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Egypt: Giza plateau

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:July 16, 2017
Post category:Africa 🌍Desert Egypt 🇪🇬Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort travel

🇪🇬 🇪🇬 🇪🇬 We reached Giza in the morning by an overnight train from Luxor. The train was very comfortable. It was comparable almost to a standard hotel with a well made bed , private toilet and shower cubicle. Dinner was also included in the price. We were staying in a Luxury hotel for two days . After check-in we immediately left for Pyramid complex. I took some random street cab for 1 USD to take me to the entrance. On the way few locals just climbed the running cab and wanted to offer…

Egypt Itinerary

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:July 15, 2017
Post category:Africa 🌍Egypt 🇪🇬travel

🇪🇬 🇪🇬 🇪🇬 Part 1 Day 1: London - Cairo - Bahariya => Overnight flight from London to Cairo and from airport we immediately started our journey towards desert. The night was spent at a nice hotel in El Bawiti Day 2: Baharia - Black Desert - White Desert => Continued our journey towards white desert . Camped overnight at white desert. Day 3: Dakhla Oasis => From white desert to Dakhla Oasis through Farafra Oasis Day 4: Kharga Oasis => From Farafra to Kharga Oasis. Day 5: Kharga Oasis to Luxor => Kharga Oasis to…

Sunday walk to Lavender Farm

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:July 8, 2017
Post category:Adventure Europe 🌍travel Trek UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 This was my first meetup. We met at Clapham Junction and then took a train to Chipstead village in Surrey via Croydon. We walked around 14 miles through lovely landscape of Surrey . The Lavender farm itself is in Banstead. It is a family run business named Mayfield Lavender. Weather was perfect and it was a very nice day out.

Portugal : Porto & Douro Valley

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:July 6, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort Portugal 🇵🇹Sea / River / Waterbody travel

🇵🇹 🇵🇹 🇵🇹 Porto was the last stop in my itinerary. Porto is the second biggest city in Portugal. This place was the origin of port wine. It is also famous for its iconic bridges. In fact it is the only city in Europe which has 6 bridges. I stayed in Porto for 2 days. Weather was not at its best but there were intermittent clear sky. There are few unique charm to this city, Lello Bookshop with its amazing neo-gothic interiors (Harry Potter shooting happened here, it was Hogwarts library) . Then there…

Portugal : Lagos & Albufeira Region

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:June 10, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Luxury / Comfort Portugal 🇵🇹Sea / River / Waterbody travel

🇵🇹 🇵🇹 🇵🇹 I landed in Faro airport at 12 PM. Faro is the capital of famous Algarve region of Portugal. I booked my transfer to Vilamoura from Airport. Vilamoura is one of the finest resort towns in Porugal. However due to wet weather my boat tour was cancelled . I spend the day walking around town. Vilamoura is famous for its beach , resorts and million dollar yachts parked at the marina . Vilamoura Marina My next destination was Lagos. The town is famous for its old town, cliffs and Atlantic beaches. Still sea…

Spain : Andalusia region – Seville

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:June 4, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Landscape Luxury / Comfort Spain 🇪🇸travel

🇪🇸 🇪🇸 🇪🇸 Seville - Granada - Ronda Day -1 Seville Seville is the capital of Andalusia region. There are 17 autonomous communities in Spain, Andalusia is the most populous and 2nd largest by area. I missed my original flight to Barcelona so I had to knock off Barcelona and Madrid from my original itinerary and instead arrived Seville two days latter. First thing I noticed are orange trees, they are an integral part of the landscape. If you make the mistake (like I did ) of biting one of the oranges you will understand…

Gibraltar

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:May 29, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Spain 🇪🇸travel UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇮 🇬🇮 🇬🇮 Day 1 I started early from Ronda. It was 9.18 train to Algeciras from Ronda. Weather was not good , it was raining incessantly from morning. At Algeciras I had to wait for sometime to catch a local bus to La - Linea. From La - Linea bus stop it was 10 min walk to the border checkpoint and then another 15 mins walk to my hotel in Gibraltar. Gibraltar is a tiny patch of land (less than 10 Sq Km) still part of British oversees territory. It has its own…

Ajanta , Ellora & Elphanta Caves en-route to Mumbai – Ellora

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:May 19, 2017
Post category:Asia 🌏Desert India 🇮🇳Landscape travel

🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 There is no direct public bus to Ellora from Ajanta. I took a bus towards Aurangabad in Aurangabad - Jalgaon road and got down at Phulambri. From Phulambri I took shared trekker on Amdapur - Jenefal road towards Ellora. This took very long time. Next day I utilized fully to visit caves. Caves in Ellora are famous for sculptures. There are 34 caves which can be visited ; these consist of 12 Buddhist caves, 17 Hindu caves and 5 Jain caves. Most of these caves are monasteries or vihars that are carved…

Sisimiut : Driving a Snowmobile

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:May 13, 2017
Post category:Adventure Arctic / Antarctica City Europe 🌍Greenland 🇬🇱travel

🇬🇱 🇬🇱 🇬🇱 Snowmobiles have become the modern replacement of dog sled. This was roughly 4 hour excursion from the town. Snowmobiles are pretty easy to master because there is no gear ; its just brake and throttle. We first went to the top of Solbakken. This is a vantage point with a good view across the town. We also went to Aappilattorsuaq . Overall this was pretty cool experience.

Ajanta , Ellora & Elphanta Caves en-route to Mumbai – Elphanta & Mumbai

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:May 13, 2017
Post category:Asia 🌏City India 🇮🇳Landscape

🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 From Aurangabad I boarded an early morning Jana Shatabdi Express to Mumbai. I reached my hotel near marine drive early afternoon. I had two days in Mumbai before I catch my flight to London. There was nostalgia associated with this city, my first job was here , I lived here almost 4 years before I moved to Bangalore. First day I roamed around city , went to Haji Ali shrine, enjoyed vada-pao and took some much needed rest. Day 2, I started early from my hotel to catch ferry to Elephanta islands.…