The Other Chikmagalur: Tea Gardens, the Kudremukh Ghat, and a Loop We Almost Missed
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The Other Chikmagalur: Tea Gardens, the Kudremukh Ghat, and a Loop We Almost Missed

You've Done the Coffee Estate. Now Do Chikmagalur Properly.The first Chikmagalur trip usually goes the same way.Drive up on a Friday evening. Wake up to mist...

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The Other Chikmagalur: Tea Gardens, the Kudremukh Ghat, and a Loop We Almost Missed
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The Other Chikmagalur: Tea Gardens, the Kudremukh Ghat, and a Loop We Almost Missed

You've Done the Coffee Estate. Now Do Chikmagalur Properly.The first Chikmagalur trip usually goes the same way.Drive up on a Friday evening. Wake up to mist...

#Bangalore#South India#Karnataka
The Cemetery at the End of Park Street | Kolkata
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The Cemetery at the End of Park Street | Kolkata

South Park Street Cemetery is not on most Kolkata itineraries. It sits behind a rusted gate on one of the city's loudest roads, and almost everyone walks past it. Inside: two centuries of crumbling obelisks, toppled urns, and epitaphs for people who came east and never went home. A quiet hour with a camera, somewhere between a history lesson and a ghost story.

#India#Kolkata#West Bengal
Best One Day Trips from Bangalore in 2026 — Four Routes Worth the Drive
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Best One Day Trips from Bangalore in 2026 — Four Routes Worth the Drive

Bangalore is one of those cities where the best therapy is leaving it for a day. Not a weekend — just a day. Out early, back before dark, with something...

#Bangalore#Karnataka#Road Trips
Chikmagalur Travel Guide: A Slow, Soulful Escape into Coffee Country | Road trip from Bangalore
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Chikmagalur Travel Guide: A Slow, Soulful Escape into Coffee Country | Road trip from Bangalore

Some places don't fade after one visit.They grow on you. Chikmagalur is one such destination for me — a hill town I've returned to again and again over the...

#Bangalore#India#South India
Weekend Trips from Bangalore: The Complete 2026 Guide (With Season Calendar & Maps)
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Weekend Trips from Bangalore: The Complete 2026 Guide (With Season Calendar & Maps)

I've done most of these trips myself. Here's my personal guide to 20+ weekend getaways from Bangalore — with a season calendar, long weekend planner, and maps.

#Bangalore#India#Travelogues
Lamai Beach, Koh Samui: Why It’s Perfect for Long Swims and Slow Days | Thailand
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Lamai Beach, Koh Samui: Why It’s Perfect for Long Swims and Slow Days | Thailand

When I think back to our trip in August, one image rises above all the others: Lamai Beach in Koh Samui. Sand, sky, and the kind of sea that makes the rest of...

#Thailand#Beaches#Slow Travel

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