Emotionally Speaking

Rajasthan tourism and money saving tips

Written quickly for friends; ignore typos. Some random tips.   I was away from Rajasthan from 12th morning to 16th morning (April) with a friend. Travelled by bus, totally unplanned. Earlier I had passed through Jaipur and gone twice to Ajmer. I went to Alwar, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur in that order and took return train [...]

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Prem Pavitra Restaurant in Alwar is not good

I was in Alwar (Rajasthan tourism) recently. I had read about the Prem Pavitra Restaurant recommendation in Outlook traveller guide (52 weekend trips out of Delhi); it is one of the must-eat places there. The restaurant belongs to Satpal Maharaj. I did eat at the Prem Pavitra Restaurant. And it was average food. The place [...]

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Rajinder da Dhaba at Sda market is bad

Review from Zomato: I ate at the place yesterday (AB-14B, Safdarjung Enclave; 28 June 2012, 10 pm). I was with a friend. We took Mutton Biryani (Rs 175) , Chicken Tangri (Rs 60), Chicken curry (chest; Rs 100?), Mughalai Parantha (Rs 12), Rumali roti (Rs 12) and Tandoori roti (Rs 12).(Total bill 375 Rupees.) The [...]

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Yuninet group on Yahoo for practical help in Delhi

Yuninet is a closed group of about 7000 members from Delhi and outside India who share information among themselves. It started as a group for help to foreigners but has many Indian members. You can find on this group help related to rent/accommodation search in Delhi, buy sell furniture, computers other goods, buy sell practically [...]

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Interesting Offbeat tours in Delhi

Some places that you should visit for an interesting stay in Delhi (copied from some online forum on the web written by some Anne): I think this information will be helpful to many outsiders living in Delhi. All these tours have one thing in common – they uncover a hidden aspect of Delhi, something which [...]

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See the colours of India: My full photo website on the SurajKund Crafts Fair

www. surajkundmela.wordpress.com It was my maiden visit to the famous SurajKund Crafts Mela on 14 February 2010 as part of the JNU UNESCO and Photography clubs’ trip to the fair. I shot more than 450 pics of the 24th edition of the fair and ended up making an online pictorial documentation of the fair a [...]

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