Rinchenpong – Poison Lake, Orchids & Kanchenjunga
We started driving towards Rinchenpong in Sikkim & all I expected was another hill town. We expected some stunning views of Kanchenjunga. Do we...
Cooch Behar – Places To See In Royal City Of Bengal
Cooch Behar – I first heard about this place when I was reading a story on Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur. She came from...
Chikal Kalo, Monsoon Time Mud Festival Of Goa
Chikal Kalo is a local Goan festival – one of the many that you see only in Goa. It is celebrated on the 12th...
Kaza, Langza, Rangrik – Villages Of Spiti Valley
On my Himachal Odyssey last year, we reached Kaza after the Himalayan villages of Nako, Tabo & Dhankar. We meandered on the rough roads...
Ganpatipule Beaches, Temples, & Forts
Ganpatipule is a small coastal town 20 km north of Ratnagiri. With a name, pregnant with a legend, this is a small town that...
Travel A Bit Of Daman & Diu Union Territory
Daman is a small town on the west coast of India – sandwiched between the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat. But still managing to...
Mayfair Darjeeling – Charming Royal Heritage Hotel
Review of Mayfair Resort, Darjeeling - a luxury heritage property that was once the summerhouse of Maharaja of Nawabganj. Old world charm is accentuated by the walls full of old photographs and a library dedicated to the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
Birds Of Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh – Bird Photography
Birds of Pench National Park are a delight. We all went looking for big cats, and they did oblige us with ample generosity. However,...
Must Do Walks In And Around Landour, Mussoorie
Landour is a perfect walking town. A small army cantonment, with few houses, a couple of churches, a temple, and few shops – that...
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, Darjeeling
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park was on our Darjeeling sightseeing list. We started on a taxi from Gangtok covering about 90 odd kilometers distance...


















