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Mangalore Beaches- Camp 21 (Nov'21)

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Mangalore Beaches (Batapady, Someshwara) Place -                                    Mangalore, Karnataka Closest airport -                   Mangalore Closest train station -          Mangalore Distance from Bangalore -  370km (~9 hours with breaks) Place we stayed -                  Camp 21, Mangalore (http://www.camp21holidays.com/) Itinerary -  Day 1 - Reach Camp-21 Day 2 - Leisure at beach, Boating in Talapady backwater mangroves, Barbeque @ beach Day 3 - Leisure at beach,  Day 4 - Deep Sea swimming, Someshwara beach, Back to Bangalore Trip planning : Ever since we shifted to our new home in August, we were blessed to have our family members (from both sides) visiting us and staying with us. In fact, we tried for Mangalore trip in September/October itself when my father & mother were here, but it could not materialize because we couldn't get a decent accommodation. Tatva and Amber were really missing beach and sea, also Amber was getting desperate to take our new car on a l

2013 travel - England and Scotland.

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 A bagpiper near Edinburgh Castle Place :   England and Scotland Skye Bridge   Place we stayed at:        London:            At my brother-in-law, Prashant 's place.      Edinburgh:       PearlView, Lorriane's place.     Isle of Skye:     Hillcrest, Chrissie's place in Broadford.              People are very friendly in Scotland. You will have very limited hotel options in Scotland. So it is advisable to stay in homely environment where you can enjoy the culture and real traditional food they eat and cook for you too :). Below 2 links always come handy for booking accommodation, especially when you yourself are planning the trip. We used both of it heavily. https://www.airbnb.com/ www.tripadvisor.com  Note: If Scotland is in your itinerary then you will need to start booking the accommodation very early, specially if you are planning for Isle of Skye/Lochalsh. Out of 20 queries we made, we got availability in only