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Summer Travel 2017: Amritsar – A Divine Experience

19th May 2017: It was a Friday the start of a really long yet life changing journey for me. Started off from home at around 10:30 am. Had booked an Uber for the airport. Well, it was like 20 mins away from my home. But the excitement of starting the journey just made the wait easier. The first stop of your going-to-be-long trip was Amritsar. Amritsar, a historically rich city in the northwest of India founded by the fourth Sikh Guru, Guru Ram Das. Amritsar is since ages been a house to India’s holiest shrine and some really serene sights. So we boarded the flight from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 1:10 PM. You may ask why I left at 10:30. Hey, I live in Mumbai the traffic can just make me miss my flight. It was a Vistara flight (UK-735). I’d really like to appreciate the service and food provided on the flight. You Go Vistara! Reaching Amritsar at around 3:40. As soon as I got down from my flight my first reaction was “Damn, It is HOT!”. It was like about ...

My Summer Travel Day 5,6: Chandigarh; Sightseeing

If you missed the my journey till now check it out here . So I had left Kasauli relaxed and ready for another day of fun. We drove down to Chandigarh and checked-in at The Fern Residency.

My Summer Travel Day 3,4,5: Kasauli; Back to Chandigarh;

If you missed the Day 2 check it out here . Well, the journey till now has been quite tiring, Been to 2 cities till now. So I arrived to Chandigarh at 5am and immediately left for Kasauli, a weekend getaway for most in the north, but it was for me a mid-week getaway.

My Summer Travel Day 2: Jaipur Sightseeing; Off to Chandigarh

If you missed the Day 1 check it out here . So as all know the first day was exhausting for me. But the second day went to be pretty exciting. So we woke up aaram se (at our own pace), had breakfast freshened up and were ready to check out more of Jaipur by 10am. We checked out of our hotel and boarded the bus to do some sightseeing.

My Summer Travel Day 1: The Pink City, Jaipur : It was exhausting!

Jaipur, a place of some the most amazing architecture, unmatched tasty food and the birthplace of Bollywood's most amazing and versatile actor, Irfan Khan. Honestly I have visited Rajasthan four times before, but Jaipur had never been on my list of places to see. Why? Well Jaipur has always been a place I want to visit, it was just that I never got called by this Pink City to come and explore its beauty.