Weekend Getaways near Delhi

Hotel Willow Banks on the Mall road, Shimla  31st Dec 2010- Shimla gets it's first snow fall of the season. Kufri got a heavy snowfall and is totally covered in a white cover right now. It's been more than 15 years since Shimla turned white on New Year eve. More snow is forecast by the Met department in the forthcoming days. Manali too has been having regular snowfall for the last few days. People can be seen playing with snow at Kufri and even Mall road has a good sprinkling of snow. Lucky ones are already there in Shimla and Kufri to enjoy this beautiful spectacle, also with most of the schools being closed for winters people are heading for the Shimla hills to spend their holidays. Plan your snow holidays with us at Around Delhi- Call us for your Shimla hotels booking or Stay at Kufri resorts . Choose from Hotels on Mall Road Shimla like Hotel Willow Banks Shimla or other hotels in Shimla . As I write this blog news is that it is again snowing at Kufri, so head for ...

Camps at Sam                         After staying at Jaisalmer I planned to visit the famous and popular dunes of Sam and Khuri the next day of my Rajasthan desert safari trip. One can find desert sand dunes on two sides of Jaisalmer at Khuri and Sam, both about 40k. Both are in opposite directions and you can go to either of them. I planned to stay at luxury tents at Sam overnite and visit the Khuri dunes next morning just to compare the two. Started from Jaisalmer after lunch in a Jeep, the road was fantastic as it is used by the Army to cover the Indo-Pakistan border areas. The first view of the dunes was totally mesmerising as it brought back memories of the desert as seen in Bollywood movies. The place was really abuzz with tourists, transferred to a Camel for a safari and seeing the sunset from a vantage point in the desert. The sunset was truly amazing as one could clearly see the ball of fire disappear all th...

Rea ched  Rajasthan today.Am at Jaipur with a group. Stay was at Gold Palace. Here is the itinerary for Jaipur corporate trip   Reached Gold Palace at 7 AM Breakfast at the resort  Moved to camps nearby by bus for adventure activities. The total group of about 60 people enjoyed a fun day with lot of activities like  Spider net crawling, tyre wall climbing, Burma and triangular bridge crossing, artificial river crossing, obstacle courses, Tarzan swing and climbing on Fiber glass wall.  After a hearty lunch at the camp the group had a game of cricket in the lush green lawns. On the way back some of the group members visited Amber fort which is closeby,                                                                     Returned to the resort and in the evening and everybody enjoye...

                                           Continuing my trip of Rajasthan (See Jaipur-Bikaner trip ) I caught a night train to  Jaisalmer to reach early morning at the station. The only problem was that there is no A/c class available and one can only travel in 2nd Sleeper. One can also do Bikaner-Jaisalmer by road and a distance of about 240k can be covered in around 4 hours. I was booked at Hotel Jaisalgarh and was fortunate to get a room early in the morning.                                            Jasialmer Fort Nathmal Haveli                                             Jaisalgarh is a nice modern hotel with lawns, swimming pool and ni...

                                             I had been planning to take a trip to Rajasthan for a long time, but Anaesthesia and AroundDelhi had me in their grip and did not let go. Finally post Diwali mid Nov 2010 I was able to make it and started with a train trip from Jaipur to Bikaner, took train no 0234 at to reach Bikaner early morning. You can also reach Bikaner directly from Delhi via Rajasthan Sampark Kranti overnite journey(10 hrs), via road one can reach Bikaner via Mandawa, Jhunjhunu. I was to catch a train to Jaisalmer in the night so I knew it was going to be a hectic day, I took up a retiring room to save time and was ready in time to have a tour of Bikaner and see some accommodation options  too. The first stop was the Junagarh fort, this fort was ...