A detailed Icelandic road trip itinerary by guest blogger (and one of my closest friends!), Ishani B. Iceland is an adventure, a fairytale, a mad dash against the elements, a glorious soak in the magic of nature! A country like no other, and the kind of place not for the faint of heart. Iceland…
After a couple of days of walking up, down and among the better known sights of Budapest, I felt like going old-school and borrowed a BIG map from the friendly front desk guys at the Budget Hostel Budapest. Traced my finger along the length of the river Danube and decided to check out what was…
Both times we knocked, we found God’s Window shut firmly in our faces. God’s Window in Mpumalanga province is one of South Africa’s most scenic views – apparently, because I couldn’t verify that for myself, and it certainly wasn’t for lack of trying. Early days in December are misty in the area, so when we reached…
Europe / In Verse / Norway / Photo Essay
I arrived in Norway, In the fishing village of Å, to what I imagined were Arctic winds. They were ruthless and cut right through to my bone and yet, everywhere I looked, was beauty that thawed my heart. If I could, I would fly to Lofoten, because Norway calls me back.
As I pore over the lunch menu, I hear a low, menacing voice behind me. “Give me all your dollars,” a man growls, as he points a rifle at my startled companion’s head. My first reaction is not fear, but befuddlement. What am I to make of this? His snarl sounds real enough, but his theatrical…
TL;DR Catch me on Discovery Channel soon in a travel show about South Africa! With three other friends and Jonty Rhodes, we promise to show you the best of South Africa and leave you gasping for more! ;-) All the dope You know how you have a big dream, and then it comes true? Yeah, sometimes as easy…
I realize I often look to markets to grasp a more ‘real’ feel of the place I’m visiting. Beyond the famous monuments that make it to travel brochures, and visual media that often portrays a reality quite different from what exists, and immaculate museums that document the (accepted) history of the place, there are everyday men…
Elements of nature are so deeply rooted in our psyche, they even pervade the perceptions we form of what we see around us. Fire is associated with passion, vibrancy and force: the fire in their bellies to achieve something, the fire in his eyes to prove everyone wrong. Air makes me think of freedom. Also, something unreliable, something close enough…
So the Solar Impulse 2 has landed in Ahmedabad. :) You must’ve heard by now about Piccard and Borschberg, the two Swiss pioneers who have challenged themselves to fly around the world in a solar-powered airplane using absolutely NO conventional fuel! Their craft, the Solar Impulse 2, has started breaking records from its very first…
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, some tips on travelling far, wide and safe by female travel bloggers on StreetTrotter. With two cents by yours truly. :)
{BEHOLD, the mostest late New Year blog post of 2015 yet! Try getting into some of that 1st of January spirit please, for the length of this post?} It’s a new year, once again. Wait, that didn’t sound quite right. Let me say that again – It’s a NEW YEAR! Again!! Woohoo! I would moan about…
Late in the day, but early enough in the year: Happy 2015, people! Here’s hoping we all manage to travel as far as our fancies would take us, this year. :)
Blogging a Post by A Yearful of Sundays and Travels (Reported by The News Minute) This is so cool. :) Some travel inspiration for a Monday morning that shows that if you really want to travel, you’ll find a way to make it happen! Vijayan and Mohana own a small tea shop in Kochi and they haven’t…
If you like your beaches a bold Caribbean blue Don’t mind ’em mixed with scenic ruins from way back And prefer some deliriously good food on the side You’ve got to head to the Yucatán peninsula! What! That makes…
A Yearful of Sundays 