Travel Stories is about what stayed during travel adventures. These pieces follow family holidays, cities, children, photographs, missed turns, small meals, hotel rooms, and the moments that survive long after the itinerary has been forgotten.
Almost everyone I have met likes to travel… some more than others! I have travelled a fair bit and done normal touristy things. So I thought of a fun list of off-beat travel choices at Airbnb, Here is my wishlist A lighthouse in Australia – Imagine being on top of the world and waking […]
A Traveller’s Dream Read More »
In September 2014, my team had a small outing at Kolad in Maharashtra. It is a small town in Maharashtra about 120 kms away from Mumbai. Located on the banks of river Kundalika, Kolad has emerged as a popular destination for adventure sports for Mumbai as well as Pune folks. Specifically, for river rafting in
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How exciting it is to be living a traveller’s life? You hear the stories of your friends who have been to all those fantastic places.. you see their pictures on Facebook… you see all the places they have checked in on FourSquare and you go, “Wow, What a fantastic life!” When you meet these people
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The city of Nizams… isn’t that how each of us read about Hyderabad? I remember I did. For me, the city was all about old world charm, land bazaar (bangles, chaand baalis!) and biryani!!!
Hyderabad… a confluence of old world Nizam City and new age Cyberabad Read More »
This is what I did yesterday. l had gone on a trip organised from work. The day started really early and after a three hour drive away from the city we reached the base village. This was a popular trail and the base village has lots of homes which offer food, clean sanitation and resting
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As I grow older nay wiser, I am discovering things about myself that I did not know. I had always pegged myself as an indoor person who did not enjoy sports or outdoor activities. Sports, I still don’t but I have come to realise that I am not averse to outdoor activities especially those involving
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Ever since the year began, I have been thinking about alternate careers. I am wondering what life would have been had I actually followed one of my crazed ideas and steered away from the “safe” engineering option. I have imagined various scenarios and here are a few that seem worth recounting… Woman Writer WriterNow this
The traffic signal is a spot for trade in our cities. You can buy everything from newspapers, novels, magazines to peanuts, flowers and soft drinks. Not to mention the cleaners. The ones who have a rag in their hand that they move over your windshield and windows, often leaving it more dirty than before! One
By the time you guys read this, I will be on the road. On my way to Rishikesh and it will be my second trip in a month. I feel so so blessed at this moment. I know it is the holy river herself who has blessed me. I went there last month with my
Kolkata, a city I saw for the first time last Friday, a city that is soon to be home. Where is the old world charm that I had read about? Perhaps it is there and I am oblivious to it. Perhaps it is buried deep beneath the layers of moss and grime that covers every