This was the first time I was actually planning to spend time in cities. ‘Planning to’ is the key phrase. So of course, I have visited cities before, but I had never really planned to spend a considerable part of…
Category: Travel
Tips for the First-time Indian Traveler
So a lot of my friends who are travelling abroad for the first time, have been calling me up a day before travelling, with a whole set of questions. While I could answer quite a few of them, I felt…
Croatia – land of surprises
In my generation, if you were not hungry, you were happy. Today’s generation finds it more difficult. Before you dismiss it as the jaded, lazy, and uninspired comment from an unambitious old man, you have to get a bit more…
Love Letter
My dearest mountains, So I can’t deny it really. I did have a fling with the sun, sand and the sea. I have to admit – it was exhilarating! If we have to be honest, then let’s put it all…
Is it just me?
Is it just me who’s bothered?….. or is there nothing to be bothered about? Yesterday’s newspaper had an obscure bit of news – forest fires in Wayanadu, where fires had been started at 15 different places simultaneously; leading to the…
Spiti
“Let me out!!! Let me out NOW!!!! NOW I said! Stop this car!! Open this door!” Okay, this is not a rape scene from a Bollywood movie. That’s actually me screaming and yelling and weeping, well almost. Before anybody…
Kool Musafir
Does anybody remember these water cans? If you are as old as me, or older than me, you would remember these as the Milton water cans that you would carry along with you on long journeys. If you had the…
Hampi
When I was a child, my favorite subject is school was English. Every summer vacation when my parents would buy school text books for the coming year, I would grab the English books and immerse myself in the stories that…
When we get it right – Silent Valley (Part 2)
We bundled ourselves into the jeep, and into Silent Valley. Well, actually, two jeeps. We tried being cheap, and tried to squeeze ourselves into one, but the guys at the Information Center took one look at the hubby and me,…
When we get it right – Silent Valley (Part 1)
The hubby and me have this constant argument about how good things are abroad, and how we mess up things in India. He thinks I am a snob (which I admit I probably am, but if I am perfect…