The LO Goes to Gujarat, Part 2: More Ahmedabad
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2M ago
(Part 1 of this travelogue, Historic Ahmedabad, can be read here). Our sojourn in Ahmedabad stretched across most of four days: a day and a half after we landed in Ahmedabad from Delhi, and another just-over-two days before we left ..read more
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The LO Goes to Gujarat, Part 1: Historic Ahmedabad
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by dustedoff
2M ago
A couple of years ago, my husband and I took our daughter (whom I refer to as the ‘LO’: the ‘Little One’, though given that she’s now ten and no longer little, she suggests that that now be ‘Loved One ..read more
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The LO Goes to Himachal, Part 3: Beyond the Mall in Shimla
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9M ago
Most tourists seem to focus on the Mall and the Ridge, but there’s plenty to see beyond that as well. While I covered our forays along the Mall in Part 2 of this set of travelogues, here I’ll be describing ..read more
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The LO Goes to Himachal, Part 2: The Mall in Shimla
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by dustedoff
9M ago
(For Part 1 of this travelogue, click here). On Day 3 of our Himachal trip, we left Kasauli and drove up (with an abortive detour at Arki, as described in Part 1) to Shimla. At Shimla, we were booked to ..read more
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The LO Goes to Assam, Part 1: Guwahati
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1y ago
Some of you may know about my now nine-year old daughter, the Little One or LO (though at her age, I guess it’s high time I thought up another epithet; she’s hardly little any more). The LO has, since she ..read more
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The LO Goes on Safari, Part 2: Masai Mara
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by dustedoff
4y ago
(The first part of this travelogue is here). On the third day after we arrived in Nairobi, we were scheduled to leave for Masai Mara. Our driver, Joseph (“Jesus’s father?” the LO asked, when she heard his name) arrived early ..read more
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The LO Goes on Safari, Part 1: Nairobi
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by dustedoff
4y ago
Sometime last year, a brilliant wildlife photographer, Gurcharan Roopra, inspired me to go to Kenya on safari. I’d praised Roopra’s photos on Facebook, and later, in a private message, mentioned how much vicarious pleasure I got out of his gorgeous ..read more
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Allahabad Adventure
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by dustedoff
4y ago
A couple of months back, I received an invitation from an Allahabad-based cultural group named Sanchaari. Sanchaari hosts an annual event focused on culture in different forms: food, crafts, the performing arts, and literature among them. One of Sanchaari’s members ..read more
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Kangra Travels, Part 3: Dharamshala and McLeodganj
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by dustedoff
5y ago
(To read the first part—Sirhind and Pragpur—of this travelogue, click here. To read the second part, Kangra and Palampur, click here). In 2005, my husband and I went on a road trip through Himachal Pradesh. It was perhaps not the ..read more
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Kangra Travels, Part 2: Kangra Fort and Palampur
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by dustedoff
5y ago
(To read the first part of this travelogue, Sirhind and Pragpur, click here). After all the fun she had in Pragpur, the LO was not keen to leave. So, after a quick post-breakfast round of the premises, during which she ..read more
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