Skywatch - A Yacht in the Sea!!!

For this weeks Skywatching is a Yacht in the sea, clicked few years back in Atlantis, Dubai. The shades of light as the yacht moved, made it a great sight.

Happy Skywatching!!!

A Photo Tour of Mall Road, Shimla!!

Shimla the capital of Himachal Pradesh, has always been one of the top honeymoon destinations. What makes it more special is the Kalka - Shimla toy train. But you really need to plan your visit in ease to experience the toy train journey. All we had was a day's time to take a trip from Chandigarh to Shimla, and so did we book a taxi for the day. With only a days visit, we had to cut short our visit to Kufri and Chail, which we had planned earlier.

We reached Shimla by 12, had lunch and wandered around. It seems like every hill station in India has a Mall Road, and all share the same look. Automobiles are not allowed on Mall road, though there are prams to hire to carry your kids.

State Library and Christ Church

Once the summer capital of British, the place still preserves the colonial look, with its heritage buildings - Christ church, State Library, Municipal Corporation Building, Police Headquarters, Gaiety Theater, General Post Office. The shops on Mall Road sell beautiful handicraft and woolen cloths, they are quite reasonable as well.

Christ Church with Hanuman Statue of Jakhoo Hills

Municipal Corporation Building

General Post Office

Murals on the walls of Mall Road

 

 

The Lamp Post, a beauty in itself

Statue of Freedom Fighter Lala Lajpat Rai at the junction of Mall Road and Ridge Road

Rock models, representing Rock garden of Chandigarh

An arch from the heritage building

I liked this statue in front of Police Assistance Room, a Policeman with a kid, DUTY WITH LOVE, so meaningful.

One of the stores at the mall road, any ordinary building, but liked the structural design with bright colour.

Thats kiddo with her new muffler and ear muff, aren't they pretty?

Travel Tips:

Shimla is the capital of Himachal Pradesh, around 115km from Chandigarh. 

By Road: Shimla is around 360km from National Capital Delhi and around 115km from Chandigarh and has regular PUNBUS and HRTC buses connecting Shimla with other places. There are over night Volvo buses as well playing between Delhi and Shimla.

By Train: Its the narrow gauge toy train which connects Shimla to Kalka. Chandigarh which is around 30km from Kalka, is connected to major cities of the country by train.

By Air: Shimla airport is 22km from Shimla city and well connected to Delhi, Mumbai and other major cities.

Best time to visit:

Winters, if you want to experience snow fall, summer to get of the heat from other parts of the country.

Do check out the complete series on this trip of mine here. 

Atulyam Spa, E and G Green Valley - a photo essay

My new cam(Canon EOS-M mirrorless camera), arrived just two days before I left for E and G bloggers event. I tried to experiment with it at the spa at E and G Green Vally resort. The spa named Atulyam, which means incomparable, had a traditional yet so contemporary look. Here is a photo essay of the same,

  

 

 

 

How are they??

Skywatch Friday - Mumbai in Monsoon

Its fun sometimes to just hit the road in rains to explore the heritage city. This is what we did few weeks back and here are few of the clicks of Mumbai in this monsoon, 

Drive through the Eastern Express Highway

The Heritage CST

Elphinstone College against rain drops

The Gate Way of India

The magical marine drive

Waves, crabs n the tetrapods of marine drive

NGMA against dense clouds

And the floods of Mumbai, water up-to knee level.

Skywatch Friday - Sabz Burj

Heritage reflects in every structure of Delhi. Sabz Burj(Green Tower) at Mathura Road is yet another structure, reflecting history and heritage. Its a roundabout at the junction of Mathura Road and Lodhi road. Its locally referred to as Neeli Chattri (Blue umbrella).

 

Waiting for our HOHO bus at the entrance of Humayan's Tomb, clicked this pic of Sabz Burj.
You can find details about this structure here.

 

Related Posts: Check out the complete series on Golden Triangle Tour. 

Skywatch Friday - Gurdwara Dam Dama Sahib

This white structure attracted my sight from the terrace of Humayun's tomb. The grey sky, green palms and the red sandstone railing, enhanced its beauty. Only after browsing on Google, I got to know it is Gurdwara Dam Dama Sahib, and its historical importance.

This place dates back to 1707 and commemorates the meeting place of Tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh and Bahadur Shah, then Prince Muazzum. Prince, who wanted to possess the throne of his father Aurangzeb after his death by defeating his brother, met Guru Gobind here, seeking his help and planning strategy for battle.
Though I couldn't visit the Gurdwara, am sure its one of those beautiful worship places..

 

Related Posts: Check out the complete series on Golden Triangle Tour.  

Sky Watch Friday

A scavenger on a tree at Firoz Shah Kotla.

 

And the beautiful tree against blue sky.

 

 Happy Skywatching!!

Skywatch Friday - Parakeets

For today's Skywatch are the photographs of parakeets against blue sky, on a tree at Taj complex.

 

Happy Skywatching!!!

Floral Friday Photography

Floral photographs from the garden at Agra Fort.