Every time Tarek and I visit a new country, we never miss going to a local market. Being naturally curious, we love to get a glimpse of what life is like fo...
My Arctic Russia adventure was very short and conducted by a very reliable and efficient tour company called Nordic Travel. They have a variety of summer and wi...
Strangely enough, a mild but magical Aurora Borealis appeared on my last night at the Arctic Circle. It happened around predawn when an eerie green glow in the ...
On the fourth day of my Arctic Adventure, my little group and I went deeper into the Murmansk Oblast federal subject (district) for Aurora Borealis sighting pos...
The next day we stayed back at Murmansk as the Aurora forecast predicted brilliant possibilities of Northern Lights sighting in peripheries of the city. The new...
Aurora Borealis drew me out of my balmy Indian spring on February 2012 and took me to the frozen Arctic tundra of Russia. The spectacular "Dance of the Spirits"...
The famous Carnival of Cologne officially kicks off on 11th November at 11.11 hrs. Carnival is called the "fifth season of the year" and nobody celebrates it be...
Nothing in Cairo goes to waste. It is a city in which an entire district is devoted to recycling, and much of the results end up in an enormous open air flea-ma...
There are markets and then there is the Cairo Friday Market. Popularly known as the Souq al Goma, this sprawling commercial jumble takes place under a highway f...
Akash and I went to Murano on one hot Italian summer day. It was the day after we explored the colour blocked island of Burano and the Venetian Lagoon enticed u...