A quick question : would you recommend Wayanad in the monsoons – I mean in the peak of the rainy season – the mid-August long weekend? The heart says ‘go’ – especially since I am looking for a relaxing, watching the rains and taking short walks break – but the mind keeps asking if it [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Kerala in the rains?
Posted in This and that, tagged Kerala, monsoon, rains, short breaks, Wayanad on June 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Uneasy dreams of Bundi
Posted in Colors of the desert, Published, tagged Bundi Rajasthan heritage travel Himal published on June 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Published in the June 2008 issue of Himal – Uneasy dreams of Bundi
***
If, today, Rudyard Kipling were to come back to Bundi, in Rajasthan, he would find that nothing has changed in nearly a century since he last was here. Indeed, traveling to Bundi is a bit like traveling back in time – except that [...]
Midsummer madness
Posted in Published, UK-London, tagged chester UK Britain " midsummer watch parade" on June 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Published in Mint Lounge – May 31 – read it online here or the pdf version here…
We are just finishing a salad lunch at the tiny restaurant opposite the library when the dragons walk past. A bright red patch on a black face, a black-and-red body, head waving in a friendly fashion. A fairly amicable [...]
Itchy Feet
Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey - Pat Conroy
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing" - Daniel J. Boorstin
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware - Martin Buber
A good holiday is one that is spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours - J. B. Priestley
For the born traveller, travelling is a besetting vice. Like other vices, it is imperious, demanding its victim's time, money, energy and the sacrifice of comfort - Aldous Huxley
-
Road Blog @ flickr
More Photos More about me
Categories
- Bangkok diary (1)
- Cambodia notes (4)
- Cities that never sleep (17)
- Colors of the desert (14)
- DesiPundit (38)
- Dubai (3)
- East by Northeast (2)
- Go Goa! (3)
- Heritage notes (14)
- Kerala greens (8)
- Life is a beach (3)
- Maharshtra weekends (13)
- Moving around (11)
- Published (33)
- Pure photography (2)
- Stories from Sikkim (9)
- The hills are alive (7)
- This and that (50)
- Turkish delights (4)
- UK-London (8)
- Unhappy feet (3)
-
Recent travels
In the past
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- January 2006
- December 2005
- October 2005
- September 2005
- August 2005
- July 2005
- June 2005
- May 2005
- March 2005
- January 2005
- January 2004
- December 2003
