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Vegetarian Hot Pots in Taiwan
Just a few days back I felt like having a hot pot. It is one of those things that happen after we travel quite a bit, we start thinking of options and alternatives that otherwise may have never occurred to us. So, I have been muddling around about how to make a hot pot at…
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Fun Ways To Learn A Language Like Mandarin for Taiwan
In India, regional languages have taken second place to English wherever people have the option. This helps us tremendously in work fields and makes our working force internationally viable. But it does put us behind in retaining culture especially in urban areas, compared to a lot of these societies like Taiwan, Japan, China and even…
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Explore The European Countryside: Here’s How
One of the exciting aspects of cycle touring is passing through the charming, small European towns. I know a lot of people who plan a trip to some popular metropolis in Europe often Paris but then they quickly realize that the romanticized notions are often lost in the hustle bustle of the huge city. But they find…
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Guide to Matheran – Asia’s only vehicle-free hill station #Mumbai
For Mumbai-kars Matheran is a household word. At home, the talk of a short getaway from Mumbai usually starts with Lonavala or Matheran. So when my family decides to go to Matheran during a long weekend this Summer, I was quite skeptical. I presumed there would be crowds and I wasn’t sure it would really…
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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…
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Bahrain Pictures
So it seems I spend more time traveling than blogging because I just can’t seem write all the various blogs I plan about a place I have traveled to. In fact I have hardly blogged abt my Bahrain + Dubai trip that happened in Oct 2012. I guess that is awesome though as long as…
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The Bylakuppe Adventure – Tibetan Settlement, Coorg
I was quite excited to go to the tibetan settlement at Bylakuppe in Coorg since I found out about it sometime back. I visited it about 10 days back. The Golden Temple is a tourist attraction and a very extravagant tibetan temple! My adventure however started as an uncle dropped me at the gates of…
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How to avoid Group Travel Disasters
I am not very experienced in this matter, because I have been to limited group travels but recently had reason to write this post. While I cannot go into personal specifics, I have figured some few very important points to keep in mind before going for a group travel. 1. WHY are we traveling There…
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My Travel Packing Fundas
A quick post before flying off to Dubai tomorrow. A few weeks back I participated in #Untravel a twitter travel chat. We were discussing packing tips and luggage secrets! So I thought of writing a quick photo-post while I pack away! Roll the clothes 3 or 4 clothes bundled and rolled up together like this…