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ASUS Indiblogger Meet in Bangalore — The first of 2015

By Mithun Divakaran
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Feb 01, 2015
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Indiblogger

Date: 30th January 2015

The first Indiblogger meet of 2015 was held right here in namma Bengaluru! It was sponsored by ASUS, who were promoting two of their their latest offerings — the ASUS All-In-One PC ET2040, and the latest model in their long-running netbook series, the ASUS Eeebook x205TA.

The venue was ITC Gardenia hotel, which is also played host to the Nokia Indiblogger Meet in 2012.

ITC Gardenia interiors Bangalore hotel — A lovely 5-star hotel

Asus Eeebook notebook demo — The ASUS Eeebook x205TA, MRP Rs. 14,999

The event kicked off in typical Indiblogger fashion. Anup was MCing as usual, got us all warmed and a few bloggers then introduced themselves. Continue reading “ASUS Indiblogger Meet in Bangalore — The first of 2015” »

Oman: Day 2 (Part 1) – Dolphin watching tour in Muscat

By Mithun Divakaran
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Feb 01, 2015
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Oman, Travel

Date: October 26, 2014

We all woke up early today as we had to be at Marina Bandar Al Rowdha by around 8am. First up, it was breakfast at the Radisson Blu hotel.

Breads Radisson Blu breakfast buffet — This was just the breads section. Also had fresh pistachios, almonds, cashews, walnuts and a variety of bread spreads.

Ham cold cuts buffet Radisson Blu Muscat — The cold meats and fruits counter. On the other side, there were other traditional breakfast dishes, puri-bhaji, omlette counter, corn flakes and a whole variety of hot & cold drinks on offer. All in all, a huge breakfast buffet!

Croissants pastry breakfast Muscat — I started off with some croissants. Too bad we didn’t have enough time to sample everything in the buffet.

Muscat residential neighbourhood Oman — After breakfast, we were picked up by our driver.

Muscat City highway Oman — We were on our way to Muscat City again

Muscat marina in morning Oman — The marina looked lovely early in the morning

Muscat roundabout Oman — I missed roundabouts of the Gulf 🙂

Oman petrol price — We stopped at a petrol station to fill up and pick up some water bottles. Being in a GCC country, I just had to take a photo of how much petrol costs out here. Regular costs 0.114 riyals, which is Rs. 18 ($0.30/€0.25) per litre!

Muscat township Oman — It was a fairly long drive to Marina Bandar Al Rowdha

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Oman: Day 1 – Landing in Muscat; Al Alam Palace, Mutrah souq and more

By Mithun Divakaran
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Jan 08, 2015
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Oman, Travel

Date: 25th October 2014

This past October, I won a chance to fly to Oman, courtesy of Oman Tourism. This wasn’t an invite per se, but a contest win. Indiblogger.in held a contest sponsored by Oman Tourism a few months back and my submission was chosen as one among the three best. Three bloggers won the chance to visit Oman on an all expenses paid guided tour of Oman.

The flight was, of course, by Oman Air.

Bangalore take off foggy skies — My flight was early morning and Bangalore was cold and foggy

Oman Air wing above clouds — But it was all sunny and fine above the clouds

Breakfast Oman Air inflight meal — Soon after take off, we were served breakfast.

Oman coast from airplane — Two things Oman is famous for: clear blue seas & rocky landscapes

Oman mountains from airplane — Very mountainous country

Oman village mountains from sky — Can’t imagine life in the middle of all this… but there is

Muscat townships airplane landing — We were about to land at Muscat airport

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