This blog is a little more personal than any other I’ve written so far. I will try to cover most of the travel essentials in detail but will also try to include what this city makes me feel. 3 months back, I landed in Antwerp with 2 suitcases, a backpack and a little bit of... Continue Reading →
FIRST HIKE IN EUROPE – BOMAL-SY, BELGIUM
A friend told me, ‘’Europe is the best thing that can happen to someone’’, and that was my thought when I arrived in Belgium. It’s only been 2 months, but this place feels home already. The life is simple, you work during the week and find your ways to happiness during weekends. Mine, as most... Continue Reading →
THE MOUNTAINS CHOSE THIS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE – SIKKIM, INDIA
With the internet at our arm’s length, every place on earth has become accessible. It has become very convenient for anyone to book tickets, gather information and create an itinerary of their own. Even after all the convenience that is available, I strongly believe, traveling is more than just a ‘plan’. Well, it only happens... Continue Reading →
COCONUT LAND | ‘KERA ALAM’ – KERALA, INDIA
Kerala has been ranked among the top places to travel not just in India but in the world. Statistics suggest that there were around 10 million visitors in 2011. Read that again. I’d planned to see what people call the ‘God’s Own Country’ in 2018 but unfortunately, the floods hit the beautiful land of this... Continue Reading →
A CITY EVEN OLDER THAN HISTORY – BANARAS, UTTAR PRADESH
Although I’ve never lived in Uttar Pradesh myself, my roots still belong there and no matter where one goes in the world, the roots can’t be uprooted. Banaras, or as people call it Varanasi, is a major city in Uttar Pradesh. The people and their dialect instantly made me feel at home. The moment I... Continue Reading →
‘KAPDE FAAD HOLI’ – PUSHKAR, RAJASTHAN
A culturally rich atmosphere is what I’d describe Pushkar in minimum words. With some ancient Hindu architecture, to some rich traditional music, this place shall keep a traveler busy throughout. There are more than 200 temples out of which one of them is Brahma temple, one of the six that exists. Lord Brahma is said... Continue Reading →
DESERT TO DIAMONDS – DUBAI
An infant city-state as one may call it, Dubai is one of the most booming cities in terms of infrastructure, tourism and immigrant population. To anyone who wants to travel abroad, Dubai remains one of the first five options and one of the most common amongst first timers. For me, the attraction was Dubai Sky... Continue Reading →
A CITY OF STORIES- CALCUTTA, WEST BENGAL
From past to present, old to young and wise to reckless, the city of joy- Calcutta now Kolkata has it all. The history began when the East India Company made Bengal their trading base. Although Calcutta came as the epicenter of the anti-British movement, it still preserves a lot of the colonial heritage and that shows... Continue Reading →
THE BARREN LAND OF KUTCH, GUJARAT
Do you relate to the fact that you don’t really feel like travelling a place where you’ve been living for quite some time in your life? You think you have ample of time to see places nearby and book your tickets to a faraway land. I realized this just a few months back and decided... Continue Reading →
TRAVEL FILMS
This article is for all those film fanatics who are looking for some nice travel films that would motivate you to pack your backpacks and add some sugar and spice of adventure to you bland routine life. A little learning, a little entertainment and a lot of inspiration! Valley uprising (2014 Documentary) Yosemite, Yosemite, Yosemite!!... Continue Reading →