Nominated for "Liebster Award"

It is awesome for being nominated. Thank you very much Ranjani and VJ Sharma for nominating our blog for "Liebster Award". It is a honor to be nominated by fellow bloggers. This motivates us to continue writing the blog.

The Liebster Award: 

The Liebster Award is given to recognize and/or discover new bloggers and welcome them to the world of blogging. 

Rules:

If you have been nominated for The Liebster Award AND YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT, write a blog post about the Liebster award in which you:

1. thank the person who nominated you, and post a link to their blog on your blog.

2. display the award on your blog — by including it in your post and/or displaying it using a “widget” or a “gadget”. (Note that the best way to do this is to save the image to your own computer and then upload it to your blog post.)

3. answer 11 questions about yourself, which will be provided to you by the person who nominated you.

4. nominate 5 – 11 blogs that you feel deserve the award, who have a less than 1000 followers. (Note that you can always ask the blog owner this since not all blogs display a widget that lets the readers know this information!)

5. create a new list of questions for the blogger to answer.

6. list these rules in your post (You can copy and paste from here.) Once you have written and published it, you then have to:

7. inform the people/blogs that you nominated that they have been nominated for the Liebster award and provide a link for them to your post so that they can learn about it (they might not have ever heard of it!)

Below are the answers to Ranjani's questions:

1. Why do you love travelling?

There are lot to learn from travelling and it is fun. Right from the time we leave our home, there are many new and different things we see around us. We come to know about the history, various cultures, behaviors of the people, food habit, their architect, art , jewelry , dressing etc.

2. What made you start writing the blog? Who/what became your inspiration?

We always wanted to share our thoughts to the world. But never got any topic write. One day we struggle to get information on particular location and its details. After lot of search and wait we were able to get details. This inspired as to write blog on travel and provide information such that people don't waste time.

3. What are your tips to make the trip memorable?

• Travel together with family/friends.
• Make your own itinerary
• Enjoy at your own pace and don't be in hurry to cover all the places.

4. What was one of the most unusual/unexpected travel experience you’ve encountered?

There are quite a few unusual/unexpected travel experience. Sharing one of them below.

It was first time driving car in USA and had to cover 3 hours journey. When we had covered half the way and driving in free way, completely on the left (carpool) lane, car display indicator started showing "Low Tire Pressure". We were not aware of the nearby places, how to handle such situation in USA nor we had mobile to call for help. We managed to exit the freeway, travelled few miles and asked nearby people for gas station with pressure check and was lucky to find one. The gentleman in the gas station was very helpful. He helped us and did not take any money from us.

5. What are the most important things you take care when planning for a trip (write 3 points)?
a) Camera and Battery (very important :))
b) Hotel reservation
c) Clothing

6. Which is your best trip so far?
Tough question to answer. There are lot of good travel memories in our 8 years of travel together. We still cherish our first trip together to Manali.

 
7. What’s your preferred mode of transportation while traveling?
We prefer our own car for travelling.

8. If you are a working person, how do you manage time for travelling and also for writing blogs?
On the lighter side, when not writing blog, we travel. When travelling, we don't blog. But for work, we travel ;). Going for work is like going to tour.

We plan our trips during weekends.

9. What are your tips to save money during travelling?

• Plan well ahead.
• Look out for best deals.

10. What is your dream destination?

There are many destinations we dream about. Love to travel the nook and corner of India as well as around the world. In India, particularly we love to see North East.

Below are the answers to VJ Sharma's questions:

1. Why do you travel?

We feel travelling relaxes us and it's a great stress buster.  There are many things we learn from travelling right from the time we leave our home.

2. What is your most beautiful memory from your past travels?
It was our honeymoon trip to Manali. It was then we came to know both of us share great common interest in travelling.

3. What are the things you keep in mind when you plan your travels?
Following things we keep in mind when we plan our travels

• We try to get as much information possible  about the destination
• Plan list of places on the way and nearby
• Hotel reservation

4. Do you recommend that people should travel? Why?

Yes, we will recommend people to travel as much as possible. There are lot of things to learn from travelling. Enjoy the natures beauty and come out of the confinements of home/office and the gadgets.

5. How do you manage your jobs, family lives? Especially if you travel often.
We make sure to travel together.
 
6. What is your most favorite destination so far?f
There are lots of favourites. Jaisalmer is one of our favourite place.

7. What is that one place you want to visit, that you haven't visited already? Why do you want to visit this place?
All places in North East India. These are the places less explored area and nature is at its best.
 
8. What is your favorite travel song?

• Zindagi ek Safar hai Suhana from Andaz
• Chaiyya Chaiyya from Dil Se

9. What is your favorite mode of transportation and why?

We prefer travelling in our own car. We can travel in our own pace without worrying about the time constraint.

10. Where are you headed to next?
We are yet to finalize our plan. As of now, we are thinking of visiting Gujarat.
 

My nominees for the "Liebster award" (in no particular order) are: 

Alok Singhal - https://singhalalok.wordpress.com/
Rajesh Prabhu - http://myindiantravel.blogspot.in/
Meghana - http://meghanahassan.blogspot.in/
Satyender S Dhull - http://bnomadic.wordpress.com/
Yogi Saraswat - http://yogi-saraswat.blogspot.in/
Magiceye - http://magictravels.blogspot.in/
Arti - http://www.myyatradiary.com/

Harsh Wardhan Jog - http://jogharshwardhan.blogspot.com/
Shoma abhyankar - https://shomabhagwat.wordpress.com

Following are the questions to our nominees:

1. What motivates you to write travel blog?
2. How do you plan a trip? 
3. What are the most important things you take care when planning for a trip?
4. How do you choose the destination?
5. What is your favourite destination? (Share photos)
6.  Most beautiful place that you visited?
7. Have you ever thought of quitting job or planning to quit for full time travel?
8. Have you ever taken camera and forgot to carry battery to a trip? What was your reaction?
9. What is one of the best travel lessons you’ve learnt so far?
10. What’s your next travel destination?