I have never traveled this much ever before! 17 trips in a year with a job was something I did not expect. Honestly I have to look at my picture folders to figure out I where I went and when! No wonder the brain feels like baigan ka bharta! I am not complaining. I am…
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Putting my Feet Up at the Bamboo Bar in Pokhara, Nepal!
I don’t think I ever in my life did this before. I put my feet up and had a glass of wine by myself at Pokhara. The venue was Bamboo Bar which has an excellent location. It is right next to Phewa Lake and as I was walking by the lake I just entered the…
Movies and Tourism
Talk Hindi moves and you will talk Switzerland. I grew up on a healthy diet of Swiss scenes from movies like Chandni and Darr. But when I was in college sports was my thing and not so much travel. It is only when sports went away I got converted to travel. Switzerland Tourism will attract…
Why Does it Feel Like War Before Leaving the Station?
I am often on war with the world just before leaving the station. I am about to leave for Sri Lanka in a few days time. And it feels like a war right now. Some of the symptoms are- I am unable to reply to the comments on my blog and when that happens I…
Children from the Sungai Pasu Homestay, Malaysia
We visited the Sungai Pasu home stay in the state of Pahang in Malaysia yesterday. It was a charming place but then I am really partial to small places, rural places. But it was the children of the place who really stole my heart. We were greeted by music played by these boys and we…
Freedom to Try!
And try as they might, they could not fly it. Still led to a lot of giggles and happiness all around.
Rattling Bus Sound, India
I recently trekked to Valley of Flowers and Hemkunt Sahib. Reaching to the start of the trek is a task in itself. The bus that I took from Delhi to Haridwar, Haridwar to Rishikesh and then Rishikesh to Joshimath. All the buses (apart from Haridwar to Rishikesh) were rickety, the windows would continuously go khat khat…
Off to conCLAY with Club Mahindra Baiguney, Sikkim
Update 1: Hell fire and damnation, I forgot the laptop charger at work, so very little chance of blogging from the destination. Sorry about that. I am off to conCLAY with Club Mahindra at Baiguney, Sikkim. And how I am looking forward to it! of course I am going to talk about my Everest Base Camp…
Hi from Kathmandu
Greetings from Kathmandu. I am using the inn’s free wifi to blog. Quite surprised that this small inn has a wifi. Was too tired after Malaysia, India, Nepal. But after sleeping for 12 hours I am feeling much better. I start the trek tomorrow.
A Mention in the Travel Secrets Magazine
Travel Secrets is a bimonthly travel magazine and I got a mention in their second issue. I got a mail from the editor Shubhra Krishan one day saying they wanted to do an interview with me. We chatted briefly and then I did the interview by email. When Shubhra asked for a picture of…