Guides for planning. Stories from the road.

Bangalore-based. Travelling since before it was content. Wandering Bong is a decade of road trips, slow circuits, and overplanned weekends — Karnataka first, then further. The writing is firsthand. The opinions are my own.

Is Phuket Worth Visiting? One Trip, Then It's Just an Airport

Destination guides

All 4 guides

Rajasthan

Rajasthan. Swipe or use arrow keys to browse.

Find what you need

Open the map

Where we've been

Latest stories

Trip reports and travelogues — context for the guides, not a substitute for them.

All stories
Is Phuket Worth Visiting? One Trip, Then It's Just an Airport
GUIDE
Phuket Old Town, Thalang Rd, Taladyai Mueang Phuket District, Phuket 83000, Thailand

Is Phuket Worth Visiting? One Trip, Then It's Just an Airport

Our first trip to Thailand, in December 2024, started with a booking mistake we didn't recognise as one until we were on a ferry back across the Andaman with...

#Thailand#Phuket#Krabi
Why We Keep Going Back to Thailand: Seven Things Four Trips Taught Us
BLOG POST
Had Lamai, บ้านละไม, เทศบาลนครเกาะสมุย, อำเภอเกาะสมุย, จังหวัดสุราษฎร์ธานี, 84310, ประเทศไทย

Why We Keep Going Back to Thailand: Seven Things Four Trips Taught Us

We've written before about how Krabi and Koh Lanta became our reset over three trips in a year. Since then we've been back a fourth time — Koh Samui and Koh...

#Thailand#Koh Samui#Koh Phangan
8 Days in Ladakh: A Complete Itinerary (With Tso Moriri Extension)
GUIDE

8 Days in Ladakh: A Complete Itinerary (With Tso Moriri Extension)

This itinerary is built from our August 2024 circuit: Leh base, north to Nubra Valley via Khardung La, east through the Shyok valley directly to Pangong Tso,...

#India#Road Trips#Ladakh
Jodhpur: The Blue City, and a Fort You Earn on Foot
TRAVELOGUE
Manak Chowk, Jodhpur, Jodhpur Tehsil, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 342003, India

Jodhpur: The Blue City, and a Fort You Earn on Foot

We'd ended up in Jaipur once before almost by accident — a Leh flight got cancelled, and Rajasthan became the fallback rather than the plan. This time we did it properly: three nights in Jodhpur, four in Jaisalmer, right through the turn of the year. Jodhpur gave us a full day at Mehrangarh Fort, the Blue City from the ramparts, and a rooftop-dining scene that's a little too pleased with itself.

#India#Rajasthan#Forts
First Time on Koh Phangan: Slow Cafes, Shy Beaches, and a Sunset That Never Came
BLOG POST
ถนนหินกอง, หาดเจ้าเภา, ตำบลเกาะพะงัน, เทศบาลตำบลเพชรพะงัน, อำเภอเกาะพะงัน, เกาะพะงัน, จังหวัดสุราษฎร์ธานี, 84820, ประเทศไทย

First Time on Koh Phangan: Slow Cafes, Shy Beaches, and a Sunset That Never Came

The catamaran from Bang Rak Pier on Koh Samui to Thong Sala Pier on Koh Phangan takes under an hour, and for most of it we were being thrown gently sideways in...

#Thailand#Koh Phangan#Koh Samui
Hotels Inside Jaisalmer Fort: Where We Stayed and Why It's Worth It
BLOG POST
Karma Cafe, Main Chowk, Jaisalmer, Jaisalmer Tehsil, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, 345001, India

Hotels Inside Jaisalmer Fort: Where We Stayed and Why It's Worth It

Most people booking a Jaisalmer trip default to a hotel in the newer part of the city — easier parking, more choice, nothing wrong with it. But if you're going...

#India#Rajasthan#Jaisalmer

Photo stories

All photo stories

Videos