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…
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…
When you are looking for a spiritual break from the mega city Bengaluru 🙂
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…