Indian Railways have launched a new tourist train, called Maha Parinirvan Express, covering major Buddhist pilgrimage centers in India. The itinerary starts from Delhi and goes through Gaya, Rajgir, Nalanda, Varanasi and Sarnath, Lumbini and Sravasti. At the end of this, tourists are also treated to a visit to Agra before returning to Delhi. The […]
If you are in Bangalore right now, be ready for a musical bonanza. A month long music festival, organized by Sri Rama Seva Mandali in Chamarajpet, Bangalore, will be held in Kote high school ground to celebrate Sri Rama Navami. Rama Navami is a festival to celebrate birth of Rama. The music festival is held […]
Long distance Rickshaw rallies are a latest fad that seems to be catching up fast. First we had the Eagerbros who took an auto-rickshaw on the Grand Trunk Road all the way from Kolkata to Pakistan border. Then it was the Indian auto-rickshaw challenge from Chennai to Kanyakumari.
On a rickshaw ride
Now there is one more […]
CNN IBN story on Air Deccan’s carefully planned cheating is a shocking revelation. And it is not difficult to say that Air Deccan is guilty because the officials have admitted to overbooking and now cooking up stories like ‘we had some system error’ and ‘our system was hacked’. The strategy employed by the officials goes […]
Summer is a bad time to travel in India. India’s plains are so hot that you will never enjoy your journeys unless you confine yourself to air conditioning all the time. But for most Indians, especially for families travelling with Children, summer is also the time of the year when they have spare time. Fortunately, […]
Finding directions, travel information or updated maps are all that simple in India. Sometimes maps are difficult to obtain for remote regions, or it is hard to find maps of suitable scale. Although it is difficult to find accurate and up-to-date maps as in the west, it is still possible to get some insight to […]
Bus journeys have always been a hassle in India. There could be several problems you can face either during booking or journey. A local travel agent might sell a ticket for you telling all kind of lies. You would have been shown a picture of a super-luxury bus and only to see a dilapidated relic […]
Recent news stories from Gir have all the bad news for the future of Asiatic Lions. Gir is the only place in the world where Asiatic Lions are found and they are not really in big numbers(about 350) even in Gir.
First, there was poaching incidence ten days ago where three of them were killed. […]
Varanasi has won second position in Wanderlust Travel Awards 2007, in ‘Top City’ category. The wining city is Luang Prabang, Laos. See the entire list of awards.
Boat ride on the Ganges in Varanasi
IncredibleIndia.org has more details on this. According to the website -
Wanderlust editor-in-chief Lyn Hughes said: “It is terrific to see an Indian City […]