Category: travel
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Exploring the Vibrant Heritage of Old Phuket Town, Thailand
Old Phuket Town is the kind of place that makes you slow down, look up, and take in every color, curve, and carving. My recent video takes you through some of its most iconic corners, but walking through these streets in person feels like stepping into a living, breathing museum of culture. The first thing…
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Streets of Alleppey, Kerala [Photoblog]
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Alappuzha (Alleppey) is referred to as “the Venice of the East.” This picturesque site is the centre of Kerala’s backwaters and is home to a vast network of backwaters and thousands of houseboats, making it one of the greatest tourist destinations in Kerala. While backwaters and lakes remain the main attraction of the city, it’s…
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Kerala Backwaters Tour & Waterways of Alappuzha
Here is something for those of you who were planning to visit Kerala this year, but couldn’t due to the pandemic. We all know that any Kerala trip is incomplete without exploring it’s beautiful backwaters and lakes. With this video, let me teleport you to the stunning backwaters of Alappuzha on the super cheap State…
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Chasing TONA’s Street Art
Obsession (noun): an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person’s mind. Obsession knows no logic or reason. You encounter something interesting and you can’t get it out of your head. That’s the subject of this article: My obsession with street artist TONA’s work. Well, calling it an obsession might be an…
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Muhammad Ghaus Tomb: Gwalior’s Lesser Known Gem
Gwalior, situated in Madhya Pradesh, has been a cultural and historical epicenter for many ages. Many Emperors, Kings, and Queens have left their mark on the city in one way or the other. Apart from them, many revered saints and sages also made the city their home from time to time. In fact, the city…
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Marble Magnificence: Wah Taj!
“Only let this one tear-drop, this Tajmahal, glisten spotlessly bright on the cheek of time, forever and ever. ” Nobel Laureate Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore Situated on the banks of River Yamuna, Taj Mahal is flanked by millions of tourists from India and abroad. I have been to Taj Mahal only once in my whole life.…
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Portraits from Kerala
Picture this! It’s August 15th 2018It has been raining non-stop for almost a week in Kerala. It is the occasion of Athachamayam festival in Tripunithura (near Ernakulam), which marks the beginning of Onam festivities.Artists from all across the state, tourists & photographers from all across the world and India are waiting for the rain to…
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Delhi Diaries: Lal Kuan and Zeenat Mahal
Back in 2015, when I was living in Delhi, my favorite thing to do was to roam around the streets of Old Delhi in search of some interesting stories. Mainly because of the nature of my job and also because I loved wandering around aimlessly. Some days the stories were presented right on the platter…
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Gokarna Diaries Part 2: A Colourful Laid-back Town
In the first part of the Gokarna Diaries, I shared a glimpse of the City and it’s people. In this part, I will be giving you a glimpse of the laidback yet colorful side of the town SHIVA’S CHARIOT Every year, during the festival of Maha Shivaratri, a Rath Yatra is taken out by the…
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Gokarna Diaries Part 1: Exploring beyond beaches
Over the past couple of years, Gokarna has emerged as a popular tourist destination, mainly because of it’s beautiful untouched beaches. While living in Goa, I have had enough of beaches. But I still wanted to explore this laid-back town, which also happens to be major Hindu pilgrimage site in Uttara Kannada. Here are some…