Almost each and every part of India is now connected by train, more so are the major towns in every state. However, there are towns and cities in the North East which does not have this luxury, not as yet! There are routes which still operate the Meter Gauge (wiki) trains in the north-east and one such route is the Lumding – …
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Honeymoon in Havelock, Andaman & Nicobar Islands – Part 3
Yesterday had been a wonderful day for both of us, we got our first glimpse of the magically beautiful under-water world (Scuba diving in Havelock) and the hangover is still there. Today we had the day to ourselves. We decided to explore Havelock on two wheels. After a fantastic brunch, again at Fat Martin’s cafe, we …
My first time in Pune
The year was 2008, right after my final semester exams of my graduation when I first came to the city of Pune, the supposedly cooler cousin of the city of dreams, Mumbai. I had written the Maharastra entrance examination for MCA admissions and had managed to secure a respectable rank in the first merit list itself. As per the …
Scuba diving in Havelock
After I almost drowned about more than a decade ago (about which I have already written here: A New Life), I never went anywhere near any water-body. So much so that, there were many situations in the past decade where I should have been present but could not gather the courage to be, only because they …
Honeymoon in Havelock, Andaman & Nicobar Islands – Part 2
As we it was already pretty hungry by the time we reached Havelock, we decided to quickly freshen-up and come out for our lunch. Within half an hour or so, we reached Red Snapper, the in house restaurant of our resort, The Wild Orchid.