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India, Photo Essays, Rajasthan, Travel Extras, Trip Photos, West

Photo essay of my awesome Bundi trip

” The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” ~ Marcel Proust […]

October 26, 2025
India, Photo Essays, Rajasthan, Travel Extras, Trip Photos, West

Photo essay of the beautiful Bundi frescoes

Some of Rajasthan’s finest miniature and mural paintings were produced around Bundi and Kota. These two towns of Rajasthan were […]

October 26, 2025
India, Photo Essays, Rajasthan, Travel Extras, Travel Guides, Trip Photos

How to visit the painted havelis of Shekhawati in Rajasthan

Shekhawati was unlike any place I have ever visited in Rajasthan. Located in one remote corner of the windswept sandy […]

October 26, 2025
India, India, North East, Photo Essays, Sikkim, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Our Sikkim spring itinerary for two weeks and photo essay

So Akash and I went to the Himalayas in spring. That was last year and we had already spent 3 […]

October 26, 2025
havelock photos are best for instagram
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, East, India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

20 Havelock Island photos that will give you serious wanderlust

As I mentioned in my last post, most of our friends in Germany gave a big “WAS!” when we mentioned […]

October 26, 2025
Saffron fields of Pampore bloom in autumn
India, Kashmir, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

A saffron autumn in Pampore

It is impossible to remember autumn and not gush about one of my favourite memories of the season. The month […]

October 26, 2025
Kokkernag in Kashmir in spring
India, Kashmir, North, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Wet apple flowers and Kokernag spring

I don’t remember much of this trip, except that it was a cold Kokernag spring. The rain was pouring down […]

October 26, 2025
Kokkernag in Kashmir on a spring day
India, Kashmir, North, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Daksum, the hidden jewel of Kashmir

A cold rain splashed morning, wet wildflowers, blue misted snowy mountains, and endless yellow fields of blooming mustard…welcome to a […]

October 26, 2025
a shikara on the Dal Lake in Kashmir
India, Kashmir, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

21 photos that may tempt you to visit Kashmir

Kashmir is my favourite place in the world and I truly believe in Mughal emperor Jahangir’s opinion of, “If there […]

October 26, 2025
postcard from a kerala holiday
India, Kerala, Photo Essays, South, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Postcards from a Kerala holiday

For most foreign travelers, a Kerala holiday is what lures them to India in the first place. Needless to say, […]

October 26, 2025
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