Budget Travels by Divya

Hi Folks! I will talk about our 3 day trip to Araku Valley, situated around 120kms from Visakhapatnam, the port city of Andhra Pradesh. We started from Hyderabad, and we went on this trip in July,2016. All costs mentioned below are in Indian Rupees(INR), for 2 pax Suggested Itinerary: Day 1: Tribal Museum, Coffee Museum, Local Shopping Day 2: Borra Caves, Cheparai Falls, Padmapuram Gardens Cost of Trip: Train Tickets To & Fro, from Hyderabad: 3100Rs Hotel: 2500Rs Food & Sight-Seeing: 3300Rs Total: 9000Rs Trip in Detail: We took the Garib Rath express, an overnight train, from Hyderabad to Visakhapatnam. The train reached Visakhapatnam at around 8am, the next morning. There are two ways of getting around: 1. Book the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department package, enjoy their day long package and a drop back to Visakhapatnam in the evening (Excellent for a one day trip) 2. Go to Araku Valley on own means (Private Vehicle/ Taxi/ Bus services) and enjoy longer stay...

Hello People! I will talk about our 3 day Coorg Trip in this post, that we went in June, 2016. Coorg/Kodagu is a district in the Indian state of Karnataka and Madikeri or Mercara is this small hill station nestled in greenery all around. All costs mentioned below are in Indian Rupees(INR), for 2 pax. Suggested Itinerary: Day 1: Central Square, Madikeri Fort, Raja's Seat, Raja's Tomb, Omkareshwar Temple, Abbey Falls, Thalacauvery & Bhagamandalam Day 2: Dubare Elephant Camp, Namdroling Monastery, Nisargdhama, Day 3: Nalaknad Palace & Tadiandamole Trek Cost of Trip: Train till Bangalore(From Hyderabad) and Bus to Coorg (To & Fro for 2 Pax): 6200Rs Hotel:1360Rs Food & Sight-seeing: 3200Rs Total: 10,700Rs Trip in Detail: We started from Hyderabad and took a train to Bangalore (You can also drive down, but we chose to go by train and then a bus from Bangalore to Madikeri). We reached Bangalore in the morning, and the bus was at 9am from the Mysore ...

This is the final post on our 10 day Himachal Trip. I will describe our experiences in Dharamshala, Mcleodganj and Dalhousie. Suggested Itinerary: Day 1: Dalai Lama Temple, Triund Trek Day 2: Dharamshala Cricket Ground, Church of St. Johns in the Wilderness, transfer to Dalhousie Day 3: Khajjiar, Rock Garden, Chamera Lake View, Rabi River Bank, Tibetan Market, Gandhi Market Trip in Detail: We headed to Dharamshala from Kullu. We took a bus till Mandi and from Mandi, took another bus to head to Dharamshala. Dharamshala is the town at the foothill while Mcleodganj is on top of the hill. We reached Mcleodganj at around 6pm. We dropped our bags in the  hotel and headed out for dinner. We wanted to try out the local cuisine in Mcleodganj. Now, Mcleod is a very hippie place with lot of youngsters, foreigners and monks! We hardly came across any honeymooners or family groups! A quick walk lead us to the Mcleodganj square. It has lot of Tibetan and Chinese joints where one ca...