A dash of stripes amidst the green scrub land. A flutter in the nearby trees. A sudden screech of a flock of parrots. Panna National Park in Madhya Pradesh takes…

Road Trips in India – Crossing a waterfall Being a self-drive enthusiast, we always try to sneak an opportunity from our day jobs and take a road trip in India.…

Introduction Twyfelfontein is the first UNESCO world heritage site in Namibia with an astounding collection of rock art and rock paintings. Locally, also known as Ui-Ais or Jumping Waterhole in…

Red Rackham on the roads of BhutanIt has been a lifelong passion and aspiration to drive through the Himalayas West to East. In the winter of 2013, driving in the…

Debarshi & I have been driving across Africa, Americas, and Oceania for years. So in April 2019 we thought of driving closer home. We wanted to drive from Kolkata in…

Our Gorilla tracking experience at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park from Ruhija gate while staying near Ruhija.

Dune 45 in Sossusvlei in the oldest desert Namib Naukluft Dune climbing in Sossusvlei is a must do before you die. When one speaks of the Namib Desert or the…

Debarshi & I have been fortunate enough to view a lot of endangered species in the wild – Mountain Gorillas in Uganda, Rare birds in Eagle nest, Lemurs in Madagascar.…

It was time to leave the pretty Jiaju Village and head to Mt Siguniang or the Mt Four sisters. We were thoroughly impressed with the couple running the homestay and…

Andasibe-Mantadia National Park : Home to “MORT” We saw him for the first time while visiting Andasibe-Mantadia National Park in Madagascar chewing a cicada’s eggs. Mort in in the scientific…

A change in our palates with the hotpot dinner, stunning landscapes on our road trip, a well spent evening in Garzê. Breakfast in Garzê Garzê is at an altitude of…

  Ankarana Reserve and Amber Mountain National Park in North Madagascar feature in all tourist itineraries. One requires a moderate level of fitness for trekking through the Tsingy, crawling into the…

I had written about the Ajanta caves in my previous post. This post is about the Ellora caves, an engineering and architectural marvel. You will see this to be one of …

Golden Monkey Tracking is the next great attraction in Rwanda after Gorilla Tracking. We had already done the Gorilla tracking in Bwindi in Uganda. We visited Rwanda to transit in…

Introduction The prominent British writer Rudyard Kipling pronounced Milford Sound as ‘the 8th wonder of the world’ in 1890s’. One of the major tourist attractions and natural wonders in New…

We had a free day today and Kevin had planned a day trip from Jiaju to Moska. Moska Moska is an old-world sparsely populated Tibetan village high up in the…

Self Drive New Zealand is a great experience . Having driven across the length and breadth in India , we have acquired a passion for self-drive trips. We enjoy the…

Introduction Debarshi writing on our Road Trips to Ladakh inspired me to write on the Monasteries in Ladakh (the ones we visited). We have driven to Ladakh twice in 2012…

Road Trips in India – Leh Manali Highway Introduction The Leh-Manali Highway in North India is one of the most treacherous yet ruggedly picturesque highways probably in the world. As the…

An eventful day’s journey with changed travel plans, arrival in Dêgê and we spent the next morning in the Dêgê Gompa. Gonchen Monastery Dêgê Gompa or Gonchen Monastery is one…

Masoala National Park Facts The Masoala National Park and the tiny island reserve of Nosy Mangabe are probably one of the largest protected land areas in Madagascar . This park was established…

The Ajanta caves near Aurangabad are some of the best preserved ancient frescoes by Buddhist Monks from the 2nd century BC. They are situated in the western state of Maharashtra…

A cozy evening in the comfortable Akezhuoba suite warmly lit by the faux fire place. Today morning after a made to order breakfast, we set out to visit the two…

Etosha is the oldest and most visited National Park in Namibia. The word Etosha literally means “Great White Place” referring to the Etosha Salt Pan. As the travel bug bites…

The Rugezi Swamp is a protected high altitude wetland area in North Rwanda and covers about 16000 to 17000 acres. About the Rugezi Swamp Rwanda joined the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands…