Category: Travel

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Locus the best Android Map App for Geek Travellers

I travel quite a bit for both business and pleasure. I enjoy driving, cycling and walking while I am traveling. I am also a data geek and blogger so its important for me to record things. In last few years I have tried multiple map applications while traveling both in cities where I...

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Bicycling in Milan

This was my third visit to Milan. In the last two visits I mostly went around using Metro or Buses. This time I wanted to either walk or cycle around. I decided to cycle around as hiring the BikeMi bicycle is cheap and can be done in minutes if you have a credit...

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Thrissur Pooram

I like huge human gatherings and festivities. I like watching people and activities. This year I got chance to be in Thrissur during the Pooram. Wikipedia has a decent article about the pooram. Thrissur Pooram (Malayalam: തൃശ്ശൂര്‍ പൂരം) is one of the most popular temple festivals of the South Indian state Kerala. It...

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Gokarna Beach Walk

Gokarna has five known beaches. Gokarna, Kudle, Om, Half Moon and Paradise. First three are well-known and have all kinds of facilities and the last two as of now doesn’t offer much. In a recent trip we stayed at Linger Gokarna which is on the other side (to north) and all the other...

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Library Of Congress

Its been a dream to visit the library from long time. This time I made sure I did. Library of Congress is the largest library in the world (British Library is very a close competitor). It roughly attracts 1.75 million visits in an year and is a reference library. It has books from...

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Our first big vacation

This is the first time we went out for a vacation. I am happy that my parents enjoyed it throughout. Some pictures from my Instagram photo stream.