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Weekend getaway options: Escape to the hill stations near Delhi

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NCR has the advantage of being driving distance or overnight train trip away from several picturesque areas in Uttarakhand. There are many properties in lovely hill stations near Delhi that are accessible. And no better way than spending a long weekend in the hills to ease the chaos of living in the urban centers. Here are few ideas to inspire you to plan your next getaway at a hill station near Delhi with friends and family right away! if you are heading to Himachal Pradesh, you could consider Kasauli. Sitla estate Destination Sitla is a serene little village cocooned in the Kumaon region of the Himalayas, 7000 ft above sea level, in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand. A 150-year-old bungalow with a warm kitchen, cozy library, sprawling dining hall and rooms overlooking a breathtaking vista of mountains and orchards – that’s Sitla Estate. Need I say more. View of Nanda Devi and several other peaks from Sitla Estate Stay & Food You can choose from the old colon...

5 Stunning Sides of the Taj Mahal You Never See

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Every famous landmark, like the Taj Mahal , has its token “good side”, kind of like girls do when they’re taking a photo except, they get to decide which side is their most stunning one. Landmarks can’t exactly tell you which side is their good side for taking a selfie with them, or in what lighting they’d like to strike a pose in. For all you know, you could be taking a picture of their second-best side, simply because that’s what everyone else was doing! Ok, enough with the metaphorical talking buildings. What I am trying to get at here is that I was blown away by how jaw-droopingly stunning the other sides of the Taj Mahal were, besides the iconic front side! I mean, don’t get me wrong, it’s really hard to beat a stunningly symmetrical structure that happens to also perfectly mirror itself on an also-perfectly symmetrical lawn, and you should 100% get that token photo if you can. But, don’t forget that angles, lighting, and less-photo-bombers can make a less-looked-at side as stun...

A cheeky smoke, corrupt cops and a bribe to far in India

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Come on Will, we will show you the other side of Bombay!  I followed my amigos out into the bustling street, dust rising up into the air, the most humid part of the day finally at an end, cars honking and jostling for spaces as they weave around a broken-down truck with gold and silver tassels hanging from the wing-mirrors. An old woman bent over with age, ambled past. I dodged the outstretched hand of a bedraggled beggar, side-stepped a dude with the biggest handlebar mustache I had ever seen and nearly ran into a sugarcane juice cart being pushed along by a fourteen-year-old lad sporting a blood-red tika smeared across his forehead. Horns, barking, shouting, a thousand conversations in a dozen languages; Bombay is one of the craziest places I have ever been. I first travelled to Bombay when I was nineteen, spending a week Couchsurfing in a hospital with a junior doctor in dorms accommodation. I was backpacking around India on a budget of under $10 a day and rarely spent money on an...