My Trip My Way My Trip My Way My Trip My Way
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My Trip My Way My Trip My Way My Trip My Way
June 2016 Issue TRIPPEDIA An E-Magazine from Tripmamu.com EL TRAV ET G BUD ER N PLAN DE INSI INTERNATIONAL & DOMESTIC Where to go this weekend ? My Trip My Way ... West Bengal Special by Mr. M. V. S. Mani C.E.O. & Founder Future Focus Infotech Pvt. Ltd. 10 things to do ! The proud release of Tripmamu.com Thailand Special Welcome PAGE ...to the first issue of Trippedia. A new digital magazine created by Tripmamu.com the true online travel market place. Trippedia is created and published by the hardworking team of Tripmamu.com (NASSCOM incubated Travel Startup) Trippedia will be the resource wing of tripmamu.com and committed to provide the latest trend, location guidance and other offers related to the places traveller like to travel. No responsibility will be accepted for unsolicited manuscripts and photos received. Despite careful selection of sources, no responsibility can be taken for accuracy. Trippedia blends our unrivalled first hand knowledge with the leading edge interactive technology to create the definitive guide to the world’s most visiting locations. In this issue we have showcased the personal experiences of influential people in India under My Trip My Way and other top trends in travel world... The publishers and the editors do not necessarily individually or collectively identify themselves with the views expressed by respective writers and contributors in this journal. The views expressed are those of the authors only. The magazine assumes no liability or responsibility of any kind in connection with the information there of. Enjoy the magazine and please share your valuable input to make it better for the reading pleasure. Yours, Team, Tripmamu.com 3 MY PAGE TRIP My 5 WAY PAGE 7 PAGE PAGE All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is strictly prohibited without written permission from the publisher. 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Bangkok, When we think of most of experiences talk about the night life, Thai Massage and Cheaper Stitched Suits and Pants. “Cheaper and closer destination for foreign trip. Now a days Conferences, even destination wedding is part of the plans in Bangkok.” T hough I have visited Bangkok 10 years back. It was for a meeting. It was one of early foreign trips. Remember few countries which offers visa on entry one is Bangkok. Very useful service for people who plans for short vacation and include massage or shopping. My wife, I and 2 of my sons planned to do a short vacation. Vacation which includes shopping, Site seeing. Foot print leisure organised the stay part Amari Boulevard. It is chain many properties they have in the city itself. Though stay was very comfortable non smelly restaurant, I would have preferred Amari Watergate close by many shopping malls. The flights timing and hotel has mismatch when we fly Asian countries. We land early morning and the check in time is @ 2 pm. Tired because of night flight and no proper sleep. We entered country with on visa on arrival. It costs BH 1000 (1 BHATT is RS 0.53). There is speed counter if we pay BH 200 each of us more but no bill for that. My agent fixed path finder to transport from airport to hotel. One thing is for sure Thailand scores very high on reception. Service side, I reserve my comment. Waiting in lobby, we planned to spend the evening very productively. We called the agent when we are waiting for the room to be allocated called the path finder to takes us to the show to SIAM NIRAMIT. They told including transport and food in the venue is BH 1500 per person. I realised that visiting places the entry tickets going to be expensive. Also remember we bargained few BH for our satisfaction. Pay up front for their trust. They will tell stories that we have to get ticket Etc., it is only for their trust. Unfortunately one of the website was informing us that it is BH 1750 per person. We were very happy to get it at BH 1500 including transport. Later we realised hotel offers us @ BH 1400. Every damn thing is for bargain, yes I mean it. Hotel where I stayed was occupied by many Arab tourists. The reception was not so helpful when we asked for a tooth-brush kit to use. They have to realise Indians spend for their economy grow. Took some rest and left the hotel to the SIAM NIRAMIT show by 5 Pm in the evening. Stage show is at 8 pm for 80 minutes. It has a place in Guinness books since the shows go on for years continuously and show was excellent. We reached the place by 5 PM we went around exhibits, different parts of Thailand beautifully exhibited. You can taste few food items which belong to various part of Thailand. They have massage done in open hall. I was told it is an authentic practice and you get good relief. Has Restaurant with variety of food, very clean and well organised specifically they have Indian vegetarian counter. After food went to the show. Really enjoyed the show. Don't miss it. When we were returning we planned to go to floating market next day and realised it is 120 km away from city approximately 1.5 hr journey. No idea of what is going to be experience got in to cab by morning 8 am which was pre arranged by my driver for pick up @ 7 am. The cost quoted for taxi was comparatively very less BH 1000. After some research driver dropped us in a one boat parking lot... a sales girl came and asked us how many of us, we said 4 , she explained and told us for us to have 1.5 hour boat ride it is 4000 BH. I was surprised, but we have travelled all the way to this place to do something. I bargained and got 3000 BH, when they accepted I realised I got cheated and it should be much less. And realized the taxi driver has huge commission in this deal. After my return foot print negotiated and got some money back. The boat ride was not very interesting, but you have shops alongside the canal and other side of the shop is land. Some handicrafts and local items are there and expensive. Some vendors who supplies food to this shop keepers sell from boats. If you get deal less 300 BH per person it is good deal to experience. All shops are expensive. Else you can go around many of boat stops through land. I assumed big market place in water where they come from various places and exchange goods. I was disappointed. After the floating market we got dropped in huge market place called chutachak week-end market. Very famous you will see locals come and shop you can buy even pets and puppies. Next day we took taxi and went to see grand palace, temple of emerald Buddha which is part of the same compound and Mr. M. V. Subramanian WAT PHO temple of Founder & CEO reclining Buddha. For Future Focus Infotech Pvt. Ltd. the first campus we @ ManiMVS hired an English speaking guide who helped us in understanding how the palace and temple was built and quiet interesting piece. Guide is must who cost us BH 400. The entry fee was BH 500 for each person. Though we were warned of TUK TUK. We did not have alternate to go to WAT PHO which was 1 km walk from palace, it was very hot day and we have to take TUK TUK. We got recommendation to pay 50 BH. I was thrilled when the TUK TUK drivers asked the same. They are one of those smartly dressed youngsters and with smiling face ,one of them asked me that he will just take small tour for the same money, where we will see one more big temple. We took 2 TUK TUK and first they took to temple, we came back and they took us to a jewellery show room. When we want inside I realised I am getting trapped. Shop has no people; they generally tell a price without realising those we from India jewellery is part of Indian woman hobby and anti-depressant. My wife told they are even cheating in diamond, showing the American diamonds which gen-erally free. We came out still keeping smiling face, then he told that one more shop where handcrafts are displayed and asked to spend little more time and requested that he will get benefits of coupon for filling up fuel. Again stupidly agreed and landed in irritating shopping. By then I decided to fight, came out he was upset by the speed we came out, he requested us for more shopping place. I refused and picked arguments and one of them left and we 4 of us travelled in same TUK TUK to destination. Warning whomever show you the catalogue of places to visit make it a point you don't hear, if possible avoid them. WAT PHO was excellent piece of art work need more time to go through you have traditional Thai massage. Make it a point to have massage that place it is the place where Thai massage originated from. Hah finally I was able to impress myself that Bangkok trip was memorable and useful. 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TRIPPEDIA BY TRIPMAMU.COM TRIPPEDIA BY TRIPMAMU.COM WEEKEND GATEWAY West Bengal Special S antiniketan, True to its name, is a quaint university town near kolkata. The Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore founded a school here which is now known as Viswa Bharathi Vidyapeet. The Uttarayan complex is one of the popular attractions which are where Tagore lived and is now converted to a museum and art gallery. Apart from its literary status, this town is peaceful weekend getaway to unwind from Kolkata's hustle and bustle. From : Prantik or Bolbur Station 2 km away. F iroz Minar is located a kilometer away from the Dakhil Darwaza. Built during Sultan Saifuddin Feroze Shah's rule, this five-storey tower is often touted as Malda's Qutab Minar. The first three storeys of the tower have twelve adjacent faces each, and the uppermost two storeys are circular in shape. The tourists can take the flight right up till the top of the tower. It is built in the Tughlaqi style of architecture and is also known as the Pir-Asha-Minar or the Chiragdani. From Malda : 52 KM (by taxi or Car). D eul Park is a nature's child, then your trip won't be complete without a trip down Deul Park. Take a bus and head down this expanse of green forests that have been turned into a resort. The park is perfect hideaway from the drone of the city. The park is bordered by Ajoy River and is frequented by flocks of elephants. It has been commercialized to accommodate a few water rides, a resort, lawns for picnics etc. If you want to spend more than a few hours there, then they also have overnight lodging facilities. One of the prime attractions of the place is the Ichai Park. From Durgapur Station/Bus Station/Airport: 28.8 KM (by Taxi or Car) B uilt by the British East India Company, near the banks of the river Hooghly in 1781, it served as the guard room to prevent Muslim invaders to enter the state. It's now under the property of the Indian Army as the headquarters of the East Command. As you enter the premises you are greeted with large colorful gardens in the middle surrounded by the magnificent fort which still manages to show its grandeur over the obvious restructuring over the years. Impeccably dressed Indian Army personnel can be seen going about their duties in the fitting discipline of an army. It's a popular place for sight seeing in Kolkata. A part of the fort has been turned into a museum housing arms, guns, armors, swords, relics along with photographs of Burma Campaign and the Bangladesh Liberation War, transports you to that era. From Dumdum Ariport: 19.5 KM (by Taxi or Car) J ahan Kosha is a kilometer off Katra. Janardan Karmakar of Dhaka, a small craftsman at the time, built this imposing cannon. The 7 ton Cannon literally menas 'the Destroyer of the World'. In addition to the 18 feet tall cannon, another attraction is the beautiful Kadam Sharif Mosque which contains the replica of the footprint of Hazrat Mohammad, the prophet. From Murshidabad Station : 3.6 kilometer (by Car). G arh Jungle is the place is meant for the nature lover but even if you aren't the nature's child, not seeing Garh Jungle will leave you with regrets. It is also known as the Dharma Garh of Raja Surath. It is the same place where Raja Surath performed Durga Puja under the guidance Mahamuni Medhas. The place is believed to be one of the oldest in the country and even today, Durga Pooja is performed every evening in the jungle temple. From Durgapur Station/ Bus Stop/ Airport: 20.9 KM (by Taxi or Car). 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