Semana Santa in Andalucia is an amazing experience and so much about Spanish culture and pageantry, as it is about religion
SPINNING LAVASH IN ARMENIA
Was it when I found myself in the home of a village family, resolutely trying to flip a Lavash as it made its journey in the air from one hand to another? Or was it when, for the first time…
With a Book, Camera and Toothbrush: Female, Solo and Baggageless in Phnom Penh
I should have trusted my instincts…after all these were two very different connecting carriers, one a full-service airline and the other a low-cost airline. But the lady at the airline check-in counter assured me that my luggage would be checked…
Why I Go Where I Go
“He knows not where he’s going, For the ocean will decide, It’s not the destination, It’s the glory of the ride” Edward Monkton, Zen Dog I have often been asked how I choose destinations I travel to. It’s not…
The Art Has Its Reasons
The immigration officer at Mumbai looks at my boarding pass and wants to know where Yeravan is. I tell him it is in Armenia. He ponders for a while and then asks me where Armenia is. I explain its geographical proximity to…
What To Carry When Travelling Solo
I travel solo to test my own limits…to discover how far I can go, where my journey will take me and how much more I can learn about myself Dusk had descended as I alighted from the bus that had…