I have been to Bhuj a few times. So, when I was visiting in December 2019 I was looking beyond the usual tourist attractions in Bhuj. And I was not disappointed. I found two paces that I didn’t see on all my previous trips. This post is about the historical site, Chhatedi. But you also…
Author: Mridula Dwivedi
Exploring the Amazing Telascica Nature Park in Croatia
Exploring the Telascica Nature Park was one of the highlights of our trip to Croatia. Chhavi and I went to Biograd on a Tennis Holiday in 2019. Biograd is a resort town by the Adriatic Sea, popular with tourists. While my daughter Chhavi played a lot of tennis on this holiday, we had a day…
The Stunning Vinpearl Luxury Landmark 81 Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
I have many friends who do not like to write about hotels. I am the exact opposite, I enjoy my hotel stays and I love to write about them! I visited Vietnam in October 2019, Ho Chi Minh City was my first stop. I stayed at the beautiful Vinpearl Luxury Landmark 81 hotel. And I…
10 Cool Experiences from Colombo, Sri Lanka
It is 2021 and Sri Lakna, which I visited in January 2020 (on a sponsored blogging trip) still remains my last international travel! I am thankful for a lot of things but how I wish I could start traveling again without a care in the world! But I guess that has to wait for sometime…
6 Things 2020 Taught Me!
It has been that kind of a year that we are going to remember for a very long time. 2020 has been no ordinary year, it is ‘shake the foundations, change the paradigms’ kind of a year that I hope the universe is in no hurry to repeat. We all have been in it together,…
Offbeat Tourist Places in Bhuj- Ramkund Stepwell
Ramkund is a well preserved stepwell or ‘baori’ in Bhuj, Gujarat that is a little off the beaten path. I have been to Bhuj a few times and in 2019 I was willing to move away from the well known places like Aina Mahal and the Kutch Museum. I visited Gujarat in 2019 on an…
Beautiful Postcards from Hanoi, Vietnam
I visited Vietnam in the October of 2019 on a blogging trip with IndiGo when they launched their inaugural flight from Kolkata to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This trip happened pre-covid. If I have learned one thing in 2020, it is not to take travel for granted. In today’s post I show you some…
Mridula is a Solo Traveler’s Guardian Angel!
Karina and I met near Mt. Lavinia Railway Station because we both took a wrong turn in search of the beach! There is a story behind how I ended up at Mt. Lavinia but I will tell it another day! This post is written by Karina, we met in January in Sri Lanka. Karnia you…
When my Sister Wore a Saree in Paris
Who would have thought travel would come to such a grinding halt in 2020! So these days I am taking trips down the memory lane! When my sister, Alka, offered to write her version of the day I wore saree in Paris, I was happy, and curious too! So here we go on a trip…
Design Conversations at Pendi, Colombo
If someone would have said to me in January that Colombo would be my last international trip for a long time, I would have laughed! But here we all are, sitting at home more or less across the globe! Because Colombo is my last trip before the pandemic I hold it all the more close…