A reluctant foodie’s guide to Vietnamese cuisine

  Vietnam had been way down on my travel priority list because I believed the cuisine there rested on fish and seafood and the unmissable fish sauce. And once the notion takes shape, all the travel shows that you see somehow seem to tell you the same things too - everything has a smattering of...

Busting the ‘Nothing to do in Oslo’ myth

Travelling means different things often. Some travel for a holiday, others like us to discover the world. What is the difference you wonder? Well, travelling for a holiday often means a lovely relaxed break at a luxurious spa or resort in a scenic location. Travelling to discover the world? Well, that means lugging backpacks, hunting...

Luck favours the adventurous in the land of the fjords

Sometimes you luck in...and how. N and I love to plan our travel itineraries. We spend a fair amount of time on research..we like travelling on a budget and splurging occasionally on fine experiences along the way. So while planning our trip through Norway, we began by being certain only of one thing..seeing the fjords....

Five travel tips for Scandinavia

We are currently travelling through Denmark and Norway. And we thought no better time like now to share a few travel tips with those planning to head here soon:  1. Check the weather and pack wisely: The best thing that we brought with us was a windcheater and raincoat. If you thought the English weather...

A friend in need in Oslo

Early this morning, the Pearl Seaways cruiseship docked in at Oslo. N and I were pretty keen to start the second leg of our Denmark-Norway trip.  Since we got on to the ferry, N has been wondering about whether to convert our dollars into Norwegian Krones (NOK) or wait till we reach Oslo. In a...

Surviving the chaos in hilly Dharamsala

If you are the kind that scours the work calendar for long weekends to escape from the daily humdrum - away from the urban chaos, you also need to be the kind to plan it weeks (if not months) in advance. Or you'll end up doing what we did! Not that it is not fun,...

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...

The Dead Sea Chronicles: Some Tips No Book Gives You!

If you are planning a visit to Jordan (and I'd strongly urge you to plan one, if you haven't thought about it!), there are three places that should be on your must-visit list - Petra, The Dead Sea and Jerash. This post is on the Dead Sea, we'll talk about Petra and Jerash soon too!...

Living in Art – Life in Shekhawati

Sometimes you need a getaway from your mundane life - a quick de-tox from the pace of life in a metropolitan city. I feel the need for a detox every month. Since I'm yet to strike on a happy working formula that allows me to just up and go every month, I try to take...

Siem Reap – In a day and half!

Six hours by road, deep into the Cambodian countryside lies a once forgotten city - a city of temples, created by Hindu kings whose subsequent Buddhist successors made it into a place for Buddhist pilgrimage. N was in Cambodia on work, so all we had was the weekend to make a dash to Siem Reap...