7 Day Itinerary for Kerala
itinerary for kerala, kerala travel blog, my trip to kerala, itinerary for kerala for 7 days In this 7 day itinerary for Kerala, I will show you how to roadtrip this gorgeous, lush state in 7 days. My trip to Kerala was a combination of landscapes such as waterfalls, verdant tea estates, foggy hill stations […]
8 Day Trek to Annapurna Base Camp
Who would have thought a scrawny, non-athletic, Indian girl like me would one day hike the Annapurna Base Camp?! The words “base camp” have become synonymous with Mt. Everest, and sound intimidating to many of us! 10 years ago, when a friend told me about this place called the Annapurna, he described it as even […]
Destination Guide to Uzbekistan
WHERE IS UZBEKISTAN?! The word Uzbekistan itself carries an air of mystery about it. I recently visited this destination with a boutique travel company, Acanela Expeditions, and was wowed by the history, culture and its people. If you’ve never heard of the Silk Road, it is the ancient trade route that connected China to the […]
Top 5 Reasons to Visit SriLanka in 2019
Why Visit Sri Lanka? Sri Lanka has never really been on my bucket list of countries to see. This could be partly because I’m originally from India and the similarities between both countries are striking. However, I was recently invited to visit SriLanka for a destination wedding and decided to take the opportunity to discover […]
My Experience at the Tiger Temple in Thailand
I stood in line, restlessly shifting from left foot to right as little rivulets of sweat ran down the nape of my neck. The Bangkok heat was not meant for standing. Outdoors. To take a selfie with a tiger. A tiger that’s chained to the tree. What was I doing here again?! That thought ran […]
Old Town & Gujarati Cuisine: Ahmedabad, India
Gujarat, India?! Uh…what about it? That was my first reaction when my cousin suggested I meet her in her temporary hometown of Ahmedabad (Gujarat’s ex-capital) on my once in three year visit to India. I could be trekking in Ladakh or hanging out in some random village in the south. What the heck would we […]
Village Travels – Gujarat (India)
Bhuj is a small town, approximately 6 hours from Ahmedabad. So what’s there in Bhuj?! Certainly no Taj Mahal, I can assure you. But Bhuj is a gateway to the desert, a large part of which is a seasonal salt marsh. It’s also the gateway to a smattering of tiny villages that are home to […]
Walking the Salt Flats: Gujarat, India
Today was the day I was finally going to sleep in a mud tent and visit a salt desert. Wow. I was excited! But we first had to figure out how to get to this salt desert my cousin kept referring to. I hadn’t known India had a salt desert. Our overnight train from Ahmedabad […]
Kecak Dance: A Balinese Interpretation of the Ramayana
It was hot and muggy. My friends and I walked along single file on the narrow sidewalk looking for the temple. The dance started promptly at 7pm and I wanted to make sure we had seats. Every time we stopped to ask a shop owner they would say, “straight.” So we kept trudging along. When […]
An encounter with Bali’s famous medicine man!
“You so pretty, your lips like sugar.” The 98 year old frail man let go of my palm and made me turn around so he can read my neck and pronounced with a toothless smile that I would have great sex at midnight. Good to know. “Um Ketut, so what about my career?” Ketut coughed […]
