Trip reports, travelogues, and photo stories — context for the guides, not a substitute for them.
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...
Hoysaleswara Temple is the main attraction and a 900-year-old monument in Halebidu or Dwarasamudra, the capital of the Hoysalas. Every visit to this place...
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...
Update — March 2026 Access to the water at Chunchi Falls is currently restricted — the guided trek to the plunge pool is no longer operating. The viewpoint...
Hesaraghatta Lake and surrounding Avalahalli Forest - quick getaway from Bangalore. I had heard a lot about Hesaraghatta grasslands which is close to the...
I've been making weekend trips from Bangalore for over a decade. Long before the Mysore Expressway made Coorg a 5-hour drive, before every hill station in the...
Bangalore is one of those cities where the best therapy is leaving it for a day. Not a weekend — just a day. Leaving the endless sprint cycles and roadmaps...
📅 Written in 2020. Places, prices and access have changed since. For current routes, entry notes and start times, see the 2026 guides: Best One Day Trips from...
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...
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...
A year of returns, tropical rains, and the luxury of familiarity.They say you never step into the same river twice, for it is not the same river and you are...
We first went to Thailand in December last year — a whirlwind loop of Phuket > Koh Lanta > Ao Nang > back to Phuket. It was amazing: wandering...
A One-Week Guide to Remote Work and Slow Living in the AndamanIf Ao Nang is the place where you flip the switch into vacation mode, Koh Lanta is where you...
A Deep Dive into Krabi's Soul, Three Trips LaterThere is a specific kind of exhaustion that comes with the corporate life. It isn't just physical; it's a...
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...
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...
Quick Update: The Rules Haven't Changed We just got back from Phuket and Koh Phangan (June 26 – July 5, 2026). The short version: the 60-day visa-free entry...
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...