Some spectacular sunsets from across the world

I am not a morning person - there, one confession down right at the beginning. I try - I earnestly do. I have tried going to sleep early, all I end up is sleeping for 10 hours instead of the required 7 hours. I have tried alarms away from my hand or literally in the...

Monsoonal Musings From Myanmar

If Procrastination were a punishable offence, I'd be serving a life term. ~ Anon*  I have been writing about my travels as a post script, never as a continuing journal or blog posts. So on this trip, I have resolved to not procrastinate and at least have short posts that perhaps later I can follow...

On the Whisky Trail in Aberdeen

You are travelling through Scotland and wait, you wonder, what is one thing you absolutely must do - See Edinburgh to soak in the literary history, Travel through the Scottish Highlands, Hunt for Nessie at Loch Ness and wait.. what's more Scot than Scotch? Isn't Scotch that makes Scotland world famous? Do I even need...

The Garden By the Bosphorus, Life and Cups of Turkish Tea

Have you ever felt your soul connect with a particular spot in some part of the world where you are a foreigner? Ever felt that connect tug so hard that you surprise yourself into saying that this is perhaps the place where my soul would like to wander long after my body has become lifeless?...

The Forgotten People of Bhaktapur

The majesty of the Himalayas need to be experienced to be even savoured while describing it. As my flight neared Nepal, the white, serenely beautiful range of mountains materialised as if out of nowhere, perched amid cottony clouds. I had resolved early that my stay in the Himalayan Kingdom could not end within the luxurious...

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...