The birthplace of Lord Buddha!! Thought not a ‘touristy’ location with fancy structures or the grandeur of nature – was very excited to go there! The history of a location and the fact that you are standing in the very place where history and legends were made – transports one to a different age and...
There were quite a few highlights of my 2 weeks of traipsing around Indonesia. I did some of the must-dos, didn’t do some of the must-dos, did some of the needn’t dos, panicked at some of the mustn’t-dos, walked lots, made lots of friends, consumed lots of beer… a trip like many of my others...
I wanna touch the northern lights We could leave the world behind I wanna know what it’s like To walk away from this life – Northern Lights Jaymes Young My first tryst with Aurora Borealis was through the lovely pictures clicked by my friend and his never ending narratives about the phenomena. So what is Aurora...
Majuli is the world's largest river island. I grew up in a small town called Jorhat, only 44 Km from there. But, I never thought of visiting the island. I guess, I was always charmed by the big cities. Years later, my work brought me back to Assam. I then decided to explore this island....

 I was very fascinated by this country called Laos since I had heard quite a bit about it. I had not met too many folks who had travelled there, though had read a lot of dope on the internet. This was a country that had been closed to outsiders till a couple of decades...
Bedouins (the desert people), the Nomads of the Middle East are said to be a very hospitable and a warm-hearted community. We had the opportunity to experience this hospitality and to hear firsthand of the complexity of the cultural traditions of this hardy desert tribe. On our Jordan tour, we stayed...
Angkor Wat, Cambodia is the largest temple complex of the world. The city where the temple was built, Angkor (meaning city in Khmer), is located in Siem Reap, and was once the capital of the Khmer Empire. This city contains hundreds of temples. It is said that in its prime, Angkor had a population of...
 Aurora Borealis is mostly on everyone’s bucket list and was certainly on mine as well. Last winter a group of friends headed to Tromso, Norway to witness the celestial lights in action! Being from south of India where temperatures hover on the higher side, my family was a little concerned about the extreme temperatures...
