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- How to Make Good Use of the Weekend in Bangalore - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayWeekends all around the world are the most awaited time of the week, but we often find ourselves doing nothing at this fantastic time. When you are in Bangalore, but you do not discover the areas around the city, this is just not done. Nandi Hills is the first place that comes to mind when you ...
Views: 567 - How to Make the Best of Your Twenties - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayIt is understandable that you need a lot more determination than your peers to stay focused and dedicated to your goals, especially when you are in your early twenties. No matter how hard you try, there will always be something that will distract your mind from the task as hand. Twenties are the ...
Views: 532 - How to make the most of your visit to Kanchipuram in a Self-Drive Car - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2017 from Manoj upadhyayYou must have heard about Kanchipuram sarees, no matter in which part of India you live. The South Indian sarees hold a special place in the history of India, one of the most remarkable of them being the Kanchipuram saree. However, this particular traditional Indian garment is not the only thing ...
Views: 651 - How to Prepare for a Cross Country Road Trip - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2020 from Manoj upadhyayIf you are lucky to go for a cross country road trip, you must be excited about it. Anybody would be eager, isn’t it? Nonetheless, you need to prepare well for the months-long road trip. You cannot go wrong with a few things, but of course, you can be flexible if things don’t go ...
Views: 566 - How to Spend a Great Weekend in Vadodara - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayIndia has a significant number of ancient cities, one of which is Vadodara in Gujrat, which was known as Baroda until a few years ago. It is situated on the embankments of River Vishwamitri, which is called so after the revered saint Vishwamitra. In the past, Vadodara was ruled by Pathans, ...
Views: 458 - How to Stand Out in the Crowd? 6 Tips Brands Should Know - by Submitted on May 23, 2023 from Manoj upadhyayIn a world where the competition regularly claims to be #1, it’s difficult to differentiate and build your own identity. Let’s face it – starting a business can be very easy, but staying in business can prove to be very difficult given that customers, today, ...
Views: 572 - How to Stay Away From Plastic While Traveling - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayWe feel blissfully ignorant while using and discarding plastic throughout the day. In countries like India, the recycling bins for plastic are not even existent, which means the situation is worse in the country. You can speak your concerned mind on social media and forget about it the next ...
Views: 517 - How to Survive Extended Road Trip Journeys in India - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayWhen it is a car journey that extends to more than ten hours, it does become painful even if the sights are gorgeous. You might go crazy after a few hours being aware that more than half of the journey is still pending. However, the only soothing fact on such road trips is that a gorgeous ...
Views: 507 - How to Tackle Travel Burnout If You Get It - by Submitted on May 10, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayAnyone who has never traveled for a long time cannot understand the concept of travel burnout, forget to empathize with anyone who has suffered this condition. The RV trip often sounds thrilling, but it becomes extremely tiring after a few years or even months for someone people. It might seem ...
Views: 469 - How to Travel Around the Metropolitans - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayAlthough the metropolitans in India or any other country are the safest places to visit, petty crimes always take place there. Whether you are in London or Delhi, you will always face a situation when you have to take tough decisions for your safety. Yes, being safe must be your prime concern ...
Views: 677 - How to Travel Green Around the World - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2019 from Manoj upadhyayWhenever we think about vacations, we think about the monetary costs attached to them. Very few people on earth think about the environmental cost that we incur every time we travel around the world. It is important to leave minimum carbon footprint as we go around visiting new places and leave ...
Views: 609 - How to Travel More with a Fulltime Job - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayIf you are born in India, you are already lucky than more than half of the world population. And if you want to be a traveler, you should thank your nation that you get so many paid holidays in a year, which may be a hundred times of what the Americans get. Indian companies, private and public, ...
Views: 468 - How to Travel More with a Nine-To-Five Job - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayWith all those articles flowing all over the internet about quitting your job to travel, it is hard not to give any thought to it. You have to admit it at least to yourself that you must have thought about leaving your nine-to-five job and travel the world. However, it is a different matter ...
Views: 443 - How to Unfold the Untold Truth about Travel - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2020 from Manoj upadhyayPost travel depression is real, very real, just like the back of your hand. And it is better to admit it rather than run away from it. Before you begin your vacation, you are excited about the new destination and all the new experiences that wait for you. However, once the vacation is over, you ...
Views: 538 - How to use your long weekend in Hyderabad- go to Pondicherry in your Self-Drive Car - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2017 from Manoj upadhyayWhat do you do every Saturday and Sunday- go to the movies, hang out with friends, do some chores, or just sleep at home? No wonder year by year pass like that when you do not plan something substantial for your weekends, the long ones in particular. When you put up in Hyderabad, you do not have ...
Views: 682 - How to Visit the state, now city, of Hyderabad in a Self-Drive Car - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2017 from Manoj upadhyayIt is always fascinating to listen to the history of a place and even better if one can experience it firsthand. Hyderabad was once a state comprising of small portions of Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Telangana in addition to the present Hyderabad city. After the creation of the Andhra Pradesh ...
Views: 613 - How Travel Bloggers are Working from Home During Lockdown - by Submitted on May 07, 2020 from Manoj upadhyayThe beginning of 2020 has not been very good. The entire world is shutdown as they show in epic Hollywood movies. Every corporate had to send its employees home and make a work station there. The offices that once appeared cheerful with the presence of so many humans working around are now lying ...
Views: 475 - How Traveling Lets You Overcome Fear of Meeting People - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayBeginners at travel are often afraid of meeting people, especially while traveling solo. This fear of coming across strangers is so massive in some people that they fear to step out of the house even for small household chores. This social anxiety makes them under-confident and highly ...
Views: 596 - How you can be a traveler while being a tourist - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayThe tourists and travelers are similar to and different from each other in many ways. One can be a traveler and a tourist at the same time. However, you may be wondering how these two terms are different. A tourist is a person who likes to see different places, but in his or her comfort zone. He ...
Views: 493 - How You Can Enhance Your Creativity with Travel - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayThe human race is blessed with extracting much more value out of their lives than any other living form on earth. Apart from science, art, and medicine, we have found our worth of being in travel as well. We travel for needs and desires both, although the latter is the much more convincing ...
Views: 527 - Imbibing Wisdom Through India’s Largest Free Virtual Library - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2021 from Manoj upadhyayWe started with a vision that others usually just dream and listen to: giving value to the world and promoting the field of knowledge. It is a free service that selects the renowned and latest books from known national and international authors and provides a detailed chapter-wise summary of the ...
Views: 539 - Learning Great Things from Your Travel Experiences - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2019 from Manoj upadhyayThere is not just one thing that travel teaches you, there are many, and most of them are beyond explanation. Still, you can try to give words to some of your feelings and experiences, even though you may not be able to express them completely. Can you relate with any of these emotions mentioned ...
Views: 511 - Lessons that Spontaneous Travel Teaches You - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2019 from Manoj upadhyayA real spontaneous trip is when you challenge yourself to go for a trip without any planning. It means no planning at all. It may also mean that you may have to spend a lot more time and money than you think, but nothing matters beyond the memories you make. Unplanned travel is expensive In ...
Views: 635 - Long-Term Travel May Not Solve All Your Problems - by Submitted on May 04, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayIt is almost impossible to surf the web without coming across travel articles and blogs. You can see bloggers bragging about their successful long-term travel careers, how they quit their jobs and became digital nomads. Their pictures standing on the tropical beaches and snow-clad mountains ...
Views: 579 - Myths About Traveling in an RV in India - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayAfter you cross the teenage, it occurs that reality about life is way different than expectations. Many times, the difference is significant. In other cases, the variance is not so massive; rather it is pleasantly startling. The same is true about RVing. People quit their jobs, sell their ...
Views: 588 - Plan an Impressive Summer Holiday for the Kids - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2020 from Manoj upadhyayDo you want to impress your kids this time with a spectacular holiday? Yes! Impress the kids! Children these days are too demanding because they also face the peer pressure in their schools. They need to impress their friend circle, and for that, they need your help as well. Trips abroad are ...
Views: 566 - Positives and Negatives of Living and Traveling to Mumbai - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2017 from Manoj upadhyayThose people who are born in Mumbai want to have their grave dug here as well; no one can take their love for the city out of their hearts. However, for a traveler looking for peace, Mumbai is not the ideal place. Only the ones with a youthful heart can manage to survive here. Like everything is ...
Views: 3406 - Pros and Cons of Traveling to Mumbai - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2020 from Manoj upadhyayMumbai is a city of dreams for millions of people from India and abroad. Many Indians go to Mumbai to earn a decent living, travel for a few days, and find scope for their future. But Mumbai is not a city that everyone likes; there are haters of this city as well. If you are from any other ...
Views: 731 - Quick Self-drive road trips from Delhi - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2017 from Manoj upadhyay2017 is one of those rare and lucky years that come with a bunch of long weekends. The year becomes even more special for those people who have their Saturdays and Sundays off. When you club a gazetted holiday on Friday or Monday with such weekends, you can have an amazing road trip to any ...
Views: 672 - Road trip from Bangalore to Ooty in just a few hours on a Self-Drive Car - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2017 from Manoj upadhyayThe thrilling long drive over an extended weekend is what you need to get you inspired this time and get on the road. Bangalore is in itself is an amazing city, but even if you are a resident of even the most beautiful city on earth, you would always want to move to some other places for ...
Views: 733 - Secret Driving Knacks your Instructor in India will not teach you - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2017 from Manoj upadhyaySo you have passed your driving exam, and now you are confident that you can take your car anywhere in India at least. No, you're wrong; first of all, you need to spend a lot of time refining your driving skills to be able to maneuver on any kind of road. Second, you need to remember that this ...
Views: 657 - Self-drive your car around India to these destinations before you die - by Submitted on May 12, 2017 from Manoj upadhyayIt is high time we stop underestimating your own country for other destinations abroad; the Indian tourist places are no less than foreign countries, provided you know where to turn the steering wheel of your car. Whether it is north, south, east, or west of India, the entire country is replete ...
Views: 619 - Self-Driving In Pune: The Historical Hotspot of India - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2019 from Manoj upadhyayFamously known as the social capital of Maharashtra, Pune is the second biggest city in the Indian State of Maharashtra. Renowned for its shopping places, chronicled locales like Aga Khan Palace and Shanivar Vada and a portion of the scrumptious nourishments like Bhakarwadis and Misal Pav, Pune ...
Views: 539 - Stay Green While Traveling Anywhere in the World - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayTraveling around the world is a great experience, especially with friends and family. It is the best way to learn and unlearn a lot of things that we can never do living in the vicinity of our home. While being out of the house at a peaceful destination relaxes our mind, it also implies a cost, ...
Views: 500 - Taking a Stunning Drive around Mumbai in your Self-Drive Car Rental - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2017 from Manoj upadhyayDriving in Mumbai may not be a pleasant undertaking for many of us, but turning the steering wheel of the Self-Drive Cars Mumbai around the city can definitely give Goosebumps to most people. Even if you do not own a car, you can simply take a Self-Drive Car Rental Mumbai and leave for a ...
Views: 726 - The Best Outlets for Street Food in Bangalore - by Submitted on May 31, 2017 from Manoj upadhyayEvery city in India has its share of street food outlets; some have an entire market dedicated to junk food, and others have eateries peppered throughout the city. Bangalore also has its stake of mouth-watering street food bistros. Since it is a metropolitan city, you can have any kind of Indian ...
Views: 863 - The Budget Bible for Traveling in India - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2019 from Manoj upadhyayThe ardent travelers of the world are not any superhuman beings who can manage everything with ease; most of them learn their lessons the hard way. Travel is not cheap, even in the countries that are labelled the cheapest. India is one of those places that are listed among the most inexpensive ...
Views: 611 - The expediency of self-drive car hires in India - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2019 from Manoj upadhyayWith the rising intensity in the auto advertise today, the interest for new and imaginative highlights in cars has seen a relentless upsurge in the course of the most recent decade or so. These days, clients need cars stacked with highlights and at a sensible cost. Be that as it may, here's a ...
Views: 567 - The Experience of RV travel in India - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2019 from Manoj upadhyayAlthough you may not see many RVs in India, but a few passionate travelers are taking this trend forward. As soon as something grabs demand in this multi-cultural country, the number of providers and supporters for the same come up as well. Even though there are not many commercial RV sites as ...
Views: 661 - The Frill of Self-Driving in Ludhiana - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2019 from Manoj upadhyayLudhiana, a city so fondly known as the Manchester of India, is a land worth visiting for the ones in love the rich culture and social life of Punjab. Majority of the tourists visiting Punjab, love to visit Ludhiana and Amritsar. Being the manufacturing hub of Punjab, the goods producing ...
Views: 593 - The Future of Online Shopping in India - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2020 from Manoj upadhyayThe retail industry in India has seen revolutionary changes in the last few years. From going to brick-and-mortar stores, people found themselves drawn to e-commerce, since it helped them keep up with their fast-paced lives. However, that soon changed after people realized that they ...
Views: 628 - The National Past Time of Staring In India - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayWhen foreigners come to India, they find it amusing as well as exasperating to see practically everyone staring at them. Whether it is a man or a woman, it is common to find almost everyone staring at someone who looks like a foreigner. More so, Indians have a habit of giving an intent look to ...
Views: 520 - The New Meaning of Travel with Travel Blogs - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayTravel today is way different than its definition that used to exist a decade ago. Wandering around cities and countries meant just scratching the surface of these places for most people, but travel has become more educative and meaningful than before. People want to look beyond the popular ...
Views: 423 - The Secret Vacation to Malana in Himachal Pradesh - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayA small population of the world knows about the tiny hamlet of Malana in Himachal Pradesh, but the location is highly popular. Everyone who smokes hashish has heard about Malana, no matter the part of the world they live. Restaurants in Amsterdam charge the highest amount for Malana cream than ...
Views: 423 - Things foreigners should know about India - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2017 from Manoj upadhyayEvery country has its share of good things and bad, and India is no exception. Foreigners coming to India have a subjective view of the state depending on which part of the country they live. Delhi, for example, can be affable for some or worse for others; it all depends on what kind of people ...
Views: 599 - Things to consider for Self-Drive Car Rental in India - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2017 from Manoj upadhyayWork pressure is a sign that you are working hard and that you must take a break as soon as you can. In the last few years, the earning and spending capacity of Indians has increased, which is the reason they do not shy away from squandering a few thousand bucks every year to enhance their ...
Views: 954 - Things You Should Not Carry For a Trekking Trip - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2018 from Manoj upadhyaySometimes, we tend to overdo our packing because we think that a few things are way too necessary to be left behind. It is all fine if you are going for a road trip in a car, in a train, or flying to a destination. We can always pack a few or many redundant things that we use at home. However, a ...
Views: 378 - Three Ways to Ensure That You Will Never Travel - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2019 from Manoj upadhyayThere are a few catastrophic things that you can do to yourself to make sure that you will never travel, even if it is the most important thing in your life. A few people spend their entire lifetime thinking about a few milestones to achieve, a few more targets to accomplish, or when the kids ...
Views: 598 - Tips for a Great Backpacking Trip to India - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayFor those who have been on a backpacking trip, nothing matches the freedom it gives. The backpackers hold a common belief that they should not wait for a companion to travel because they will never go anywhere if they wait for people to join them. However, no matter the number of vacations you ...
Views: 459 - Tips for Traveling to a Dangerous Place- Don’t Miss #3 - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2018 from Manoj upadhyayWhen you are a passionate traveler, nothing under the sun can stop you, even when you are aware of the danger lurking at some places. Since you are aware that the modern day media houses and news channels show news just for higher TRPs, you don’t pay much heed to them. You cannot stop ...
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