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More than awesome experience inside Bake Bihari Ji Temple Friends/relatives/cousins/colleagues: What plans for holi? Me: Vrindavan (Super excited) Friends: Crazy Relatives: Dimaag kharab he (Are you out of your mind) Cousins: Dude stay safe, we still have option to celebrate in city or a pool party may be. Colleagues: Don't even think about it, Vrindavan is an impossible place to visit during Holi specially for girls Me: Doubtful But can you ever stop a hardcore backpacker to dive into this craziness of this awesome world famous place and a paradise for photographers. Myth 1: Don't go alone, stay in group Yes staying in a group will always make you feel safe but solo travelers /photographers can easily have fun and join the families there. People will only rape you with colors. Literally you do not require anyone to play holi, just step outside and you will be attacked from all sides but only with colors. Myth 2: The crazy local crowd Yes the loc

Vishakapatnam - beautifully clean city with hills and beaches. Airport is just 1KM from the main N.A.D. junction where you can head to any direction and location like Araku Valley, Beach, Hydearabd, Bhuvaneswar, Kolkata... FYI - All cab pick ups are available near Coffee House outside airport. Since our main agenda was to attend wedding, but being in a new city we had to sneak out at a point ;) and Kailasagiri Hill top was our destination considering the time constraint. I was impressed with the transport and people trying to help you with directions. You get share autos to almost anywhere. There are neat classy metro city buses as an option. Share autos - 5/- to 20/- depending on the distance. You can get buses or share autos to Maddelapalem, from this junction you will have to again change auto or bus towards Kailasagiri. Its beside the beach so I believe perfect destination for a short hop over in the city. There is a mall right at Maddelapalem junction with Inox

I see, I hear the hills calling me My backpack teasing and my soul craving for the wind tangling my hair for the views leaving me awestruck & wonder for the tiredness my body and eyes don't register its time... its time I wander. How to go For first timers arriving at Delhi Airport 1. Delhi Metro is right at the airport to your left. 2. Get ticket for "New Delhi Metro Station", Ticket Cost - 60/- 3. From "New Delhi Metro station" get ticket to "Kashmere Gate Metro Station". Bus stand is at walking distance, ticket cost - 60/- Delhi to Dehradun - 243KM Duration - 6 hours Government Local Bus Deluxe - 320/- per ticket Other types of buses tariff can be seen on the Uttarakhand bus website. There will be people asking you to board their private buses (800/- per ticket - AC and 550/- Non AC) to dehradun but those buses will be same as government local bus with AC. Choice is yours. After all you pay for your comfort not

I was done backpacking for this season - freakin hot summers. But my sweetheart friends thought of a trip only in this season of all. As we were six and for obvious climatic reasons, we booked ZOOM Car from Bangalore. Started around 11 AM from Silk Board expecting the crazy Mysore road traffic on a Friday. On the way our Pitstop was the Tibetan Settlement - Bylakuppe . After China captured Tibet, Tibetians are staying in such settlements here and there. You can visit one Monastery to the left after Camp 1 which will give you ultimate peaceful experience, instead of visiting Golden Temple which has become super commercial and crowded. Peaceful Monastery left to Camp 1 Aditya trying his best at Golden Temple I : Why there are so many Tibetians gathered here and everyone seems to be praying. Tibetan Guy: Our Grandmother has come and they are all here to pray for their people and their country. The grandmother and Dalai lama will be heading to US to ask for help. W