Have you ever reflected back on how you used to spend your time sometime back? I was wondering what I used to do with my time about a decade ago. Here is a list of 10 things I was or was not doing 10 years ago. So here re some musings on my time, a…
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5 Budget Hotels Where I Enjoyed My Stay
To the 5 budget hotels that I have enjoyed, there are at least 50 that I didn’t. Some of them were outright nightmares. One day I will talk about them too. Thinking about those experiences, I guess they will generate more conversation but for today I talk about the good ones. One word of caution…
10 Things to Do around Fort Kochi, Kerala
It is difficult to believe that all I spent were measly 4 days in Kochi and the backwaters. I had so much fun in those four days, it feels like I was there at least for 10 days! So here are 10 things I thought were a lot of fun to do in Kochi and…
My 5 Most Cherished Treks
I need one major trek every year to cope with my daily grind. And I eagerly look forward to it every year. I tried to trek through Annapurna Circuit in Nepal in June 2013 and the next major trek is now going to happen in June 2014 only. Yet I think of it daily and…
5 Tips on How I Travel with a Full Time Job and Family
I have always shied away from writing about how I manage to travel with a full time job and a family. I once even gave a talk on the same topic with TUI. I work full time as an Associate Professor and we adopted our daughter in 2009. It helps that my husband is a…
Top 5 Destinations for the Year 2013 at Travel Tales from India
Travel Tales from India and I have been really lucky till now in 2013. In February at one point it seemed all my trips were getting cancelled. Since then I have been on a travelling spree though. The year started with a trip to Alwar which was a family vacation. February as I said was…
Travel Round Up till August
It is September already, how fast the time went! Travel wise it has been a good year for me so far. You might ask why am I doing a round up now? It is not December after all. Well, I don’t like to make new year resolutions or sum up when almost every one is…
Fifty Things I Love About Traveling
1. It sets me free- from my routine. 2. I don’t have to commute on those days. 3. I can click a lot of pictures. 4. I love those long walks. 5. Eating roadside food. 6. Interacting with people who have a different worldview. 7. That lovely window seat from where I can see the…