Beyonder Experiences

Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira – Colombia

iSalt Cathedral of Zipaquira in Colombia is all about Faith, Stone, and the Weight of the Earth.  Think of it... There are churches that rise to the heavens... And then there is one that goes the other way. Down! Deep into the earth. Into darkness. Into something older than belief itself. Welcome to the Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira, a place...

Bogota: Of Graffiti, Ghosts and a Layered City

Bogota with its Graffiti, Ghosts and Myths is a City That Refuses to Be Just One Thing. There are cities that are easy. Bogota isn’t one of them. It sits high, 2,600 meters above sea level, thin air, thinner patience for clichés. You don’t “do” Bogota. You negotiate with it. Because this is not one story. This is a collage.

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Laguna de Guatavita – Colombia

Guatavita and its famous Laguna has many myths swirling around it. The most famous and enduring one concerns the El Dorado...  There are myths that entertain. And then there are myths that move armies, bankrupt empires, and redraw maps. El Dorado belongs to the latter. But like most things in Colombia, what the world thinks it knows… is only...

Medellin: From Powder Keg to Painted Hills

Medellin is a city that moved from Powder Keg to Painted Hills. It didn't reinvent itself. It rebuilt itself… slowly, painfully… on top of memory, violence, and a very conscious refusal to be defined by one man.

Medellin, A Valley That Looks Too Peaceful for Its Past

Medellin sits quietly in the Aburra Valley, wrapped in green...

Colombia – Gods and Gold – Beyonder

Colombia is all about Gold, Gods, Rocks that burst out of the Earth and a Cathedral Carved Out of Silence... And maybe a pinch of crime and scandal... Colombia is not a place that impresses you. It is one that sits you down, pours you a strong cup of coffee, and begins telling you stories you...

Chile & Patagonia: A Journey to the Edge of Scale – Beyonder

Chile Is Not a Country. It’s a Spine… The First Realization. Chile doesn’t welcome you gently. It stretches. Long. Impossibly long. A country that feels like it forgot to stop. From wine valleys brushing the Pacific to glaciers quietly cracking at the edge of the world… this isn’t travel. This is a gradient of extremes. And...

Palakkad – The Extraordinary under the façade of the Ordinary

Palakkad, Kerala, my Home-town

Palakkad (or Palghat as it was called earlier) is a small town in Kerala state of Southern India. It is a non-descript town with no pretensions to grandeur or historical significance. Naturally beautiful and simple, it boasts of a quiet, simple, laid-back life. It is my home town. And I love it. My...

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