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My Panchgani Diary

My     PANCHGANI    Diary THE IDEA - The rolling hills and silver oaks invited us to visit them at Panchgani. We had heard a lot about the breathtaking view from every corner of Panchgani and were intrigued. So finally, we decided to make the trip in December 2009. Yes! My mother and I are just back from the cozy town of Panchgani. THE PLACE - Panchgani is around 21 kms (30 mins) before the other more popular and populated sister hill station, Mahabaleshwar. It is in the state of Maharashtra, India and an ideal place for a quick getaway. The travel agents tried very hard persuading us to go to Mahabaleshwar instead but we were firm on our decision. http://www.indiatravels.org/panchgani.htm tells us About Panchgani Panchgani earned fame when John Chessen, a British Warrant Officer founded it in 1854 and formulated it with a grant from the Governer of Bombay. He chose the place to experiment and to create it into a European-style health resort. The ancien...
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Tasty Goan Fish curry, price within easy reach

When in Goa, you must taste the most popular Fish curry, hopefully with your choice of fish i.e. Ravas or Surmai. We chanced upon Le Jardin, the restaurant when we stepped down from the bus we traveled from Mumbai. We were very closed to Hotel Satyaheera near the Mapusa circle. We were getting our bearings as we were new to Mapusa and were quite hungry too.   Le Jardin is located at the corner junction, close to Hotel Satyaheera, on the road leading to the  Alankar  movie theatre. Close by and neighbouring shops are  Kajughar, Punjab and Sind lassiwala, Kesari.  The restaurant serves Non- Veg and Veg in separate areas.  The place is warm with wooden  interiors. We ordered the Fish Thali which came with rice, chapati, a large bowl of goan fish curry with surmai / king fish ( 2 pieces) in each thali, fish fry (one medium piece), veg bhaji, dessert.  Now comes the best part !!!  The Fish Thali was for Rs. 120 only. They refilled the gr...
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Orchha - the land of Architectural History

We were planning a holiday and looking for a new destination.  We were anyway planning on visiting St. Jude’s Shrine in Jhansi. While looking for hotels, I came across some lovely resorts in Orchha.  Researching on this new place opened up quite a few interesting facts and snippets of history. I got to know that Orchha is a town in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh state, India. The town was established by Maharaja Rudra Pratap Singh in 1501, , who became the first King of Orchha. Orchha was the seat of an eponymous former princely state of central India, in the Bundelkhand region. Orchha lies on the Betwa River, 80 km from Tikamgarh & 15 km from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh. The medieval city of Orchha seems to have frozen in time, its palaces and temples still retaining their original grandeur. HERITAGE  -  A visit to this ancient capital of Bundelkhand, with its 16th and 17th century palaces and temples situated on the banks of the Betwa river, wil...
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