Travel before you run out of time…
Travel before you run out of time…
There are landscaped gardens carefully tended by old hands & there are secret gardens tended by the daedal hands of Nature. These untouched utopias may not be as well-manicured as earthlings would have fashioned them. …
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Willowy wispy trees, shimmering moats, sinewy boughs looking up to the firmament, fairy cherry blossoms sprinkling a gentle scent ―if you wish to behold these & that too at leisure, do not miss Osaka! After …
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What is a visit to Japan without an Onsen experience? I had watched a few videos filmed in Sylvan forests that sequestered Onsens from prying eyes. With only verdant mountains as voyeurs, the bathers were …
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An artist’s muse, a poet’s afflatus, lovers’ hideaway & a devotee’s halidom ―that’s Mt. Fuji, as the world has known it!! Be it Fujifilm rolls, or the famed Ukiyo-e paintings with the iconic wave lashing …
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Planning, designing & arranging a visit to the Land of the Rising Sun had become our Ikigai ever since we ideated the trip. The Sakura season (cherry blossom season) that usually lasts a fortnight, is …
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Among the many spooky places in India, Kurseong is one. Or is that a hype created by the locals, who are perhaps hand in glove with tourists & media? We were keen to explore & …
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’10 Days in Darjeeling?’😳 It’s not worth it!’ That’s what we heard from those who had visited the place. However, it goes without saying that we had spent 5 days in this Queen of Hills …
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It was like stepping into a mystical fairyland! Just that it wasn’t exactly one. I was about 10 when I had first stepped into this ethereal fane & everything seemed magical! Ensconced in a beautiful …
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A SPIRITUAL OASIS IN MUDDLED MUMBAI-PART-II-AMBERESHWAR SHIVA TEMPLE-AMBERNATH If one temple is an embodiment of tranquility, another could be a treasure trove of an artist’s creativity. ‘Where’s the need for such elaborate artistry & display …
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A SPIRITUAL OASIS IN MUDDLED MUMBAI- MINI SHABARIMALA Perhaps it’s your dream to find a spiritual sanctuary in the city that never sleeps. Where the rickety footpaths reflect the city’s squalor, where the thunderous trundling …
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