Author: Priyanka
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Q: Stuff To Do Around Melbourne, Australia
A friend asked me about places to visit around the Australian city of Melbourne. I spent a month and half cycling around Melbourne in Sept-Oct 2016. So, I jotted out a few suggestions of places I had visited and found interesting. Some of these are less known especially in Indian travel circuits. Here were my…
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Locho: Surat’s Famous Food Dish
As the story goes (partly as I heard from Gujju relatives and partly made up by me), A shop sold really tasty dhoklas in Surat. One day the cook at this shop was making his fresh batch of dhoklas, but he was distracted. We could imagine that it was makar sankranti, and he was totally…
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8 Spiritual Getaways & Ashrams Near Bangalore
When you are looking for a spiritual break from the mega city Bengaluru 🙂
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My 3 Favourite Temples of Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai has over 300 temples scattered around the city. A true temple town but economically doing much better than its Indian counterparts. The combination sent goosebumps tingling through me because this is where India can be, soon, maybe. Because when I look at the whole culturally rich chaos that is India, I wonder how…
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Border Crossing on Cycle: Trat, Thailand to Koh Kong, Cambodia
One of the more exciting aspects about my 1000 km solo cycle tour in Thailand was cycling through a border crossing. It was my first actual border crossing by road. I have crossed through multiple schengen countries – Portugal to Spain, Germany to Denmark, Germany to Switzerland, Switz to France – but not a single…
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The GSB Kashi Math of Banganga, Mumbai
The moon was in its 5th waxing phase, in the Indian month of Shravan. The date as per the gregorian calendar was 1st August, 1775. The 7th head of the Kashi Math of the Goud Saraswat Brahmin or GSB community – Shrimath Madhavendra Tirth- sat in meditation and asked his sangha to create a samadhi…
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Vegetarians and the Indian Vegetarian
In Thailand, too often I found myself explaining to people that I was an Indian vegetarian, meaning that I was highly particular and strict about my food. People would nod their head and the Thai locals were quite possibly co-relating this with the Muslims who are strict about Halal. Though they also know that many…
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Long Term Travel in Thailand for Digital Nomads & Slow Travellers: The Pros & Cons
In Feb-March 2019, I spent 2 months cycle touring in Thailand. This trip included 12 days of stay in Chiang Mai and 7 days in Bangkok. Apart from this I visited many small and obscure towns on my cycling trip. I gauged the towns for a long term stay (2-3 months) later on as a…
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A Full Moon Night With the Adiyogi [& Pondering on Bharat’s Lunar Culture]
I had earlier written a post about ways to make your Adiyogi visit really memorable. I love that place. So, you can imagine how excited I would be to spend the entire night out at the Adiyogi! Last year, I was staying at the adjoining Isha Yoga Center during a full moon night, the Sharad…
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A 1000 km Cycle Tour in Thailand: Chiang Mai – Bangkok – Trat – Phnom Penh
January of 2019, I went cycling in Thailand. It was my first time in this country and I was looking forward to see beyond its touristy visage. Cycle touring was sure to provide a deeper and more intimate view of the country. I was eager for long rides. And this was the first time that…