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fiddlehead ferns for sale at darjeeling local market
East, India, Indian Food, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos, West Bengal

Darjeeling local market and the lesser known Rajbanshi cuisine of Bengal

One of my favourite things to explore in a new place is its food and what better place to discover […]

April 1, 2019
#travelbloggerindia #delhitravelblog #travelblogindia #olddelhi
Delhi, India, North, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

An open love letter to Delhi in winter

Dear Dusty Delhi, How are you doing? Hope all the furor over smog has lessened and you are breathing easier? […]

February 20, 2019
soap flowers at chiang mai night market
Asia, Outside India, Photo Essays, Thailand, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Beautiful photos from Chiang Mai night market

One of my favourite things to do in Thailand is to stroll around the night markets at a leisurely pace. […]

February 7, 2019
Photo Essays, Yearly Highlights

2018 Highlights

With the past few years being full of changes, 2018 was more about settling in. Our move to Cairo has […]

December 12, 2018
#travelbloggerindia #Singaporetravelblog #Singaporebotanicgarden
Asia, Outside India, Photo Essays, Singapore, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

The birds and flowers of Singapore

Traveling is not an easy activity to undertake and from planning your itinerary, booking accommodation, checking transfers, making a travel […]

October 20, 2018
#travelblog #Cuba #maverickbird #travelbloggerindia
Caribbean, Cuba, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

36 photos that may tempt you to visit Cuba

Visiting Cuba was my trip of a lifetime. Incidentally, I travelled there in 2014, during the Obama Presidential tenure and […]

July 19, 2018
Asia, Maldives, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Maldives in monsoon photo essay

The Maldives is so magically beautiful that even in the worst weather conditions, it can do no wrong. I visited […]

June 24, 2018
#Myanmar #Yangon #Yangontravelblog #Travelbloggerindia #Myanmartravelblog #Myanmartourism
Asia, Myanmar, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

The colourful chaos of downtown Yangon

Downtown Yangon for me starts from the famous Bogyoke Aung San Market and continues all the way past the Sule Pagoda […]

May 15, 2018
#Myanmar #Yangon #Yangontravelblog #Travelbloggerindia #Myanmartravelblog #Myanmartourism
Asia, Myanmar, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

The nostalgic Yangon times

Yangon is more than a city to me. It is an emotion. A very known, yet strangely unfamiliar emotion, similar […]

May 15, 2018
Beautiful Samkar village of Lake Inle is not easy to reach
Asia, Myanmar, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

17 breathtaking photos that will tempt you to visit Samkar

For a very long time, I could not figure out if Samkar was a part of the Lake Inle or […]

May 14, 2018
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I am Svetlana, a travel writer, teacher, and mom. This blog is all about my experiences from around the world.   READ MORE

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