Trip reports, travelogues, and photo stories — context for the guides, not a substitute for them.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Two trips to Ladakh. The first in 2016, self-driven, arriving via the Srinagar highway through Drass and Kargil. The second in August 2024 — the full story is...
There's a thing nobody tells you about flying into Leh. The mountains start appearing about forty minutes before you land, somewhere over the Himachal border,...
Driving from Srinagar to LehIn the summer of 2017, we embarked on a memorable 10-day road trip from Srinagar to Leh, traversing some of the highest passes and...
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,...
Kumbhalgarh Fort is situated in the western part of the Aravali Hills in the Rajasthan. Rana Kumbha founded this fort during the 15th century. Built over a period of 15 years under the expert supervision of the famed architect of Kumbhalgarh Fort Rajasthan named Mandan, it is perfectly perched between eleven peaks of the Aravalli ranges. Maharana Pratap was born in Kumbhalgarh, he was known as the great warrior of Mewar, and the royal families occupied this fort until the 19th century. The world’s second-largest wall surrounds the Kumbhalgarh fort, and this is the second-largest fort in Rajasthan after the Chittorgarh Fort.
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...
I'd been rambling about Sonar Kella since we started planning — the golden fortress Satyajit Ray put on film, the one Feluda made his own, the one I'd grown up...
Azure alleys and stone stories — Mehrangarh, Toorji Ka Jhalra, Phool Mahal, and the Blue City from the fort walls.
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.
📍 Distance ~100 km from Bangalore 🗺️ Route Bengaluru → Devenahalli → Chikballapur → Gudibande ⏱️ Trek time 45 min up · 20 min down 🎟️ Entry fee Free 📅 Best...
Prinsep Ghat has a specific quality on a February morning — empty ghats, the Hooghly carrying a light mist, and the kind of quiet that Kolkata almost never...
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...