To And Fro 9000 INR
connection flight - 7000 INR
BUS from phnom penh to cambodia:1000 INR
connection flight - 7000 INR
BUS from phnom penh to cambodia:1000 INR
Sunday, July 17, 2016
Friday, July 15, 2016
bucket list
Egypt/Cairo
Bali
Siem reap
south africa
prague
athens, greece
rome
paris
berlin
portugal
istanbul,turkey
jerusalem
petra
vienna
zurich
florence
geneva
amsterdam
munich
copenhagen
oslo
stockholm
barcelona
madrid
sicily
maldives
phuket
budapest
zagreb
edinburg,london,manchester,
Bali
Siem reap
south africa
prague
athens, greece
rome
paris
berlin
portugal
istanbul,turkey
jerusalem
petra
vienna
zurich
florence
geneva
amsterdam
munich
copenhagen
oslo
stockholm
barcelona
madrid
sicily
maldives
phuket
budapest
zagreb
edinburg,london,manchester,
Friday, February 12, 2016
Places i can go
with Family
Singapore
Visa fees:1900
fare-20,000 roundtrip
rooms for a day 5000
20,000*3+1900*4+10000=78,000
Singapore
Visa fees:1900
fare-20,000 roundtrip
rooms for a day 5000
20,000*3+1900*4+10000=78,000
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Georgia(4th-6th December 2015)
Day 1
I woke up at 4 . Quickly dressed and went to bus station. I was earlier worried about getting a visa. Yesterday a fellow told me that you only need Qatar Rp and Indian passport. I took the flight. The security line was unusually busy.my gate was D24. It was far. When I got there, I looked around for any Indian faces. I could find one couple but unfortunately I didn't talk to them. By my side was a beautiful woman. I just sat there staring at her exposed thighs. She was speaking with some other guys in Russian. The flight had a stop at Baku,Azerbaijan. The arrival was nit that smooth too. On my way, I saw snow capped mountains for the first time. I thought it was Alps. But I was very wrong. It was Iraq. I didn't knew that Iraq had snow. It was beautiful. And after sometime I again saw snow capped mountains. This surely must be Swiss alps. I was wrong. When I arrived at Baku,when I saw the workers wearing very tight wool, I was afraid. I heard that it's 5 degrees now in that flight, a man fell sick. The doctor came. His fellow passenger was asking them to feed him Whiskey. ohh those Russians...
An hour later, we arrived at Tbilisi airport. I was glad that I was not the only international visitor. I could see some Philippines as well. When we arrived at visa counter, the guy asked purpose of visit. I said tourism. He said how long. I said 2 days. He wasn't happy. I could the question ' will you go back after 2 days, what assurances do we have ' from his face. He asked me to go to another counter. I was getting a but nervous. I was happy to see some African natives. Suddenly Cathy from Qatar Airways came and he asked me if I was a staff. I didn't take the Qatar Airways Id card. However, in the backside of my passport was a seal of Qatar Airways. The guy took me to another counter. The woman looked sharply and gave me it. I didn't gave them the ticket or hotel rreservation. Probably that's why they weren't so happy.
Anyways, I went out and saw my driver holding my name. I went to him. He said money exchange and then I remembered that I should take money. Outside was cold. But only my hands was feeling bad. In the car the driver told me that he doesn't know English. He knows Georgian, Russian. The road to hotel was ironic. It was beautiful and it was bad. When I arrived at the hotel, I was afraid that the driver was kidnapping me. It was a ghetto. Anyway, the host, maka was good. She knew English. I went to my room. It was a good room. I put my bag down and came back. She advised me to take a metro. The station name was Isani. I have to go Agarveli. And then to liberty square and then to rastaveli avenue. She wrote it all down.I was confused. She went out with me. She asked me to cross the road only using a subway. And she said that I would notice a supermarket and to the right of it is metro station. on my way, I went to supermarket. I wanted a cig badly. They confused it with cigar. I came out. I went to a small shop. I said cigarette she pulled out L&M I said lighter. She frowned and took the lighter. I took the lighter. She reached out to cigarette to put it back. I said NO and she was relieved. On my way, u saw a boy asking for alms. I looked at him. He looked at me. Then he ran after me. I didn't gave him anything. He cursed me. With help of some natives I finally located the metro station.
I have to buy a metro card now which can be used in bus and cable car. I gave her 5 gel. then I swiped the card. The elevator going down was too long. It smelled very bad. I waited for metro. I got into the first one. Reached avalabari. it was a busy station. I saw a church. Maka was telling about churches. I thought that was the church. I didn't feel awe . I was disappointed that if this was the awesome church. Then I stood there studying maps. I crossed the road, went down a stone paved road and reached Europe square. I saw a cable car going up to what looks like an old fort. I remembered her talking about narikala fortress and a 6th century church. I took the cable car. Two Arab speaking guys were sitting there. I said ' aslamu alaiku ' to them. They returned the compliment. Up top, I saw mother of Georgia, a big statue.
I saw a coffee shop and ordered an Americano. I couldn't hold the cup. My hand was freezing. Coffee was dripping all over.
I then went down to the fort. It also had a 6th century church.
On my way up to the fort, my camera fell down. I heard the sound by mere luck. When I reached home, I realized that I lost 40 GEL. After that I retired. I was very tired. I ordered food
I couldn't eat that so I left it for next day. I also met the owner Maya. She told me a lot about Georgia and all. She also gave me some home made wine. I slept with my purse tucked inside my underwear. There's no place else that I would trust.
Day 2
I woke up at 4 . Quickly dressed and went to bus station. I was earlier worried about getting a visa. Yesterday a fellow told me that you only need Qatar Rp and Indian passport. I took the flight. The security line was unusually busy.my gate was D24. It was far. When I got there, I looked around for any Indian faces. I could find one couple but unfortunately I didn't talk to them. By my side was a beautiful woman. I just sat there staring at her exposed thighs. She was speaking with some other guys in Russian. The flight had a stop at Baku,Azerbaijan. The arrival was nit that smooth too. On my way, I saw snow capped mountains for the first time. I thought it was Alps. But I was very wrong. It was Iraq. I didn't knew that Iraq had snow. It was beautiful. And after sometime I again saw snow capped mountains. This surely must be Swiss alps. I was wrong. When I arrived at Baku,when I saw the workers wearing very tight wool, I was afraid. I heard that it's 5 degrees now in that flight, a man fell sick. The doctor came. His fellow passenger was asking them to feed him Whiskey. ohh those Russians...
An hour later, we arrived at Tbilisi airport. I was glad that I was not the only international visitor. I could see some Philippines as well. When we arrived at visa counter, the guy asked purpose of visit. I said tourism. He said how long. I said 2 days. He wasn't happy. I could the question ' will you go back after 2 days, what assurances do we have ' from his face. He asked me to go to another counter. I was getting a but nervous. I was happy to see some African natives. Suddenly Cathy from Qatar Airways came and he asked me if I was a staff. I didn't take the Qatar Airways Id card. However, in the backside of my passport was a seal of Qatar Airways. The guy took me to another counter. The woman looked sharply and gave me it. I didn't gave them the ticket or hotel rreservation. Probably that's why they weren't so happy.
Anyways, I went out and saw my driver holding my name. I went to him. He said money exchange and then I remembered that I should take money. Outside was cold. But only my hands was feeling bad. In the car the driver told me that he doesn't know English. He knows Georgian, Russian. The road to hotel was ironic. It was beautiful and it was bad. When I arrived at the hotel, I was afraid that the driver was kidnapping me. It was a ghetto. Anyway, the host, maka was good. She knew English. I went to my room. It was a good room. I put my bag down and came back. She advised me to take a metro. The station name was Isani. I have to go Agarveli. And then to liberty square and then to rastaveli avenue. She wrote it all down.I was confused. She went out with me. She asked me to cross the road only using a subway. And she said that I would notice a supermarket and to the right of it is metro station. on my way, I went to supermarket. I wanted a cig badly. They confused it with cigar. I came out. I went to a small shop. I said cigarette she pulled out L&M I said lighter. She frowned and took the lighter. I took the lighter. She reached out to cigarette to put it back. I said NO and she was relieved. On my way, u saw a boy asking for alms. I looked at him. He looked at me. Then he ran after me. I didn't gave him anything. He cursed me. With help of some natives I finally located the metro station.
I have to buy a metro card now which can be used in bus and cable car. I gave her 5 gel. then I swiped the card. The elevator going down was too long. It smelled very bad. I waited for metro. I got into the first one. Reached avalabari. it was a busy station. I saw a church. Maka was telling about churches. I thought that was the church. I didn't feel awe . I was disappointed that if this was the awesome church. Then I stood there studying maps. I crossed the road, went down a stone paved road and reached Europe square. I saw a cable car going up to what looks like an old fort. I remembered her talking about narikala fortress and a 6th century church. I took the cable car. Two Arab speaking guys were sitting there. I said ' aslamu alaiku ' to them. They returned the compliment. Up top, I saw mother of Georgia, a big statue.
I saw a coffee shop and ordered an Americano. I couldn't hold the cup. My hand was freezing. Coffee was dripping all over.
I then went down to the fort. It also had a 6th century church.
On my way up to the fort, my camera fell down. I heard the sound by mere luck. When I reached home, I realized that I lost 40 GEL. After that I retired. I was very tired. I ordered food
I couldn't eat that so I left it for next day. I also met the owner Maya. She told me a lot about Georgia and all. She also gave me some home made wine. I slept with my purse tucked inside my underwear. There's no place else that I would trust.
Day 2
woke up at all odd times. even woke up at 6 . it was too dark and too cold. finally i woke up at 9am. breakfast time. Maka served some sausages,bread and some other things. i couldnt eat most of it. i actually thought that they would arrange for a guide. but it didnt happen, she wrote me some places in a paper.and asked me to take a bus. i went to some station by metro and outside i asked for bus. a guy took me all around and finally i saw the bus station. it was 1 GEL. i got into the bus. i try to ask the place to some people bu they were all embaressed because they didnt know english. they replied back to me in georgian. i atlast reached swasthavakeli. i may be wrong about the place . while i was walking towards a church , i saw a philippine. i was relieved. i asked him in english. he knew english. he guided me with Google Maps. i now understand the importance of Google Map in Solo travel or in a place where they dont know the language. the church was amazing. in the backdrop of that church was Juari, my next destination. it was on a hilltop. Maka told me it would be 15 GEL. but she didnt tell me if it was two way or not. i went into the church. its work was very old. when i got out , i saw a tourist information center who has an english speaker. she asked me why so many indians are coming . i said because of visa regulations. she wasn't satisfied, then i came to know that Jesus's tunic at the time of crucification was supposedly in the church. i walked outside. it was stone paved. i was walking in a stone paved way for the first time. i saw a pakistani man and his beautiful wife and a child. i tried not to look at her as much. one of the wine sellers gave them the wine with honey flavour, i knowing that he is a muslim, took it. outside i saw a taxi ,i only asked Juari. he didnt know how to say 25 so he typed it in his mobile. i agreed. maka said 15 .so i calculated 30 and its a profit.
So thus my travel to Juari.when i reached there, i was mesmerized. it was so beautiful. i took some photos. on my way back, two americans was also in my car. one girl and one boy . they said thank you in Georgian. all the time i was in case i was worried that Maka said it was 15 GEL for two way. when the american's gave 10 GEL for one side, i was OK. then i dragged myself to a monastery. i saw a child being baptized. it was only a couple of people. thus ended my day. a girl helped me with catching a bus to Tblisi. i went to Rastaveli avenue, there , i heard was a beatles Club. i couldn't find one however.i saw an Elvis Club. people were pointing it in all directions. and atlast when i found a map, i was sure that i was closed down. i had a beer and went to a museum. on my way, i saw a Jehowah witness lady , Lini . she said 'mera nam Lini hei'i was impressed. i said to her that the work she does is very good. she wanted me to come to their daily meeting. i bought a beatles 'strummer' i got back to my hotel tired i had some food leftover from yesterday. i ate it and slept. this time i didnt took drastic steps like hiding purse inside me.
Day 3
Day 3
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Dubai 17-20 July 2015
This story starts last week. i was moody and sad that i wont be able to go anywhere this eid. because chachan forbidded me from going . before that our manager said that no one will get permission to fly out this eid because of the project. i was sad. he offered combo-off but ... the week before , i came to know that project is postponded and we will be able to enjoy holidays. i was thrilled and excited. i couldn't contain myself. i planned for thailand. after much searching makemytrip and tripadvisor i planned to go to Bangkok and then to Phuket. when i called chachan and told my plan he said no. i was devastated. i had the feeling that i was the weakest person in this world. so i tookup my backup plan. Dubai. I happened to hear the bad news just then . the on-arrival visa facility is stopped for indians . now that was a shocker. that means i am stuck here in this god forsaken country. i took exit permit to make others believe that i am going. I have already told them that i will be going . i came back to chachan's home that thursday. chachan was also planning to go to India to buy out the land in chirattakonam.
Day1 , Friday
I was too tired to do anything. i just messaged rayni chechi and asked if i can come over. she said yes and a sudden urge came to just leave it all and go. i waited for chachan. he and veliyapappa was out in the car having drinks, if you know what i mean. yeah yeah liquor. and they didnt call me!
i told chachan and he said yes as soon as words came out of my mouth. so i planned to go and asked Alan who was in Abudhabi whether we can hookup he said yes. so i packed my bags and went off .booked two tickets and went to office printed the tickets. all the time i was worried about getting an on-arrival visa. actually yesterday, i went to have lunch with my colleagues. it was highly unlikely. then i heard that on-arrival visa system is extended till September. i had a drop of happiness.
So thus i went to airport with chachan and veliyapappa. right when i was about to step out of their house , they engaged in a verbal battle with Paul uncle about the morality of watching new movies on Youtube. so i caught the plane. also i should say that i had no clean shirts/pants to wear. all of them that i packed was used last week. in the plane my only prayer was that i get an on arrival visa. i enjoyed the flight too. i got a window seat. in one hour i reached DXB. all my way i was praying 'please god please.... please give me an on arrival visa.' i was afraid about all the unpleasantness it can cause if i dont get one. right when i reached there i asked 'where is the on-arrival visa ' counter. they didnt laugh so i had one breath. and thus i reached the place. i was now afraid whether an Indian could get on arrival visa. so they took 220 AED from me and gave me a form. i was embarrassed for not having a pen . so i went to the emigration counter and all went smooth thank God. so thus i landed on DXB. and pradeep achachan and Kevin was there to pick me along with Rayni chechi of course. so they showed me around Dubai. Rayni chechi showed me the place where she works(Jebel Ali, Lake towers). Dubai is beautiful during night. Rayni chechi had two twins(Caroline and Crisline) and we came back to their home. nighty night.
Day 2, Saturday
I had to go to AbuDhabi that day to see Alan. so Pradeep achachan again helped me catch a bus from Sharjah . its 30 AED. the ride was good. i got side seat again. had a glimpse of Dubai again. an hour passed quickly. suddenly people started to sweat and start directing the ac. then we came to know that ac is not functioning now. luckly they have arranged another coaster bus. i admired there professionalism. thus i reached abudhabi. i saw alan . he is no different. he told me the story of his love. dont remember her name. She is Jain believer for sure from Gujrat. we spent the whole day in Abudhabi , we also went to Grand Mosque. He also showed me some tall buildings. and i went back to Sharjah. that day , me and Kevin slept together . he is such a nice kid. such a pure mind i have never seen. innocent kid. he is worried about kids blaming him for things he didnt do. he said he wont use ' bad words' . i can't even compare him to me when i was in 8th.
Day 3 , Sunday.
we just spent it in their home. Me and Kevin went for a movie that afternoon. it was terminator. i couldn't enjoy the movie because Kevin was afraid beyond all senses . i started feeling bad for choosing this. then we went back. Rayni chechi planned to go to Church. so we went. on our way , i saw an awesome Russian church. There i heard the story of a man who recently had a surgery first of its kind and had 85% recovery. he was distributing sweets.
Day 4. Monday . Leaving day.
i took leave from that great home. she really had trouble with the two infants. i never imagined such problems. anyway i went straight to Dipu achachan's home. there we talked for sometime. he then asked his driver to drop me at Dubai Mall. it was the highlight of my journey here. i saw the aquarium . the driver was so kind to give me a bottle of water. i had a close up view of Burj Khalifa..
Day1 , Friday
I was too tired to do anything. i just messaged rayni chechi and asked if i can come over. she said yes and a sudden urge came to just leave it all and go. i waited for chachan. he and veliyapappa was out in the car having drinks, if you know what i mean. yeah yeah liquor. and they didnt call me!
i told chachan and he said yes as soon as words came out of my mouth. so i planned to go and asked Alan who was in Abudhabi whether we can hookup he said yes. so i packed my bags and went off .booked two tickets and went to office printed the tickets. all the time i was worried about getting an on-arrival visa. actually yesterday, i went to have lunch with my colleagues. it was highly unlikely. then i heard that on-arrival visa system is extended till September. i had a drop of happiness.
So thus i went to airport with chachan and veliyapappa. right when i was about to step out of their house , they engaged in a verbal battle with Paul uncle about the morality of watching new movies on Youtube. so i caught the plane. also i should say that i had no clean shirts/pants to wear. all of them that i packed was used last week. in the plane my only prayer was that i get an on arrival visa. i enjoyed the flight too. i got a window seat. in one hour i reached DXB. all my way i was praying 'please god please.... please give me an on arrival visa.' i was afraid about all the unpleasantness it can cause if i dont get one. right when i reached there i asked 'where is the on-arrival visa ' counter. they didnt laugh so i had one breath. and thus i reached the place. i was now afraid whether an Indian could get on arrival visa. so they took 220 AED from me and gave me a form. i was embarrassed for not having a pen . so i went to the emigration counter and all went smooth thank God. so thus i landed on DXB. and pradeep achachan and Kevin was there to pick me along with Rayni chechi of course. so they showed me around Dubai. Rayni chechi showed me the place where she works(Jebel Ali, Lake towers). Dubai is beautiful during night. Rayni chechi had two twins(Caroline and Crisline) and we came back to their home. nighty night.
Day 2, Saturday
I had to go to AbuDhabi that day to see Alan. so Pradeep achachan again helped me catch a bus from Sharjah . its 30 AED. the ride was good. i got side seat again. had a glimpse of Dubai again. an hour passed quickly. suddenly people started to sweat and start directing the ac. then we came to know that ac is not functioning now. luckly they have arranged another coaster bus. i admired there professionalism. thus i reached abudhabi. i saw alan . he is no different. he told me the story of his love. dont remember her name. She is Jain believer for sure from Gujrat. we spent the whole day in Abudhabi , we also went to Grand Mosque. He also showed me some tall buildings. and i went back to Sharjah. that day , me and Kevin slept together . he is such a nice kid. such a pure mind i have never seen. innocent kid. he is worried about kids blaming him for things he didnt do. he said he wont use ' bad words' . i can't even compare him to me when i was in 8th.
Day 3 , Sunday.
we just spent it in their home. Me and Kevin went for a movie that afternoon. it was terminator. i couldn't enjoy the movie because Kevin was afraid beyond all senses . i started feeling bad for choosing this. then we went back. Rayni chechi planned to go to Church. so we went. on our way , i saw an awesome Russian church. There i heard the story of a man who recently had a surgery first of its kind and had 85% recovery. he was distributing sweets.
Day 4. Monday . Leaving day.
i took leave from that great home. she really had trouble with the two infants. i never imagined such problems. anyway i went straight to Dipu achachan's home. there we talked for sometime. he then asked his driver to drop me at Dubai Mall. it was the highlight of my journey here. i saw the aquarium . the driver was so kind to give me a bottle of water. i had a close up view of Burj Khalifa..
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Nelliyampathy
Well, this was a very good travel. The occasion was Sanil's sister's marriage. I think I was jobless then. After marriage at Guruvayoor, we went straight to Nelliyampathy. One was Saji's Eon, I can't recollect the other car. Guruvayoor was too hot. Nelli. Was just the opposite. So cold. We reached there by evening.
The place was beautiful. Midst of tea leaves. We spent that night there.
We played cards till we were asleep. We all went out for a walk. On our way, we were warned to go back because there was an 'ottayan ' roaming around. We also saw many wild boars. Houses there would close by 7pm. One important thing was that none of us drank. Ismail and Arif was happy about that. We then went to a beautiful mountain. Vineeth took his car in reverse in between 2 vehicles which had only 1 or 2 inch extra space. Too many directors created a problem. Spectators asked whether he is a professional driver.
On our way back, we went to Varikkasheri Mana.
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