Travel Tales from India and Abroad

I did four trips on the Mekong River, Mekong River Sunet Cruise, Cruise while coming back from Kuang Si Waterfall, Private boat hire to visit Ban Chan Village and Cruise to and from the Pak Ou caves. All of them were beautiful and some of my choices are weather related. I did all of them from Luang Prabang. I booked the sunset cruise and the independent boat hire from the riv...

I recently traveled to Luang Prabang in Laos from Delhi. I am not one to comment on the visa process of a sovereign nation. I am only stating how I experienced it. People in Luang Prabang were truly good and my vacation was wonderful.

I did the e-visa for Laos and it was granted the very next day. I had hotel reservations, my flight was Thai Airways and I had some c...

I have been travelling abroad since 1999! The first time I was staying with family friends, so my folks back home were not so worried about me. But I do remember when I went to Amsterdam in 2002 for a post-doctoral interview. My father’s standing instruction used to be to call back home immediately after landing. Those were the days of pay phones, the coin operating ones. Bei...

This is a Guest Post about traveling in Ladakh! Enjoy the post below.

Nobody really explains Ladakh properly before you go. People show you photos, obviously. Crystal clear blue wakes lakes. Curved mountain roads. Someone sends you a reel with dramatic music and bikes crossing muddy streams. You hear about Pangong Lake, monasteries, altitude sickness, and double-hum...

This post is about the famous Sarojini Nagar market in Delhi, India. This post has two parts. The first one is about how to reach Sarojini Nagar Market using Delhi metro and the second part is about is it worth to visit on a Monday when it is supposedly closed.

So, on to the first part! Sarojini Nagar metro station is on the pink line so you have to interchange...