My long covid long story

I hear my mind say – “Don’t just stay there, it won’t get better, get up and try, it won’t get worse!”

I ask, and when will it be over? I hear an answer, I don’t know! So I get up, to brave it through another day, because not knowing is hope enough, to keep going…

A travelogue of Bhutan, the land of happiness

Tiger nest trek

My Bhutan Solo travel experience in few words (read few pages).  When I made an entry by day on my phone and came back and read it before posting I was amazed (pun intended) with the amount of details in …

A road trip through Gujarat

Gujarat

A road trip through Gujarat: My travel journal.  I need to confess that for this trip I was just a guest of honour and was lucky to be the driver as well. Lucky because the roads were very good (for …

Seasons of Change

Seasons

In life’s seasons of low,  I shall still continue to glow. Each season I shall shed it all, until there is nothing for the wind to blow.  And the next season again I shall grow and grow, until I reach …

An Ode to Hope and Life

Travel Indian Girl

An ode about hope and life, from moments of detachment:  I walked outside and I walked out. I see, as I walk I leave footprints, only to be swept away by the next tide. I see reflections in the water, …

Doggie under my table

Port Douglas

At a cafe, facing the four mile beach, across the street at Port Douglas. I sat, sipping a glass of mango smoothie, melting in the summer heat, trickling down beads of water on the outside, into my palms.  I pulled in my …

What Ardent and Solo Travelers hear!

Travelers Savings

While solo travel and frequent backpacking is more common and is probably also a fad now, it’s still not considered normal by many. Well that’s the case at least in my circle of people in India. A solo traveler or any ardent traveler …

Kingdom of Cambodia – Khmer Empire of Temples

Cambodia houses magnificent Angkor temples showing off the beautiful Khmer architecture. From sunrises to sunsets each temple has a great view and history to offer! After a tormenting time with the Ho Chi Minh to Cambodia land border crossing, I …

Hoi An, My Son and Da Nang

Hoi An Vietnam

A ‘LoveLy’ journey into the reverie Hoi An town and the magnificent ruins of My Son Hoi An is an ancient town, with lanterns glowing the old town streets that host old heritage buildings. And the hundreds of floating lamps …

I can, because I want to

I can, Samiti lake, Goechala, Sikkim

At the end of a session with 12-year-old footballers, on outdoor career options, a girl asked, do girls trek up mountains too? I said yes they do, it’s common. To that, another girl jumped in and said “because girls are …