Author: Monica

A traveler by mindset and passport, full-time dog mum, part time marketing professional. My motto is to live a life that causes least harm to the environment, animals, and other humans in general. I’m old school in that I still like to blog and document rather than shoot and post. Connect with me on the following channels to get more real-time content that I’m too lazy to blog about.

Mountains, Monasteries, Mutts, & Marshrutkas: A 10-Day Solo Adventure Through Georgia & Armenia

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Georgia Armenia 10 day itinerary

A slow-paced, mostly unplanned journey to a land that blends the culture, chaotic charm, and the untainted beauty of the mountains, Central Asia and Europe, that was my 3-country Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia) trip. I spent 21 incredible days exploring these neighbouring gems from India — wandering old towns, sipping wine with locals, taking many a Marshrutka across scenic mountain passes, and losing track of time in flea markets and fortress towns. Even though Georgia and Armenia were part of my 3-Country Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia) trip, this…

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10 Delicious, Quick, And Healthy Vegan Indian Inspired Breakfast Recipes

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vegan breakfasts

I don’t know about the “most important meal of the day” part but for sure breakfast is my favourite meal of the day and one that I spend the most effort on. I love starting my day with a fulfilling, healthy and plant-based breakfast and try to make one everyday. I typically start working late into the day, sometimes even the noon so I love to get myself some breakfast, make a nice tea, play some podcast and savour the breakfast. And my idea of a breakfast isn’t a muesli…

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My 3-Week Azerbaijan, Georgia, And Armenia Solo Trip From India: Itinerary, Costs, Visas, Details

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Azerbaijain Georgia Armenia Trip from India Itinerary

Deciding to address my lingering travel withdrawals and a dusty passport seriously, I needed to go somewhere. I’d forgotten what an uncomfortable flight, near starvation from not finding vegetarian food and 25,000 steps in a day felt like. Enough was enough, I booked tickets to Baku and from Tbilisi, and went on a 3-week, 3 -country Azerbaijan, Gerogia and Armenia trip which incidentally marked my 42nd country. (If that matters.) While I’d originally planned to do a Central Asia trip covering all the 5 ‘stans, during the research stage it…

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3 Foreigner-Friendly Digital Nomad Hubs With Conscious Communities in India: A Personal Guide

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India digital nomad hubs

Thanks to remote jobs and businesses, any place on earth with Wifi is a potential office and a new term has been birthed: ‘digital nomad’ – basically a traveler, but better. But some places are better than the others when it comes to setting up a workspace and put down roots at, even for a short time. I mean if one has an option to work from anywhere really, it doesn’t have to be your ancestral village or the concrete jungle of the city you’ve gone to office in, is…

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