Travel seems to be the in-thing these days, travel blogging too! Things like quitting your job, finding yourself through travel, tourist vs. traveler, immersive travel, slow travel, digital nomad, nomad etc are in vogue! I wonder why most of it doesn’t resonate with me? Why is my conversation so mundane? Here is how I talk…
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Dress Code for Women in Indonesia
I often try to do a quick web search about the dress code for women if I am heading to a country for the first time. But I could not do it for Indonesia. I had so little time between my Philippines and Indonesia trips that I just somehow packed and stumbled on the plane!…
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
This year, 2016, has brought in a lot of new things for me travel blogging wise. When I used to work and blog I had a rhythm! After all I had been doing it for 10 long years! I started my blog in 2005 and I started working in 2002! And I kept doing both…
What do You Think about Inter-City Car Sharing?
Remember good old days, when travel by road used to be all fun? The joy of a getting onto a carefree long ride, feeling the wind while you had the wheel in your hands with your most favorite music on the radio. Good old times, right? Unfortunately, with the rise of the petrol prices, the…
Celebrate the Earth Hour on March 19
Earth Hour has been celebrated every year since 2007. The initiative invites people all around the globe to switch off all their non-essential lights for one hour on the same day. This year the Earth Hour is being celebrated on 19th March from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm local time. There are various ways in…
A Journey with a Group of Travel Agents
The trip to Gujarat was a journey with a group of travel agents. There was no other travel blogger in our group. There were five travel agents from West Bengal, one from Delhi, one from the Netherlands, two from the UK, and one freelance photographer from UK. We had two people from Gujarat Tourism traveling…
UE Boom Bluetooth Speakers by Ultimate Ears
I recently got UE Boom Bluetooth Speakers by Ultimate Ears for review. They are mine to keep. The speakers are cylindrical in shape and they come in a box of the same shape. To open it, we discovered that we need to slide the doors. The product is from the Ultimate Ears, which is a brand of…
Royal Suite at Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur
In my excitement of staying at the Maharani Suite, I completely neglected my stay at the Royal Suite at Umaid Bhawan Palace. It is time to rectify that mistake and to reminisce my stay at hotel in general. The Welcome The welcome at the Umaid Bhawan Palace is grand. They line up horses, they greet…
5 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Traveling
I recently saw this video on jugaad by Exide Life which goes with #NoMoreShortCuts. Wheather we love it or hate it, we can’t ignore jugaad in India. Why we even have a vehicle called jugaad! However, jugaad takes us only so far! Along with Exide many have realized that jugaad is short term. I still remember…
The Top Ten Instagram Posts for 2015
I joined Instagram quite late primarily because I started using smartphones quite late. I clearly remember I was in Finland with the (then) Nokia for their Lumia 1020 Promotion. My friends from Nokia actually created the Instagram account for me! But I am hooked now. So these are my top ten Instagram posts for 2015 by…