Algarve, the southern region of Portugal, is the most popular region of this country. Azure waters, pristine beaches, scrumptious cuisine and year-round clement weather make Algarve a tourist favourite. Time and again, Algarve tops the list of ‘the best places to retire to’. In addition …
Falcon Souq in Doha is definitely the most fascinating market you will ever see in your life (souq means a market or a bazaar). Seeing the Qataris buy these wonderful creatures is a spectacle. But it’s not merely a market; it’s a representation of Qatar’s …
Córdoba, a city in the Andalusia region of Spain, was one of the greatest European cities from the 9th to 11th century AD. Under the Islamic rule, it became a leading centre in science, medicine, architecture and literature. Many universities, libraries and hospitals thrived under …
The moment I set my eyes on Lake Bled, there was no denying that it would form a perfect backdrop for any fairytale. Surrounded by the Julian Alps, with an island at its centre and a castle on a cliff overlooking the lake, it cannot …
A sharp tap on my shoulder and a stern voice of an officer asking for my passport woke me up. Tousled hair and sleepy eyed I looked around. “Your passport please” inquired the smartly dressed police officer again. I looked at my watch – ‘4:30 …
Most of my time during my late teens was either spent in sleeping or in day dreaming about pursuing a career as a religious symbologist. All I wanted was to solve a conspiracy case just like Professor Robert Langdon in Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons. …
With my hair askew, I drowsily walked towards the Milan Garibaldi station to hop on the train to Como. As I settled into my seat, I performed my customary check – passport ✔ Eurail pass ✔ wallet ✔ earphones ✔ camera ✔ backpack …
This post is about serendipity; how a cancelled viva, my amble through the streets of Lisbon, a beautiful postcard, and a kind shop owner brought me to the very end of Europe! It was a nice sunny day and I was walking around with a …
All my travels had conditioned me to see train journeys as a means to an end. As I boarded the Bernina express, little did I know that I was to come across an exception! The Bernina express is nowhere close to the quintessential train journeys …