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Colours of West Bengal

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We decided on our Journey to Eastern part of India just like that, no reason why but yes we were long due for our vacation and we just decided its going to be Kolkata or Calcutta. Thumb rule during any of our exploring trips is book travel beforehand, trains/buses or anything which can be booked prior. We like traveling on reserved coaches even if the entire coach is empty i just get stuck on to my designated seat. While my better half if not restrained would make the entire coach her home. Trains were booked on onward journey and waitlist was huge. Actually its time for fog to lift across India as spring season is nearing its end, Feb-March is actually pleasant time to visit most places in India nearly...we had to take flight to Calcutta(keep mentioning so that we dont forget the history associated with the name). we land late in the night and to our surprise we see even Calcutta airport is crowded for taking a cab. Crowded means traffic outside airport does not permit smooth flo
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Tryst with Western Ghats- Karnataka Story

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Western ghats are the lifeline for Monsoons, bringing rain to water starved plains, feeding many wild forest reserves, agriculture, plantations and rural and urban settlements. This year(2018) we chose Madikeri to spend close to nature and avoid going to coffee plantations and artificially infused wildlife surrounding the plantations. yet we still could not avoid the coffee plantations for want of good private space to spend quality time. we chose a location close to nature and it was located a good distance away from the bustling town hence the need to wait patiently for transport to ferry us to the location. the steep slopes and typical hill houses added charm to the location. the place we were staying was called Kabbinakad. This story is meant to talk through images which we captured throughout our journey. We explored less trampled paths and reached few heights which got us to admire the nature without much humans milling around. We start our journey from Chennai by train
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