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My Gokarna 3 day trip Experience with BCF
Dear all, Happy Morning… I am Jagadish D Narayana. I am a 56 year old young guy and I got a chance to travel to Gokarna 3 day trip along with my wife, Jayashree. I wanted to pen down the whole experience with BCF and write a one liner about the participants who joined me…
A Journey Which Never Thought Would Take Place
The first thought after reaching there can I really do this one? Did I feel more enthusiastic about myself and came here or I would have opted for leisure one like as I always do. Like all the trips with BCF this one didn’t happen in train, so missed that part of fun. Here the…
My Travel Experiences with BCF (Backpackers and City Freaks )
I would like to share my travel experience with BCF ( BackPackers and City Freaks ) through this Blog. It was those days where I was stressed out during post Covid days mainly after the second wave and I’ve decided to come out of a routine and monotonous lifestyle and got to know through friends about an…
Exploring Coorg
On one of the chilly evenings, scrolling through Instagram, seeing others posting pictures of their trips, activities has given me a sudden FOMO that’s when I instinctively decided to travel that weekend. Since I already know about BCF, their culture, I have decided to go with them. I had two options to choose between Pondy…
An escape from the routine to the Paradise, Serenity and a beautiful sunrise!!
I am a person who is introvert and doesn’t talk much. I was always wanted to go on a trip with new people and explore and get out of my comfort zone. I was searching out the trips with Backpackers and City Freaks (BCF) since last two years. But finally, when my friend said that…
My Experiences at Annapurna Base Camp Trek
Let me just start by saying this was my first trek and it was wonderful. To be honest I never thought I will go on this trip and I would not have completed this without the help of Backpackers and City Freaks‘s BCF – Only Hikes and Treks Group. It was well organized, and everything went as planned. We did this with a very professional…
Kunjala Kriya – Immunity Booster – A must know Kriya (especially for Travelers)
I used to travel a lot. There were instances that I travelled almost every weekend during 2017, 2018 and early 2019. In the process of travelling we tend to grab anything that we get on our way to fill our belly. And also we tend to drink any kind of water. For example during trekking…
Things to know – Annapurna Base Camp Trek
Hi Guys… I am Dev. Let me just start by saying this is my first trek and it was wonderful. To be honest I never thought I will go on this trip and I would not have completed this without the help of Backpackers and City Freaks’s BCF – Only Hikes and Treks Group. It was well organized, and everything went…
Dandeli Experience with my Cousins
After a boring and dumb Covid vacations, Yeahhhh I am up for a trip. I have done many trips previously but only with friends. But this time I wanted it to be different. I decided to go for a solo trip with some group where I will be able to meet complete strangers and enjoy…
The Massive Lingana Fort Summit
I have been to many expeditions into the deep jungles with and on to the mountains from the past 2 months. Of course, with all the needed Safety gear and expertise. I want to share one of the adventurous and toughest of all the treks and summits I completed till now. The Massive Lingana Fort…
Change is the essence of life – Bhutan trip Experience
Gregorian year 2020, a year of many firsts: First Gregorian new year’s eve spent outside family First Bullet ride for a length of 10 days First overseas pleasure trip First snow adventure amidst the mountains and many more… Every man dreams a Bullet ride across the mountains and snow away from it all for a few days. Well my dream…
Itinerary – Backpacking to Rasdhoo Island (Maldives)
Hey Backpackers… 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 Rasdhoo Island, Gem of the 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 in 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞: If you are expecting a honeymoon trip (or) super luxurious trip.. Please forgive us as this is a kind of Backpacking trip Rasdhoo (Dhivehi: ރަސްދޫ) (Rasdu in the Admiralty Charts) is an inhabited island of the Maldives. It is also…
Itinerary: Mathura, Vrindavan & Visit To Agra (Holi Special Itinerary)
Hello Backpackers… Join us for the ultimate Holi Celebrations in Mathura and Vrindavan…. Traditional Holi celebrations are the biggest ones in Mathura, and Vrindavan, the birth city of Lord Krishna. Although, it is celebrated all over India yet the festival is celebrated with huge pomp & show at the places related to tales of Lord…
Itinerary: Backpacking and Exploring Andaman – Port Blair | Havelock
Andaman: The Andaman Islands are an Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal. These roughly 300 islands are known for their palm-lined, white-sand beaches, mangroves and tropical rainforests. Coral reefs supporting marine life such as sharks and rays make for popular diving and snorkeling sites. Indigenous Andaman Islanders inhabit the more remote islands, many of…
My 2021 begun with Go Gokarna Gone….✌️
HeyHere I’m after a short excursion and I’m gonna share my experiences with you. It’s gonna be long and I’m sure you won’t regret it. Last few days were really stressful and I feel like I’m being crushed due to the office pressures. All I wanted is a break. How can I dare to ask…
Itinerary: Backpacking and Exploring Maldives
Maldives: The Maldives is a small archipelagic state in South Asia, situated in the Arabian Sea of the Indian Ocean. It lies southwest of Sri Lanka and India, about 700 kilometers (430 mi) from the Asian continent’s mainland. Maldives is one of the world’s most geographically dispersed sovereign states as well as the smallest Asian…
An amazing end to 2020 – My Solo trip to Hampi, Sanapur
There are these seeds. They’ve been bad for me before, but why not give it another try? The three Bangalore guys I met here yesterday promise me it will be one hour of pure hell, meaning nausea emanating from the knots in your guts. These seeds are not meant it be in your stomach after…
Travelling in the times of corona – Gokarna, Murudeshwar and Vibhoothi waterfalls
This year I had plans to travel to my dream destination but thanks to the pandemic, that plan went downhill. I came across the app meetup while exploring something related to my work. I was pleasantly surprised to see the travel groups and immediately joined them. I started getting emails about the trips and I…
Adventures are glamourous only in retrospect – Scuba Experience
by Venkat Satish Anil bhai and I were strolling in the streets when he vehemently said “I miss travelling”. I fondly call him Jennifer as he shares his birthday with the American legend, J’Lo. I was quite younger than him so my love for travel include trekking and camping. I asked him if he was…
My First and the BEST ever trip to Hampi
I usually take a break to relax from the daily monotonous routine and love to explore new places every year. After my winter vacation to Rajasthan trip in January 2020 I soon planned for a summer trip to Uttarakhand in February 2020 that was scheduled for April 2020. There was not much news heard about…
Travel experience to Saudi Arabia (RIYADH)
How it started? Journey to Saudi, it’s never planned nor never thought before. Its July 13th,2019 received a call from one of the consultants. It is Saturday, I usually don’t pick any calls. I was with my best buddies too.., enjoying the weekend. But somehow I managed to pick the call. And next few days…
Goa.. Gooaaaa…. with my lovely Family – A photography Blog
GOA – INDIAN PARADISE This is Pardhu. Here I am to share the Goa experience with you guys which is a complete family trip mostly in pictures assuming pictures speak a lot. It is been my fantasy to come to Goa with friends since I joined engineering but ended up coming with family. DAY 1…
Itinerary: Lohagad Hike and Waterfall Rappelling (110ft) – Monsoon Trek – Weekend trip
ABOUT THE PLACE : Lohagad (“Iron Fort”) is one of the many hill forts of Maharashtra state in India. Situated close to the hill station Lonavala and 52 km (32 mi) northwest of Pune, Lohagad rises to an elevation of 1,033 m (3,389 ft) above sea level[1]. The fort is connected to the neighboring Visapur fort by a small range. The fort was under the Maratha empire for the majority of the…
How to pack for Monsoon Treks?
Travelling in monsoon requires lot of preparation. This is one of the reason, some people hesitate to hike in monsoon. But unfortunately or fortunately, this is the season to enjoy the gushing waterfalls, do some crazy and adventurous treks. It is not very difficult and but also more fun if you pack properly. Every time…
How to pack for Monsoon Treks
Travelling in monsoon requires lot of preparation. This is one of the reason, some people hesitate to hike in monsoon. But unfortunately or fortunately, this is the season to enjoy the gushing waterfalls, do some crazy and adventurous treks. It is not very difficult and but also more fun if you pack properly. Every time…
A Morning Ride to Pocharam Lake – Photography Story
About place: Pocharam lake is located 15 km from Medak town, which is approximately 120 kms from Hyderabad. A route through Narsapur forest in the morning makes the road trip mesmerizing. 9th September 2020. It was 5:30 am in the morning. We prepared food and started our journey to Pocharam lake. We planned to go…
Murudeshwar and Scuba Diving at Netrani Island
This is one question we have to constantly ask ourselves “ When was the last time you did something for the first time..?” After my first trip with Backpackers and City Freaks (BCF ), I was waiting for my next trip to go but this time I thought of doing something more adventurous by pushing…
My First Monsoon Trek to the awesome Rajmachi
Have you ever been in the rain for an entire day? Now imagine doing that while climbing a mountain, a backpack on your shoulders, and an unseen distance left to cover…unseen not just because it’s the hills, but because it’s raining so much that you cannot make out where the hill top would be! Well…
My first time trek moments – Deoriatal-Chopta-Chandrashila trek
First time to a trek! Yes, I was so excited when this dream became reality. And I would like to share my first time experience of trekking with you all. By the way I am Priyanka from New Delhi I have always wanted to go on trekking, the one in which I get to experience…
Netrani Island and Scuba Diving
When we enter in to teen age, we see many adventures on T V (or) in films and we want to do that too. I used to watch a TV series which was based on Scuba diving and I used to dream to go in to the sea and watch what’s inside as heroes used…
Kedarkantha : My First Himalayan Summit
Trekking in the Himalayas became dream for me since the day I started travelling. Being raised in Hyderabad, far away from mountains, Visiting snow capped mountains, staying in remote Himalayan hamlets, trek in the knee deep snow, camp overlooking the majestic Himalayan peaks. What more I can expect from my first Himalayan Trek ?? After a…
Scuba Diving – Koh Phi Phi, Thailand
Not going too far in the memory lane, let me just take you to the experience I got in Thailand last year. There are a lot of things we plan to do in our lives and as a traveller one also plans the places according to their special adventurous activities. “We dive not to escape life, but…
Bhivpuri waterfall Rappelling and Zipline
‘Life Begins at the end of your comfort zone’. This is the quote that inspired me a lot and which I took a printout of it and pasted it on the wall of my bedroom which I used to see regularly. But I never got a chance to move out of that comfort zone because…
My travel Experience to the Royal Rajasthan
This was my first longest solo trip in my life when I actually started to travel as solo. It was in 2016 and I have joined the new company before 6 months to this trip. Luckily; I got the leave and I booked the train and flight ticket. I was eager to visit Rajasthan from…
Itinerary: Lonavala To Bhimashankar Endurance Trek (75 km)
About Lonavala-Bhimashankar Trek (LoBhi) : Want to try some high endurance trek in monsoon?? This is for you. With drizzling rain and showers, Monsoon is the perfect time to do the Lonavala to Bhimashankar Range Trek in Sahyadri. With a distance of 75 kms, this is considered to be a favorite trek amongst the regular…
Weekend trip from Hyderabad to Antarvedi, Yanam, Kakinada, Rajahmundry
I would like to share a crazy trip that I had two years ago during November 2018. It was an unplanned trip. There was hell lot of planning done with my friends and as expected they finally did not join. So, at the final hour on Friday night my journey started all alone. I will share…
Itinerary: 350 ft Kataldhar Waterfall Rappelling – Monsoon Trek – Weekend trip
ABOUT THE PLACE : Kataldhar is the name of a big waterfall near Lonavala in Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Water is not available there for the whole year, but a good amount of water falls during the monsoon season. Though it is difficult to reach to the valley there is a heaven at the end of the fall. Kataldhar Waterfall is located near Rajmachi Fort.…
Itinerary: Kedarkantha – Himalayan Trek
About the place: Kedarkantha Peak is one of the most sought after snow trekking destinations in India. With falling winter snow it’s a mesmerizing pictorial view and what’s more attractive, is the view of the mighty Himalayas from the trails right to the top. Nestled at a height of 3810 meters which is about 12,500…
Itinerary: Har ki doon – Himalayan Trek
About Har Ki Doon Trek: Surrounded with beautiful towering peaks, it is one of the most beautiful Himalayan treks in Uttarakhand. HarKiDoon is situated in the Western Ganges of the Garhwal Himalayas, at the base of the Fateh Parvat, at an elevation of 3,556 metres. This cradle shaped Valley, which is surrounded by dense forests…
Nishani Motte: Trek in the Kingdom Of Leeches
Have you ever gone hiking in highly effected leech forests?? Did you ever go for a trek in a continuous downpour while leeches sucking your blood for the whole day?? Did you ever slept overnight with bleeding legs?? Did you ever stayed in anti Poaching Camp which was a single hut in the middle of…
The Magical Bus
This was my experience with people from all across the country with different languages met through Backpackers and City Freaks (BCF) as we were on a road trip in Karnataka to Coorg and how crazy can the bus ride be with people in a bus singing songs of every possible wood resembling how diverse India…
My Incomplete world tour!
Before I start the story, let me introduce myself. I am Raja, aged 22 and I have been traveling around the world for quite some time and this post is about my Incomplete World Tour. I went on a world trip in the month of July 2019 to visit at least 45 countries but had…
4 Best Trekking places around Hyderabad
Hyderabad – Pearl City of India is one of the major attractions for many of the tourists for various reasons. We, from Backpackers and City Freaks (BCF), organize few city events for our City Freaks as part of 1-day treks around Hyderabad which gives you the taste of trekking and can be considered as beginners…
Itinerary: Valley of Flowers – Himalaya Trek
About Valley of Flowers : The most beautiful of all Himalayan flowers, the blue Primula can be seen blooming in thousands in the valley. The best time to visit the valley in full bloom is from mid-July to mid-August. To reach the valley one has to trek from Govind Ghat, on the route to Hemkund…
The Crazy Dandeli – River Rafting
It was just another day in the middle of a workweek. When I was returning home got a ping in whatsapp group saying let’s plan a weekend trip to Coorg from my previous trip friends. I suggested Dandeli because I wanted to do White water River Rafting. All agreed on that, and in no time…
The Festival of colours @ Mathura and Vrindavan
An unofficial BCF trip! Sounds weird?? Read through to know why… How it all started?In the recent times, I have developed my interest in travelling, as I started believing that travel teaches a lot. One day, when I was checking for latest travel plans on ‘meet up’ app, an interesting line grabbed my attention “Holi…
Tadiandamol Trek– A Thrilling Monsoon Trek
At the Elephant Corridor Imagine elephants chasing you on a narrow corridor and you get nowhere to go. A herd of elephants sighted in the wee hours of the morning, left in its wake clear tell-tale signs in the zone they roamed. Tall grass blades flattened out, half eaten plants strewn and huge patches splattered…
Travel Guide to Muthyamdhara falls
At a Glance: Muthyamdhara falls is located in jayashankar Bhupalapally dist. of Telangana. It could be the country’s third highest plunge waterfall dropping from estimated 700ft at Gaddalasari. From the height it falling it won’t touch the ground directly, the flow is affected by wind making it look stunning. It forms a small pool once…
Experiencing Dandeli
I had heard a lot about Western Ghats, and had a dream to visit India’s best sea beaches, hill stations treks and places for water sports. Backpackers and City Feaks (BCF) fulfilled my wish when I saw the trip is being organised for Dandeli. And when I read it has in the itinerary like Jacuzzi,…
Travel Experience – My First Trip to Gokarna
“Life, if well lived, is long enough” this was my understanding after I left a job in B.P.O. which I joined thinking it would be easier and will get enough time to travel. But I only ended up working for 9 hours a day and at times 6 days a week. Decided to quit and…
Magical land of fireflies – Rajmachi
With the crushing responsibility of oncoming adulthood closing in, I realized I desperately needed a vacation, a break and peace of mind. I wanted to do something to mark the transition to new phase of life. As a last minute getaway, I decided to go on a weekend trek to Rajmachi with 13 something group…
St. Mary’s Island – A Hidden Gem
“Never be so busy making a living that you forget to make a life” this line influenced me a lot. Yes, travel is part of my life, if not the major part! 😉😉. In the process, I joined Backpackers and City Freaks to Udipi trip during January 2018 with 17 others including Organizer RK from BCF. We visited Maravanthe…
BCF Sports
We at Backpackers and City Freaks ~ Sports (BCFS) bring all the like-minded sports enthusiasts and group them together. We have come up with the idea of organizing diverse sport events. Mission: Our Objective is to make sure you like minded people get together… play together.. learn together.. inculcate a spirit of sportsmanship in everyone..…
Solo Backpacking in Chhattisgarh : A Magical Retreat for Travelers
I felt inspired when Dalai lama said “Once in a year go somewhere where you have never been before” (I made it a month instead of year 😜😜). I traveled to Kerala in January, Tamilnadu, Nainital in February & Mathura, Vrindavan in March(for holi) in this year 2020. After relaxing few days at home the travel…
Raiding my Mojo with Trekking at Khajaguda Hills
Every now and then,when the city air gets heavy,and our lungs are chugging overtime,without us even knowing about it,and the mundane chaos of our daily lives,knocks us down,its time to unwind,unclog our brains,take a break and bounce back harder. An adventure freak, my husband from a long time yearns for the company of people of…
Palem Dam, Kongala Waterfalls and Muthyamdhara waterfalls…
Before the Trip: How did this all begin.. “Nothing great happening in life” this sentence pops up in my mind when I am not productive for a set of days. It was like quite a few days that we been to a day trip to Chincholi and Chandrampalli dam(You can read Chincholi experience by Bharath…
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