After visiting Umaid Bhavan Palace and feeding our bellies we decided to head towards Mandore Gardens. Mandore is the old capital of Jodhpur and is also mentioned in our epic Ramayana. Ravana is the son-in-law of Mandore, as he married to the beauty Queen Mandodri from Mandavyapur (old name of Mandore). The place used to be very beautiful and serene but went to ruins as … Continue reading Travel Diaries – Jodhpur #4
Day 3 at Jodhpur. We headed to visit the Umaid Bhavan Palace. Umaid Bhawan Palace, located at Jodhpur, is one of the world’s largest private residences. A part of the palace is managed by Taj Hotels. Named after Maharaja Umaid Singh, grandfather of the present owner Gaj Singh of the palace, this edifice has 347 rooms and serves as the principal residence of the erstwhile Jodhpur royal family. A part of the … Continue reading Travel Diaries : Jodhpur #3
Hey everyone! The past few weeks have been insanely busy and plus I was going through a phase of writer’s block so decided to take a break. Today I returned from my Craft study trip to Jodhpur and Udaipur and have a ton of stuff to share with ya’ll. So we had an overnight train on 9th of March, which got delayed by 2.5 hours. … Continue reading Travel Diaries – Jodhpur #1
So I came across this new photo challenge – One Word Sunday Challenge by Debbie Smyth @ Travelwithintent Blog. This week’s theme is View. Here are a few views which I absolutely adore. Continue reading One Word Sunday Challenge: View
After an exhausting picnic day at Corniche we had plans to visit the Grand Mosque or Sheikh Zayed Mosque. Designed by Syrian Architect Yousef Abdelky, the mosque covers an area of 12 hectares. The project was started by late president of UAE Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. His final resting place is located on the grounds adjacent to the complex. The mosque has two entries, … Continue reading Abu Dhabi #8 The Grand Mosque
(First things, I’m so sorry I’m missing out a day in between, I get so tired after toruing all day that I dont have time for blogging. Three continuous days I was out all day so no time at all. I’m so very sorry!) Day 4 in Abu Dhabi. Second day of Dubai. We listed Dubai Mall, Burj Khalifa, Burj al arab and Dubai water … Continue reading Abu Dhabi Diaries – #5 Dubai
Day 3 of my stay at Abu Dhabi. We saved the weekend here for Dubai. (Friday and saturday is weekend here in UAE) So we started our journey at 11:30 here. We planned to eat at Last Exit, which is the merging point of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. So we were driving on the highway and the roads were really pretty, beautifully adorned by trees … Continue reading Abu Dhabi Diaries – #4 (Dubai)
Day 2 in Abu Dhabi. My day started with a mouth savoring Sausage and cheese toast breakfast and then we continued watching Pitch Perfect 2 from where we left the day before. For today our plan was mostly to visit YAS Mall and IKEA Store in the evening. So for the morning we visited Al Wahda Mall. Mostly because I had to buy some stuff … Continue reading Abu Dhabi Diaries #3
So after the exhausting plane ride and a long nap we finally woke up at around 4:30 pm. After having tea, some snacks and popcorn, we had plans to drive around the main abu dhabi island and visit a few malls. At 5:30 my uncle came from his work, we decided to leave in 30 mins. We left at around 6. So we were driving … Continue reading Abu Dhabi Diaries #2
Hey everyone! So today morning I landed here at Abu Dhabi at precisely 6:20 am. Lets go back in time here a little bit, shall we? I had an early morning flight from New Delhi. We reached IGI Airport at 11:30 pm. The entire airport was decorated in the spirit of Christmas. You could see these huge floral wreaths around every gate outside and these … Continue reading Abu Dhabi Diaries #1
Hey everyone! Welcome to my final travel log on Mussoorie. (Check out my previous post here.) So I woke up at 8:30, bathed and had breakfast and was ready to check out of the hotel by 11 am. We put our luggage in our car and we went out to mall road. For one last time we decided to skim through the tibetan market stalls, … Continue reading Travel Log-Mussoorie Final Day
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