Like most of the weekends in the past few months, the coming Saturday too, looked unexciting and monotonous when I went to bed last night. Lately, either I had been busy or the missus had been working on the past few Saturdays. Hence, to road-trips even though we live in the North East [read heaven …
Category: India
How To Reach Majuli Islands from Jorhat
Part because of the workload, a ton of other things, and part because of the writer’s block, I have not been able to write travel stories here. They have been piling – up but for now, I don’t think I am in a mood to write them in a way I would enjoy. So, in the …
Trip To Hornbill Festival – Best Time To Visit Nagaland
When in the Naga hills, the evenings are nippy and the night skies are clear, and life is usual and quite, something exciting also goes on nearby. Something which happens only once a year and brings people from all over India and beyond. Nagaland state’s annual tourism festival is by far the biggest tourism festival …
How To Hampi: A Complete Travel Guide
“Hampi is overwhelming!” I have said it in the past and I say it again, Hampi is a place like no other. Be it the grandeur, the history of one of the biggest kingdom or its immensely rich architecture. Or be it the huge boulders, the colorful Hampi market, or the mythological stories of Khishkinda Nagri, Hampi …
Tipping in India : Should I or Should I Not
Tipping in India isn’t common everywhere. While guests and tourists have been tipping in restaurants in India and for other services in the big cities or touristy places, there had been no ‘tipping culture’ as such in small towns. But, things are changing. As more and more tourists, domestic and international, are exploring India beyond …