Category: Travelling
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Korea- Visiting South & Touching North
There has been a lot of Korea in our lives lately. I’ve personally been watching many Korean shows on OTT, and have been quite impressed by what I’ve seen. The younger generation, of course, is obsessed with K-Pop. In Gurgaon, where I live, there are many Koreans — quite a few in my apartment complex…
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Copenhagen – A city of happy people
The Mediterranean region has a certain charm and is a wonderful holiday destination, offering plenty of choices and the deep blue sea. That’s we keep going back to it. However, as summer progresses, it tends to get quite hot — and coming from a warm country ourselves, we didn’t want to spend too much time…
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Palma de Mallorca – fun island in Balearics.
The largest island of Spain lies in the Balearic Sea, which is part of the Mediterranean. Some call it Mallorca while others call it Majorca. When a cruise ship sails toward the island of Mallorca, everyone rushes to the deck to admire the breathtaking sight of the Mallorca Cathedral, standing dramatically at the edge of…
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Phuket – Exploring the glamourous side.
Phuket, a mere 4-hour direct flight from Delhi, holds a special place in our hearts as 32 years back we landed here for our honeymoon. Over the past three decades, we’ve explored this tropical haven around 11 times, and each visit has unveiled a new layer of its charm. Our experiences have spanned the island’s…
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Brussels, Brugge, Beer and Chocolates
The summer of 2024 was time to travel to the country famous for chocolates, beer, castles, waffles and diamonds. I have travelled to Netherlands and France a few times but had misses out on a beautiful country in-between these 2 countries. The country has great location and is well connected. Our son Kartik , who…
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Queenstown -What a lovely city !
The town was named Queenstown by Gold Prospectors in 1860’s who had invaded this region as Gold had been discovered in the nearby Arrow River. There is a story that Irish settlers named the town after a city in their country. Simply put it is a stunning lake town having a population of just around…
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New Zealand South Island- Twizel, Mt Cook and the Lakes
Though we landed in Christchurch the intent was not to spend too much time here but move on the very next day. We hadn’t carried any food item and our shoes were clean so there was no problem at the Airport as their authorities are very strict about these things. Airport shuttle at NZ$ 10…
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Porto – Good start to Portugal holiday
We had started our Portugal journey from Porto but I had written about Lisbon first. Porto is city considered to be home of port wine and is famous for its food and bakeries. It is the second largest city after Lisbon and is very popular tourist destination. Our apartment was on the most famous street…
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Destination Lisbon
Covid19 epidemic ensured that we arrived in Portugal 3 years after we were supposed to. Itinerary remained more or less the same but we did increase the stay in each place by a day – and that proved to be a good decision. You do need at least 3 days to see a city and…
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