Vehicle Free Hill station - Matheran

Matheran, a beautiful and smallest hill station in Maharashtra. No Vehicle is allowed in this place, that makes it pollution free and noise free. It is a nice peaceful place close to nature. Matheran is a popular weekend gateway for people who live in Mumbai or Pune.

You can find horses for sightseeing, but the best way to enjoy the beauty of Matheran is on your foot. Best time to visit this place is Monsoon. During Monsoon, nature shows it's best form, you can see greenery all over the place, foggy trails will make you feel like you are amidst of cloud.

Neral is the closest railway station from Matheran, from the station you can take a shared cab till Dasturi Naka. After Dasturi Naka you have to walk or you can take a horse ride as no vehicles are allowed after this place. 

The whole path is beautiful and serene. Fresh air, foggy climate, cool breeze and if it is raining you are in heaven. Matheran is a beautiful tourist spot in Maharashtra. 

Other than Natural beauty and thick fog Toy  train and Zip lining are the main attractions in Matheran. 

Spiritual Treat - Ajmer and Pushkar

Pushkar and Ajmer are at short distance from Jaipur and are worth visiting. Both the places represent different religions but still connected to each other so well. Both places give you spiritual vibes. 

Pushkar
Pushkar is one of the oldest existing cities of India. It lies on the shore of Pushkar Lake. As per the mythology, Pushkar lake was formed by the tears of Lord Shiva after the death of his wife, Sati.
Pushkar lake has 52 ghats adjacent to each other. Pushkar is also famous for its Camel fair and Brahma Temple. There are only few Brahma temples in world and Pushkar have the most ancient one. 
Ghats in Pushkar offers you piece, but you will be soon followed by Pandits who will try to sell you the concept of Pitra Pooja. Do not fall for them.
Pushkar was really a beautiful experience for me. I love the ghats here. 

Ajmer
Ajmer is only half an hour distance from Pushkar. Ajmer is famous for Dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti. Thousands of people visit this place everyday. You can take Chaddar and flowers with you to gift it in the Mosque.
Because of the crowd you won't get enough time to spend there. So feel the divinity of the gods once you enter this place.
When we reached there we met one man outside the Dargah who started helping us with everything, first I thought that he is doing it for money but later he didn't asked for anything and helped us with all the things. As we have never been to the Dargah so we were not aware of the rituals they follow. He helped us with all those things. That day I realized that how we try to find bad in everything, how we stop believing that someone can be good to us without any reason. I am thankful to that man for making our visit fruitful.

Gigantic yet Spectacular - Niagara Falls

When you are in US how can you miss to see Niagara Falls. So I thought of utilizing one of my extended weekend by visiting the Niagara falls. I do not drive so me and one of my friend booked a tour from New York City.

It was a Saturday morning when we started from China town in NYC. By good chance we both get the front seat in the bus, we were lucky as we were able to see the beautiful roads perfectly. After a long journey (6-7 hrs) we reached Niagara Falls. As soon as you enter the city, you can see the big smoke from far away. Welcome to Niagara Falls !!

We reached the Falls at 5:00 in the evening. Yes, this was my first time I was witnessing such a Gigantic Waterfall. So I stand there and watched it for a while. Spectacular views, the sound of water with the wind and the smoky view takes you to a different world. By the night you can see different colors in the water. You can never get tired of looking it. Because of extended weekend the place was quite crowded but you just have to find a perfect place for yourself and that's it. After that you can only listen rustling sound of the water.

The next day we were ready for the most amazing experience of the famous boat ride, Maid of Mist. They will provide you raincoats which are not really very useful and load you on a ferry, which will take you as close to the falls as possible. This is the closest view you can have of this big waterfall. You will get fully drenched with the mist. Believe me, I was not even able to open my eyes properly because of this so called mist. When you go close to the falls you really see yourself as a very small entity in earth.

This place is totally a commercialized tourist place, so do not expect that you can get solitude here. But yes the beauty of the falls is worthy to take the pain once in a lifetime.

Happy Travelling!

A Day roaming in Delhi

Once I was in Delhi for a day and I decided not to meet any of my friend and roam around all day by myself. I am kind of person who enjoy company of friends as well as company of my own too.

I was not sure about the places I have to visit in a day, so I just started my day with BanglaSaheb Gurudwara. A sacred and beautiful place. This was my second visit. But I really love going this place. So many people around you even though you can feel peace all around. There is a holy pond at the back of GuruDwara where you can see many colorful fish. There is a belief that water of this pond have healing properties. You can have mouthwatering Prasad here and langar to fill your empty tummy. This place have something amazing in it.

How to reach Bangala Sahib Gurudwara: Rajiv Chowk is the nearest metro station. Come out towards Janpath Exit Gate. From here Bangla Sahib would be 15 minutes’ walk.

After having tasty Prasad at the Gurudwara I headed to the Agrasen Ki Baoli, one of my favorite place in Delhi. An Old and Historical monument with 108 Steps. There are graffiti on the walls outside the Baoli. I don’t know why I have so much of love for this place. I always suggest people to go there.

How to reach Agrasen ki Baoli: Barakhamba Road is the nearest metro station and a walking distance away. It is really a task to locate this place.

Sitting there on one of the step of Baoli I was figuring what would be my next destination. My mind came up with many places but my heart got settled for Kutub Minar. A giant 240 feet tall Minar made of red sandstone carved with beautiful elements, attracts you from far. It has a history, better to read it through google :P. You need to pay entry fees here, not much only 10 bucks. Inside the complex you can find very old pictures of this place.

How to reach Qutub Minar: Qutub Minar metro station is the nearest one in Yellow line.

I was having enough of me time by then. Came back to Hotel as I was having an early flight back to my work next day.

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