The Indian Traveller blog

Travel stories and experiences from around the world, by an Indian traveller…

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  • It’s time for celebration in this corner of the Internet

    I’m so delighted to announce that the jury of Indibloggies have nominated my travel blog among the top 12 travel blogs in the country. I would be glad if you could post your vote for me at http://multivote.sparklit.com/web_poll.spark/21900 if you like my blog. Shalinis travelogue is listed in category 9. Thank you! Your vote could…

  • Our 2 day stay at Khem Villa, Ranthambore

    Our next stint after Jaipur was at Ranthambore . This place is widely popular for its tiger reserve and thats the reason we were there too! We stayed at a place called Khem Villa, a family owned property run by a couple who were truly passionate about what they were doing and loved connecting with…

  • It was time for Khanna ..

    I have always loved good food and authentic food always excites me though I am not a great eater. After hearing loads of things on a good note about Rajasthani food especially their generosity in adding pure ghee to food items I was not surprised when my Thali (the traditional plate containg all the food…

  • Jaipur – Day 1 – Amber Fort

    After a short stint at the Hawa Mahal we drove to Amber fort. On our way to the fort we came across a few shops selling savouries (these looked so different compared to the usual ones we get across various other places in India). From our guide we came to know that these were the…

  • Jaipur – Day 1 – Hawa Mahal

    After enjoying our sumptuous breakfast it was around 9 ish when we planned to tour the pink city and Ms.Nidhi was our guide for the day. She was very friendly and it was more like travelling with a friend . Our first visit was to the Hawa Mahal – Wind Palace .It is one of…

  • Our stay at Jaipur

    For our first 2 days of stay in Jaipur we opted to stay at the Rajputana Sheraton . A beautiful hotel run by the Sheraton group whose exteriors have been designed to look like a palace. My dad had a membership with Sheraton group so we got this really cool offer to stay there at…

  • Chennai – Jaipur

    It was one of those winter mornings ( first week of Jan) where one can expect a sure flight delay on those flights heading to the capital (Delhi) due to the heavy fog. We weren’t too suprised when our Jet Airways flight got cancelled . We were given an option to choose a connecting flight…

  • My list of places to see before I die..

    Wonder why i’ve been doing a lot of thinking about travel and new destinations , may be it’s the hangover after reading a lot of travelogues and watching travel channel for hours together or may be jus’ due to the excitement of my upcoming Jaipur trip 🙂 JamshedpurCaliforniaLos AngelesLas VegasNew York City(The whole of USA)MumbaiGoaCoorgJaipur…

  • Goa – Bengaluru (Bangalore)

    We boarded our train late evening on Day 3, it was approximately a 15 hour journey and we reached Bangalore the following day. We hardly had a few hours in hand before catching our traing back to Chennai the same day night. even before the train landed we started making plans for the few hours…

  • Unwinding at Goa – Day 3

    This day fortunately or unfortunately turned out to be Bandh ( as in the whole city was shut off) no shops, no companies, no buses due to various reasons. This was the day we had actually planned to visit the Institue of Oceanography. So, our Industrial visit has turned into a college tour 🙂 We…