My first glimpse of Cuba was from the plane. I was flying into Havana from Panama City and was breathless with excitement when the legendary island appeared in ...
Visiting Cuba was my trip of a lifetime. Incidentally, I travelled there in 2014, during the Obama Presidential tenure and the country was in news for easing it...
One of the things I miss most in Cairo is good hearty German bread. Due to my growing up in 80's Calcutta when bread went by the disgusting name "pauruti"...
Bhutan is a land of the enigma. A piece of paradise on the Himalayan range, it is the only country which contributes more oxygen than it consumes. Blessed with ...
Recently a Bhutanese friend of mine asked me to help him promote tourism to his beautiful country. He has a lovely boutique travel agency called Bhu...
The Maldives is stunningly beautiful and expensive. But with proper planning and pre-travel research, you can enjoy this paradise destination on a budget. To kn...
The next morning dawned bright and sunny. The sky was impossibly blue and the fragrant island air returned. My date to leave Fenfushi drew closer and I felt a b...
It rained heavily the next day forcing me to cancel all my plans. Being holed up in my room, doing nothing was strangely relaxing and the storm disconnected the...
As romantic as the open air boat ride in the middle of the Indian Ocean sounds, in reality, it gets tough quickly. I got badly sunburned in those twenty minutes...
As lovely as the Maldives was, it burned holes in my yearly travel budget. I incurred some unnecessary expenses due to my impromptu decisions and the Maldives i...