The Ever After Garden
The Ever After Garden Every year, for the last four years, the Ever After Garden blooms in the Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, London for a month and is open to the public from 3.00 pm every evening to 9.00 pm. T…
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The 'Wackily Serious' Puzzling World - New Zealand
It was the next morning, on the way to the far-off glacier town of Franz Josef, well after we left Queenstown, New Zealand, that I discovered that my credit card was missing. After hitting panic stations and…
A wee dram of the Scottish Highlands
The line between a tourist and a traveller is a slim one. We were travellers who landed in London en route to Edinburgh and the Scottish Highlands. The London boxes - the London Eye, Buckingham Palace, The T…
Quick Reads - The City Palace, Jaipur
The City palace, Jaipur often gets overlooked by tourists because it is the Amber Fort that is publicized as the show stopper and attracts hordes of tourists . Since it is the residence of the current member…
Jaipur, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer - Rajasthan in a nutshell
Jaipur, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer - Rajasthan in a nutshell Rajasthan has been on the international tourist's map since the days of yore with its exotic maharajas and their palaces (many converted into hotels),…
The Mookambika Temple at Kollur
The great thing about Bangalore is its proximity to significant destinations, from stunningly beautiful weekend getaways to important religious shrines. So, if there is a beautiful Coorg and Wyanad on the on…
All at Sea
All at Sea The cruise liner lurched into Phuket port. I roused myself from the inertia that was, clearly, becoming the most enjoyable part of this cruise. It was only the lure of Phuket, white water rafting…
Why Not Wayanad
Why not Wayanad! Wayanad, in Kerala, is an ideal weekend getaway from Bangalore. It is beautiful, quiet and as yet, relatively less ravaged by commercial tourism. Derived from the Malayalam words Wayal (padd…
My weekly visit to the Temple
My weekly visit to the Temple I am getting ready to leave for the Shiva temple; the one I have been visiting every Monday, for the last four years! Padmavathi, my daughter has just left, rather grumpily, on…
Srirangam - The Life and Times of a Temple Town in India
Srirangam –The Life and Times of a Temple Town in India. At the stroke of dawn, Alamelu Sarangapani has a quick cup of coffee, finishes her morning ablutions and makes her way to the Ranganatha Swamy Temple…
Indian Street Food - The "What and How" of the Khau Gallis of India.
It is not for the faint hearted. What I mean to say is that Indian street food needs guts- literally and figuratively! The courageous, however, will be amply rewarded by some utterly new tastes. India is tru…