My Travel Experience

I had planned to visit Manila in the first quarter of 2016.   Accordingly, the visa was arranged in Dec 2015. It was a surprise for me to note that I was given only 3 months single entry visa valid for 14 days.   On the contrary, first time UK visa itself was valid for 6 months.   However, the visit could not be materialized in the first quarter as the fruitfulness was envisaged to be better in the second quarter of 2016.   I had to re-apply for the Philippines visa in April 2016 giving sufficient reasons as to why I had not utilized the previous visa.   Finally, my journey to Manila took off on 11 th May.   The flight was Dragon Air upto Hongkong and Cathay Pacific to Manila.  The flight to Hongkong was scheduled at 1.30 AM, but with advance notice through SMS, it actually departed at 3.00 AM IST and landed in Hongkong around 11.00 am local time.  The connecting flight was at 2.30 pm.  It was a very pleasant surprise to note that in...

After a very long time, we the family of four, decided to visit a tourist spot on account of a special occasion. For those of you who are not aware of the occasion, I will let you know the same a little later. Considering the occasion, an overseas trip also figured in the discussion.   However, as four of us could not get the required leave, plans were kept in abeyance.   Karthik went ahead and booked a trip to Tirupati for 3 days.   Prior to a week of departure, he informed us of the trip.   I then took the responsibility of booking accommodation.   We tried Devasthanam rooms, but nothing was available as it was a last minute.   I remembered someone had told me about Hotel Bhimas.   Found the phone number through Google and made a call.   The person on the other side informed me that the booking is made.   I insisted he sending me a message.   He said not to worry.   I was cursing his callous attitude. 16 th Jan 2016 : As some...