My first visit to the Chilika Lake in Jan 2017 was for content for a resort. It was peak season, and I would have loved to stay near the lake, but the brief was to stay at Puri and cover areas that could be visited from Puri. And so, I did the usual touristy thing, taking a boat for half the day. Which is why, on my next visit to Odisha, if there was one thing I was clear about, it was that I wanted to stay near the lake, at least for a day, if not more. However, unlike my first visit, the second was in end of May, and the season was long ended. There would be no birds, I was warned by anyone and everyone I spoke to, including the people at the stays I was considering. But those who know me, know how stubborn I can be, and so I persisted. I eventually decided to stay at two of the Odisha eco-tourism resorts, at Mangalajodi and Rajhans, keen on experiencing the lake, even minus the birds. I had expected it to be hot, but as it turned out, the rains turned out to be even bigger spoilspo...
Returning back to Mumbai, I found an opportunity to visit a place I had been planning to, for a long time.... the Joshi Museum of Miniature Railways in Pune...
As miniature railway enthusiasts, the only thing which stops us from setting up our own railway system is the lack of space! Visiting the miniature cities in Europe remains a far off dream, and the museum set up by the Joshis in Pune is the only one of its kind in India.
To read more about it, click on the link below:
As miniature railway enthusiasts, the only thing which stops us from setting up our own railway system is the lack of space! Visiting the miniature cities in Europe remains a far off dream, and the museum set up by the Joshis in Pune is the only one of its kind in India.
To read more about it, click on the link below:
जयपुर से निकली गाडी दिल्ली चले हल्ले हल्ले. I remembered the song from Sridevi and Rishi from yhe film Gurudev where this type of miniature railway musuem was shown along with a city. But that was quite large.
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