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, 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…
Sightseeing Around 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…
The 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
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. I was eventually going to Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh. The ferry…
Dead Sea is So Much Fun- A Trip to the Israel Side!
As I walked towards the Ein Bobek Beach, my eyes, I am sure, were twinkling. Dead Sea is so much fun and I was getting a second chance to indulge. I was so looking forward to it! Ein Bobek is on the Israel side of the Dead Sea. Dead Sea is a landlocked salt lake…
Rock Valley Hot Spring and Fish Spa, Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Rock Valley Hot Spring and Fish Spa in Kanchanaburi, Thailand was an experience like no other. You can check out the company website here. I am going to concentrate on the hot springs and the mud treatment because I realized long ago that fish spa is not for me! Kanchanaburi is located in the West…
Dress Code for Women in Israel
If you are in a hurry and you need to read about dress code for women in Israel here is all you need to know- you can wear pretty much anything you wear at home! The only exception are some religious site in Jerusalem where they require both men and women to cover their shoulders…
4 Magical Places on Earth by JustFly
The Earth’s radius is 6,371 kilometers, with a 510.1 million km² surface area. With such vastness, our world has plenty of space for countless wonderful places, both discovered and undiscovered. Some of these places may look magical, almost surreal. To see these places in person will surely evoke feelings of awe and wonder. Today, online…