Usha's Odyssey

Once my husband who is a Cardiologist was invited to give a lecture at Bijapur Medical college. To get there we went by train to Sholapur. On reaching we spent sometime in the market. Than we took a taxi to drive to Bijapur. This memory evoked my mind to think of all that we saw in Bijapur and places we visited from there onwards. Bijapur is in northern Karnataka, on the Deccan plateau. His lecture was held at a Medical college on the out skirts of the town. Next day we wen

Most people go to Bhutan by Air flying from New Delhi to Paro. But in our case we flew to Bagdodra via Calcutta. We had decided to go by road, a long journey but we travelled by a very comfortable SUV and were very happy. In those days Mobile phones perhaps were not there. So we made a booking by a phone with a travel agent recommended by a friend. Communication was very poor. We saw two luxirious Innova SUV waiting for us at the airport and were very happy. We all first went

From Ecuador and the Galápagos, we finally arrived in Lima, the last stretch of our long South American journey. By then, South America no longer felt unfamiliar—it felt lived in. The rhythm of travel had settled into us, and yet Peru brought a different kind of anticipation. It carried the weight of history. Peru is a country in western South America, known for its diverse geography including the Andes mountains, Amazon rainforest, and Pacific coast; its rich history as the

Lakshadweep A group of islands off the Malabar Coast of south-western India, constituting a Union Territory in India, capital, Kavaratti. The group consists of the Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands. In 1982 we had gone to Bangaram, an Island Of Lakshdweep. It is at the level of Cochin. The island's beach resort opened in 1974, and as the Agatti Aerodrome was completed it became more accessible to tourists. The Indian government is also pushing tourism on the island, w

This was my second visit to Kutch. I had gone there earlier with my Husband who was a popular Cardiologist for teaching in India. Later on a new Technology called Echocardiography started and he was the first person to introduce that in Mumbai. He invited the famous doctor from Norway, who was the pioneer in inventing this technology after 2nd World war. He was inspired while walking along the beach looking at broken ships. This new Technology transformed the practice of ma