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gili islands are near lombok
Asia, Indonesia, Outside India

Exploring the lesser-known Gili Islands with Ada

The most awesome part about the astonishingly beautiful Gili islands is not their beauty, but the fact that there are […]

July 29, 2019
Asia, Indonesia, Outside India, Travel Extras, Travel Guides, Travel Tips

Lombok Travel Guide and Tips

Lombok is magical. Squeezed between the island of Bali and the remote, uncharted Sumbawa Island of West Nusa Tenggara, this […]

July 28, 2019
a beautiful beach in lombok
Asia, Indonesia, Outside India

Exploring Lombok beaches and a bit of local life

What do you do at a place which is paradisaical?  Swim, explore, relax and enjoy the beauty to the fullest? I […]

July 27, 2019
lombok has beautiful beaches
Asia, Indonesia, Outside India

Learning to deal with the loneliness of a solo trip in Lombok

“Don’t you ever get lonely traveling like this all by yourself?” “How do you handle being all by yourself?” “I […]

July 26, 2019
gili island of indonesia
Asia, Indonesia, Outside India

Why I loved Indonesia

Indonesia had not featured on my travel itinerary for a very long time and somehow I never thought much of […]

July 25, 2019
view from port hills christchurch
New Zealand, Oceania, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

A brief Christchurch visit in photos

Recently I completed 6 years of blogging. This fact took me by total surprise because of the time I started […]

July 1, 2019
Africa, Cairo Chronicles, Egypt, Expat Life, Outside India

The beauty of Cairo Ramadan

One of my besties was over in Cairo recently and her visit coincided with the holy month of Ramadan. A […]

May 12, 2019
Europe, France, Germany, Photo Essays, Spain, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Photo essay of our spring break Europe road trip

Our spring break with baby Akash took us on a road trip across Europe. We started at Koln, passed through […]

May 8, 2019
a boat on nungwi beach during my zanzibar travel
Africa, Outside India, Tanzania, Travel Extras, Travel Guides

Zanzibar Travel Guide

Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous archipelago of Tanzania in East Africa. It is composed of many small islands, out of which Pemba […]

March 7, 2019
masai walking on nungwi beach
Africa, Outside India, Tanzania

Relaxing days at Nungwi Beach in Zanzibar

My group headed for the shore soon after the Prison Island visit and after a quick lunch were on our […]

March 7, 2019
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