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…

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…

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…

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 …

Yes; Once again we again drove from Kolkata to Tadoba and Pench National Parks. The Year 2020 has been one-off for several reasons; the major one being, closure of international…

Lake Tekapo is the second largest lake and highest lake in New Zealand . It is at an altitude of 710 meters in the Mackenzie region. and the turquoise color…

Solitaire is a quaint desert town literally in the midst of nowhere. It is located in the Khomas area in Central Namibia close to the famed Namib-Naukluft National Park and…

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…

A cozy night’s sleep at the Grand Zhaxi hotel in Xiangcheng and invigorated for our journey to Xin long. Drive to Xin long Today was a big driving day to…

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…

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…

Debarshi and I had a couple of relaxing days in Shangri-La and were travelling to Xiangcheng today. The Drive The plan was to drive through Daxue Shan and Xiaoxue Shan…

Introduction There is a saying among fellow bird enthusiasts in Indian vernacular which means – “You have not seen anything if you have not been to Eaglenest”. Eaglenest or Eagle’s Nest Wildlife…

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

We had a good rest at the Danxia hotel in Xinlong and were raring to drive the 300 km to Baiyü. Alas! destiny had other plans. Breakfast in Xinlong Before…

Introduction to ‘DRIVEN’ series How we fell in love with road trips in India and abroad… The qualities of a quintessential “Bengali” gene pool started showing up pretty early in…

Khajuraho is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India with some of the finest temple sculptures in Madhya Pradesh in India. Today, only 20 of the original 85…

Our friends, Paramita, Manoj and us planned to replicate our Puja plans in Tadoba and Pench and off we went on the road trip to Ranthambore. Read about it; Our…

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…

A vision of a pair of corkscrew horns with a dash of black in the milieu of the rising sun amidst the golden grass. Well that’s the famed Blackbuck in…

The Pandemic had rendered Debarshi and me as jailbirds chained to our desks working for all waking hours , Thus we thought a change in scenery would do us better,…

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.…

Living close to this majestic kingdom, we have the opportunity to drive across this country. In this post we are sharing our experience of driving through Bhutan and visiting Paro…

Let me begin by saying that visiting NorthEast Madagascar, MaroantSetra and Nosy Mangabe along with Masoala National Park is truly not for the weak hearted. Nor does it feature in…

The wheel had turned full circle, the Durga Pujas were here again, the 2nd year in the Pandemic. Although Debarshi and I had planned the Ranthambore Safari in June 2021,…