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A night under the sky of the borders of Karnataka

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 Somewhere on the borders of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, lying below the sky on top of a public Transport bus, there I was counting the stars and wondering whether it can get anymore beautiful. The Borders of Tamil Nadu are closed between 9 P.m to 6 a.m. It was 7 p.m and we were already running late to catch the last Ooty bus. I was hellbent on not staying back. We had almost exhausted all options looking for the last vehicle to reach Ooty, as no driver was ready to leave for Ooty at night. After roaming around for a while we finally reached the Bangalore bus stop and booked the last S.O.T.C bus to Ooty. We booked the tickets and left for Ooty. As we were so tired from travelling for the entire day in Bangalore we dozed off in the bus. The bus driver switched off all lights and almost everyone dozed off. The clock hit 12 p.m, it was getting hot as I tried to open the window of the bus, I realized the bus is not moving. I came out and was shocked to see the driver and 3,4 other buses and
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My eyes were strained, my back hurt from sitting at the same position for hours, I checked the time..it was  1 am, and I was hella tired. I was working on a project since past 7 hrs. I turned off my laptop knuckled all my body and crashed on my couch. Within 5 minutes I was fast asleep.it was past an hour and my phone started ringing. As i tried to struggle with my eyes to burst on the person who was disturbing my sleep this late, it stopped ringing. I checked the time, it was 2:30 am. I noticed I had 5 missed calls and a message. As I read the message it freaked me out, it was from one of my friend saying "bhai, Karan ka accident hogaya hai,we are going to to the hospital." Before I could react I heard a car honking, I looked out of the window and it was my friend asking me to come down. I went to the washroom, washed my face and left, not noticing that I was in a sleeveless t-shirt and shorts. I asked my friend "what's going on? what happened to Karan?" to wh
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Harihar Fort - A Stairway to heaven

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Location : Harihar Fort Difficulty level : Very hard Time : 3 - 4 hrs going up, 2 hrs while coming down How to reach : From mumbai - Take a Nashik train from kalyan and get down at Igatpuri. From Igatpuri you have to reach at the base village, Nirgudpadawhich is 50km from Igatpuri. You can get many private vehicles or even auto rikshaw can take you there from Igatpuri. On the alternative you can also take a Kasar-CSMT local train which runs every half hour. From Kasara you can go to Igatpuri and from there take bus or private vehicle to Nirgudpada From Nashik - There are many local bus that can drop you at Triambakeshwar for just 20rs. From Triambakeshwar, the base village, Harshwadi is 15km away. You can get many autoriksha who will drop you to Harshewadi. We chose our route form Harshewadi since it was the less travelled route. Since we were trekking in the month of july we got to see nature at its best. We started our trek with a mesmerizing view of a beautiful wa
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Kalsubai mountain - One day trek to the highest mountain in Maharashtra

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Place   : Kalsubai Mountain(1646 meters), Bari village, Ahmadnagar, Sahyadri Mountain ranges Time to visit : between 6 a.m to 5 p.m Time to climb the mountain : 3-4 hrs while climbing & 2 hrs while coming down How to reach : Trek starts from Bari village, From Mumbai 150km (4:00hrs)to Bari village, From Nashik 60km (1:30hrs)to Bari village, From Pune 180km (5:00hrs)to Bari village Things to carry : carry a rain coat, a bottle of water, wear a pair of sports shoes and carry spare clothes if you are trekking in monsoon The lush green grass covering the mountain while the clouds surround it, the water flowing through making its way to the bottom to join the river, small crabs leaning their way in the flowing water as I make my way to climb the highest mountain in Maharashtra. "Phew! Finally atop the mountain"as I exhaled my knees were crunching with pain. But none of that mattered cause of the mesmerizing feeling I got at the very spot. The feeling o
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The edge of India

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The feeling of fresh air on my face and the wind blowing through my hair. The sea lapped gently against the shore as I stood there thinking of the time when the idea of visiting this place first came in my mind. It was a day just like any other, I was in the lecture with no idea what the teacher was talking about. After a while sir asked us to make a list, a list of thing's we want when we grow up. When we were done writing he asked us to read. My friends started reading. Some had very high expectations while some were very inappropriate like two French girlfriends. when my turn came I stood up and started reading. The place grew quieter, when I was done reading everybody starred at me with a confused look. Sir asked why did I write this to which i replied "These are the names of places, the places I want to visit when I grow up".                                            And there I was 6 years later standing at the very place which was first on my list - 'Kanyaku
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Location: Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India
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The beautiful harmandir sahib

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I don't normally get excited over temple's but the golden temple is not like any other temple. The people in the temple worked for free. The healing sounds of the temple made me relaxed. Built in 1577, the temples dome is made of 750 kg of pure gold, it represents an inverted lotus flower, a symbol of Sikh devotees. The architecture of the temple is a blend of Islamic and Hindu styles. The temple provided food to all the people who visited. As I was coming out of the temple, there was no beggar outside..which made think of all the temple's i had visited till now. When I went to get my shoes i thanked the guy, and all he said was "don't thank me, its the lord's work, just pray". I left the place with a sense of love for the people, people who did all the work in the temple without any expectations of getting anything back.
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