Ahilya Fort - Indore via New Delhi

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I saw this article in the recent Travel & Leisure - Feb 2009. Absolutely love the view and quaint-ness of the whole place. It looks like it is quite possible to just run away from reality in this place for the next 5 days.

As quoted by Travel & Leisure:

"From the ruins of a 242-year-old fortress on a sacred river in the town of Maheshwar, India, the remote 14-room Ahilya Fort is reimagined as a quiet, all-inclusive retreat."

The view is breathtaking!

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Just the thought of sleeping in this ... is like travelling to a different world..

© Travel & Leisure Magazine - Feb 2009

I can just picture the vibrancy and the shift in life's vibrations staying a few days in the Fort!

Best Time to Go!

(courtesy of Travel & Leisure Magazine - Feb 2009)

October through March

Maheshwar is pleasantly warm and dry.

Getting There

(courtesy of Travel & Leisure Magazine - Feb 2009)

Fly:

Jet Airways from Delhi(1.5hrs)/ Mumbai(1.25hrs) to Indore.

Hotel can arrange for transfer, or it will be a 2.5hr taxi ride.

http://www.ahilyafort.com/factsheet.htm

$$ Budget

U.S.$520 p/night, for doubles, with full board and excursions.

Sounds good, you will just have to add in:

(i) flight from New Delhi/ Mumbai to Indore

(ii) SIN - Mumbai/ New Delhi

Summary

I reckon this would be a wonderful place to spend 3 - 5 days, just living at a different beat to city life. Wonderful alone or with a special someone!

Why this blog?

I love travel, but I'm so busy living life (a.k.a. working), that when I take time out for the trip, it must meet a few tenets. Now, simple as these tenets are, it is not easy to find such information on the humongously huge World Wide Web, despite Google (sorry folks, I love the stuff you do, but this one's lacking).

Hence, I started saving to my FAVOURITES weblinks, all those places that I love. Again, Google has let me down, because I havent got a Phd from Stanford to figure how to export their bookmarks.

BUT, a bright spark came about (maybe I do qualify for that Stanford Phd after all!), I could use Google's Blogger and put up stuff I love, so that when I want to travel, I can refer to it, and in the mean time, other people can post their opinions here too!

So, here we go!

A Couple of Tenets to the creation of this blog:

1. TIME - For the "I wanna change the world" super individual, TIME is more important than money (The magazine included too). Thus, you will see that on the listings column, we use days as categories rather than geographic locations of the world. The "days" factor includes travel time. So, you can straight away see your options, when you only have a couple of days on hand.

2. DEEP EXPERIENCES - Yes, we pay more for these, but again, for the "I wanna change the world" super individual: When I REST, I wanna REST DEEPLY. When I do ADVENTURE, I wanna take it to the LIMITS. By the time, you have travelled the world, few cities or beach fronts excite you in general. The specific DEEP EXPERIENCE must be lived up.

3. DISCOUNTS, (BONUS) - Just because I am a financially-able "I wanna change the world" super individual, it doesn't mean I have to be ripped off. So, there is also a special mention to get good deals (of course, if it costs too much time, then it is not worth it!)


Finally, add in YOUR own experiences, and lets make this fun!


Cheers,



Winston