The Red Lotus Sea of Thailand
Talay Buadaeng or the Red Lotus Sea is technically not red. It is of a bright bubblegum pink colour and […]
Asia, Guest Posts, Outside India, Photo Essays, Thailand, Travel Extras, Trip Photos
India, North, Uttar Pradesh
The gilded prison called Agra Fort, one of most magnificent forts in India
At the bend of the Yamuna River, just 2 kilometers away from the Taj Mahal, lies the magnificent Agra Fort. […]
India, North, Uttar Pradesh
The story of Fatehpur Sikri: an abandoned royal city
We left Agra the next day and started driving back towards Jaipur. Fatehpur Sikri was on the way and we […]
India, North, Uttar Pradesh
The iconic Taj Mahal and all you need to know about it
The access to the Taj Mahal (at least the one we took) was so horrible that by the time we […]
India, North, Uttar Pradesh
A winter road trip to Agra
My first trip to the Taj Mahal happened some years back when on a weekend my daughter and I ventured […]
India, Uttar Pradesh
Itimad-ud-Daulah’s Tomb: The jewel box of Agra
On a sunny afternoon of 1893, an English archaeologist, Edmund William Smith from the Archaeological Survey of India stares at […]
India, Uttar Pradesh
Mosaic love in Agra: Chini ka Rauza
Veiled gossiping women with babies on their hips stared at us as we walked by. The air was scented with […]
Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Yearly Highlights
2019 Highlights
2019 was fulfilling, yet a desolate year. I spent an enormous amount of time alone, coping with life in Cairo, […]