Kas to Patara Beach, Turkey 7th October, 2014 'Life without a beach is no life at all!' goes a saying. While I do not subscribe to a view that extreme, I do feel that any proper long vacation should have at least some time spent in sea-and-sand territory. Exactly for this reason, I had planned …
Continue reading Experience: Cruising Along the Turquoise Coast (Turkey)
Mirissa, Sri Lanka 24th December 2015 I have never had much success with wildlife safaris. My attempts at spotting tigers or leopards in their natural habitats have ended in disappointments. So when I heard about a 'Whale Watching Safari' in the open seas off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, I was initially very skeptical …
Continue reading Experience: Whale Watching in Mirissa (Sri Lanka)
9th August 2015 London, England The Lord’s Cricket Ground in London is often called the Mecca of Cricket and travelling there to watch a test match is considered to be equivalent to Haj pilgrimage for a cricket fan. Being a diehard cricket enthusiast from childhood myself, I could not imagine leaving London without visiting Lord’s. …
Continue reading Experience: A pilgrimage to the Mecca of Cricket (England)
4th January 2013 Tay Ninh, Vietnam I thought I knew my world religions. I thought I had seen all the well-known religious places of worship - a Hindu temple, a mosque, a church, a monastery, a synagogue and even a gurudwara. And then travel managed to surprise me once again! When in Vietnam, I found …
Continue reading Experience: The Religious Fusion of Cao Dai (Vietnam)
24th December 2013 I do not believe in ghosts. But I do like ghost stories. As a child, I was brought up on a diet of spine-tingling ghost stories, and I remember feeling thrilled while listening to those, although they were meant to put us to sleep. After I grew up, I seldom got that kind of excitement when …
Continue reading Experience: The Haunting in Kuldhara (India)
It's a new year! And like all new years it is time for a fresh start! So after a long gap, I am reviving this blog by introducing a new section called 'Experiences: Been There, Done That'. Whenever I sit and think back on all the travels I have done for the last few years, there …
The Wandering Buddha 