Parwatisingari's Weblog

Category: Destinations

  • Discovering Woman Power In Kerala

    I went on work to Kochi, The work output was disastrous which more a material for a soul searching blog. But it also meant I was out of work earlier than schedule, just as I was figuring out something to do, I wanted to go to Mattancherry the Jewish quarter,  there was a rather loud…

  • The Spice Route culinary festival

    The Spice Route culinary festival

    My first memory of the Bolgatty palace was in the early eighties when I visited Kochi with my father, we had been to the ophthalmology conference, while papa was busy with the sessions my mother and I did what we loved the most not shopping, sightseeing. We had been to fort Kochi, the Jewish settlement,…

  • Gokarana

    Gokarana

    Yesterday being  Ganesh Chaturthi, we decided to drive down to Gokarna. I have no pictures of either temple or the surrounding, for I was lost in memories of the two which visited years ago. The legend has it that Ravana the Lord of Lanka, carried the atma lingam of Shiva, fearing the consequences of this,…

  • Indigenous Transport of Jamnagar

    Indigenous Transport of Jamnagar

    Jamnagar As we entered the reliance inspired town, our travel owes apart. One thing I learnt from Neomi Duguid is not apologize for making conversation with the people on the street. One interesting mode of transport I saw was the Chakda  It reminded me so much of the various mythological stories we hear about the…

  • Negotiating Travel Trials.

    Last year September 18th we were travelling to Trivandrum, from Mangalore. Everyone in that train seems to travelling towards Trivandrum to appear the PG entrance exam in various streams. The only missing streams were medicine, dental and engineering. This year it was Jamnagar. It is my first visit to the state of Gujarat. We enter…

  • Traveling to Meet Stonebards

    All those who wander are not lost; there are people who are looking and learning. Each road trip is learning experiencing of its own. but with family commitments taken care of, there are a few trips I would like to do with object specific. To rest and recuperate, I would definitely like to do a…