“There is something about Goan drinking that is worth recording for posterity. A Goan seldom gets drunk, though every village has its miniscule quota of alcoholics. Unlike many non-Goan Indian tourists who mix beer with whisky and consume it in large gulps trying to get a quick kick…which they rightly deserve in the seat of…
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A lil “Tajness” to the Republic Day 2023 in Goa 🇮🇳
The year 2023 has dawned with the possibility carving out a lot of long weekends over the course of the ensuing months; the first of which is the Republic Day weekend. The Republic Day, 26 January was a Thursday and with Friday off, it’s a long weekend and we headed out to Goa. Our stay…
Vanakkam Chennai: A wedding soirée 💍
The days in Bengaluru are getting dark early, the weather outside is windy, damp and cold. Not cheery weather at all; and we were happy to get a brief escape from this dreariness and fly off to a quick but pre-planned celebration in the neighbouring metro city of Chennai. I am flying into Chennai after…
Camera Chronicles: Ready, set, sail @Bambolim, Goa⛵️-II
“Photographs are a way of imprisoning reality…One can’t possess reality, one can possess images–one can’t possess the present but one can possess the past.” ― Susan Sontag, On Photography Aquasail – a fun venture we encountered at the Grand Hyatt resort in Goa earlier this month. The plan we opted for had sailing in three boats for…
Camera Chronicles: Ready, set, sail @Bambolim, Goa⛵️-I
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Workcation at Grand Hyatt, Goa 🌴
Warm sun, cool breeze and rhythmic sound of the waves; not the ideal the setting for work, but work we must. And that was okay and that was how it was planned. Grand Hyatt is located by the sea shore overlooking the Bambolim bay; 25 kms away from the Goa airport at Dabolim. A sprawling…
Bangalore to Mangalore ✈️
Hi! there 👋 It’s been a while. Rainy days are here in Bangalore again; roads and residential layouts in parts of the extended city are flooded due to the heavy rains. The sudden rise in water levels has created havoc and confusion on the ground; we meanwhile are taking to the skies and on a…
Surrounded by water🌊 and enveloped in rain🌧🌴
We landed in Kerala in pouring rain and realized that we had forgotten to pack the umbrella ☔️. It was a Sunday morning and most shops in Kochi had their shutters down; but our taxi driver was helpful and we managed to buy an umbrella the way to the hotel. I had initially tried yanking…
A favourite destination in Bengaluru✈️
My alarm starts to ring, it’s 5:00 am on a Sunday morning; it’s still dark outside and my head feels groggy initially, but soon settles on a single line of thought, that I have to get a head start on the To Do list for the morning so as to make it out of the…
A scrumptious homecoming 🍩
We were on a flying visit to Kerala; returning just two days later. Most of the holidayers would be returning to Bangalore after the new year, probably on 2 Jan, Sunday; that day the Arrival terminal and the airport cabs will be stretched with the incoming. We had a similar experience two years ago. Departures…
✈️ home for the holidays…✨
Bangalore airport can rival any mall in the city during the holiday season🎄. The queue outside the departure terminal was thick and long; will we make it to the departure gate on time !? 24 Dec, we arrived at the airport by 7:30 am, our Indigo flight to Kochi was at 9:30 am. We joined…
A walking trail in Cubbon Park 🌿🦋🌸
The two major green spaces in Bangalore are the Lalbagh & the Cubbon Park; the former a botanical garden and the latter a proper park. I have been to the Lalbagh, a sprawling 240 acres of greenery; but Cubbon park visit happened only this year. The first visit to the Cubbon Park was in March…
Staycation at Trivik, Chikmagalur – Part 2 🍃☕️
“It is not the destination where you end up, but the memories you create along the way.” Penelope A Riley, Travel Absurdities Waking up to glimpses of trees shrouded in mist and bird songs is a nice change ! And as the sun colours up the mountainside in various shades of green, we saunder on…
A walk in the hills @Trivik, Chikmagalur 🚶🏻♂️🚶🏻♀️
We were a small group, led by Karthik from Trivik. He had one clear instruction, “Keep an eye on your shoes.” he said. Why !? Leeches 🪱 !! We always make it a point to do the Nature Walk offered by most resorts and at Trivik in Chikmagalur too we were happy to join in….
Staycation in the misty hills of Chikmagalur – Part 1 🍃☕️
Which resort !? It’s a place called Trivik, located amidst the coffee plantations and forests in the hills of Chikmagalur. This was our second visit to Chikmagalur; during the first visit 👉 An itinerary for Chikmagalur 🌳, we completed a cursory visit of the touristy locations, so this time round it was just confining ourselves…
Enroute from Bengaluru to the misty mountains (in Karnataka) 🛣
A road trip from Bangalore to the distant hills 🚙💨 !! October has always been a good month for setting out on road trips. The rains usually cease by October, this year was an exception though; the climate in Karnataka is mild, sunny but not too hot. And in the hills it will be even…
Sravanabelagola 🌄
Sravanabelagola or Shravanabelagola is a religious center for the Jains. The town has two prominent hills of religious significance. One of them houses the famous and huge monolith statue of Gomateshwara Bahubali, the 1st Tirthankara of Jainism. Lord Mahavira was the 24th and the last Tirthankara (saviour and spiritual teacher) of the Jain religion. It started to…
Chasing clouds: Road trip from Bangalore to Sravanabelagola 🚙💨
The rains seem to have left for Kerala from Bangalore and we decided to drive down to a place called Sravanabelagola, located within the state of Karnataka. Sravana-bela-gola, say it twice and the name rolls off the tongue easily😀. The place is a 3 hour drive from Bangalore & suggested by our relatives Dr. S&S. …
A City Getaway: ITC Gardenia 🎋
The newspapers claim this to be the wettest October in Bangalore so far☔️. The rains seem to be unpredictable, many areas in Bangalore have become waterlogged and IMD declared yellow alert in the city and it’s outskirts for a few days. But this is in the midst of the annual Puja holidays; we were really…
Bangalore Palace tour 🏰: Glimpse into the Wodeyars story – Part 𝟚
To continue with the historical timeline, the mighty Vijayanagar empire which ruled almost the whole of the south India, met its ruin in 1565 at the battle of Talikota 👉 Hampi chronicles: Beginning with the end 🌄 (Starting the Hampi trail🚶🏻♀️) After the disintegration of the Vijayanagara empire, the land was divided among the feudal…
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