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At present, the average stay of an international tourist in India amounts to 14 days and the state does not form a part of this travel package. The inflow of international tourists into the state can be substantially improved with upgradation of the ..

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I spent most of my time outdoors on day treks arranged by a guide. The shorter treks are usually about an hour away by van. There are longer, less trodden ones for the adventurous. On one of them, our guide, a black guy, recounted a story on top of a

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Travelling around Sydney is a pleasure. You have taxis, buses, ferries, trains and the monorail. A ticket, which costs you 13 Australian Dollars, called the ''day tripper,'' gives you unlimited access to travelling by bus, ferry and train in a day. I..

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As we near Dhule, Wahid falls silent. It is obvious that he does not have much to say about the place. The stereo takes over and I sit back, allow the cold wind to hit me and let Kaante's soundtrack please me one more time. It's midnight by the time ..

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Since my ride (you can rent dirt bikes there) was asleep on a beach chair wearing no clothes, I killed some time chatting with a funny-looking Swiss guy called Swarup. He had apparently spent some quality time in Pune at Osho's ashram and had that co

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After lunch and some window-shopping, we went back to the hotel and at 6, we were taken to a show called the 'Tiffany's Show'. We were amazed to hear that all the characters in the show are actually transvestites. Our tour guide gave us this informat..

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The only sounds in the forest were the occasional birdcalls and the sounds we were making with our shoes treading on leaves and twigs. So two hours and a few minutes later, we were at the spot that we intended to reach -- a 35-feet high rock structur..

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If you can ever take your eyes off the blue-as-ever Pacific Ocean and the black and brown mountains, the shades of greens will welcome your eyes! I have not seen these many wild flower varieties in one place before! It was unbelievable! On both sides..

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The idea of camping in tents was vetoed by me (after a glance at weather.com and after having droned on about the comforts of a ''temperature controlled'' home). So camping cabins it was -- a compromise between our attempts to commune with nature and..

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Stepping out of the constricting space of my room in a search for some harmony, I had all my senses assaulted by a milieu of people still whirling in an urban carousel of music blaring cars and drunken nights. I stood in the main square unable to abs..

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