The guide kept referring to a certain section of the sculptures in Sun temple Konark as Khajuraho . I and my friends couldn’t stop smiling. This was sometime in 2009, and it  made me think that why is this temple and its history only associated with eroticism. I had heard of various stories about Khajuraho...
Sidi Saiyyed Mosque, Tree of Life, IIM Ahmedabad and the medieval Afro-Indian connect. What, you may ask, are these three doing together. A place of worship, a tree, a business school and medieval Afro-Indian connect... There is a link, I assure you. Read on… The Sidi Saiyyed Mosque is in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India....
The Grand Tsingy – the ‘out of this world’ rock forest of Madagascar is on Western Madagascar. From Antananarivo, the capital city where your international flights land, there are two different ways of getting to the Grand Tsingy. The first option (and the most frequently chosen) is by flight. The other option is to travel...
Andasibe Matandia National Park is a popular wildlife protected area ‘closest’ to the capital city of Antananarivo. Created in 1989, the park is approximately 150 sq kms in size. Andasibe Matandia is a part of the last remaining eastern tropical rain forest belt of Madagascar. It is home to the largest living lemur – the...
Mountain Gorilla tracking in the Volcanoes National Park is the flagship tourist experience in Rwanda. The opportunity to be in close proximity for a magical hour to a family of our near cousins – the Mountain Gorillas in their natural habitat can be a scary but exhilarating adventure. It is possible to experience this adventure...
Trichinopoly Cigar, the one that Churchill loved and Sherlock Holmes used was from a town in British India that lent its name to it - Trichy What was it that Winston Churchill, Sherlock Holmes and the average Balaji in South India loved? The Trichie or Tritchie. The Trichinopoly Cigar which is a type of cheroot that...
Nyungwe Forest National Park is an ancient Afro-montane rainforest in Southern Rwanda. Famous for its Chimpanzee tracking and the forest Canopy walk experience, Nyungwe is truly a beautiful adventure option during your trip to Rwanda.
This blog will try to help you in planning an optimal itinerary for a Safari / Wildlife focussed trip to Uganda. I have been through this planning exercise myself quite recently before my visit in February 2020. But, in my case, this being a ‘recce’ trip as a travel advisor, I had the advantage of...
I started this blog intending to write about 5 amazing things that surprised me about Rwanda. The count eventually went up to 10! (and more!). I suppose it gives an indication of how amazing my experience in Rwanda was! And yes, how much I genuinely admire this small landlocked African country. Before coming to Rwanda, my...