Ride to Grande Island Our 15 minutes ride took us to the Jetty where our boat was waiting to take us to the Grande island. The fellow drivers followed our vehicle with their own vehicle but we enjoyed our morning ride on the open jeep. Soon, after reaching the jetty, we formed a human chain…
Diving in Goa : Part 1
Goa- the most decorated tourist destination of India, where glimpse of different worlds can be experienced at one place. In fact, Goa is the only tourist destination in India, where majority tourists are foreigners and at all time of year and this makes Goa a place where Indian tourists are treated as a ‘Secondary’ guests,…
Jim Corbett National Park – Expectations and Reality
Jim Corbett National Park is one of the most decorated and famous park in India, located in the state of Uttrakhand. Lot of stories are available on the internet about the park and it has been presented as the best park in India to see Tigers being a Tiger reserve. I was also thrilled after…
100 Days of Running – HDOR Running Experience
First of all, weather was very hot this year and it is never advisable to run in the temperature greater than 35 degrees, even some days the temperature during morning time was above 30 degree and in the night it was almost touching 40. Thus running during these months require lot of efforts in terms…
100 Days of Running – About HDOR
My maiden running experience for HDOR in 2019 was a mix of emotions and events. For the very first time, I took challenge to run continuously over a period of time ,which was very different from my past running’s, mostly in the form of Half Marathon and to be precise 13 half marathon runs till…
Third Gallery – How to Enter Central Tower ??
After completing, the second gallery from all sides, we climbed up to the second-last section of the temple which was the area of Central towers. This gallery was totally different from the earlier galleries as it was split into two parts: First part of gallery was the inner court, where we took the above picture…
Galleries of Ankor Wat – Second gallery dedicated to Lord Buddha
Next gallery is at the second level, which is few stairs above the first gallery. It seems that the second gallery has been damaged or it is not fully constructed. The wooden stairs have been installed to climb up, which is bit risky for old age people and those having problem with legs. Entrance from…
Galleries of Ankor Wat – Carvings of Indian History
Moving ahead, from the entrance, first gallery of the temple is dedicated to the wall carvings, which are dedicated to the battle of Ramayan and Mahabharat. This long gallery, where i was took photograph, is on the west side of the temple, which has carvings of Mahabharat battle and it shows the glimpses of an…
Brief about Angkor Wat – Part 4
About Angkor Wat As per Britannica Encyclopedia about Angkor Wat, “All of the original religious motifs derived from Hinduism, and the temple was dedicated to the gods Shiv, Brahma and Vishnu. The five central towers of Angkor Wat symbolize the peaks of Mount Meru, which according to Hindu mythology is the dwelling place of the gods….
Sunrise at Angkor Wat
After getting entrance ticket, we reached Angkor Wat, where our vehicle dropped us just before the entrance gate. It was still dark and thus, we had to use our mobile torch light to find out the path to the temple, but what surprised me was the number of visitors already present there and heading towards…