The Curious Mamma

Hello everyone, a very happy new year to you all! As I write my first blog post of the year 2023, I wish everyone a year filled with exploration, discovery, and growth! There still are a couple of interesting places from Uttarakhand  about which I want to write. But, our experiences from the recent visit to Maharashtra are worth writing about, too. So, instead of adding to the writing wishlist, let me share them with you while they are still fresh on my mind. I pray god to always enrich my life with such experiences, keeping my writing wishlist overflowing forever! So, which place in Maharashtra did we visit? I'm giving you some clues, and you've to guess. It is a laid-back hill station in southern Maharashtra, that lies in the Sahyadri hills and receives the highest rainfall in the state. Known for its rich bio-diversity, this place is swarmed by tourists during Monsoon season. Any guesses?  The place is Amboli. Why did we visit this monsoon destination during the winters? Th...

Hello everyone, after your overwhelming response to my previous post , I'm delighted to share my experiences with  itinerary  planning, just in case that helps you. Actually, the word "planning" sounds so trite these days, thanks to the corporate world for all those long and nonproductive planning meetings. But, when it comes to trips, ceremonies, or festivities, the same word feels so enlivening! Remember the school trips? As soon as the teacher made the most awaited school trip announcement, our discussions and planning would start. Amongst the things to be carried along, the thing of paramount importance would be the food. After all, the school trip was the only occasion when we could share things like cupcakes, chips (wafers, as we used to call them at that time), sandwiches, toffees, and chewing-gums with our school friends. Wasn't that exciting? Image courtesy: https://twitter.com/poohbearwisdom/status/1220676113313280000 The process of planning the Uttarakhand ...

Hey there, hope you are doing good. After the post on a solo trip (with kids) to Channapatna , here I come, with a series of posts related to my family vacation to Uttarakhand , the land of cosmic mountains, breathtaking landscapes, thrilling adventures, holy places, yoga, and wellness.  Let's begin our conversation with a question. How do you usually pick a holiday destination? For a long weekend, you must be going for the places already known to you or new places suggested by your friends or Google baba. If you have a little longer holidays, you must either be visiting famous tourist places like Maldives (the new celebrity destination), Singapore, Bali, and so on! If you have a specific purpose in your mind, like trekking or pilgrimage or adventure, you must be looking for places that fulfill the same. What was our reason for plumping for Uttarakhand? The answer is 'none of the above'. We wanted to visit Uttarakhand for some of the really unusual reasons. Curious? Do rea...