Most people go to France, well planned for the ‘bigger’ things – Paris, Eiffel Tower, Champs De Elysees, Louvre, gourmet food, haute couture, churches, Riviera, wine, the brasseries, the patisseries, et all. No doubt France is all these and more!! But tucked away, in nondescript corners, are another favourite of […]
We are stopping by Loch Ness tonight. That is Lake Ness in the highlands of Scotland. It’s a small village of not more than 2000 people, called Drumnadrochit. Another of the dream-like villages, with mostly white painted two-floored thatched houses, the country side has been rendered green with rains. spot […]
The sun set behind the bridge, firing up the clouds gathered in the western sky. Andrew had been right. It was a glorious sunset. He had advised us to stand by the bayside if we were keen enough. I was. I always am, with sunrises and sunsets. But there was […]
One needs to be a poet in order to describe the beauty that is Scotland. Rolling hills, verdant meadows, dream-like countryside, magnificent castles, a rich and vivid history, Scotland can enthrall even the most disinterested of hearts. And then there are the flowers that can steal your heart. Everywhere. Wild. […]
Bhandardara is the place to go to when you want to do nothing on a holiday. For, there isn’t much that you can do there anyway. Other than just soak in nature, stare out into the hills, be delighted by the lake and splash a little water here and there […]
The 3day-2night stay at the Rann Utsav was replete with experiences…. 1st day: Sight-seeing started with a trip to a nearby village showcasing the daily life of people in the dessert. It certainly didn’t look like a real village – put up for visitors, with women asking for INR 50 […]
As I said in my last blog (Destination #RannUtsav in Gujarat — Celebrating the Rann of Kutch), once you alight from the bus upon reaching Kutch, you are amazed by the scale at which the local government has planned the #RannUtsav. Easy check-ins at the welcome – tent, with the […]
Rann of Kutch was a long longed destination. Every year we seemed to be postponing it citing some reason or the other. But, in October 2012, Jayant finally booked a 3 days/2 nights trip to the Kutch Utsav — a part of the much advertised Gujarat festival organized by the state […]