India
Port Blair Itinerary: 3 Days in the Andaman Capital
My stint with the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has gone way beyond just a Port Blair itinerary for 3 days. Waiting for permits and ferry schedules made my Port Blair trip plan much longer than I…
Neil Island Travel Guide | What to Do & How to Plan
I went to Neil Island on a whim. My initial plan was to actually take a ferry to go to Hut Bay in Little Andaman and explore this truly offbeat haven of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. But after spending…
Bike Ride to Nubra Valley: Diskit-Hunder-Turtuk
Part One - Bike Ride to Nubra Valley: Leh to Diskit On day one of our bike ride to Nubra Valley, we had reached Diskit in pitch dark after covering the Leh, Ladakh to Nubra Valley distance, and we had…
10 Destinations to “Work From Home” in India
I had always been a self-proclaimed slow traveller even before the pandemic started. Ever since I started travelling, I have lived by the mantra – slow, solo, sustainable. But having a constant itch on my feet to seek the next…
Bike Ride to Nubra Valley: Leh to Diskit
The way the idea of our bike trip through Nubra Valley from Leh was born, was a testament itself of what was about to ensue. I woke up late one morning in the dorms of a hostel in Leh with…
Dhosi Hill Guide: Offbeat Place near Delhi
In the winter of 2019, I had a realization of how little I knew about the surroundings of my own home in Delhi. This curiosity led me to Dhosi Hill, some 150 kilometres from Delhi, making for the perfect weekend…
Sinhagad Fort: Monsoon in Western Ghats
In July 2019, I decided to visit my best friend who had moved from Delhi to Pune to pursue his career in the Big Corporate. I had excitedly created a detailed plan of the places to visit near Pune I…
A Solo Traveler’s Guide to Leh, Ladakh
For the longest time, I had tried to ward off the idea of going to Leh and Ladakh. Having heard of the heavy inflow of tourists that the area receives year after year, and the negative impact this footfall has…
Velas Turtle Festival 2021 – All You Need to Know
I still remember that night clear as day when I visited my freshly-out-of-engineering-college best friend for one last time before he boarded his flight to his new city of residence where he would now be working 5 days a week…
Jammu Mahotsav- A Display of the Rich Dogri Culture
If you’re not new here, you know about my recent obsession with the beauty that Jammu is. Not Jammu and Kashmir, but just Jammu. And if you’re new here, then you probably cannot believe what your eyes are reading. Of all the…