Naishita's Tales

You might be having cold feet to think of Mumbai during Summer. Still, you can dig in the best out of Mumbai and have the happy-go-lucky stay to spend your foolproof summer vacation. Stay: ITC Maratha Dates: 11th May to 13th May 2018 From: Hyderabad Places Visited:  Hazi Ali Dargah, Mahalakshmi Temple, Shopping at Colaba Market, Gateway of India, Marine drive, Chatrapathi Shivaji Vastusangrahalaya. Day 1: 11th May 2018 Reached Mumbai airport by 7:10 a.m. and as we still had time to check-in to the hotel, we planned to visit Hazi Ali Dargah which I missed to visit during my visit to Mumbai earlier. All set to Mumbai!!! Waiting Times = Selfie Times. Wink!!! Hazi Ali Dargah: And as a traveller, I always feel that we can know the city better only if we explore it by ourselves than going for tourist packages. So we walked to the nearest railway station, Vileparle and got down at Mahalakshmi station. Found this lottery ticket shop during our walk. Wanna tr...

November 10, 2017:  My cousins, Buddu and Eshu arrived Hyderabad in the morning from Tirupati and brother,Abhilash in the evening from Delhi to attend his friend's marriage on Sunday night. As we had two days, we planned a trip to Laknavaram and booked for a forest festival organized by Telangana Tourism one-week advance which includes Night Camping, Camp Fire,  Cycling, Jeep Safari, Boating, Trekking and Bullock Cart Riding. Cost per person: 1200/- including food. November 11, 2017:  All of us were thrilled as we are going to spend one complete night in a forest with the chilling weather. We started at 8 a.m. from Hyderabad with all our baggage which includes bedspreads, woollen clothes as it is winter and a pair of shoes for trekking. A halt for breakfast on the highway!! Had breakfast in a dhaba on the highway and headed to Warangal. Reached by 1 p.m and went to relatives home for a hai-bye for few minutes and then started exploring Warangal fo...