Uttaranchal in March 2009

We were holidaying in Uttaranchal, beginning of March 2009. We travelled through Delhi to Haridwar; river rafted at Rishikesh and moved on to Rudraprayag. Then took the Badrinath road, following river Mandakini, drove past Ukhimath, Chopta, Gopeswar. On the way we spent a night each at the beautiful GMVN bungalows at Sialsaur and Virahi. Finally arrived at Joshimath, took the cable car to Auli and spent three nights there. On our way back we drove straight down to Haridwar. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE POST IN PICASAWEB

Lakshadweep in 2010

In May 2010, we holidayed in Lakshadweep. We flew to Cochin (I prefer to call it by the old name) and took a 4 day cruise on M.V. Kavaratti covering Kalpeni, Kavaratti and Minicoy islands, in that order. Accommodation is neat but not exactly your luxury liner class and the food is pretty dissappointing. But the sea, the water and the coral islands make up for any shortcomings. They are uniformly, unequivocally, delightfully super-class. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE POST IN PICASAWEB