tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5575905693036131582012-02-16T19:32:49.081+11:00I love to dream and let my thoughts wander to places even before I get there. AND I love to wander through the places that my mind has already done. This blog is all about my wanderings both real and dream :)The Nomadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791839279694034116noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557590569303613158.post-29119079168238896822011-12-06T22:22:00.000+11:002011-12-06T22:22:07.450+11:00

Year 2011 started of a bit slowly in Melbourne with not very clear idea of when we can start our travel, as Paddy managed to break his foot. Also, the New york assignment for January did not happen as we hoped... The result was a few stints at Stockholm to experience all 4 seasons :) January 26 - to Early April Stockholm - Leaving it till late January, did give the foot a chance to heal, so

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2011 was a true nomadic life with most of our time in Stockholm and Frankfurt, with a few weeks interspersed in London and Paris.  So those of you interested here is a report of the non Stockholm part ... April - London As the closer friends and family and friends of us know there was a chance that we would go to the big apple in the first quarter of 2011, and Stockholm was going to be a place

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After a few attempted trips ( 1994, 2006) we finally made it. The idea of doing the indian trek before attacking the longer and more strenuous Annapurna circuit worked beautifully. So here is a long overdue account of that trip.  Since it is a 20 day long hike, I am doing it in two parts... This section includes the organising and the trip up to Manang at 3500 Mts. Part 2 , will detail the

The Nomadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14791839279694034116noreply@blogger.com0Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal28.3368536831652 84.31077557812527.7919416831652 83.832355578125 28.8817656831652 84.789195578125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-557590569303613158.post-6842417337454281772011-01-06T13:30:00.014+11:002011-02-03T23:51:12.050+11:00

Finally managed to organise and do a camping/trekking trip to Kuari Pass. This wasone of the best camping trip I have ever done... Raj style :-) with our very own Raju Guide.The planning started back in April 2010 and with enough persuasion from couple of the team members the trek was chosen to be one that was not too difficult or high to impact AMS (altitude sickness) but high enough to keep us

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Finally back to the blog world... I know it has been long over due. BUT actually even I got caught up in everyday things like saving for mortgage, ensuring the MIL is set up and so on... The end of 2009 saw us through a few mile stones, finding a retirement home for MIL so that we could re-start our nomadic ways was high on agenda and did find one... That itself was an adventure and another

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Well finally a travel related blog. When in school you read about the 'land of the rising sun' and imagine that it is where the day starts first! beeeep Wrong. Actually Japan is two hours behind Melbourne and that makes it 3 hrs behind NZ. Anyway now about Japan and its people. Well the Japanese are known for the extremely courteous culture and efficiency. We found this even in the flight there.

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I started this blog to describe my travels.. It must be a sign, since starting it, I have not travelled much :-( Well that's not going to stop me from blogging...So I started think of what can I talk aboutMy running... Could make up stories of the lovely runs... But it would not be true, I am not even sure why I punish myself with this stuff, But do enjoy the eating and drinking afterMy work...

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Well I know I said I won't bore everyone about my running, but what the hell...Things we do to keep in shape... I even took up running regularly. It started as an accident as many things in my life.here I was happily eating and having fun and joined an airline of all places. These were the days when I could still hog away any amount of chocos and what not and not have an ounce to show... (I know

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Well after a lot of looking forward to the walk to the Lighthouse happened!This was a fun trip to plan. Uma and Ramesh where novices as far as walking with back packs is concerned. So we had to decided what to take. The list of things grew and shrunk based on weight. The advantage was we did not have to take any tents/stove or sleeping bags, as we had already requested for the doonas. So the food

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I first came to Australia, rather Melbourne in March of 1987. since then we have lived and travelled extensively. I am a Nomad as the blog suggests, but yet when someone asks me where is home I say Melbourne. Often get asked "why". Guess here is an example of why.This city has somehow managed to become a big city with a fair few small town characteristics. This Sundays incident is another example

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We had visitors this weekend and had a chance to look at my travel DVD These are DVD's that I prepared in 2004 after our long trip through three continents. Yep we travelled through, Asia, Europe and Americas (both south and North)The highlights were Siberia and Alaska. two of the most remote places, that get very cold, but has the some of the warmest people.I came to a empirical observation

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We seem to be turning into two old hags... Have not had a chance to travel anywhere exciting in the last year.Well guess its not been all that boring, as we have had the adventure of buying a home in Auction, done a half marathon/Marathon (in case of Mr Nomad) and are training for Marathon.However, for the first time in our lives, we have certain commitments (like mum living with us) that makes

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Well I was reading some of the blogs written by my now grown up nieces, Incessant Musings: Take Me Along! and decided to add to the blog world with my own stories.. However, like them, I do not have the patience to maintain multiple blogs...so am going to add my stories to this one. -----here it goes.Everyone has heard of 'The last supper'. Why does no one write about the 'First Supper'? I think

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Well have not been on any trips since getting back to Melbourne in February. The thought of updating the blog with travels done in the past felt like trying to sell old wares...So the blog is now changing tracks and I will update on the experience of buying our new home. We landed in February, with thoughts of rolling up into one of the places for sale and picking up a inner city life style,with

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Well.. the long awaited trans siberian trip started with a flight from London via schipol to St Petersbergh It was about 10C in London on the morning of Dec 12th. ON the flight met this local woman from St Peterburgh who was very friendly and told us taht its -12C out there. She also smiled wryly and said that she would have no clue how Siberia would be in winter, as its not the DONE thing by

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I thought I will post a note on how our travel plans start. Hindu philosophy talks about a 'vasana' that you are born with This is supposed to be the inate longing/desire in you that gets manifested given the right environment. I totally believe this. With respect to this want to describe some events that led to our travels in Russia and China.This is going back to April 2002. We had been in

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Well , at the end of our Indian stay, decided to check out the parts we had missed in our last trips. Rajasthan (about which this post is) and kerala.Travelling to Rajasthan in December/January is not cheap. chceked the flight charges and got a shock. So decide to fly to Mumbai and take the train from there to Jodhpur. The start of the train journey got a bit exciting. Somehow I managed to get it

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Deciding to stay in India meant we had to do at least one trip to the Indian Himalayas. What better place to visit here than the 'Valley of Flowers' So did the research and decided to undertake a trip to Uttaranchal in late June. This would ensure that the monsoon would have just started and the pilgrim crowd will start to dwindle (or so we thought)As per plan reached Haridwar let evening of June

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Finally after living for almost an year in Bangalore, did our first trip within Karnataka ! The train to Hampi (Hospet) from Bangalore is very convenient for a weekend trip. The three tier Ac sleeper was very comfy and the train left b'lore at 10:20 pm (as scheduled) and reached Humpi at 7:40 - What should we call this train I wonder, 10 hrs for 350 Kms, ' TVG' - short for Thallu Vandi Gaddi (

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