Souvenirs are to travelers what sonnets are to Shakespeare – both seldom exist without the other. And as a thoroughbred traveler we turn everything that we pick as a souvenir of our […]
Local Cosmetics to hoard up on when Travelling
Book Review: The Lives of Others
It is like cancer. It spreads through the living cells in your body, slowly and surreptitiously, without you even knowing. And then no matter what you do, it keeps spreading and spreading until […]
UAE – Dubai and Abu Dhabi
No trip to the Middle East can be complete without visiting the jewel of the Emirates – Dubai. You hate it or love it but you cannot just ignore it. Its one […]
Jordan – A four day trip into History
Officially known as The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, its the most misunderstood country in the Middle East. The first question that I was asked back in India when people came to know […]
How to Travel without Traveling
There are about 200 countries in this world and 29 states in our own country (India). For most people this is much more than they can cover in their entire lifespan barring […]
Athens and Santorini
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Wonder why I would open a travel blog with a Dickensian quote? At the face of it, and in a […]
Doha, Qatar
For me, Doha just happened. Yes truly. We were traveling to Greece for the summers and the best and most economical option to fly was the Qatar Airways. I had never flown […]
Book Review: The Guardian
I had no intention of reading this book till about Friday, which was 2 days back. I had bought a pack of three Nicholas Sparks back in 2008 from a book sale […]
Book Review: Never Let Me Go
It was only by chance that I picked up this book from a person de-cluttering his stock of books on Facebook. I had a faint recollection of the author (Kazuo Ishiguro) from […]
Book Review: A Wild Sheep Chase
This is one of Murakami’s first novels (infact written before his bestseller Norwegian Wood) and my third Murakami read (after Kafka on the Shore and After Dark). The plot and the characters […]
