Monthly Archives: April 2016


Spice and Herbal Garden Tour in Sri Lanka – To Go or To Not Go

Spice and herbal garden in Sri Lanka. Exotic it sounds, all right. But for a garden lover like me, it was a must-see. Nay, must-visit. Jayanta found and planned for one enroute Kandy from Habarana. And so, post our Dambulla Cave Temple tour (Read about: Dambulla Cave Temple Tour), we […]

Spice Garden Tour in Sri Lanka

Dambulla Cave Tour, Sri Lanka

Tour of Dambulla Cave Temple, Sri Lanka

We went to the Dambulla Cave Temple on our way from Habarana to Kandy. It is another of those temples that is located on top of a rock that required climbing for about 15-20 minutes. Surprisingly, despite having trekked all the way up to Sigiriya (Read: Tour of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka) the previous evening, our legs weren’t […]


Tour of Sigiriya, the ancient city of Sri Lanka

The Sigiriya rock, perhaps, is the mascot of Sri Lanka. It is a UNESCO heritage site, and certainly, one of the most visited in Sri Lanka. You see its photographs everywhere in the country, starting from the immigration section of the airport. We had scheduled our Sigiriya tour for the […]

Sigiriya Tour, Sri Lanka

heritage Houses in Goa -- Palacio do Deao Mansion in Quepem, Goa

Go Hopping Heritage Houses in Goa

I dread the usual Goa’s beach and beer stories. Which is why I always protest the ‘Goa-plan’ mooted by the daughter and the father at home. But for this Easter weekend, there wasn’t any other option — by the time my leaves got approved, flight and hotel rates had touched […]


Vivenda Dos Palhacos — A Heritage Homestay in Goa

Vivenda Dos Palhacos. Nestled in the coconut groves of Majorda village in Goa, it took us more than 20 minutes to locate the place that night after our 14-hour drive from Mumbai. After two calls to Simon, the owner of Vivenda, and help from one of their staff, we reached Vivenda only to realise we had driven […]

Vivienda Dos Palhacos, Homestay in Goa