On October 23, 2021, Iran has reopened its borders for foreign tourists. Travelers are trickling back in after nearly a 20 months closure. However, every travel...
Gilan province in the north of Iran is spectacularly beautiful. It is cool, hilly, and very verdant. Proximity to the Caspian Sea makes it a favorite destinatio...
I had a very intensive last night at Kermanshah. It had not just been due to exhaustion. By the time, we reached our hotel, night fell on Kermanshah and the bea...
We left Abyaneh at sunset and resumed our drive. We were slowly inching towards west Iran and were on our way to Kashan, a beautiful city set on the first oasis...
We left for Kashan from Esfahan. It was going to be our third stop on the Iran road trip. I had started from Shiraz, went to Esfahan, and was now heading for Ka...
Esfahan is the third-largest city of Iran and one of the most beautiful cities in the world. In ancient times, there used to be a popular belief, that if you ha...
Shekhawati was unlike any place I have ever visited in Rajasthan. Located in one remote corner of the windswept sandy western India state, Shekhawati consists o...
The fame of the open-air museum of Shekhawati had set me off to this extraordinary place and this post on Nawalgarh is the fourth post in the series on “The Pai...
The fame of the open-air museum of Shekhawati set me off to this extraordinary region of Rajasthan and this post on Mandawa is the second of 4 posts in the seri...
My Shekhawati travel was really offbeat. I visited there last year when hints of spring had been around the corner and it was perhaps the best time to explore t...
