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dhanushkodi
by jithin thomas - January 28, 2018March 24, 2018

A visit to Dhanushkodi, the abandoned village of Tamil Nadu

When I first traveled to Dhanushkodi three years back, it was a place a bit difficult to reach. The bus service was only up to the village. From there we had to travel in local vans and then walk around 4 km to reach the so-called endpoint, the narrow strip of land which concludes between

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by jithin thomas - January 8, 2018January 9, 2018

Guide to Kumara Parvatha trek

Since the Western ghats started to allure me like anything, I never said no to any chance to go and explore those mountains. I wanted to complete some few treks in the Western ghats before the end of 2017. Trekking Baba Budangiri hills, Kodachadri hills and Chokramudi hills were some of them. And finally, the Kumara Parvatha

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by jithin thomas - December 21, 2017March 24, 2018

Vilpatti, a lesser known village in Kodaikanal

Though I travel to Kodaikanal very often, I never prefered to stay in the same place twice. Every time I try to visit a new place. I visited Kookal once, a village far away from the city and fell instantly in love with the beauty of the village. From then onwards, whenever I go to Kodai,

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visit to thiruvannamalai
by jithin thomas - November 23, 2017December 21, 2017

Visit to Thiruvannamalai-Travel guide

My visit to Thiruvannamalai was completely unexpected. It's been a long since I travelled alone. I travel with my friends most of the time nowadays. There was a comfort zone created around me which restricted me from many things. I needed to break that, to experience the joy of solo travel again. I was thinking

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by jithin thomas - September 9, 2017September 13, 2017

Trekking the hills of Baba Budangiri

Chikmagalur is undoubtedly beautiful and a much less explored hill station in South India. Unlike many other commercialized hill stations in South India like Ooty or Kodaikanal, where it is very tiresome to find a place peaceful and without any buildings hindering our view; Chikmagalur is much better. This place is the major center of

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badami bhoothnnath temple
by jithin thomas - April 24, 2017January 18, 2018

Travel guide to Badami, Aihole, Pattadakal and Mahakuta

A better place to understand India’s heritage and experience the rural side of the country; journey to Aihole, Badami and Pattadakal can be summarised like this. These places are less popular on the tourism map, hence very suitable for those preferring an offbeat destination for their travel. You can visit these three places in two

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pattadakal monuments karnataka
by jithin thomas - April 8, 2017March 24, 2018

Following the Chalukya dynasty: Aihole and Pattadakal

A few days back, it was again a weekend and I was desperately waiting to go somewhere, very soon someone stuck me with the idea of going to Bagalkot district in North Karnataka. This region is known by the Chalukya dynasty which ruled during 6th to 12th century. Aihole, Badami and Pattadakal were their capital

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Nagalapuram trek guide
by jithin thomas - March 28, 2017March 23, 2018

A guide to Nagalapuram falls trek

While planning for the trek to Nagalapuram hills a few months back, I felt a bit difficult to gather some important information about the place. But for me, the trek was a wonderful experience. Keep in mind few things well in advance, you will not face many difficulties along the way. The information I am sharing

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Kanchipuram ekambareswar temple
by jithin thomas - March 7, 2017January 8, 2018

“City of thousand temples” – Kanchipuram

It is quite usual for us to ignore the treasures around us and look for the distant contentments. Often our faraway fantasies remain unfulfilled and we may feel so negative about our life. We rarely try to notice the beauty of our surroundings, rarely observe the uniqueness and hidden charm of our neighbourhood. Connecting more deeply with

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by jithin thomas - February 12, 2017August 15, 2017

Exploring the ancient city of Hampi

Since there are hundreds of blogs on the internet which provides every piece of information about Hampi, I was little confused regarding what to write here. It took some time for me to finally figure out something and start. From the moment when I came to know about Hampi, I always wanted to go there. It

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by jithin thomas - January 20, 2017October 12, 2017

The hippie village – other side of Hampi

It was a 30-minute travel in the bus from Hospet to reach the city of Hampi. The ancient ruins of Hampi started to fascinate me as the bus reached halfway to the main centre. The stone carved structures of Vijayanagara kingdom, dating back hundreds of years stood there with all the elegance. The bus brought

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