Puerto Varas in Chile

Puerto Varas in Chile

September 30, 2019Posted inSouth America
Sometimes a town is so small that everybody knows everyone but also large enough to get lost and not be found. A town can be located on banks of a lake with two volcanoes looking over it, and yet the streets and walking on them can make one forget the…
Chettinad – A Region in its Own

Chettinad – A Region in its Own

September 6, 2019Posted inSouth India
Chettinad came in bits and pieces over the years. It came through sights and smells and it came through stories. Stories that I read in travel magazines, but more so from people who had been there. Stories which spoke more in expressions than in words. Much like traveling in Chettinad…
Kilkenny, Ireland

Kilkenny, Ireland

August 29, 2019Posted inEurope
Kilkenny was the first town in Ireland where I felt the cobbled stone streets under my feet. I think it was a Sunday evening and that's why I thought it felt so empty. It was only later in my trip that I learned that all the evenings felt this silent…
The Malabar Introduction

The Malabar Introduction

August 22, 2019Posted inSouth India
On my first journey to Kerala, I was seated opposite a monk. The train whooshed out of the Mangalore station and even before we had left the city limits, the monk untied the strings of his lunch box. His lunch, a mix of raw veggies and fruits was neatly wrapped…
Antigua – Guatemala

Antigua – Guatemala

August 16, 2019Posted inCentral America
As my mini-coach entered the cobbled stone lanes of Antigua, I noticed two things. One, there were more locals that tourists. Two, the tourists had a very easy pace. In the first few minutes of looking at Antigua from a partially blocked view in my coach, I fully knew that…