Aurangabad is a good base to explore Ajanta and Ellora caves, besides certain other historic places and Shirdi. It is possible to combine Ajanta and Ellora caves visit in one day but it can get very tiring. I did Ajanta
Ajanta and Ellora caves
Ajanta Caves A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ajanta caves are rock cut Buddhist cave monuments located about 100 kms from Aurangabad. They are believed to have been built in phases between 2ndcentury BCE and 5thcentury CE. Drive from Aurangabad It
St. Petersburg, the cultural capital
I landed in St. Petersburg 2 hours earlier than the initial plan. It was very exciting to have finally set foot in Russia. The airport itself was nothing fancy but what struck me first on the drive to the city were
Russia – Travel pointers
Vegetarian food There is no dearth of restaurants in St. Petersburg, Sochi or Moscow. Except Sochi where I thought the choices for vegetarians was limited, there are plenty of choices for vegetarian food. There are few Indian restaurants as well.
Why do Russians clap whenever flights land at the airports?
I took 2 domestic flights…from St Petersburg to Sochi and then Sochi to Moscow. On both the occasions, as soon as the flight landed, most of the Russians would clap. I did try to check with couple of co-passengers but