I am a big fan of Bar Crawls, especially on travels, as they are a great way to discover the local way of life and immerse myself in the traditions and culture of the place I am exploring. So, no matter what kind of destination I visit - be it a former fishing village or a throbbing urban jungle - I always chart out a bar crawl map to explore the best watering holes in town to check after the sun goes down. But I certainly didn't expect to indulge in this exercise in a remot

War-torn Angola has been off-limits to all but the most fearless travelers for a long time. With peace in 2002, rumors started circulating that Angola might be the next hot travel destination. Unfortunately, that day has not arrived yet. While most Foreign Office websites don’t exactly advise against travelling to Angola, neither to they encourage a visit by calling out more of the negative aspects that might await you when you land up here. And this coupled with the fact tha

I’ve spent a good part of my life tracing a quiet, fascinating thread that runs across continents—the Indian diaspora. Not the versions of India found in textbooks or migration charts, but the versions I keep finding in places that have no business feeling like India at all. I've eaten chapati and curry with Indo-Fijians in Suva, argued cricket with Trinidadians of Indian descent in Port of Spain, and watched Diwali light up the East African sky from Nairobi to Kampala. In fa

Despite having extensively travelled far and wide across this wonderful planet of ours for more than a decade and a half, I somehow never managed to find the time to come up with a personal bluelist of any kind until now. However, a recent article I read about how to spend your money for long-lasting happiness motivated me to create this blog. The most interesting point that the article called out was that in the constant pursuit of happiness, most people pursue material thin

For a lot of folks who indulge in the beautiful experience of exploring exotic places and locales, travel typically means going to a destination because of the destination itself, and everything else follows that. But sometimes your craving to go to a destination can commence from your first discovery of a specific accommodation that entices you to plan a trip to make a stay at that place happen! This blog is a series of posts that showcase such properties, where I didn’t eve

Experiencing a plantation life in its most authentic form had been a long-time travel dream of mine. The routine of waking up in a tea estate packed with post-card perfect landscapes, having unhurried conversations in bungalows that once belonged to the ‘Dorais’(an erstwhile term for the managers of South Indian tea plantations), savoring specially prepared homely meals followed by lazy afternoon tea on sunny verandas, and slipping into a deep slumber in elegant bedrooms -

For a lot of folks who indulge in the beautiful experience of exploring exotic places and locales, travel typically means going to a destination because of the destination itself, and everything else follows that. But sometimes your craving to go to a destination can commence from your first discovery of a specific accommodation that entices you to plan a trip to make a stay at that place happen! This blog is a series of posts that showcase such properties, where I didn’t eve

Step away from the well-trodden tourist trails and immerse yourselves in the verdant valleys, terraced rice paddies, and authentic ethnic minority villages that define northwest Vietnam's most enchanting landscapes. Far from Hanoi's bustling streets, there is a Vietnam that remains beautifully untouched — where the dramatic limestone karsts of Mai Chau give way to the pristine wilderness of Pu Luong Nature Reserve. Hidden terrains where Thai and Muong villagers still practi

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There's something magical about stepping into a place where time seems to have paused centuries ago. That's exactly how I felt when I...

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