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Conquering Mahuli Fort!

Posted by: Srinivas Kulkarni   |   Posted under: Nature Travel
Aug 24 2010 5:55PM
 
Place: Mahuli   |   Nearest city: Mumbai, India
It was truly one hell of a ride that we took. A trek that we won’t forget ever in our lives. One filled with beauty, nature, compassion and so much of freshness that you would think twice about living a life anywhere el

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TAGS: Mahuli, Trekking, Mahuli Fort, Trek, Adventure, Nature, Mountain, Waterfall
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Lead feature: August 2010

GOLD Rush

By Apoorva kale
City by the bay, metropolis on the fault line, modern hamlet 
on the hills, San Francisco is a city that dares you not to love it

What is the exact moment that one falls in love with a place? Sure, whenever we travel to a beautiful place, we say, “I love this place,” or “I wish I lived here,” but there is always one specific moment where we know we’re besotted. Most of the time it’s something simple: a sight that takes your breath away, biting into something truly delicious, or merely the smell of the air. 
Most great cities have one, maybe two of those moments. And then you come to San Francisco, where moment after moment you are seduced, unknowingly yet wilfully, until you’re irreversibly smitten. W

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TAGS: San Francisco , Apoorva kale, Vipurva Parikh
Lead feature: August 2010

Waiting For The Storm

By Shalome Potnis-Tuinman
Madhya Pradesh is a land in wait... of the monsoon

Madhya Pradesh is a land in wait... of the monsoon, of closure to tragedy, of recognition for its marvels. And it’s a land you can explore without ever getting to the end

Our boat bobs rather urgently in the river. Our boatman starts to murmur about getting back to the shore of the ghats. Good call, I think, as we dock at the shore; the wind has picked up considerably. The flat landscape stretches out before us and we can actually see the clouds rolling in from a distance. The breeze is stronger: it snatches the string of a makeshift kite (made from a plastic bag) out of a boy’s hand, threatens

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TAGS: Madhya Pradesh , Monsoon , Shalome Potnis-Tuinman , Hashim Badani

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