bengalinomad, Author at Bengali Nomad

Prague

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:September 12, 2014
Post category:City Czech Republic 🇨🇿Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort travel

🇨🇿 🇨🇿 🇨🇿 It was an extended weekend trip to Prague and Munich. This is considered one of the most beautiful cities of the world brimming with cultural sites. Our hotel was very close to the town square . This is a historic square. The elegant tower of the Town Hall with the world famous astronomical clock, the proud silhouette of the fairy-tale Týn Cathedral, the monumental Church of St. Nicholas and countless multicolored houses of many styles lend this place a unique atmosphere. Charles Bridge is a historic bridge that crosses the Vltava…

Assam

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:May 16, 2013
Post category:Asia 🌏City India 🇮🇳travel Wild Life

🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 It was a short trip of few days to visit my in-laws place. I stayed in a resort at Tinsukia for a day. I also went to Dibru Saikhowa national park and saw river Dolphins and few species of birds. This area is also famous for feral horses. After returning to Jorhat, I visited Digboy , Asia's oldest oil refinery. I also visited Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary. This Sanctuary contains India's only gibbons – the hoolock gibbons, and Northeastern India's only nocturnal primate – the Bengal slow loris. Dibru Saikhowa national park Hoollongapar Gibbon…

Dog Sled and Northern Light : Kangerlussuaq to Sisimiut

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:April 17, 2013
Post category:Adventure Arctic / Antarctica Arctic / Polar Desert backpacking Europe 🌍Greenland 🇬🇱travel

🇬🇱 🇬🇱 🇬🇱 It seemed a crazy idea when I first thought about it; multi-day dog sled in Greenland and camping in the middle of arctic desert. However logistics were arranged and we reached Kangerlussuaq on 27th March 2013. The plan was to embark on a three day dog sled expedition from Kangerlussuaq to Sisimuit. We had to rent seal skin clothing and shoe to cope with arctic condition. Though harsh winter was over still it was pretty cold . Whole landscape was under a thick sheet of ice. Greenland Husky is a separate breed which…

Florence – Second time

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:September 21, 2012
Post category:City Europe 🌍Italy 🇮🇹travel

🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 This was my second time in Florence . Florence is the cultural capital of Italy . We stayed in hotel very near to Duomo. I climbed to the top of Duomo and view over the Florence skyline was amazing. Later I visited Uffizi gallery , the largest and most visited museum of the world housing largest Italian Renaissance. This 19th century piazza has undoubtedly the best panoramic view of Florence. The square is decorated with copies of Michelangelo's sculptures, but it's the view people come here to see. We visited the…

Italy – Venice

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:September 19, 2012
Post category:City Europe 🌍Italy 🇮🇹Landscape travel

🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 This was my second trip to Italy after 2008 and first to Venice. It was a short trip for 4 days. Just the day of my trip I got some rash which quickly turned out to be chicken pox. My flight was to Venice. I arrived Venice by morning flight. My hotel was within old town square and walking distance from Rialto bridge. Today we spend our day mostly on visiting various sights in town. We visited bell tower, St . Mark Basillica and Doge's Palace. We also walked around small…

Peak District and Monsal Trail

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:September 12, 2012
Post category:Europe 🌍travel UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 This was an activity packed tour. We booked 2 nights in YHA Ravenstor, Buxton. This hostel has over 70 acres of private ground and near to river Wye. The garden view from YHA is great with real log fire. Next day we left very early after breakfast. The trail is around 8.5 miles. It starts at the Topley Pike junction (in Wye Dale, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Buxton) and runs to Coombs viaduct, 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of Bakewell. It follows the valley of the River Wye. The trail passes through such places as…

Luxor: Balloon ride over Kings Valley

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:February 9, 2012
Post category:Adventure Africa 🌍City Egypt 🇪🇬travel

🇪🇬 🇪🇬 🇪🇬 Mansoor told me, “you should definitely do a balloon ride in Luxor”. I was not sure ; $150 sounded expensive. He finally convinced me. Next morning at 4 AM a mini bus came to pick us up. They collected people from various hotels and then took us outside city. The ground was huge. All companies operate from here. There were probably close to 100 balloon which were getting ready to be air-borne. We went up at the break of dawn. Weather was cold and bit foggy. It was amazing to watch first rays…

Lucerne : Mount Pilatus and Mount Titlis

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:December 21, 2011
Post category:Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort Switzerland 🇨🇭travel

🇨🇭 🇨🇭 🇨🇭 We stayed Lucerne for two days. First day was we visited mount Titlis. We took train to to Engelberg then walked down to the cable car. Engelberg - Titlis cable car goes up to Titlis with a change at Trübsee. From Trübsee the rotating gondolas "Titlis Rotor" took us to the top. The weather was not great . It was cloudy that day so view from top was not very clear. The glacier cave is only a snowball's throw from the mountain station. The glistening, blue ice tunnel leads deep down into the fascinating…

The Golden Pass Express

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:October 20, 2011
Post category:Europe 🌍Switzerland 🇨🇭travel

🇨🇭 🇨🇭 🇨🇭 Switzerland has numerous luxury trains. One of the popular one is "The Golden Pass" , from Montreux to Lucerne . We boarded it of Montreux to Interlaken and stayed 1 night at Interlaken . This section train climbs to the highest point of the entire Golden Pass line, near Saanenmöser, at 1279 and soon after it leaves French speaking part and enter the German speaking part of Switzerland. Before Interlaken it continues its way to Spiez, a town at a scenic location along Lake Thun. You can easily see the pyramid shaped Mount Niesen from here.…

Niagara falls and Thousand islands

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:September 23, 2010
Post category:North America 🌎travel USA 🇺🇸

🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 This was a 2 day tour to thousand islands and Niagara falls. We left by a bus from New York very early morning. We drove to the Thousand Islands, where we took a Boat Tour of the area. The Thousand Islands is an archipelago at the Canada-U.S. border from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario. They stretch for about 50 miles. The U.S. islands are in the state of New York and the Canadian islands are in Ontario. The smaller islands only have single residences. These boat tours of the unique and impressive Thousand…