The picture on every postcard, the first image that pops up on a search engine for Gods Own Country, Alleppey is the hotbed for a huge network of backwater canals and those amazing houseboats. The ultimate tourist destination, Alleppey does tend to get rather crowded in season time with houseboat traffic causing lengthy queues along...
Imagine a destination route that takes you through three of the most iconic and ancient cities of India. A trip of absolute amazement and discovery, and one which is at the pinnacle of Indian tourism. When it comes to planning Indian holidays, we know how hard it can be. Usually beginning with overwhelming wonderment at...
Like emotions are to a human heart, Hungary is to the continent of Europe. When you are in Hungary, it’s not just Hungarian air you are breathing, but an influence from various parts of Europe. The Hungarian history, or may I recall the local verbatim and call it the dramatic past of Hungary reflects the...
Over the mighty Khardung-La, on the edge of Shyok valley, lies India’s northernmost village. This is a road fairly less travelled, beyond Nubra Valley, longer perhaps, but with some of the best views ever. India’s last major settlement, Turtuk, is predominantly Muslim but does have a couple of gompas overlooking the Shyok river as well....
‘A walk in the clouds – that’s exactly how one would describe the picturesque settings of the state of Arunachal Pradesh – no wonder the Eastern neighbor wants it really bad. Ouch! Jokes apart, Arunachal is a land steeped in the mysticism of an ancient Buddhist culture as well as an awe-inducing natural habitat that...
America – the land of the free, the brave and the obese! But it takes just one USA holiday to make sense of it all. Food in USA is a big deal, it is an important part of who they are. Much like the people, the culture and the values, the food vastly varies from...
Elusive beautiful indigo blue ink-spill patterned buildings make picture-perfect Jodhpur everything it’s made out to be, and a little more. Surrounded by legends that are closer to truth, the fabled city of Jodhpur, bathed in blue, is viewed at its spectacular best from the looming Mehrangarh Fort. Zip line across this medieval fort palace for...
Necessity is the mother of all inventions. The astonishing root bridges of Meghalaya were not built by the local tribesmen so that one day a dollar doling tourist would come across it and announce their exotic existence to the world. Instead, the tribesmen must have figured out the way to make these bridges out of...
“You have to taste a culture to understand it” – Deborah Cater Travellers are not the people who get on a plane every now and then but those who seek to experience a new culture, traditions and food. While Leh has everything which makes your holiday the perfect getaway you wanted it to be, food...
Coconut palms and seafood, Dutch churches and Jewish synagogues, spices and culture, Kochi is so much more than just another city here in Gods Own Country. Right from the time of the great flood of 1340 AD, when the Periyar River destroyed the great trading port at Kodungallur to create a natural harbour a few...
