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Middle East, Outside India, Photo Essays, Top Experiences, Travel Extras, Travel Guides, Travel Tips, Trip Photos, UAE

Dubai 10 Best Places That You Must Visit in This Winters

Culture, Culture Peeps, Dances, Photo Essays, Top Experiences, Travel Extras, Travel Guides, Travel Tips, Trip Photos

10 Best Shows in Europe You Must See Once!

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Dubai 10 Best Places That You Must Visit in This Winters

October 25, 2025
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10 Best Shows in Europe You Must See Once!

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10 Enchanting European Palaces For a Fairytale Experience!

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10 Historical Marvels of Italy That Are Worth Visiting

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braj holi is one of the most beautiful festivals of india
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The beauty of Braj Holi: some memories and tips

My earliest Holi memories go back to my growing up days at the paramilitary camp where we stayed during my […]

March 31, 2020
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Culture Peeps, Delhi, Festivals of India, India, North, Photo Essays, Travel Extras

Festivals of India and Sufism through the eyes of a Muslim Krishna loving photographer

“A woman dances away in bliss, a sublime smile playing on her lips: a group of men painted pink, green, […]

March 30, 2020
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Brussels spring days and some thoughts during COVID 19 lockdown

It is officially spring in Cairo. The weather is moody swiftly changing from sunshine to clouds to horrible sandstorms. Cold […]

March 9, 2020
traveling with children can be fun
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How to survive traveling with children and enjoying it too

Traveling with children is beautifully enriching. There is no greater pleasure than to see your child’s eyes light up from […]

March 8, 2020
the practice of stilt fishing at Koggala
Asia, Asia, Outside India, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, Travel Extras, Trip Itineraries

An easy to customize Sri Lanka Itinerary

In 2013 or 2014, I spent some weeks in Sri Lanka. It was during monsoon and tourism was at its […]

February 14, 2020
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Asia, Outside India, Sri Lanka

To the World’s End

Horton Plains, with the highlight of the World’s End, is one of the best side trips from the tea hill […]

February 13, 2020
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Asia, Outside India, Sri Lanka

Wild beauty of Horton Plains

The dramatic precipice of the World’s End is located halfway of a 9 kilometers hiking route through the Horton Plains […]

February 12, 2020
Flowers of the Hill Country in Nuwara Eliya
Asia, Outside India, Photo Essays, Sri Lanka, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

My Nuwara Eliya days: why I found it hard to leave

Drip-drip, the rain fell insistently outside my window. It was not a hard, drumming rain that bears down like dead […]

February 11, 2020
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