Happy Monday all you beautiful people! If you have been reading this space, you know by now how much I love to travel. I am lucky that I get to do it often, sometimes for work and sometimes for leisure. While each trip I take might not end up being fun, it almost always offers it’s own adventures and learnings! This week, I am off again for some business travel within the country. It’s a short trip packed with lots of work, but I am sure I will have exciting stories to share with you once I return this weekend! As much as I…
Would you travel for Chocolate? I know I would! Science says chocolate is a definite happiness booster, and I couldn’t agree more! It easily fits in with most menus or cuisines, is available in a variety of forms and flavors and often tops the list of comforting, indulgent and stress busting foods. There are plenty of shops, boutiques, cafes and restaurants across the world which celebrate chocolate in all it’s glory. Whatever your next destination, be sure to look up ‘chocolate’ and I am sure you will find at least one novel chocolate cafe in that place which you would want to try during your trip. These chocolate shops across…
Title: Train Tales Location: Jaipur, India Date: 22 August 2015 “…Manzil se behtar lagane lage hain ye raste…”. Translation: the roads seem better than the destination. This photograph was clicked on a hastily planned train journey last weekend. Sometimes, it’s a good idea to travel spontaneously and see where it takes you. Impromptu travel can give you a fresh perspective, time to introspect and memories that last a lifetime.
We are celebrating illustrated art on the blog this week, and for today’s post I wanted to share my favorite type of travel illustrations – illustrated travel maps! An illustrated map comes in handy when you want to know the character of a place in one quick glance. It highlights top attractions, routes, things to do, places to eat and other quirks for a particular destination in a light and easy to absorb manner. It is fun and colorful to look at it, can be easily stored on your phone as an image or a wallpaper and serves as a quick reminder for key attractions when traveling to…
It’s August, which means we are nearing the end of summer! As the season slows down, take some time off from your hectic schedule for one last summer break! And what better place to celebrate summer than Spain? Every year, on the last Wednesday of August, several thousands of people get together to participate in the La Tomatina festival in Buñol, Spain. It is a fun tomato throwing event organized in the Plaza del Pueblo. People get together for a big food fight and throw tonnes of over ripe tomatoes at each other. It is an eagerly awaited summer event, and a highly popular tourist attraction for…
