Pai is, at its heart, a thriving village. It is a couple of hours north of Chiang Mai and is nestled among beautiful hills. Rolling green fields, wild flowers and waterfalls add beauty to this place. It is a great place to visit over the weekend, or like us, you can opt to stay a…
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A Pit-stop at Puducherry (days 54 to 56)
05th October to 07th October, 2016. Driving south from Mahabalipuram, we took the well maintained East Coast Road to Puducherry (Pondicherry). Puducherry is a very famous tourist destination, and we are sure there is little in this article that you don’t already know about. But driving into Puducherry, it is easy to see why it…
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City of Joy: Kolkata (days 41 to 45)
22nd September to 26th September, 2016. Our drive to Kolkata was rather uneventful compared to our Sikkim drive. The roads were decent, and no rocks were waiting to fall down. We did get stuck in a couple of traffic jams ( the highway is single lane, and if a lorry breaks down, the whole traffic…
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Bodh Gaya: The Land of Enlightenment (days 30 to 33)
11th September to 14th September, 2016. When we started this journey a month ago, part of the plan was to find accommodation in some friend’s house wherever we go. Staying in hotels for two months was not viable, in terms of health and economics. This plan had worked pretty well for us till we reached…
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A Sensory overload called Varanasi (day 29)
10th September, 2016. Varanasi is unlike any other place we have experienced. It is loud and congested and smelly. At the same time, it is beautiful and refined and holy. Not an easy combination to pull off. But Varanasi does it with great ease. Consider the sights for example. We sit in one of the…
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Sweet Goa… Eating Our Way through the Old Bakeries of Goa.
17th August, 2106. Goa is known for many things. It has beautiful beaches, a vibrant party scene, adventure sports, cheap alcohol, and amazing sea food. We could write about any of these, but then again, it is easiest to write about what you love the most. So we decided to go with exploring the bakeries of…
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Of Survival and Strength
13th August, 2016. This is the story of two women from Kozhikode. Two women, who though separated by a sea of differences, chose the same path for survival. We met the first at Kappad Beach. Her name is Narayani, and she runs a tiny eatery on the beach. Her story began a few years earlier,…
