Travel Blog with a focus on North East India
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 …
The trail we were on was slippery, the sky overcast with dark monsoon clouds hovering overhead and a roaring pahaadi river below that was nothing less than scary. It was a tricky situation to drive in and to be honest, we were on our toes all through the forty minutes or so of the drive. One small …
Rant Alert. Skip to story? I had planned to write a round-up post of 2017, something like this one before the previous year ended and then by the end of January, I had planned to have written at least a handful of travel stories here on the blog. The reality, however, turned out to be completely …
Is spotting the one-horned rhinos your main reason to visit the Kaziranga National Park but you don’t have the luxury of spending one night in Kaziranga? Or are you finding it tough to book a Kaziranga jungle safari because all of them are sold out? Or are you someone from in and around Assam who …
The previous post about Thimphu Tshechu was loved by many. So, I went ahead and requested Sherab Tenzin for yet another story and he did not disappoint. So here it is. If you travel Bhutan in winter, and especially sometimes at the start of the second week of December, you’ll get an opportunity to attend …