London for Kids, by a kid : A short video-log
My daughter Vrinda is 7 years old. These are the activities and places that she enjoyed the most during her trip to London in May 2017.
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My daughter Vrinda is 7 years old. These are the activities and places that she enjoyed the most during her trip to London in May 2017.
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Just for information and to lend credibility to this piece, my wife had (in those days) used the diary published by Tata Oil Mills, (Tomco – A Tata caompany) which was one of my client at OBM.I wonder if todayтАЩs young people know that Tata used to make and market soaps and detergents.They were known for their products like Jai and GoldMist soaps, and 555 washing powder Bar
These annual dairies always had the theme of Indian Historical places. The pages, scanned from these dairies, would give you the glimpse of Life & Times gone by, that we will never see again. We hope you enjoy going back in time and see the wonderful country of ours, of those days, with us.
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There is a barricade at the brink of the тАШsunset pointтАЩ hill, lest people fall in the valley, mad by the red in the sky. There is ample space to enjoy the sunset for all: men, women, children, horses and monkeys. Everyone has more or less a chance of finding a good corner to sit but in solitude. It so happens that monkeys decide to practice acrobatics at the barricade and thus occupy the prime position, sending all the humans back.
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The bus-ride through southern England showcased the beautiful countryside; it pleases your eyes and soothes your soul with its soft contours of green hills and meadows. No rough edges or jagged ends to jab your field of vision. Occasionally youтАЩll find a cluster of trees as if to relieve the monotony. Looking out of the window one fails to notice that you didnтАЩt blink for a long time. Bath is an eye soothing place to be in.
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The overall view of statue, temple, surroundings, hill was amazing, you can see the temple of Chandagiri hill as well. Lots of history is written on stone and preserved by glass casing. Few pictures below describes it well. Seeing the statue, kids were amazed but puzzled as Bahubaliji was not having any clothes, so, they asked the obvious question, why no clothes?
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It was such a delight to see large landscape, and feel fresh breeze on your face. After an hour, we entered тАШOranтАЩ, the second largest (after the capital Algiers) and one of the important coastal cities of Algeria. It was appearing to be quite urban with tall building and large commercial places.
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After reaching Lamuney campsite, I went inside my tent to nurse my sprained ankle with volini spray and a bandage. Here as I lay down for an hour looking at Pandim, I was reminiscing the heavenly sunrise of Goechala viewpoint. ┬аPrasanto came over to my tent. I narrated to him the experience while going through the pictures in the camera and having breakfast. ┬а
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┬аWe reached the city at around 1230 hrs and found a place to park the car and went straight to the market place of the Mall area where maximum numbers of restaurants were there.We had a hearty lunch in a place, overlooking the descent of hill terrain and numerous colorful civilization monumented by the tiny match box like houses. After lunch we went straight to the Ranikhet Golf Course nearby and after that around 55 kms drive to Kausani.
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Traveling to the rolling mountain-escape of Himalayas in Uttarakhand is always an enlightening experience, as much about spirit as about landscapes. The luxury of contrasting beauty manifest in sweeping valleys and undulating mountain peaks is akin to the difference between the void described by soul and the apparent divine perceived by heart. A journey to the тАЬDevbhoomiтАЭ, abode of gods needs to be experienced. ItтАЩs a transcendental experience which canтАЩt be sharedтАжonly told.
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Apart from travelogues, I hope to get cracking on the next fiction novel as well pretty soon. I have a plot floating around somewhere in my skull and hope to pin it down by brute force sometime soon. And its Ladakh season again! We are planning to ride again to Ladakh and cover places we didn’t see the last time – Pangi valley, Sach pass, Umba La, Panamik and Turtuk, Agham Shyok road, etc etc.
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Thangsing is guarded by Pandim on one side and a swift river flows noisily close by. One flank of the mighty Kanchenjungha shone brightly ahead of the path towards Goechala. Thangsing easily qualifies as the best spot enroute to Goechala Pass.
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рдЗрд╕рд╕реЗ рдкрд╣рд▓реЗ рдХреА рдореИрдВ рдЕрдкрдирд╛ рдпрд╛рддреНрд░рд╛ рд╡реГрддрд╛рдВрдд рдкреНрд░рд╛рд░рдореНрдн рдХрд░реВрдБ, рдЖрдк рд╕рднреА рдкрд╛рдардХреЛрдВ рдХреЛ рдореЗрд░рд╛ рд╕рд╛рджрд░ рдирдорд╕реНрдХрд╛рд░ред рдкрд┐рдЫрд▓реЗ рдХреБрдЫ рджрд┐рдиреЛрдВ рд╕реЗ рдПрдХ рдЕрддрд┐ рдорд╣рддреНрд╡рдкреВрд░реНрдг рдХрд╛рд░реНрдп…
рдмрд╣реБрдд рджрд┐рди рд╣реБрдП рдХрд┐рдиреНрддреБ рдХрд╣реАрдВ рдШреВрдордирд╛ рдлрд┐рд░рдирд╛ рдирд╣реАрдВ рд╣реЛ рдкрд╛ рд░рд╣рд╛ рдерд╛, рдЖрдЦрд┐рд░ рд╣реЛрддрд╛ рднреА рдХреИрд╕реЗ рдХреНрдпреВрдВрдХрд┐ рд╣рдорд╛рд░реА рдкрд╛рдВрдЪ рдорд╛рд╣ рдХреА рдмреЗрдЯреА рдиреЗ рд╣рдореЗ…
Jaipur is renowned for its colorful markets, gorgeous handlooms and wonderfully laid out gardens. The people are very cheerful and friendly. DonтАЩt forget to try the famous Rajasthan delicacies including the thali. Rajasthani arts and handicrafts are things that you canтАЩt afford to miss.
You are really spoilt for choice when it comes to restaurants in Goa. Besides the beach shacks, where you can sit on the sands and gaze out at the sea, sipping on a drink, while waiting an hour or two for your meal to arrive, there are many restaurants inland which also serve excellent food at very reasonable rates. There is a fusion of East and West, Portugese and Indian, meat and vegetables, which makes Goan cuisine unique. Coconut is used liberally, along with other Indian spices in the cooking. ‘Fish curry rice’ is the most common food and available virtually in every restaurant. The different types of seafood on offer in Goa includes pomfret, kingfish, ladyfish, mackerel, tuna, shark, crab, prawn, lobster, squid and mussels. Chicken, pork, mutton and beef dishes are also on offer at all the restaurants, cooked in the popular Goan flavours such as vindaloo, balchao, recheado, xhacuti and caldin.
We had already planned that we would include at least one meal out at a shack or restaurant in our daily sight-seeing itinerary. One precaution we always took was to carry our own drinking water if we did not want to order a drink, or pay for a bottle of branded mineral water.
Bhuta Kola, a ritual folk dance that depicts the tryst between Devas and Daivas.