Travel Tales of Molly and Monty
Bus at Kochi Fort
We had a pit stop in Kochi for a day. We chose to stay in a hotel near Kochi International Airport which turned out to be fantastic decision. Hotel Sapphire Inn was 1 km away from the Departure gate of Kochi airport. We Arrived from Bangalore at 10:30 pm and we took an auto which costed INR 30 (£0.30). Read more
Sunset from the Ivory Hotel
It was great catching up with my college mate AB and his wife. It was the first time for both Molly and I to be introduced to Shelly.
Thank you AB for your kindness in beating the mad Bangalore traffic and getting us to the airport on time for our flight, I was not at all nervous. Read more
MnM and our couple friends GKC and PS spent our Christmas long weekend visiting Dandeli, a forest reserve in Northern Karnataka. The drive through the forest was good and we happen to stumble upon a beautiful village on the way, with just 8 houses. After meeting a local family we self invited us forma cup of tea. That was our wish come true. This village man was humble, he had a young daughter and a 3 month old son. The time spent with our friends will be in our memories forever. Here are few pics. Read more
Monty visited temples in/around Dwarka (in Gujarat, India) with mummy along with Somnath temple. Here a few pix. Read more
5 days in BodhGaya
~~ Why Bodhgaya – Background ~~
While booking train tickets to visit Puri in east of India I came across the list of places where the train stops. One of them was Gaya. On mentioning this to my mother there was an instant smile on her face. She wanted to visit Gaya to perform a hindu ceremony. And my interest in Buddhism has longed me to visit Bodhgaya since 2010. It was a perfect deal. So I decided to split our return journey from Puri to Delhi via Gaya. Initially I booked 2 night stay in Bodhgaya but when I found option of living in a monastery I changed the plans and increased the stay to 5 days. Read more