Ladakh – Heavenly delight
Let’s find a place where you can stop thinking; where you forget to breathe for a moment of Awe; where a desert gives you peace, greenery couldn't give; where sand dunes give a picture of old...
View ArticleTo Sarpass with a backpack and a pole. Part 2: Still in Kasol.
Day 2 in the mountains. Feeling comfortable in the coziness of the sleeping bag, wrapped around in a sea of blankets, in this case 2 of them, I woke up to the scent of the smelly socks, wet towels and...
View ArticleGoa, paint me red
The waves lapped at my feet as the golden disc slipped down the horizon. The sky was smeared with a crimson glow and the balmy shores were picture perfect. I had arrived in the hippy state of Goa,...
View ArticleSingle? Hate Eating Alone? South Korea's Solution For It Will Melt Your Heart
One of the few (or many) things we miss as singles is the fun things couples get to do, or the fact that there is someone obliged to socially accompany whenever the need arises. And though we can...
View ArticleBenaras and Sarnath: A dose of spirituality in a day!
Ever experienced the feeling of waking up in the morning and finding yourself absolutely incapable of carrying on with your daily life? When you just can’t put one foot before the other without...
View ArticleMeghalaya: Why this north-eastern state is nothing like the rest of India
| Meghalaya Meghalaya, Meghalaya Meghalaya Mat pardes ja re, Aaj tu prem ka sandes barsa re | When it had been just one or two days in Meghalaya, I was ecstatically reciting to my girlfriend what...
View ArticleThis 'travel jacket' of the future will blow your mind!
If you thought a jacket is only meant to keep you warm and looking fashionable – this will blow your mind.A travel jacket with 15 features including a built-in neck pillow, eye mask, gloves, earphone...
View ArticlePlanning a four day family road trip to Gangtok
Located at an altitude of 1650 m (5410 feet), Gangtok, Sikkim is one of the most sought after and favourite tourist spots of the North East India. With its beautiful and scenic landscape, snow-capped...
View ArticlePeruvian Odyssey: Journey to the navel of the earth
The Incas considered this city the navel of the world; the Spanish conquistadors described it as a city of gold and light. With its stone walls and cobbled streets, idyllic Cusco is an eclectic mix of...
View ArticleEmbracing history In Girona
It was a cold chilly morning of December, we boarded the rental car from city center in Barcelona. We were a group of 6 tourists, all set to visit Girona and Costa Brava. Sun was shining bright as a...
View ArticleGold Coast
Seven hours away from Singapore, the always sunny city with the sea on one side, and the river and canals within is a must visit for anyone who visits Australia. With approximately 500,000 residents...
View ArticleThe dense forests of Satpura: Prologue
सतपुड़ा के घने जंगल।नींद मे डूबे हुए सेऊँघते अनमने जंगल। “The dense forests of Satpura,Seemingly drowsy with sleepDozing, lost forests..” I had first read these lines by Bhawani Prasad Mishra in our...
View ArticleLittle slices of Turkey
Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque Our Turkey trip in June 2015, was our first trip together to Europe (well kind of, since most of Turkey is actually in Asia) after 4 years of restricting our travels to India...
View ArticleHow I climbed Mount Doom (and simply walked into Mordor)
One of the adventures on which I was most excited to embark before I left for my journey through Middle Earth was that of trekking through Tongariro National Park – home to Peter Jackson’s...
View ArticleNagaland: Hits and misses
Exhausted, hungry and dust laden. That's how we reached Kohima, capital city of state of Nagaland, at about 5:30 pm after a treacherous 2 hour ride from Dimapur and additional 8 hours from Shillong,...
View ArticleInternational Road Trips You Can Now Take from India
Remember when monarchs and conquerors would ride on their horses for days together to traverse their kingdoms and empires? Storms, starvations, battles were braved to complete expeditions. And they...
View Article5 of the best Middle-Eastern restaurants in Abu Dhabi
Photo by Emma Levich via Trover.com Abu Dhabi is a food lover’s paradise, and is home to a wide range of luxurious restaurants and quirky cafes. The swankiest restaurants are set atop a desert dune,...
View ArticleExploring the tourist side of Vienna in 10 hours
Home to Ludwig van Beethoven, Sigmund Freud, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vienna, Austria, is an old, charming city that relishes its past and has a history written even in the quaint cafés towering...
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