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Travelhackingwithmanju

INDIA | Wednesday, 27 May 2015 | Views [99] | Scholarship Entry

What life teaches you in 25 years, Sitanadi condenses and crash teaches the same in eight hours. Gyan in the greens? Just one night at the Sitanadi forest guest house in Chattisgarh enlightens you on a zillion things.
That tandoori naans, when left to their own devices, undergo rigor mortis to become so stiff in six hours, they can be had only after you dunk it in water for two hours! That when you don’t have a good accompaniment for your rotis, you can split open the oily samosa – the breakfast leftover - junk the flour wrap and finish your meal with the filling alone! That the juice of Aloe Vera works as a natural mosquito repellant at those times when you brought a fancy electric repellant, and there is no power!! That the grim ant-hill next to the forest guest house has inspired scientists to build search algorithms in web search engines like Google. That's Sitanadi for you, a place undiscovered by the average tourist and waiting to be cherished by the worthy travellers. If you can carry soup powder and a packet of instant noodles, you're sorted with your food and you are ready to explore the Wildlife National Park in India's most beautiful state called Chattisgarh. That is the beauty of Sitanadi. It look as though Sitanadi had saved itself as a virgin for the right visitor and gives her entire beauty to those who seek her. Sitanadi is a place that needs to be sought, wooed and pursued. The place with its lush forests, bewildering wilderness, amazing array of birds and animals is a veritable destination for those chosen ones who are prepared to leave the road well travelled. Meet me at Hyderabad at 9 am on May 31 as I am going there all over again and will take you along. Don't forget your mosquito repellent though...

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