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Land of fire and Ice: Iceland

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I really loved the bags the other passengers were carrying. Most of them were carrying rucksacks or sports gear. Nobody I saw was carrying a trolley bag. It seemed to me everyone was on an expedition or an adventure. I boarded the flight and soon I was on my way to my dream destination. Iceland. It was a long flight. It would take nearly four hours to reach Reykjavik. After three hours of sitting, I thought of going to the washroom. When I was returning back to my plane seat, I saw most of the people on the plane were trying to look out from the window. There was something. Was it the Northern Lights, the Aurora Borealis? I ran back to my seat. Luckily mine was a window seat. There were two ladies beside me. One from Portugal and another from Belgium. I just jumped back to my seat. There was some activity in the skies. These were like flares, which were dancing. Quickly I took out my DSLR camera and clicked one photo. Lo and below, the sky was green in the photo that I c...
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Jordan : A journey back to past

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There was not a tourist soul in front of the on-arrival visa counters. The immigration officers were idling their time. As I approached one counter an officer handed me a form and advised me to go to one room. As my and I entered the room I saw two officers sitting. - What kind of visa are you looking for and you are from which country? One of those officers asked me. - We are tourists from India . - Do you have 2000 dollars with you. For each person you need to have 1000 dollars with you.As two of you are there, it is 2000. - Yes we have. The officers started counting our money. - Ummm. You have only 900 dollars. You are short of money. One of the officers who were counting my money exclaimed. - I have Jordonian Dinars with me. I have just exchanged some of my dollars to your country’s currency. I flashed some 100 JDs in front him and he was satisfied with that. Without any more hesitation he signed our forms and told us to go to the immigration co...
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Neon lights of Bangkok

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- What a Beauty? One of the boys from Argentina was telling us. Boys have the same mentality world wide. A cute girl was walking past us and the guy sitting next to me was gazing her intently. He was from Argentina and he was a jolly good guy to make friends with. I was sitting in front of the visa on arrival counter at DMK airport. There was a long queue in front of the counter. - He does not play for his country. He only plays for his club. Maradona was our real God. The Argentine guy was telling me. - Yes. Maradona is my favourite too. I told him. Finally Vivek and I had our passport stamped with the Thailand visa. We paid 1000 Baht for the visa. We came out of the airport and now we have to search for the hotel we have booked. - Let’s hire a taxi and go to our hotel. I told Vivek. - No need of that. As our hotel is close by we can go there ourselves. Here by the help of my mobile and Google map I will find my hotel. I was just following Vivek’s ...
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A Tour of the Moon Lands-Spiti

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A Tour of the Moon Lands – Spiti Valley Day 1:   Simla was slowly  waking  up from its night’s slumber. The busy town was a spectacle to watch.  Apart from the famous Simla mall, Christ Church is an important landmark of Simla. Apple festival is held every year in the last week of October. This festival show cases all the foody delights of Himachal which has an apple flavor in all its tarts, pudding  and wine.  We started from Simla in the morning. We were escorted by our tour guide  from our  hotel. From  Kolkata itself I had a  phoned to  arrange for a vehicle for the entire round Himachal trip.We were greeted by the driver, who was a very cheerful man.    We passed through places like Rampur and Sarahan. The palace at  Rampur was worth visiting.  After that we went to Sarahan’s famous temple called Bhimakali temple.Here the wooden sculptures of the temple ar...
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