I had ranted long ago about the Lonely Planetization of Travel – I had just returned from Hampi and was irritated above all, by the fact that I had come across only “Western” cuisine everywhere… In popular tourist destinations in India, menus are almost always prepared with the foreign visitor in mind – and therefore, [...]
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The Great Driving Challenge – in the top 12
Posted in This and that, tagged Mitsubishi Cedia, road trip, TGDC, The Great Driving Challenge, travel contest, Vamsi Charu on July 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Update: Our blog for the trip is up and running now – please head to Traveholics Anonymous and become a follower – keep dropping by there with your comments and cheer us on! Thank you!
Our motto for the TGDC: A Vroom with a View
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A month ago, I was here seeking your vote for The Great [...]
‘Tis time for tea
Posted in DesiPundit, Kerala greens, This and that, tagged chai, Cochin, Fort Cochin, Fort Kochi, Kerala, Kochi, photoessay, tea, tea in India, Tea Pot, tea slopes, teapot on July 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We had a kettle; we let it leak:
Our not repairing made it worse.
We haven’t had any tea for a week…
The bottom is out of the Universe.
~Rudyard Kipling
I came across this piece this morning on tea cultures of the world – via Travels in the Riel World. A lovely post on six different cultures based on [...]
Come home to Sindhudurg
Posted in DesiPundit, Maharshtra weekends, Published, tagged Culture Aangan, homestays, in print, Konkan, Midday, Published, Sawantwadi, Sindhudurg, Sunday Midday on July 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
My piece on the Culture Aangan homestays in Sindhudurg appeared in yesterday’s Mid day – here it is…
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‘Safety on the roads is safe tea at home’, proclaims the sign on the Mumbai – Goa highway, just one of the numerous well-meaning signboards that make this route so enchanting. We have been on the road [...]
Bombay baarish…
Posted in Cities that never sleep, DesiPundit, tagged Bandra Worli Sealink, bombay, Bombay monsoon, Chowpatty, Marine Drive, monsoon, mumbai, Mumbai monsoon, photoessay, rains, Worli Seaface on July 5, 2009 | 7 Comments »
…sounds so much better than Mumbai monsoon, no?
Anyway, the free ride is on and it is a lovely rainy evening and so what better time to head to Marine Drive? The sea link bridge has heavy slow-moving traffic, despite Amul’s latest ad that says ‘no jam, only butter’. I kept my eyes peeled for a [...]
The world is full of colour
Posted in DesiPundit, tagged Cambodia, desaturation, mumbai, photography, selective color, selective saturation on July 1, 2009 | 8 Comments »
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
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