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Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand – Part 1

Posted by: Deepak Venkatesan on: November 15, 2011

“Ten thousand saw I at a glance Tossing their heads in sprightly dance” How many of us get a chance to experience the beauty of these words from Wordsworth in real life? I did. I witnessed a ten thousand and more flowers at a glance. All of them occuring naturally in a valley – a [...]

A weekend break in Yercaud

Posted by: Deepak Venkatesan on: August 17, 2011

A mystical cover of mist slowly roves across the valley, and as it moves, a gentle drizzle of rain drops drifts in the air towards you. As you stand in the comfort of your balcony, the magic of the rain mixed with the myriad lights of the valley below transport you to a world so [...]

Lumiere – The organic restaurant in Bangalore

Posted by: Deepak Venkatesan on: April 24, 2010

How many times have you been to an organic restaurant before? How many times have you really bothered if the food you eat is really organic or not? I have never bothered. So, when our office fixed a team lunch at an organic restaurant, there were gossips and giggles among all of us about ‘organic’. [...]

Sakleshpur Green Route Trek

Posted by: Deepak Venkatesan on: March 10, 2010

I would like to highlight these points: This trek is now not allowed. It is illegal to actually walk on active railway tracks. You may be questioned by railway authorities if found trekking here. And, believe me, they do not want people walking on active railway tracks and bridges. There were incidents where the train [...]

February post

Posted by: Deepak Venkatesan on: February 11, 2010

Blogging had been on a long vacation. Today morning wonly it came back I say! My PC broke down one fine day, and I decided to make my long term dream to own my first laptop come true. But hell broke loose from the day I ordered the laptop. (Yes, I ordered it, because DELL [...]


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