Compressing the highs of Rishikesh in a few days while letting you get a feel of the special energy of the place.
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3 Foreigner-Friendly Digital Nomad Hubs With Conscious Communities in India: A Personal Guide
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…
Read MoreTwo-Day Itinerary For Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, Including Overnight Desert Camping: Top 10 Things To Do
The 2-day trip to Jaisalmer couldn’t have packed in more, and yet not be rushed or left too much unexplored or unseen.
Read More3-Day Itinerary For Hampi, The Site Of Ruins Of The Glorious 14th Century Vijayanagara Empire, And A Hippie Outpost in South India
A land frozen in time, a glimpse into the glory of 700-year old civilization, hiding amidst lush paddy fields and vast boulders.
Read MoreTraveler Adopts Stray Dog in India, Flies Him Back To Spain After Losing Three Flights, Thousands Of Dollars In A Dramatic Showdown
Inspirational story of how when you really want to, you will figure out how to be with your dog, come hell or high water.
Read MoreWhy You Should Visit The 8th Century Rock-cut Masrur Temples in Himachal Pradesh
Tucked away in a remote valley in Himachal, on a 2000-feet elevation are the gorgeous and epic Masrur Rock temples that have survived over 1000 years through earthquakes, landslides, and many invasions.
Read MoreVisiting The Erotic ‘Kamasutra’ Temples at Khajuraho, India With A Side Trip To Orchha
Nearly 200 years after they were rediscovered in the 1850s, I discovered the Khajuraho Temples in 2014. Sitting pretty in the literal heart of India, Madhya Pradesh, is a group of 12th century Hindu and Jain temples, which are prominent for their erotic depictions — although only about 25% of the Khajuraho group of temples are actually erotic, and only about 20 temples out of the original 80 odd temples have survived destruction by weather and Mughal invasions. Built in the medieval century by the Chandela Dynasty, the Khajuraho temples…
Read MoreBest Cafes in Dharamkot And Bhagsu For Working, Reading And Meeting People
Some of the best coffee, bakes, and delicious international cuisine at the cutest cafes with amazing views in an almost secret hillstation
Read MoreA Weekend In The Arty Lanes Of Fort Kochi And The Hippie Cliffside Varkala: Two Gems by The Arabian Sea in India
Sometimes greatest things are discovered by accident. Having just about 5 days on hand, and having covered most of the weekend getaways like Pondicherry, Araku, Hampi, and Badami in the south of India, we might as well have rolled a dice. The outcome was an impromptu trip to Kochi, a major city in Kerala, about 600kms south of Bangalore, and a side trip to Varkala, a hippie beach town also in Kerala. Here’s my Bangalore to Fort Kochi and Varkala weekend itinerary to help plan and contextualise a short trip.…
Read MoreWhy Badami Is A Great Weekend Trip From Bangalore And A Historical Delight In Its Own Right
Badami is a small historical town just like Hampi famous for its rock cut cave temples and other structural temples.
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