Wanderlust drives us to faraway lands, interesting waters. And add them to our travel memoirs
Ah the famous Aiguille Du Midi! Let me start at the start. You need to take the cable car from Chamonix City for Aiguille Du Midi – the famous mountain in the French Alps from where you not only see the famous Mont Blanc, but also the Alps of the […]
Chamonix would not be in the ‘traditional’ European itinerary for most travellers from India – especially in winters. For, it can get really cold there, snowed out and frozen to the bones!! Had the opportunity to visit Chamonix in Feb 2011 for an offsite meeting and wow, was I bowled […]
We zeroed on in staying at Hansar during our short 3 days stay at Bangkok after reading the fantastic reviews about the hotel. Staying @Hansar: The first sight was a quite disappointing – looked like a very small hotel, darkly lit, a very business-like lobby – quite a bit of […]
We were a little sceptical about going to Siam Niramit, for we feared a tourist trap in the name of Thai culture extravaganza. But thankfully, our fears were ill-founded. A short drive from the city-center in Bangkok, gets you to the venue. They have made it like a small Thai […]
A small little town Coorg is, but offers quite a bit of options for both tourists and seekers of quietude. We try to balance both and here’s what all we saw and experienced in the three days that we were there: Playing with elephants at the Dubare Elephant Camp: We […]
This May, we were in London for 2 days and 2 nights. Now, 2 days and 2 nights is abysmally less for a city like London about which one has read so much; the city that has been so eulogised in books and poems, the city that has one of […]
Mumbaikars will swear that monsoons have ARRIVED!!! What with the near non-stop downpour, resulting traffic snarls, submerged roads, pedestrian woes, it’s almost as though it’s July. That’s when the rains are this incessant. But this year seems to be different… The rains that started Friday afternoon is continuing. Unabated. The […]
Park Street in Kolkata is synonymous with nightlife and dining … and opulence. It’s still the place for the most happening nightlife (especially during Christmas & New Year) like Tantra, the best pastries & cakes at Flury’s; iconic restaurants like Peter Cat, Trinca, Moulin Rouge … and of course the […]