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Agra and the Taj

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A nother trip planned and executed in the last moment! Agra was never in my list for this year. But when Wilson and his brother Livi came to Delhi and after spending a couple of days in Harydwar & Rishikesh , Livi declared he to see the Taj. He kept on saying he has to see the Taj and take a photo standing in front of the epitome of Love! Neither myself nor Wilson were actually interested. Also we were tired after the 2 days in Haridwar. Moreover, I thought "Epitome of Love.." my foot! However these lil brothers can be very hard to convince and they have their own methods of convincing us! {I know because I'm also a younger brother to someone.. :-) } We could sleep only for just 5 hrs after coming back from Haridwar. The taxi came to pick us at 6:00 AM. Livi was excited and he sat in the front eagerly watching everything on the way while the other two of us slept peacefuly in the back seat! When we woke up it was around 9:30 AM and we were somewhere in Uttar Prades...

Munnar - A Summer gateway of Kerala

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Feb 1 & 2 2008 Munnar - God's Own country 3 close friends get seperated and then settle in 3 different states (Karnataka, Haryana and... United States!) Initially they were in touch with each other regularly and as days goes by, slowly each of them becomes busy with their own issues, bugs, test cases, re-builds, and warehousings. Then suddenly one day they hear the song " Yaadon Ki Barat Nikhali... " They realise that they have been missing each other for almost 2 yrs and plan to meet in munnar. And they do meet! Sounds very filmy? Well... eventhough many things said above is not true, 3 of us (Abdul Nabi working in an It company in Bangalore, Joseph Wilson from US and myself) planned a trip to munnar after almost 2 yrs. Why munnar? Because its a beautiful hill station in Kerala. Because it was very hot in the plains at that time. Because Ooty, Yearkaud and other places have been visited n number of times. So we decided its Munnar (3 streams) Munnar got its name becau...