Latest Travelogues

It was a bright, sunny and warm afternoon for end-October but no sooner had we entered the track along the Redwood Creek, I felt I was in the presence of a cool and tranquil evening. The commercial chatter near the ticket window got drowned in the au

Read more...

 We landed not at Haneda, but at Narita airport. Narita was opened to traffic in 1978 after Haneda became overcrowded and facing problem relating to expansion. The flight from Shanghai took about

Read more...

 The Town Hall of Leuven called in Dutch STADHUIS is a landmark building on the cities main market square. This stands directly opposite to the monumental St.Peter's Church built in the

Read more...

 We again took a train at Hangzhou to go to Shanghai. The distance was about 180 kilometres and the train took around two hours to cover the distance. As I recorded earlier, those days the Chinese

Read more...

 Now suddenly I remember my good friend Sharmaji, from the late 70's and early 80's, those were the days of first job at Ballabgarh, & for two years almost me & Sharmaji were room mates,

Read more...

 Hangzhou, earlier Hangchhow, is only 100-odd kilometres away from Suzhou and is another beautiful city in the Yangtze basin. It is also ancient and has been the capital of Southern Song Dynasty

Read more...

 We took a train from Nanking for Suzhou (earlier Souchhow) which was only around 200 kilometres away. It was not like the current Chinese trains, high-speed and streamlined. It was more or less

Read more...

 Shri. Suresh Kalmadi, MP was the first Minister of State to present railway budget while being the Minister State for Railways. He gave a new dimension to the Marathi pride by renaming Mumbai's

Read more...

 Sunday 20th april 2014…we met these kids at the ghats of Ganges in Varanasi. They were in the age group of 8 to 10. We were sitting on the steps of one of the ghats when they approached

Read more...

 This is platform No. 16 of New Delhi Rly Station.Everything still looks to be the same for many years except the elevators and a scanning machine.Every year we come to India from USA and usually

Read more...