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Close your eyes and think of Rajasthan – deep beige sand dunes shimmering against a blue sky or golden fortresses bathed in sunshine will probably be the first frames to capture your imagination. If I say, how about watching brooding clouds pouring nature’s nirvana on a parched city or a dry...
Thanks to its turbulent volcanic origins, the island of Lanzarote has one of the most intriguing landscapes to be found anywhere in the world, but there’s much more to the island’s geography than initially meets the eye. Underneath Lanzarote is a system of labyrinth-like caves known as the...
Whenever the ‘mountain getaway’ topic comes up during my conversations with pals from outside India, the term “Hill Station” pops out of my mouth inevitably. Most of them would look back at me with a question mark written all over their face – what is a hill station? Is it some sort of a...
Bhutan had opened its doors to tourism only by the end of the last century. It still retains its mysticism and exclusivity thanks to the restrictive policies on mass tourism. With a $280 minimum spend per day (including guided tour and accommodation) rule slapped on foreigners travelling to the...
There was a special game we played in school at lunchtime. One needed to choose their animal of choice and then conquer a hypothetical mission using the special capabilities of that animal. I remember choosing a bird, almost always. My answers to the pervasive “what would you want to be when...
Hailed as ‘Asia’s World City’, Hong Kong, boasts of a sophisticated airport that offers hundreds of connections to all corners of the globe. Without delving into the meaning of “World City”, I have always found it comforting to refer Hong Kong as ‘Asia’s World Connection’....
It doesn’t matter if you are a frequent flier or you can finger-count the number of times you flew; aviation or airline jargons must have stumbled you at least once. My first flight alone was at the age of 19 and I had barely managed to decipher half of the lingo in the first attempt....
Travel is one wish that has found itself in almost all the wish lists created for the new year with “overseas travel” or “travel abroad” charting a sizable appearance. If the first sight of a stamped visa or the scribbles on a departure immigration card gives you a high...
Ask anyone about anything they wish to do more of; they would promptly reply, “I wish I could travel more, only if I had the money”. Doesn’t matter if you are a luxury traveller looking to unwind from the daily chores in an exotic resort or a nomadic backpacker out on the road less...
There is nothing quite like a road trip, the ochred rockies giving way to emerald paddies or clustered houses transitioning to dense settlements, a road trip comes with a promise of something new to the eye almost every time, even if its through a narrow side window of a bus or the wide...