The Travel Bug: It Bites Some Harder than Others

I'm on my final day of travelling through Myanmar. It's been ten days since I got here. And I'm in love with a country that's still learning how to embrace the free flow of tourists into their country. The systems are still not completely in place - public transportation, lack of signages or population that...

Discovering the Magic of Glowworms in Waitomo

Have you ever been enthralled by magic, fairies, pixie dust? If you have gobbled up Enid Blytons like I did through my childhood, you'd be grinning ear to ear at this moment. My belief usually took flight when I'd spot fireflies. Growing up in Kerala in India, where power outages are a part of life, we...

Dancing with the Maoris in Rotorua

I was cleaning out my drawers, when I chanced upon a beautiful piece of jade - a pendant shaped like a cross between an anchor and a fishing hook - the hei matau - a talisman that augurs safe travels. On every travel, I take it out of its cardboard box and clasp it around...