How to Ride the Kolkata Metro Rail or Subway: Insider Tips from a Local Girl!
Metro Rail or Subway? What is in a name! The Kolkata Metro Rail is the underground (mostly) public commute system running since three decades and diligently connecting two parts of the city, north and south, Dumdum to Tollygunge. As the city of Kolkata grew with time with more people and started engulfing more spaces from […]
Durgapuja 2018 in Kolkata: A Complete Guide to the Grandest Bengali Carnival!
Durgapuja 2018: To be or not to be in Kolkata (Your complete travel guide to experience the Durgapuja 2018 in West Bengal!) The first memory of Durgapuja in my mind is of Purulia Express, along with a huge pile of the crowd, jostling with the urgency of an army evacuation on the 8 number platform […]
Quit Job and Travel the World: 7 Things I Have Learnt as a Travel Blogger!
Do You Have a Dream? (The gradual shift to Full-time blogging from a 9/5 job!) I have had a career at the corporate for around 5 years. I pursued MBA with the money I saved from my job, only to be bound by 9/5 schedule once again! I thought happiness was limited to a highflying […]
Where the Durga Pratimas are Made in Kolkata: Guide for Photowalk in Kumartuli, 2019!
About this blog: I intent this blog to help you take a self-guided photography tour to the by-lanes of Kumartuli, where Durga Idols are made. An intense destination for a culture lover, Kumartuli is an old neighborhood by the banks of Ganga, tucked in the old dingy lanes of North Kolkata, Uttar Kolkata as Bengalis […]
My Dream Came True, I Went to the Amazon! : A Memoir from Amazon Rain Forest Travel
In search of a Tendua mother-daughter duo in the dense of Amazon Rainforest! Carrying our backpacks and waddling on the muddy trail near our cottage to go out of the dense foliage of the Amazon and to the boat which was to take us into real life, we were so busy admiring the iridescent blue morpho […]
Sofitel Luang Prabang, A Luxury Stay in Timeless Vintage Style in Laos!
Sofitel Luang Prabang: A Luxury Stay at the heart of Timeless Luang Prabang! Set in an old-school French Bungalow, Sofitel Luang Prabang celebrates Laos local life in every minuscule aspect. Life is good at Sofitel Luang Prabang! Also read: A day out at Kuang Si Waterfall, the most beautiful spot at South East Asia! The […]
The Ultimate Travel Guide to Kenya During the Great Migration at Masai Mara!
We planned for an African safari trip, especially Kenya, while the strenuous steep of the Himalayas from Arunachal Pradesh was shocking our internal organs with acute AMS. From the height of the tallest mountains, we decided to head to the savannah grasslands of Africa in the blink of an eyelid. The following 8 months went […]
Azure Mara Haven: An Honest Review: Where to stay at Masaimara…
Azure Mara Haven, a Case of Love at First Sight? “Azure Mara Haven? What is that?” We were surprised at the proposal from our trip organizer. Our stay at Masai Mara was promised (and booked) at the Sekenani Camp. The British camp operating for 20 years is a reputed property in Mara. The pictures and […]
Eka Hotel, Nairobi: an Honest Review!
Upon reaching Nairobi, we were taken to the office of Kenya Walking Survivors Safaris before reaching the Eka Hotel Nairobi, where we were staying for a few days. The company, Kenya Walking Survivors safari specialises in East Africa safaris (which means Gorilla trekking in Uganda too!) and was meant to host us during the stay […]
Outstanding Sunset Pictures from Masaimara, AFrica: A Photoblog!
The highlight of Africa Safari: Sunset at Masai Mara! “Masai Mara sunsets are the most beautiful one in the world. It is red, all red.” Said our Africa Safari guide and minivan driver, Ibrahim. Being a Masai, he knows the rules of the land. He promised he will find us the best spot outside the park […]