Travellers & Travelogues Archives - Page 2 of 24

A Meditative Trek to Tiger’s Nest Monastery, Bhutan 1

Sep

2016

Facebook Google+ Twitter My mind knows I can’t do it. It’s an arduous trek. With poor stamina levels and a sorrowful state of health, I try to convince myself that it is perfectly okay if I don’t attempt the six-hour treacherous journey. But of course, there is a tempting option of horses that can be ...

Hey Cape Town, I am in Love with You!

Sep

2016

Facebook Google+ Twitter Cape Town, the legislative capital of the country and the coastal city in South Africa is definitely a part of the phenomenal world. I can say this with all my heart because I have just experienced it in real and it is too good to be true. In 2014, when Cape Town was named the ‘best place in ...

Home is where the beach is !

Sep

2016

Facebook Google+ Twitter After an almost one and half year stint in Delhi, I took a small break and went back home. The home that is so addictive – I will say this phrase again and again – but home that is so addictive to the lush greenery – a green that is unique to Kerala, ...

San Gimignano : Where fairy tales come alive

Sep

2016

Facebook Google+ Twitter As the bus whizzes past lush green vineyards across the Tuscan countryside, I cannot help but marvel. Low hanging clouds as if kissing the lopsided hills and vineyards scattered as far as my eyes can see.The whole scene looks ripped off an old, classic movie or maybe an Enid Blyton book. No ...

Chasing The Sunset At Oia

Sep

2016

Facebook Google+ Twitter Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting. – Richard Paul Evans And I could not get over these words as I watched one of the Worlds’ most watched sunset at Oia (pronounced EE-ah). The sunset here is as beautiful as your imagination ...

Haa Valley : The Well Kept Secret of Bhutan

Aug

2016

Facebook Google+ Twitter The prayer flags were fluttering in the air. The sound of the breeze was ringing through my ears. As I took the turn up in the eastern Himalayan ranges, the curvaceous road was suddenly engulfed in the ascending mist. I felt as if the wind was whispering, announcing the arrival of this ...

Trip to Longewala 2

May

2016

Facebook Google+ Twitter “Woh kehte hai subah ka khana Jaisalmer mein karenge, dopahar ka khana jodhpur mein karenge or raat ka khana delhi mein karenge; lekin aaj hum unka naashta karenge. Guru maharaj ne kaha hai ek khalsa sawa lakh ke barabar hota hai aaj unki baat sach kar dikhane ka waqt aa gaya hai”. I ...

A Ride In The Mumbai Lifeline

May

2016

Facebook Google+ Twitter The local trains are in itself an attraction in the Financial capital of India, Mumbai or as the locals fondly call it “Aamchi Mumbai”. This large network of locomotives that connect the heavily populated city has perhaps become the metropolis’ lifeline and is a big part of every Mumbaikar’s identity. Used by ...

Chance to get featured in India’s Top Travel Bloggers list of 2016! 4

Apr

2016

Facebook Google+ Twitter Holidify is back with a chance to get your blog featured in the list of top travel bloggers of the country! In 2015, Holidify created this list of top travel bloggers in India. However, a lot of travel bloggers missed and requested us to include them in that list. We thought we will again go on a search ...

Mussoorie – Romancing the hills 4

Apr

2016

Facebook Google+ Twitter Let me begin by confessing that I have an inherent bias towards holidifying in the hills, and on any given day I would prefer the mountains over the sea. I am unaware of the reasons why my heart melts for the luscious mountains, but maybe the cool weather of the hills coupled ...