Travellers Thursday ~ In Picture

“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.” 

French Colony at Pondicherry

Puducherry(formerly called Pondicherry) and referred as Pondy most of the times was ruled by the French until 1954.The French colony just on the other side of the 1.5 km long pondy coastline,is lined with colonial houses with the streets clean and quiet,people moving around on bicycles both young and old and the presence of the famous Sri Aurobindo Ashram adds to the beauty of this colony.

The Olive Ridley Turtles

Dead Olive ridley turtle on the shores of Pondicherry

The Olive ridley turtles are the smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world. Because of their olive colored carapace they get the name.They are best known for their unique mass nesting called Arribada(Meaning arrival in Spanish).This unique behaviour where thousands of females come together on the same beach to lay eggs increases their offspring's chances of survival.They are carnivores and feed on shrimp, snails, crabs,fishes and their eggs.
Reason for increase in the number of deaths:
Though turtles spend their entire live in the ocean they would come up every 40-45 minutes as they are air breathing reptiles and when they are entangled in trawl nets, they are dragged for over 1 to 3 hours without air which may result in their death or they are beaten to death with heavy objects or the flippers are chopped off to remove them from the nets.Government has issued various guidelines to the fishers to save these turtles and also to use Turtle Excluder Devices , a net specially designed with an exit cover which allows the turtles to escape while retaining the fish catch.

The Olive ridley turtles which are endemic to India ,Cental America and the Pacific coasts hopefully maybe protected because of the efforts of various NGOs working towards saving them.

Travel Photos - It's better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times.

Sakleshpur Railway Trek , Karnataka

The Green Route "Trek on the Railway Track", is a stretch of track from Sakleshpur to the Subramanya railroad station.This track, that traverses some distance of the Western Ghats, had been abandoned, but now the track has been converted to broad-gauge. It forms a part of 56.80 km stretch from Sakleshpur to Kukke Subrahmanya, dotted by 58 tunnels, 109 bridges and about 25 waterfalls.

Dubare Elephant Camp, Coorg

Situated on the banks of River Cauvery and around 30kms from Coorg,Dubare Elephant camp gives an opportunity to the visitors to give elephant a bath.

Hoysala Architecture at Somanthapura

Somanathapura is famous for the Chennakesava Temple and has one of the best Hoysala architecture.It is around 130kms from Bangalore and is one of the best day trips.
Read more : Somanathapura Blog


Sunrise at Nanjungud
There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free.
Don’t miss so many of them. 
- Jo Walton

Sunset at Kaziranga National Park,Assam

Kaziranga National Park is famous for the Greater one horned Rhinocerous/The Indian One Horned Rhinoceros
Check my blog Kaziranga National Park Blog

Step Cultivation(terrace agriculture)  at Khonoma Village,Nagaland

Take me anywhere

Kodaikanal

The Jama Masjid,Hyderabad

The Jama Masjid is the oldest and the most famous mosque in Hyderabad which is just a few meters away from Charminar, in Hyderabad.The ruins of an old Turkish bath lies within the premises of the Masjid.

A Flower Seller at the temple entrance

Kurinji Adavar Temple | Murugan temple at Kodaikanal


An early morning at pondy beach

Tibetan Monstery, Bylakuppe, Coorg

Bylakuppe is home for Tibetan Settlements in India which was established in 1961.An estimated 20,000 Tibetans live in the settlements, these were established on land leased by the state government to accommodate some of the Tibetan expatriates who came to resettle in India after 1959.

Travel is never a matter of money but of courage.
-Paulo Coelho

Every cloud has a silver lining

Check out my earlier blog about Badami Trip



Sacred Trees

Check out my post about hampi Trip

The Goal of travel is to explore yourself

'Travel is about the GORGEOUS feeling of teetering in the unknown'

Life is a boat

Explore,Dream,Discover 
-Mark Twain

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu

I want to make memories all over the world

"All JOURNEYS HAVE SECRET DESTINATIONS OF WHICH THE TRAVELLER IS UNKNOWN." -MARTIN BUBER

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
Rabindranath Tagore

Chennakeshava temple complex at belur,Karanataka

Some people feel the rain,others just get wet

“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.” ― G.K. Chesterton

There's a whole world out there

Indian President Mr.Pranab Mukherjee during the opening ceremony of Horn bill Festival,2013,Nagaland

"To travel is to live"

To travel is to live

You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself - Buddha

Be where you want to be

Be where you want to be

“Travel brings power and love back into your life.” 
― Rumi