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#Kolkata #Travelbloggerindia #Travelblog #Kolkatatravelblog #WestBengaltourism
East, Expat Life, Food Thoughts, Growing up in Calcutta, India, Kolkata Food, Travel Extras, West Bengal

Calcutta, the pride of the Bengali food epicurean

There’s no food like home food and us, Bengalis celebrate festivities through our bellies. It is correctly said, that the […]

October 14, 2018
#travelblog #Cuba #maverickbird
Cuba, Money Matters, Outside India, Travel Extras, Travel Guides, Travel Tips

Cuba Travel Guide including costs and tips

Cuba is not a pocket-friendly destination and while traveling through the world’s last time warped, heavily sanctioned country, be prepared […]

August 7, 2018
Caribbean, Cuba, Outside India

My Baracoa travel experience: A classic end to the Cuba trip

Is it possible to not love a place which has rivers of honey and love dripping from everywhere? How can […]

August 6, 2018
Baracoa is the most remote area of Cuba
Caribbean, Cuba, Outside India

Traveling down the Moa Baracoa highway: the wildest road in Cuba

The journey to Baracoa, in Guantanamo province, was an adventure. Guantanamo is an Achilles heel to the Cuban history and […]

August 3, 2018
Caribbean, Cuba, Outside India

Santa Clara Secrets

I stayed in Santa Clara for two days with a sedate elderly couple who had a huge orange cat. They […]

July 26, 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
#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
A feet rowing fisherman of lake inle
Asia, Myanmar, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Lake Inle photo essay

Vast and placid, the mirror-like clear Lake Inle is one of Myanmar’s tourism industry’s crown jewels. Although mostly known for […]

May 3, 2018
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