As much as I should be used to it, I am still surprised at the surprises travel throws at you every other time. And I guess that’s the most exciting part about it. This one was especially great. A day…
So Petra has been on my bucket list for years. But before this trip, I had no clue about Jordan as a country. Now after this short wonderful trip, I feel that I have been there for ages, and yet…
So I have often been asked “How do you have the money to travel so much”? Well, to be honest, and fair, a well-paying job helps. 🙂 But that’s not really it. I know people who earn much more than…
“You are the most adventurous person I know!” I stared at the chat window for a minute, wondering if the new year meant old age and poor eyesight. But as I laughed away the comment, and chatted with my colleague,…
Now that the birthday is done and dusted, I look back to a year that was eventful and happy and travel-heavy. Of course, there’s a lot more I would have liked to travel (it’s never enough!), but I am so…
A lot of people I know, and a lot of people on the internet seem to think of Budapest as a poor cousin to the more opulent and famous Vienna. That assumption is wrong  at so many levels. For one…
Recently a friend asked me to make a list of all the things she would need to purchase before making her first overseas trip. While discussing it with her, I came to realize that there are a set of staple…
Dear Thirty-five year old Me, So we meet. Finally. I wish I could tell you that’s it been a long wait, and that I have been dying to meet you, but that would be a lie, and a totally un-necessary…
So why am I the reluctant traveler? Looking at the number of FB pics I put up, most of my friends tell me that the name is such a misnomer. The more honest ones also tell me that it’s quite…