Author: Priyanka
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Solo in Uttar Pradesh: Vrindavan – Agra – Varanasi
You may recall I had earlier written about how the hospitality and caring culture of Himachal Pradesh SHOCKED me. It was my first experience of random strangers going completely out of their way to help and make me – solo on the road – feel at home! I am remembering that experience as I write this…
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Woman Solo Travel & the Indian Family #1
How did you get your parents to allow you?? – A lot of women and men too, have asked me this question when they realize that I am solo traveling. For a lot of Indian parents, the idea of their daughter traveling solo is bizarre and fraught with danger. Here I share with you my…
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Take a visual tour of the Hawa Mahal, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Had a great time roaming around in the Hawa Mahal of Jaipur. I spent practically the whole afternoon there (which explains why I have a whole bucketlist of places left to visit) . I took the audio guide. When it is well made I really enjoy the audio guides in India. I listen to it…
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Udupi & the nearby Malpe Beach of Tulu Land, Karnataka
If you are aware of the South Indian cuisine restaurants present everywhere in India, then Udupi would be synonymous with them, BUT If you have travelled there, then like me… when you hear Udupi, you would think of Krishna temples, Malpe beach and what not. I travelled there a while back and then wrote very…
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13 Photos of Maharashtra Backwaters to Blow your Mind – Parule, Konkan
This year started with a very memorable travel adventure to the backwaters of Maharashtra, a town called Parule. The dearth of information online about this place had already intrigued me. Finally, I felt, I was on my way to discover some truly unknown and offbeat places. The fact that the place turned out to be so…
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Pongal Photo Blog, India Festivals
Spent two Pongals in a really traditional setup. This was at Isha Yoga Center near Coimbatore. Pongal is the harvest festival. It is celebrated as Makar Sankranti in most other parts of India. Apart from the difference in the name, the way of celebration is also very different.
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Year in Review & Welcome 2015 🙂
Late for this post. I know. Life in maximum city, our Mumbai can be so filled with work, cannot tell you! The good part is that I have been enjoying it for the most part and I have managed some fulfilling travel adventures in the year too. So one of the most memorable travel trips…
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Ponk Stop at Surat [an Indian Foods Photo Series]
Come Winter, Gujarat bursts with all sorts of delicacies. Papdi, Undhiyu, Soonth Gol, Saalam Pak, Adadiyu and what not. Ponk is one of these delicacies. Written as પોંક in Gujarati, it is pronounced as “soak” but with P “Poak” Different regions of Gujarat have their own Winter specialities. Ponk is a speciality of Surat. It…
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Solo Travel Myths: Nobody to Click your Photos
(Attempt at humour, beware) One of the funniest reactions from someone when I told them about solo travel, “Why would you travel solo, there would be no one to click your pictures!!” Sorry fellow-who-said-this, but when I met a few travel friends we had a really good laugh over it. But dispelling this myth…..here are…
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Awesome Sunrises
Mumbai, my hometown, is surrounded by water on three sides. Yet, I have never really seen the sunrise. I am a late sleeper, and the few times I went to see it, there was cloud cover hence nothing much like a ‘sunrise’. The sunset here is awesome though. The Marine Drive parapet – sitting and…