My UP Trip ! (Part I - Day 1) - Brindavan
Dear Readers, Good to meet you after a very long break. Last week I took my first vacation in 4 years, with my last vacation plans to Tadoba in 2020 cancelled just as Covid had started peaking. This trip was kind of extensive and long with 4 of us visiting Vrindavan, Ayodhya, Prayagraj and Kashi (aka Benares / Varanasi) for over 8 days. First, started with our Pune- Delhi flight and caught a cab to Vrindavan. The Delhi-Vrindavan flight duration was around 3 hours, and we reached Vrindavan by around 3 pm. The driver spoke to me and got to know of our plans and was keen to drive us to Mathura and mainly Ayodhya which is a drive of 8+ hours from Vrindavan. But we managed to keep him at bay. One of the novelties for us in this tour is that we had booked home stays instead of hotels which was beneficial from a cost point of view but also gave some uncertainty on the quality of the stays. It was cold in UP in all the places where we went. Stay in Vrindavan was in a Home Stay flat and th...