Many of us have read travelogues by Bill Bryson ('Down Under' about Australia is my personal favorite) and William Dalrymple ('The City of Djinns' about Delhi has won a million Indian hearts). No doubt these are extremely well written and very well-researched travelogues. I love Bill Bryson's wit as much as I appreciate William Dalrymple's depth. But this article is not about them. This blog post is about those short travel posts that appear on various blogs adding to a wealth of authentic information available about travel destinations worldwide. I have come to trust these blog posts more than I trust travel agents, 'Places to see' posts on tourism websites, and, I am sorry to say, even the painstakingly compiled travel guides published by reputable travel companies. How many times have you visited a place at a popular tourist destination and been completely disappointed by it? Or you have missed going to a beautiful, 'must visit' place because
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Wow! Nice pic Vibha :)
ReplyDeleteNow is the time when u should think about such a trip wid ur friends as well :p
I totally agree. She should have atleast got back some snow.
ReplyDeleteIt was just an exploratory trip to see whether Dalhousie is worth a visit for my friends :P (I don't think there is an emoticon for a tongue-in-cheek)
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a Photoshoped pic...
ReplyDeleteCommon guys....poora copy paste hai. Next blog entry Egypt ki hogi.
ReplyDeleteshucks...will have to scrap the Egypt pic now....
ReplyDeleteI agree with the commenters ... whoever wears designer sandals in snow? Ha ha
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