In my generation, if you were not hungry, you were happy. Today’s generation finds it more difficult. Before you dismiss it as the jaded, lazy, and uninspired comment from an unambitious old man, you have to get a bit more…
Tag: Travel
Spiti
“Let me out!!! Let me out NOW!!!! NOW I said! Stop this car!! Open this door!” Okay, this is not a rape scene from a Bollywood movie. That’s actually me screaming and yelling and weeping, well almost. Before anybody…
Kool Musafir
Does anybody remember these water cans? If you are as old as me, or older than me, you would remember these as the Milton water cans that you would carry along with you on long journeys. If you had the…
When we get it right – Silent Valley (Part 2)
We bundled ourselves into the jeep, and into Silent Valley. Well, actually, two jeeps. We tried being cheap, and tried to squeeze ourselves into one, but the guys at the Information Center took one look at the hubby and me,…
When we get it right – Silent Valley (Part 1)
The hubby and me have this constant argument about how good things are abroad, and how we mess up things in India. He thinks I am a snob (which I admit I probably am, but if I am perfect…
Cambodia – Part 2
And then there was Angkor Wat…. So nothing prepares you for Angkor Wat. Or well, nothing really prepared me for it. Not all the research I had done, not all the pictures I had seen on the net, not all…
Cambodia – Part 1
So there was a time, a few years back, or rather a few many years back, when Yashraj movies had not come into my life. When romance did not involve chiffon saris and snowcapped mountains, when nature did not mean…
What makes for a good travel partner!
I have always taken pride in the fact that I can get along with most people. On most days. So it’s really strange when I find that travelling with people is not that easy. Your travel partner could be your…
I am not one of those “trekking” people!
“Why would any sane person huff and puff and sweat and stink and kill themselves walking through some god forsaken place?” Very sane question I must say. “Especially when there’s a jeep which will take you the summit that gives…
Need travel info..
Not sure how many people are still there on LJ….but if you are, and still reading…I need some travel information. I am travelling to Malaysia end of this month. My original plan was to just do KL and Langkawi, but…