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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…

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.…

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

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:May 12, 2017
Post category:Asia 🌏budget City India 🇮🇳Landscape travel

🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 On my way to Mumbai, I decided to spend few days in Ajanta and Ellora. From Kolkata I took Gitanjali Express to Jalgaon. Ajanta caves are approximately 63 Km from Jalgaon. There are over 30 caves which were developed during Satvahana period and Vakataka period. The caves are located near horse-shoe shaped bend build by Buddhist monks during monsoon season. Nobody knows how did the artists paint so well, with such precise use of colour, in the dark recesses of these rock-carved prayer halls and monasteries. I stayed in MTDC Ajanta T junction resort which…

Chadar Trek

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:May 6, 2017
Post category:Adventure Asia 🌏backpacking Hilly /Mountains India 🇮🇳travel Trek

🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 “Life is an adventure, it’s not a package tour.” – Echart Tolle When bad luck strikes it takes a moment to change everything. Due to heavy snowfall mountain passes become impassable during winter and some villages in Zanskar valley remain isolated from outside world. From ancient times frozen Zanskar river is used as a trade route to connect Leh in winter. This trek starts from Leh in Ladakh, literally “the land of high passes”, lies between the Himalayas and the Kunlun mountain range at a height of more than…

Epic Trans-Siberian : St. Petersburg to Vladivostok Part – 1

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:April 5, 2017
Post category:Asia 🌏backpacking budget Europe 🌍Russia 🇷🇺

🇷🇺 🇷🇺 🇷🇺 St. Petersburg - Moscow - Kazan We checked in to our hotel in St. Petersburg after a four hour flight from London. This is one of the most beautiful cites in the world and also the 2nd largest city in Russia.

Sar Pass Trek

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:December 15, 2016
Post category:Asia 🌏budget India 🇮🇳Trek

🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 Those who love travelling must have experienced YHA. In India YHAI has an extensive set of programs from camping to trekking catering various age groups. Sar Pass was most difficult trek organised by YHAI at that time. The camp ground is right beside Parvati river and all water is sourced from river except drinking water. There is no permanent structure except toilets.We spent our first 3 days in Kasol base camp and followed strict routine of jogging /exercise in the morning acclimatization walk during the day and some adventure activity like…

Epic Trans-Siberian : St. Petersburg to Vladivostok Part – 3

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:December 7, 2016
Post category:backpacking budget City Europe 🌍Russia 🇷🇺travel

🇷🇺 🇷🇺 🇷🇺 Irkustsk - Ulan Ude - Vladivostok

Epic Trans-Siberian : St. Petersburg to Vladivostok Part – 2

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:November 25, 2016
Post category:Asia 🌏backpacking City Europe 🌍Russia 🇷🇺

🇷🇺 🇷🇺 🇷🇺 Kazan - Yekaterinburg - Irkutsk

Leh: Spituk – Likir – Alchi – Basgo

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:October 28, 2016
Post category:Asia 🌏India 🇮🇳travel

🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 I arrived Leh 1 day late. This was due to delay of my flight from London. Nevertheless the hotel did not charge me extra and changed the date of my booking. I was advised to take rest on the first day. Next day I rented a car by myself and went for a monastery hopping. My first stop was Basgo. Perched at the top of a hillock, it is situated nearly 40 kms away from Leh approaching to Nimmu which is on the highway of Srinagar-Kargil-Leh. The monastery was a fortress…

Petra

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:October 22, 2014
Post category:Asia 🌏backpacking City Jordan 🇯🇴Landscape travel

🇯🇴 🇯🇴 🇯🇴 We arrived Petra by car from Wadi-Rum. It was less than 2 hrs journey . We checked - in to our hotel and our first stop was "Petra - By - night". Every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week entire Siq to the Treasury was lit with over 1,500 candles. It is a magical way to see part of the rock city by candlelight and explore the old city. This was our Day 2 in Petra. We planned to spend the entire day walking in Petra. This is one of the most…