes. The tightening of visa in the wake of the unearthing of … Continue reading »

Anjuna beach….My favorite spot in Goa

Anjuna Beach….Located about 18kms from Panaji and situated in Bardez taluka, the Anjuna Beach is the part of a 30 km extended beach coastline along the west coast of Goa by the Arabian sea…. The Village of Anjuna, a five square mile area is nestled between the Arabian Sea and the Hill overlooking the beach. … Continue reading »

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