Posted on July 24th, 2006 by Amrit
When I had decided to start two blog sites, I was sure what kind of post would go where. The site amritvatsa.blogspot was supposed to carry my regular posts, while amrithome.blogspot was supposed to carry the personal ones where I talked only about myself and stuffs I thought were personal and too boring to be posted as a regular blog post.
But sometimes it’s difficult to decide how much personal is personal. Like my recent tour. Initially I was posting it at amrithome, but now I think, it could have gone well as a regular blog because afterall it’s about the places that I am visiting and will be visiting rather than anything else. So from now on, I will use this site to post about any tour or trip that I make. The two posts that I made are here and here.
As the title suggests I am in Delhi today. Not that we (read family) had plans to go for sight seeing in Delhi, but we had to stay here because of unavailablity of tickets to Leh on 24th. Any of you who plan to go to Leh by flight make sure that you book your tickets sufficiently early. Airlines run full during the peak seasons of June-August.
Lakshman Jhoola in Rishikesh was a normal suspension bridge, but with Ganga flowing below it, the whole scene was a delight to watch. Water here was way cooler (close to five degrees) than that in Haridwar but we did take bath. It started raining at the same time, and for the first time, rain water appeared warm. Talk about relativity!
There was an eight storyed ordinary temple close to the Lakshman jhoola, and we did climb all the stairs to reach the topmost floor and have a view of the scenic beauty around.
Have to rush now, will come back later. BBye!
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Posted on July 21st, 2006 by Amrit
Reached this holy city yesterday morning itself. Happened to roam in the streets only today. What was I doing yesterday?
Dad found a taxi and all of us went for sightseeing to Dehradun and Mussorie. The place that we enjoyed most was the Shahastra Dhara in Dehradoon. It was great to swim in the stepped waterfall. Kempty fall at Musoorie was a li’l dirty and so we abstained ourselves from getting into the water the second time.
More than the particular spots were we stopped, the journey itself was marvellous and heaven like. The weather was perfect throughout with small showers doing regular rounds. We saw hills, and big ones which were green and yellow and blue and shining. And we saw clouds kissing these lovely hills. The view of the valleys as we started climbing up from Dehradoon to Musoorie was awesome. And we did take a lot of pictures and shoot a lot of video. I was sure I could post pictures today since I had brought the camera with me as well as the USB cable. But unfortunately, I left the Sony station in the hotel room itself and without it I cannot connect to the camera and hence can no more upload pictures. Well, better luck next time.
Today, we had bath in the Ganaga river at a ghat called Har ki Pauri here in Haridwar. The current here is very strong and if you don’t hold the chains running along the bank, there’s no way you can stop yourself from flowing away with the current. And the water was deadly cool. But once you are in, you are in, and then the fun begins. Was a wonderful experience.
Will go to Rishikesh probably tomorrow, and then return to Delhi, stay there for two days with relatives and then finally leave for Leh.
Have a nice time! And once again, blogging from cyber-cafes is indeed very painful. At least in India! And it’s costly as usual. And I have no idea why I am I unable to open my site. If you guys can access my site, do leave comments, since I can receive comments in my mail box. Thank you.
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Posted on July 18th, 2006 by Amrit
Finally met my family after all these days. Felt good! 
Need I even say that.
Baba and Dadi were the happiest to see the handicam. They loved it! Bro has grown hairs longer than John Abraham, and when I asked him to go have a cut, I was told, he had one yesterday itself!
Dadi has grown li’l thinner, Baba a li’l thicker and rest of them are almost the same.
I leave for Delhi today night!
There are pics that I took at Howrah (videos too) but don’t know when I will get the chance to upload them here. They are all in the handicam and I forgot to get that to this cybercafe. Well, the next time.
This is the first time I am blogging from a cybercafe and I realize its pretty different from doing the same from the comfort of your room or even the library. The fact that I need to pay money for net should be the reason for that. I hope this feeling goes away when I get into some netcafe in Delhi.
Bbye till then, and keep coming back to this place. I will keep updating you on Haridwaar and Leh adventures.
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Posted on July 16th, 2006 by Amrit
Yes, finally I shall be leaving this place and meeting my family and chilling at some literally cool places for the coming two weeks! My train leaves Chennai early morning tomorrow (Sunday)
Got myself three more minidv tapes today. I already had two and that means now I can record upto five hours of high quality video. Wonderful! Also purchased a 1GB memory stick duo for the handycam so that I can shoot and save still pictures! The quality wont be great at 1 Mpixels but it’s definitely better than the ancient dig-cam that I have. And dad anyways owns a film-based SLR camera, so will have plenty of good and not so good pictures to share with all you guys.
Wish me a happy journey and a happy tour! May God bless you all.
PS: the pic above was taken by the handicam. I have started looking insane after all these days spending almost alone here in hostel! If not for blogging, I would have been dead long back
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Posted on July 14th, 2006 by Amrit
Can’t believe it but I finally got a reply from Michael just moments ago! Can’t quote his mails any more because they are supposed to be personal. Will let you guys know if he liked my work.
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Posted on July 14th, 2006 by Amrit
