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Weekend Trip to Mcleodganj from Delhi

A Trip to Mcleodganj: This was one of the most hyped, the most promoted, the most talked about and the most planned trip I ever had so far. Catching the bus from Delhi to Mcleodganj: Friday: I started my trip to Mcleodganj on Friday 29th July, sitting in a beautiful Volvo AC bus at 8 pm from New Delhi, Majnu Ka Tilla bus stand and I reached Mcleodganj next day early morning. Exploring Mcleodganj: Saturday: It was around 8 o’clock in the morning when I got down from the bus in Mcleod Ganj upper Dharamshala. After getting down from the bus, I could see the beauty of nature scattered all around. WOW, WOW, WOW, …. I kept on saying this wherever I saw, I was in the lap of nature, I was in the lap of Himalaya. I was very excited to be there. My hotel was in Bhagsu Nag which was a 3km walk from Mcleod Ganj bus stop, I decided not to take any taxi or cab, I just walked to Bhagsu Nag, I didn’t want to miss the opportunities to see the beauty of Mcleod Ganj, that’s why decided to walk. O
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Weekend Trip to Jaipur from Delhi

Bus from Delhi to Jaipur:  Friday It was my sudden plan for a Weekend Trip to Jaipur, I had no idea where to catch the bus for Jaipur, so I asked my colleague, where can I get the bus to Jaipur, he told me Sarai Kale Khan Bus stop, it's very near to Nizamuddin Railway station. I took a metro ride from Noida city center to Indraprastha Metro station and from Indraprastha Metro station I took the shared auto in 20 rupees to reach near Nizamuddin Railway station and from the Nizamuddin railway station I took a walk for around 5 minutes and reached Sarai Kale Khan Bus stop. Here I enquired about the Bus to Jaipur and got the bus, the moment I entered in the Bus, it started to Jaipur, It was around 12:00 o’clock in the night when the bus started to Jaipur. During the course of the journey to Jaipur, the bus stopped at one Dhaba for tea coffee and dinner. Since it was a late night so I chose to avoid any tea or coffee break in the journey. The bus reached Jaipur around 4 AM in th
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Weekend Trip to Goa from Bangalore

A trip to Goa from Bangalore:   Since August 2016 I have done trips to Himachal Pradesh (Dharamshala and Mcleodganj) and Rajasthan (Jaipur, Ajmer, and Pushkar). All these were a solo trip and it all started from New Delhi. I came to Bangalore in November 2016 and planned a trip to Goa with my friends to celebrate year-end 2016 and the New Year 2017. We planned with three friends (Swadhin, Saurabh and Me). I booked the hotel 15 days prior to the trip just to avoid the non-availability of the rooms in Goa as it was the year-end. After booking the hotel ticket, I started pushing my friends for the trip just to avoid any last time cancellation by them. One of my friend in Bangalore lives next to my house only, so to convince him was much easy. But another friend was in BTM and when the trip date started coming close he lost his phone, so it became very difficult for me to update anything regarding the trip. Somehow I used to update him on Facebook. Finally, the trip date came and we all
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Weekend Trip to Tirupati from Bangalore

Weekend Trip to Tirupati from Bangalore: This was my second trip to Tirupati from Bangalore. I started on Friday night at 10:30 from Marathalli. I had booked package tour from Redbus in 2,200 rupees. My bus reached Tirupati around 5 AM in the morning at hour hotel provided by our tour operator. They gave time for half an hour to get the shower and all, and after that, we boarded the bus once again to go to the temple. On the Way to Tirupati Temple: I had to get my head shave done and there were few more people with us who had to get their head shaved so we all got down from the bus, our tour guide was with us to take us to the barber shop, we all gave him 100 rupees per person for the head shave. After half an hour we were ready with the shaved head and ready to go to the temple. We took a Mahindra Jeep from that place and we got down near the temple. Now we were ready to go inside the temple. But before entering the temple premises we had to submit our electronic gadgets such as
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Exploring Delhi by Metro

Exploring Delhi by Metro Part Day-1:  I came to Delhi first time on 27th December 2007, the very same day Benjir Bhutto of Pakistan was assassinated so I can’t forget the date. Since then I spent 5 years and 4 months in the capital of India. But I never got a chance to explore the city as I was quite busy with my education. Except for India Gate and Qutub Minar, I have never been to any other places in Delhi. Now, I have come to Delhi second time on 21st February 2016 from Bangalore, It was a location transfer from my company, I accepted this transfer offer, because in Bangalore I had no task to do, I was on the bench for the last three months, so I happily said yes to my HR. Knowing Delhi for 5 years, which has the extream climate, in the winter its crazy cold and in the summer it's disgusting, but still, I came to Delhi. My office is in Noida, which comes under Delhi NCR and there is no difference in climate in Delhi and Noida, entire Delhi NCR has the same climate. Somehow I
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Weekend Trip to Ajmer and Pushkar

Ajmer-Pushkar Trip from Jaipur: Sunday Before you continue reading the Weekend Trip to Ajmer and Pushkar , request you to read the  Weekend Trip to Jaipur of this series. Weekend Trip to Ajmer and Pushkar: I woke up at around 8 AM, as I had to explore Ajmer and Pushkar today so I was quite excited. I had not booked any package tour bus for Ajmer and Pushkar so far, so decided to book it very first in the morning. I called Gajraj (My day-1 tour guide), he arranged a package tour bus for me to Ajmer and Pushkar. He called me to the office and I paid 450 rupees for Ajmer and Pushkar package tour after I paid, one guy from the office took me to the bus where few people were already sitting inside the bus. I saw around 10 foreigners sitting on the bus. The bus conductor told me to take the seat next to a foreign girl as no one was sitting next to her so that seat was vacant. The bus started from Jaipur to Pushkar at around 10 AM, we already got the hard copy of the trip plan from
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Trip to Dharamshala and Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Trip to Dharamshala and Kangra: I decided to go to Dharamshala from Mcleodganj on the second day of my trip (First day I spent at Dharamshala, click the link to read my Trip to Mcleodganj.  I walked to Mcleod Ganj bus depot from my hotel in Bhagsunag and then I got a public transport bus from the bus depot to Dharamshala, after getting down in Dharamshala, Kotwali Bazar, I decided to take breakfast first of all, so I found one hotel where I ordered Alu Paratha and curd. After having the breakfast I went to Dharamshala Cricket stadium, it is really the most beautiful cricket stadium I have ever seen. After coming out of the stadium, I came to the bus stop and I was in dilemma where to go now in Dharamshala, Meanwhile one bus came to the stop which was looking like a truck, I ignored it for few seconds as I thought it’s a truck but after few seconds I saw people getting into this, then I realized it’s a bus, I saw the name plate on it and I found that the bus is going to Kangra, as I
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