Photo Credit Isak55/Shutterstock All of us in our day to day life use insurance products some or the other time. For me, the most commonly used insurance product is travel insurance whenever I go abroad. Taking out a travel insurance is so easy, you can go online compare prices and see what works out for…
Author: Mridula Dwivedi
How to Save on Data Cost While Traveling
Photo Credit Kentoh/Shutterstock From not using a smartphone to looking for data in every country that I visit, I have come a long way. Here are some of the things that I find useful to save the data cost while travelling. Buy a Local Sim Buy a local SIM and data pack. All the plans…
Flying Mumbai Tel Aviv Mumbai with El Al was an Adventure
On my recent trip to Israel I was flying Mumbai Tel Aviv Mumbai with El Al, the Israeli national carrier. It was my first flight with El Al. If I will remember one thing from the trip, it will be the level of security they deploy. At the outset, let me state very clearly, I…
Applying for Philippines Visa in New Delhi- My Experience
Update (14 May 2025): Indian Nationals can apply for e-visa to Philippines now. I am bad at dealing with visas. I like them to get out of my way as soon as possible. However, on many trips I have no control over them, my sponsors take care of it. There have been instances when I…
Explore the Endless Charms of Landour with Rokeby Manor
This year there has been a deficit of mountains in my life. But my trip to explore Landour with Rokeby Manor was one beautiful trip. I had initially planned for three nights with my kind hosts. But due to date constraints, I had to cut it to two nights. I regretted every minute that I was…
Kumana National Park: An Oasis of Tranquility in Eastern Sri Lanka
When the alarm went off at 4.30 am I groaned, it could not be 4.30 already! However as we were traveling in a group, I got up somehow and stumbled down on time to go to the Kudumbigala Monastery and Kumana National Park near Ampara in Eastern Sri Lanka. I am not a morning person….
Dubai International Airport- My First Experience
Photo Credit- Jag_cz/Shutterstock I became acquainted with Dubai International Airport in 2001. I was flying Delhi-Dubai-Athens and back and was a Ph.D. student then. I was wide-eyed too, sometimes I miss that, I don’t think I am that wide-eyed anymore! This was my second trip abroad, the first being to Singapore in 1999! However, in…
Things to Do Around Tranquil Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh
What do you do when you are not attending the Solung celebrations at Pasighat? Why you go sightseeing around Pasighat! I admit I could have done a better job. But the little that I saw, was refreshing. Balek and Roing Villages Close to Pasighat are two small villages Balek and Roing. I had two beautiful…
Celebrating Harvest through Tradition: The Vibrant Solung Festival at Pasighat
I woke up at the night due to thunder. I was staying at Aane Hotel in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh. I was really tired, not so much because of the journey but I had disturbed sleep for a few nights at home! I was probably still operating in Israeli time zone. It kept raining heavily throughout…
The Ferry Crossing Over the Mighty Brahmaputra at Bogibeel
On my way to Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh, I landed at Dibrugarh and food was the first thing on my mind. It was 2.00 pm, I was in no mood to travel ahead without food. I would board a ferry along with the car and cross over the Brahmaputra River at Bogibeel. The ferry crossing…