<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175638878922663703</id><updated>2011-07-08T07:43:54.948-07:00</updated><title type='text'>excursions</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smexcursion.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175638878922663703/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smexcursion.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>SM</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175638878922663703.post-8748752173604753690</id><published>2009-09-18T09:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T10:29:21.093-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lansdowne, India</title><content type='html'>Okies, so here we have the pics from trip to Lansdowne, a very beautiful calm and quite place near Kotdwar in Garhwal, Uttaranchal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The smooth drive near Bijnore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrOwgB4TWTI/AAAAAAAACs0/nwBvY4VDI5Q/s1600-h/Picture+014.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382840043944761650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrOwgB4TWTI/AAAAAAAACs0/nwBvY4VDI5Q/s320/Picture+014.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First view of Lansdowne, although I failed to make out much from here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrOxmcQL8hI/AAAAAAAACs8/y0iLgHmAM6E/s1600-h/Picture+076.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382841253615104530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrOxmcQL8hI/AAAAAAAACs8/y0iLgHmAM6E/s200/Picture+076.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Way to GMVN guest house 'Tip-In-Top'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrO-Fo73tOI/AAAAAAAACt8/DoERiWc22RY/s1600-h/Picture+118.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382854983735031010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrO-Fo73tOI/AAAAAAAACt8/DoERiWc22RY/s320/Picture+118.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Log huts in GMVN guest house 'Tip In Top'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrOyYGIbdUI/AAAAAAAACtE/DVZY-2uV1C8/s1600-h/Picture+082.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382842106670445890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrOyYGIbdUI/AAAAAAAACtE/DVZY-2uV1C8/s320/Picture+082.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The other huts at GMVN, 'Tip In Top'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrOzRfULCcI/AAAAAAAACtM/W7KNkS54GWY/s1600-h/Picture+103.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382843092683131330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrOzRfULCcI/AAAAAAAACtM/W7KNkS54GWY/s320/Picture+103.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;St. Mary's Church&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrO0VQ1jHkI/AAAAAAAACtU/3b8HtrTg_10/s1600-h/Picture+123.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382844257027694146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrO0VQ1jHkI/AAAAAAAACtU/3b8HtrTg_10/s320/Picture+123.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The refreshing 'Bhulla Tal'. Enjoy peaceful boating here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrO2ERs7XkI/AAAAAAAACtc/DExMFZTobPY/s1600-h/Picture+132.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382846164225449538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 82px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrO2ERs7XkI/AAAAAAAACtc/DExMFZTobPY/s320/Picture+132.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lansdowne bazaar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrO3NlYPn7I/AAAAAAAACtk/g7neY4CrT3Y/s1600-h/Picture+171.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382847423637856178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrO3NlYPn7I/AAAAAAAACtk/g7neY4CrT3Y/s320/Picture+171.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GMVN guest house near Lansdowne Bazaar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrO7xtr8jSI/AAAAAAAACt0/nXEgy6OLDgM/s1600-h/Picture+261.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382852442389777698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrO7xtr8jSI/AAAAAAAACt0/nXEgy6OLDgM/s320/Picture+261.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Uttaranchal beauty... from Sunrise Point, near 'Tip In Top'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrO5UNSxSCI/AAAAAAAACts/bKOQ5cJdcrk/s1600-h/Picture+218.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382849736454785058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrO5UNSxSCI/AAAAAAAACts/bKOQ5cJdcrk/s320/Picture+218.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy the aimless walk.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrO_knqX1mI/AAAAAAAACuE/1m4jxC6_joo/s1600-h/Picture+177.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382856615480776290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrO_knqX1mI/AAAAAAAACuE/1m4jxC6_joo/s320/Picture+177.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, that's about it. Enjoy nature in its purest form.....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175638878922663703-8748752173604753690?l=smexcursion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175638878922663703/posts/default/8748752173604753690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175638878922663703/posts/default/8748752173604753690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smexcursion.blogspot.com/2009/09/lansdowne-india.html' title='Lansdowne, India'/><author><name>SM</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k5uzqFK1EQo/SrOwgB4TWTI/AAAAAAAACs0/nwBvY4VDI5Q/s72-c/Picture+014.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175638878922663703.post-8103578855222793571</id><published>2009-09-18T08:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T09:00:18.509-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Journey begins</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Hmm.. so I too start blogging now. Never got too serious about it, but then what actually prompted me to blog was to pay back all those who have posted about their trips to various locations. And their piece of information had been quite handy for me to plan my own trips. So, better late than never, here I begin with sharing what all info I have with me. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most of these blogs shall have more of pics than text, because this is what I usually find lacking in other blogs, i.e to actually get to see the locations I plan to visit (can become a deciding factor, if you have  more than one in your mind). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Okies than, here we go......&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175638878922663703-8103578855222793571?l=smexcursion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://smexcursion.blogspot.com/feeds/8103578855222793571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://smexcursion.blogspot.com/2009/09/journey-begins.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175638878922663703/posts/default/8103578855222793571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175638878922663703/posts/default/8103578855222793571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://smexcursion.blogspot.com/2009/09/journey-begins.html' title='Journey begins'/><author><name>SM</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
