Ok it took me almost 30 years but I’ve finally broken the tradition and travelled beyond the Delhi-Punjab sector. To further spice things up my travel companions and I booked our flight and the hotel for the first night only..figuring we would find our way around as we went. Was it an easy trip..so-so..but its [...]
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I’ve been putting off my post about my most recent trip to India. Where do I begin to describe a truly amazing vacation and all the insights (both good and bad) that I experienced….
Well as good a place as any i think will be the mehndi i got done at Inorbit Mall in Malad, Mumbai [...]
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Feel sufficiently restored and able to continue with the chronicling of my trip (rather sheepishly at that since its been ages since i’ve returned). For those of you who expressed your feedback or left comments me says thanks!
So after the fanfare of “You’re here! We’ve missed you!” etc we set off to Jalandhar, about a [...]
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India…what do i say and where do i begin to chronicle my trip. It wasn’t a touristy trip like most of my vacations are as India is my ancestral home and i still have some family there. So here’s the reasons i went to India: My niece and nephew.
When i first moved to Canada my [...]
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The last of my 3 part visit to the fair city of Hanoi. My sister has since returned home and Hanoi is now off the destinations to visit list for some time. One interesting quirk is that the immigration stamps for all 3 visits sit on the same page on my passport and now i [...]
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Posted in About Me, Travel on March 30, 2007 | No Comments »
I am convinced there must be a ‘Travel God’ whom i have failed to appease or managed to displease by how smoothly my first trip to Hanoi went.
The first inkling that things weren’t going well was when “Tiger Airways’ delayed the flight by an hour and that too without an announcement of the delay or [...]
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I got back from my trip to Hanoi early Monday morning (1am) and on the whole i had a blast. It was loads of fun being around my sister and indulging in the general weirdness you feel comfortable only exhibiting to people who’ve known you your whole life.
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Posted in General Stuff, Rants, Travel on January 11, 2007 | No Comments »
A very happy new year to one and all.
I was stewing for the last couple of days thinking hard on what my first post in the new year should be. I can honestly say i did not come up with any new, revolutionary, or even earth trembling ideas. Since i could not possibly delay my [...]
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