Free hugs, anyone?
I was in London last week after a long gap of 20 months (this time as a tourist taking my mom and wife around the places). On the very first day we landed in London, the first place I took…
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Author: Prashanth M
Travel stories by Prashanth Manikyarajaiah
Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh
Balmoral Hotel, a five star luxury hotel, is a prominent landmark in Edinburgh. This Victorian style building is more than 100 year old hotel and the clock in this hotel’s 190 feet high clock tower is set 3 minutes faster…
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Crathes Castle near Aberdeen
It is blasphemy, if you don’t visit a castle when you are in the land of castles. After many postponements, finally I paid a visit to Crathes castle, near Banchory in the Aberdeenshire. This sixteenth century castle was built by…
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London Glimpses: People
Along with the London Underground, tourist attractions and landmarks, one more thing which attracted me was people. Being a buzzing tourist city, one get to see different kind of people – from all over the world, of all colours, age,…
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Yellow fields of Aberdeenshire
Spring, the season of growth, is here. Clear sky with scattered clouds has taken over the dull, grey sky of winter. There is an essence of cheeriness all over. Trees and plants turning green with chirping of birds hopping from…
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I Was Here: Markonahalli Dam
Markonahalli dam, always reminds me of my childhood. A small dam built across the river Shimsha near Kunigal taluk, is very close to Huliyurdurga where I grew up. One of our favorite picnic spot (Deepambudhi lake and Kumbhi betta were…
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London Glimpses: Landmarks – Part 2
Here is the second set of glimpses of landmarks of London. (Click here for the first set) St Paul’s Cathedral, which stood as the tallest building of London for 250 years from 1710 to 1962. St Paul’s Cathedral in the…
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ಮಡಿಕೇರಿ ಮೇಲ್ ಮಂಜು
ಕೆಲವು ದಿನಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆ ಗೆಳೆಯರೊಬ್ಬರು ಟ್ವಿಟ್ಟರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಮಡಿಕೇರಿ ಮೇಲ್ ಮಂಜು’ ಕವನದ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಬೇಕಿತ್ತು ಎಂದು ಕೇಳಿದಾಗ, ತಕ್ಷಣ ನೆನಪಿಗೆ ಬಂದದ್ದು ಹೋದ ವರ್ಷದ ನನ್ನ ಅನುಭವ. ಕಳೆದ ವರ್ಷ ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಬಿರುಬಿಸಿಲನ್ನು ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲೆಂದು ಮಡಿಕೇರಿಗೆ ಹೊರಟರೆ ಅಲ್ಲೂ ಅಷ್ಟೇ ಬಿಸಿಲು. ಆದರೆ ಸಂಜೆಯಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಶುರುವಾದ ತಂಗಾಳಿ, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಗೂ ಮಡಿಕೇರಿಗೂ ಇರುವ ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸ ತೋರಿಸಿತ್ತು….
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