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tea gardens of sri lanka
Asia, Outside India, Photo Essays, Sri Lanka, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

What I loved about Sri Lanka

When I was in Sri Lanka the monsoon was in full swing. The little teardrop-shaped island was lashed by angry […]

January 25, 2020
pink flowers of spring paint kodaikanal pink
India, Photo Essays, South, Tamil Nadu, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Painting Kodaikanal pink in spring

This article was originally published in the TrueJetter Issue of September-October 2017 as the Cherry Blossoms of Kodaikanal. Here I […]

January 17, 2020
delhi parks in spring
Delhi, India, North, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Delhi parks and gardens; spring in the most polluted city in the world

Recently I saw some flower-filled spring photos of India’s capital city on a social media platform. Delhi travel bloggers are […]

January 17, 2020
#travelbloggerindia #thailandtourism #udonthanitourism #redlotusea #talaybuadaeng
Asia, Guest Posts, Outside India, Photo Essays, Thailand, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

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 […]

January 8, 2020
agra fort is also known as lal qila
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. […]

January 7, 2020
Inside the Fatehpur Sikri complex
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 […]

January 6, 2020
a woman on the agra highway
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 […]

January 4, 2020
#travelbloggerindia #uttarpradeshtourism #itimaduddaulahtomb #offbeatplacesinagra #travelblogindia #travelblogagra
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 […]

January 3, 2020
jewellery of Jaipur
Travel Extras, Travel Guides, Travel Tips

Travel tips when you are carrying/wearing jewellery

***Planning a vacation? You must have packed and unpacked your jewellery and other accessories at least a dozen times because […]

December 20, 2019
Europe, France, Germany, Photo Essays, Spain, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Photo essay of our spring break Europe road trip

Our spring break with baby Akash took us on a road trip across Europe. We started at Koln, passed through […]

May 8, 2019
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