Monday, July 29, 2024

Chennai -> Baba Baidyanath Temple (Deoghar,Jharkhand) -5th Jyotirlingam

Baba Baidyanath Temple ( Vaidyanath Temple 5th Jyotirlingam) Deoghar(Jharkand) on 27th and 28th July 2024.

Day 1:

Chennai -> Deoghar(Jharkhand) via Flight 

We have booked IndiGo Flight on 27th July 2024 05:25 hrs from Chennai through Kolkata 07:45 hr and our connecting flight Kolkata to DeoGhar at10:00 hrs  and reached 10:55 hrs


                                                 Above Flight details reference to plan your trip

Once you reach DeoGhar Airport (Small terminal) outside you can get Cab's,we got it for Rs.350/- really it was good deal. 

Inside view of DeoGhar Airport

Since we traveled during July end and we didn't know, it was Shravani Mela time, Lakhs of pilgrims converge at the temple, creating a vibrant and spiritual atmosphere. The Kanwar Yatra, the pilgrimage with the kanwar, reaches its peak during this time, transforming the town into a sea of devotion.

We already booked Hotel near to temple. It was decent hotel (Girija Sunrise Hotels).

Cab driver told about Basukinath temple which is 43km from Deogarh while coming from airport to Hotel, It was around Rs.2500/- he quoted, we have agreed because we didn't have any plan after Baba Baidyanath. We got refreshed went to Baba Baidyanath on VIP ticket which Panda only get for your per head Rs.600/- Panda or Gurukal will join with you on existing from Baba Baidyanath, we did Ganga water pooja but too much crowd.

Baba Baidyanath Temple.

We are not sure due to crowd or Management really very poor administration on handling the crowd.



After Baidynatha Dharsan we called up our Cab driver for Basukinath Temple . Every where we can see people presence due to yatra.

Baba Basukinath Temple management managed crowd very well and we took special ticket which is cost of Rs.300/- (Three ticket,one ticket for panda).We really had wonderful darshan. while coming out of temple rain started heavily. But our Cab driver try to cover most of place on this route.


We had dinner at Balaji Bhavan at Deogarh it was good one and reached hotel around 9:00 pm. 

Day 2:
On 28th July early morning we went to Baba Baidyanath Temple to do pooja for Paravatha madha, we got good dharshan, After dharshan outside we did some purchase for our kids, Try peda which is special here. We checkout our hotel at 12:00 PM, Called Same Cab guy to drop us in Airport.

Cab driver charged Rs.500/- for Drop.

Above Pic his reference on return flight details.


Cost per person for this trip:

Flight up and Down :15585
Hotel : 1470(2940)
Cab package : 1300(2600)
Airport cab pick and drop :425(850)
Baba Baidyanath ticket : 600
Baba Basukinath ticket : 300
Other : 400

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Monday, July 22, 2024

Chennai -> Phuket -> Phi-Phi Island (Thailand)

 As my previous post - short and crisp i am sharing our itinerary and budget trip details on below

Our trip starts on 10th July 23:20 pm from Chennai


 We have booked Thai Air Asia Flight via Bangkok through Trip.com

Our flight from Chennai to Phuket via Bangkok where we have only 2 hours to do Immigration check and Terminal Transfer this is risky, Even i wont recommend for my friends duration is not sufficient we are lucky got our Phuket flight at last minute after immigration and Terminal change from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2.

Once you reached Phuket, you have multiple options like taxi and prepaid taxi for transportation but i recommend Bus which cost you 100 Baht only really economy one, you need to come out of Airport where you can notice bus will waiting for you.
We have booked our Hotel in Patong at Phuket, So our plan Two days in Phuket and One day in Phi Phi island and return to Phuket and get flight on  15th July 2024.


We have booked Club Bamboo Hotel(11th & 12th July 2024) at Patong which is close City. Since its Monsoon season we got good deals on our Hotels as well but some times it rains as well. Phuket you can find lot of Renting Bike and cars shops everywhere even our hotel had but you must have international license to drive in Phuket. Strongly recommend to have International license to avoid 2000 Baht fine.

We tried some native Thai Food on day one itself 
Thai Food

Madras Darbar hotel(We didnt try anything here just noticed our Tamil language)


My first stop at Tiger Kingdom which cost baht 900- 1000 based on availability of Tiger slots.If your visiting Thailand then dont miss playing with Big Cat




After Tiger Kingdom we went to Big Buddha, Really Beautiful view of the City.
In Phuket you can notice Massage Center every 50 meter's along with Cannabis shop.


Day 2(12th July 2024): We have booked James bond Island package trip. If you didn't plan on your initial plan no worries your hotel can help you on this, We have booked our package at midnight there is lot of tour operator in Phuket city.  We have completed our Breakfast and we got picked up by tour operator at our hotel around 9 am. It took 2 hours from our Hotel to James Bond island though it was raining but we got amazing view and climate as we are lucky .










Package which include lunch as well which is buffet, If you are planning Phuket don't miss James Bond Island package, Tour operator will drop you at your hotel.

Local Market

Day 3: Phi Phi Island(13th July 2024) : We need to transfer from Phuket to Phi Phi Island via Boat. 


Beach are very beautiful clear where you can do scuba diving and snorkeling 



We booked P.P Casita hotel in Phi Phi Island at very good deal 






We booked boat Package to explore Phi Phi Island Beaches 
















Day 4 (14th july 2024) We return on 14th evening to Phuket via Boat and booked Airport Resort  which is close to Airport.

Day 5 (15th July 2024) I have booked our return flight via flyscoot airways, We had booked because of 10 long hours in Singapore and thought of exploring Singapore with one day Transit visa.

If you want to explore Singapore on 10 long hour stay, you need to obtain Singapore visa or US/Japan/Australia visa to enjoy one day free transit visa. Since we didn't know we have to stay in Singapore Airport Itself and Flight slighter delay and we have reached Chennai on 45 minutes delay.

Budget details for per Person:

Flight Ticket : 20568
Hotel (11 & 12th ) : 2441
Hotel (13) : 1416
Hotel (14) : 1328
Expense (Food & other) : 19733 roughly we have spend Rs.45K

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